Exclusive Official 2020 Draft Thread

That's what they call a Yu-fro.

 

I heard good things about him and I have seen some mocks going to us. But we will see.

 

Stiff jumper, shot well last year but was horrible the year before. Dont trust his jumper. Defensively he's good but his perimeter skills are awful and if he isnt a good 3pt shooter, he wont be NBA caliber IMO.

 

Agree. Btw I love your draft videos so far. They’ve been on point!

 

Don't like him any more - this is a crappy interpretation of Plato's parable of the cave.

 

Well, at least he's got healthy bowels.

 

Why not us?

 

https://nbadraft.theringer.com/#mock

Another mock that has us taking Saddiq Bey

 

I just don't see the path to playing time for him. He's also pretty duplicative with GTJ.

 

Id be good with that pick. I also like Jalen Smith at 16.

 

Mocks get it wrong so often because they put too much thought into team needs. Of course if you have a high pick and your point guard is Lillard you’re not gonna take another PG, but outside of obvious decisions like that, media needs to start focusing more on BPA and team specific trends. Its why I wouldn’t dismiss someone like Jaden McDaniels, as he fits a trend with Olshey. As for BPA, an example would be Tyrell Terry. He may not be an immediate fit, but when you’re picking at 16 and you have him (hypothetically) graded out as a starter, you may as well pull the trigger. I mean isn’t that what Olshey did when he selected McCollum?

 

How do you feel about Jalen Smith. Thanks

 

Last time we had a PF from Maryland that wore black goggles, we did pretty well.

 

I like Jalen Smith, there’s some Aldridge to his game. That’d be a great pick at 16.

 

I like his ability to pick and pop. Clean footwork and release in those situations. Really comfortable there. Shows some coordination of the bounce too which is important. Pretty active rebounder and defender. Safe/smart player offensively--Stays in his lane, rarely makes mistakes. Intangible/personality stuff looks solid with him as well.

Biggest worries for me are his technique and footwork defensively. A bit stiff and a short strider. Not great changing direction. Takes too many false steps and has a bad habit of taking small hop before jumping. Leaves him late in help or unable recover when out of position. Chases blocks too often for my liking.

Think his movement locks him into being a 5 which is worrisome considering his lack of strength. Also don't think he'll be super versatile offensively outside of pick and pops. Not a great finisher or much of a lob threat.

Overall, wouldn't bet on him being a starter. But if he can clean up the footwork on D, I think his strengths are good enough and valuable enough to find a spot in the league eventually. Intangibles and work ethic are what really tip me in that direction though.

 

Kevin O’Connor is saying front offices are expecting a lot of trades on draft day.

 

Makes sense. Especially with the shortened free-agency/offseason.

 

It’s looking like teams will have less than two weeks from the opening of free agency to the beginning of training camp. There’s like a 0% chance teams aren’t tampering as we speak.

 

This has to be the worst year to have a top pick. I think there are a lot of solid prospects this year, but there’s almost no separation between the guys that are projected to be taken in the top 10, and the guys projected to be somewhere after in the first. For example, I don’t think there’s that much of a gap between Ball and Bolmaro. Works out well for Portland so whatever.