@TBpup and I thought a good topic would be who the 10 best players fro this draft will be 5 years down the road. Don't have to worry about team needs or what other people think just who will be the best players. We did a video talking about it If you don't want to watch here is both our lists. This could be a great great bump thread 5 years from now.
Cool! Glad to see you guys doing this....on my end PJ's mike vol could go up a bit...Tpups was louder....I enjoyed the podcast....not a lot of bigs on your boards...Ball wouldn't make my list at all...I completely agree with Larry about small 2 guards...I think Patton in 5 years could be really good. I also like Olshey's tendency to let other teams pick guys for Portland like Orlando...I think we'll buy a 2nd round pick and use a first round pick we trade up for.
In 5 years, LaMelo Ball will be the best player in the NBA. So I'm not sure why we're even talking about these guys.
1. Tatum 2. Josh Jackson 3. Fultz 4. OG Anunoby 5. Smith 6. Fox 7. Zake Collins 8. Justin Jackson 9. Mitchell 10. Giles my sleeper
It was fun to try and look into the future. It's even more fun to try and project which late 1st and 2nd round picks will be those diamonds in the rough. There are some almost every year and this year I think has the potential for there to be at least a couple.
How much of your responses/info was from D69? I'd venture to guess he'd at least have 1 or 2 later picks up in the top 10.
1. Fultz 2. Ferguson 3. Josh Jackson 4. Fox 5. Mitchell 6. Isaac 7. Smith 8. Monk 9. Tatum 10. Justin Jackson
1.) Tatum 2.) Fultz 3.) Jackson 4.) Isaac 5.) Fox 6.) Mitchell 7.) Smith 8.) Z. Collins 9.) Bolden 10.) Wilson
This year, none. He has some new responsibilities at work that have kept him from diving in nearly as deeply. I'm sure he'll have some good ideas come Draft day when we go over all the players before the Draft. He also got tired of posters telling him how stupid he was for rating players like Giannis and Gobert as Top-3 and Top-5 players in the years they were drafted. Their brilliance in opinion and vocabulary understandable ruined some of the fun of it. I think you are right when you say he would have a couple of later picks higher.....he has done so every year and been so spot on it's been ridiculous.
1. Josh Jackson 2. Jonathan Isaac 3. Jayson Tatum 4. Markelle Fultz 5. John Collins 6. De'Aaron Fox 7. Lonzo Ball 8. TJ Leaf 9. Frank Ntilikina 10. Caleb Swanigan There's always at least 1 lottery bust (Markkanen), a couple mid-late 1st rounders that over achieve (John Collins, TJ Leaf) and a second round surprise (Caleb Swanigan).
Where are people rooting for him to fail? In our podcast, we both had questions about his size (162 lbs) and apparently he wasn't in good shape for his first workout with the Lakers so they have scheduled a 2nd one. I questioned his ability to perform in the half-court where he is not nearly as good as he is in the open court where he is brilliant. Also, for as small/light as he is, it seems quickness would be very helpful and he doesn't have that level of elite quickness like someone like Fox. Those just seem like legit observations and not a 'rooting to fail'.
Here is my guess: 1. Fultz 2. Josh Jackson 3. Isaac 4. Pasecniks 5. Mitchell 6. Fox 7. Tatum 8. Zach Collins 9. Patton 10. Evans There are also a few other 2nd round picks I really like. I said it before, and I'll say it again.... I hope Blazers draft 2 first rounders & swap #26 to Orlando for their 2 early second picks (33, 35). I want 4 players drafted. The second rounders, stick them in D-League utilizing the flex contracts.
We already discussed this in that long ass, drawn out, completely useless Lavar thread... And again, NONE of you have raised an NBA player and Lavar by all accounts may raise 3. They are smart, confident, well spoken, respectable boys. All of them. Lonzo is a pass first PG and by all accounts a good teammate and probably the MOST unselfish player in the draft. Stop looking for reasons that he will fail because that's all you guys are doing.
nbadraft just dropped Lonzo to PHX at 4 in their most recent mock behind Jackson and Tatum. I hate his dad, but this dude has too much skill to go down below 2. Not understanding why some of you guys have him out of your top 10.
