Event 2025 NBA DRAFT LOTTERY, COMBINE, AND DRAFT

So... he's a 6'1" version of a player who is unique in the league at essentially being a 6'4" power forward? Sounds like he would've been MVP of that old league that capped heights at 6'5"

Hey, good luck to him, he's truly a unicorn.

 

Minus the rebounding, yes.

Jase is a very high level utility type of player

 

Would Seth Curry be an unfair comparison? Used to lead the Blazers in +/-... Of course the obvious comparison is an even-shorter CJ.

 

I am sure there is a list of 7' players who sucked in the NBA basketball that would allow us to say height/length doesn't mean shit. It would also be true, but at the same time, it can also help.

 

How about my guy ZBO!?

 

Schmitz and Cronin want to mimic the early 1990s Pistons - here’s their Joe Dumars

 

Yeah, almost none of the blue chip guys used to jump so this list is not just incomplete, it's pretty useless.

 

^^ One year ago — Schmitz looked downright giddy watching Edgecombe

 

He should go get his guy.

 

Well, he's already slid from 3 to 6 in the latest Ringer Mock Draft

 

I believe that is just how they rate them. Their actual mock draft has him at 3 https://nbadraft.theringer.com/mock-draft

 

withdrew this morning ^

Super underrated prospect (mid/late-first)

 

He's more Vinnie Johnson. (not to sound too snarky)

 

NIL has already had an effect and is scaring the NBA. I wonder if, if this goes on, we might cut out the second round of the draft.



https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...-losers-college-basketball-florida-danny-wolf

 

Huge workout today in Portland:

Jase Richardson
Asa Newell
Liam McNeeley
Rasheer Fleming
Hansen Yang
Will Riley

 

I just wanted to talk a little bit about Tankathon's rating system. It has green dots for positive stats and characteristics and red for negative and if a stat is really good or bad you can get up to 4 dots. I first used it as a lazy man's way to get a quick look at a guy to see if it confirmed what i had seen or heard. Then I wondered if it was more valuable. Certainly not the end all, be all, but maybe a tool that some GMs should look at more. If I was a real scientist I would look at every player they ever rated and then look at their careers, but that's a lot so I just looked at a few things.
First I looked at some players who significantly out-performed where they were picked. Halliburton (12), SGA (11) and Brunson (33?). All three of these guys had ratios of about 3/1 positive on the tankathon stats and traits. Siakam (28) also about 3/1. Kawhi (15?) also 3/1. Draymond Green (2nd round) 2/1. Devin Booker (13) 2/1, Jimmy Butler , late first 3/2. Donovan Mitchell, Klay Thompson 2/1. Adebayo 55/45. Sabonis 4/1. Austin Reaves, who was undrafted was 1/1. Payton Pritchard 2/1. Josh Hart (30) 7/1,

I looked at a couple instances of players drafted right after each other. Scoot 1/2 and Amen Thompson 2/1. (they apparently try to standardize the stats somehow to match NCAA), Holmgren 10/1. Banchero 1/1.

I found some outliers: Khris Middleton 5/95. Deni Avdija 1/1, Chris Duarte 6/1, Wiseman had one of the best ratios ever but it was based on only three games and I'm guessing early games against inferior competition.

Busts that should have been seen: Adam Morrison 55/45, Drajon Bender 15/85.

Do these stats tell us anything about this year's class? I would be looking for 3/1 ratios minimum. After Flagg, I think Richardson has the best at 95/5. Murray-Boyles is 6/1. Knueppel 5/1. Essengue 4/1 Fleming and Sorbet quite good ratios but not the big totals. also Clifford 5/1. Coward 4.5/1
Guys who don't do so well: Dylan harper 3/2, Newell 1/1. Jakucionis 2/3, Fears 3/7, Demin 3/7, Traore 1/4. McNeely 1/6. Queen 1/1

I just decided to look up Doncic. they didn't have as many categories then or maybe due to international stats? but he was 6/1.

 

Technically still a WABC. No thank you

 

Now at least one person has him falling to 8...