2016 NBA Draft mega thread

Sure he will be good, but will he be elite enough to warrant a top 2 pick. Is he worth tanking over? What happens when he is matched up with elite athletes. He does not look very explosive to me.

 

Jake Layman's skill set intrigues me. Seems like he checks a lot of the 3 and d boxes. Although their skill sets are a bit different, he's very parsons-esque, and could return similar value with an early 2nd rd. pick.

His tourney performance could very well push him into the 1st round though.

 

If we had a pick in the mid-first I'd target Ivica Zubac -- 7'1" | 265 lbs

I'm surprised that both mocks have him in this draft. IF he enters and stays, though 2017 is likely the earliest he enters, he could be this years Jokic. Very skilled big with soft touch. Rare Euro who plays bully-ball.




Fwiw - Sabas should be a lock to go top-10.

 

Without a pick but trading into the late first or early second shouldn't be that difficult.

1a/1b with Zubac as realistic targets. Kay entered the draft today:



24 ppg | 4 rpg | 9 apg | 35 3p%

 

Nbadraft.net moved Sabonis all the way up to #5

Some scouts believe that if Skal stayed one more year he would've likely slid out of the first round. Quite the fall from both DX and NBAdraft.net having Skal as their #1 prospect all of last year.

 

Blazers have no 1st or 2nd round pick this year. But it looks like they are still taking a look at some players -

 

With Paul Allen loving the draft I would bet we pick up either a late first or early 2nd round pick so that he can be in the war room this summer.

 

At a near 7'1" (w/o shoes) and a 9'5.5" reach is Porzingis-like.

He's two years away from being two years away, as they say.

He could very well go undrafted unless a team takes a chance on him because he's a mobile 7'2" big.

 

I think Thon Maker has made a mistake by declaring for the draft. I don't think he's anywhere near ready for the NBA. I think he should have gone to college to improve his game.

 

I think he was going to have major problems becoming eligible to play in college, so that is why he took the chance to see if he could declare for the draft. I'm surprised the NBA said he was draft eligible to be honest.

 

Chad Ford has moved Maker all the way up to #20 on his bigboard.

O0

 

"Chad Ford". LOL

 

So the Blazers would have been picking either 18th or 19th (depending on the coin toss) without the trade.
I still think Alexander is good as most players in that range. Maybe Montero as well. And I am sure there will be a free agent in summer league that will emerge as well. Only 15 roster spots, so it is tough to find room for these guys. But we need to develop the nuggets we do find.

 

And maybe he smoked two joints before he smoked two joints. And then he smoke two more.

 

How dare you.

 

Blazersedge fucked up on the meaning of that tweet and later redacted it. He simply got some feedback from all of the Nba front office people during the high school players vs international players game that was in Portland, not that the Blazers were specifically interested in him.

 

One of the few 3/D prospects in the draft: Jared Uthoff (SF/PF)

18.9 PPG | 6.4 RPG | 1.0 SPG | 2.5 BPG | 38 3P%
96 DRtg | 8.7 BLK%

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We need to find a Greek Freak to take a flier on.

 

So we lost out on having the 19th pick in this draft ... can't say I'm too mad about it.

Draft gurus ... would you rather have a late teens pick in this draft or one in 2017 (which we could have next season)?