Welcome 8th Pick from Brooklyn

[Nathan S]

@Nathan S

So many steals in the draft ah? Elie Okobo with the 31st pick? Melton with the 46th pick?

Okobo is such a steal and the Suns know it. They already signed him to a 4 year 6m dollar deal. Poor deal for him imo. He should have signed a 2 year deal. They got him for too cheap...

Honestly, The Cavs should have come out fro this draft with two picks.

Yeah...sad...trying to sell myself on Matthias, but there were a lot of really, really good guards in the second round this year. Not a huge dropoff, IMO, from Divincenzo at 17 all the way down to Milton at 54, though I know that'll be an unpopular opinion. Crazy deep class.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Yeah...sad...trying to sell myself on Matthias, but there were a lot of really, really good guards in the second round this year. Not a huge dropoff, IMO, from Divincenzo at 17 all the way down to Milton at 54, though I know that'll be an unpopular opinion. Crazy deep class.

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but it's true. This class was the deepest I have seen.

It's sad that we had traded the pick at the deadline, and then couldn't/didn't try to get inside the 2nd round.

Melton is a lottery pick and he was picked 46th! Vanderbilt 41st, Musa was fucking picked 29th and he has a chance to become a ridiculously insane scorer in a few years. You also had Khyri Thomas who is solid, Spellman, Trent Jr, Keita, Metu...I mean it doesn't end.

Fuck this lol.

 

[TitleTown]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but it's true. This class was the deepest I have seen.

It's sad that we had traded the pick at the deadline, and then couldn't/didn't try to get inside the 2nd round.

Melton is a lottery pick and he was picked 46th! Vanderbilt 41st, Musa was fucking picked 29th and he has a chance to become a ridiculously insane scorer in a few years. You also had Khyri Thomas who is solid, Spellman, Trent Jr, Keita, Metu...I mean it doesn't end.

Fuck this lol.

Meh...we'll see.

Deep drafts have a way of looking weak, and weak drafts have a way of looking strong after 5 years or so.

Too early to tell.

 

[Nathan S]

Meh...we'll see.

Deep drafts have a way of looking weak, and weak drafts have a way of looking strong after 5 years or so.

Too early to tell.

Difference between deep and strong (though, unrelatedly, I think this was a pretty strong draft too). Just not seeing a big gap between guys like Jerome Robinson at 13 and Khyri Thomas at 38...or between Donte DiVincenzo at 17 and Shake Milton at 54, for instance. Not many elite guard prospects, but lots and lots and lots of solid ones.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Meh...we'll see.

Deep drafts have a way of looking weak, and weak drafts have a way of looking strong after 5 years or so.

Too early to tell.

I'm not saying that they are all going to succeed obviously, and I'm saying that that all of them were my favorite. Just that on paper they were steals. Whether they make it or not is a different story.

My favorite players that I believe are going to succeed are not everyone who I consider a steal. They are steals where they were selected compared to every other draft.

Unlike Nathan I think there is a difference between Donte and Shake Milton lol.

 

[Derek]

Meh...we'll see.

Deep drafts have a way of looking weak, and weak drafts have a way of looking strong after 5 years or so.

Too early to tell.

You're 100% right. While this appears to be a strong draft, we won't truly know for a while. We tend to be prisoners of the moment, especially regarding drafts.

I remember last year a few people talking about how ridiculously deep the 2017 draft was, but that the 2018 draft would be top heavy.

Odds are this draft won't be significantly different than most drafts. A handful of lotto guys will shine, a couple late 1st guys will surprise, and one or two 2nd rounders will make you wonder how the hell everybody missed on them.

 

[RuanuLaw]

How is it possible that the 76ers kept all of their draft picks and did not even trade or sell one of those?

Didn't they have like 3 2nd rounders?

 

[Nathan S]

I'm not saying that they are all going to succeed obviously, and I'm saying that that all of them were my favorite. Just that on paper they were steals. Whether they make it or not is a different story.

My favorite players that I believe are going to succeed are not everyone who I consider a steal. They are steals where they were selected compared to every other draft.

Unlike Nathan I think there is a difference between Donte and Shake Milton lol.

They get their points in different ways, but I always like the finesse/skill guys over the pogo-stick athlete guys (and that's the hill i'm going to die on )

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Shais frame doesn't look that slight here. Looks like he put on some weight.

I just have a feeling the guy will be trouble for the league in time.

It sucks that he didn't want any part of Cleveland. Would you pick him you had known he was going to be good?

I'll be rooting hard for Sexton and for SGA to suck. But it's tough to ignore how big he is, and the guy talks like a damn superstar already lol. He projects success. I'm curious to see how he looks like in 1-3 years.

 

[buzzdog]

This thread can go ahead and die now.

 

[NMCav]

Shais frame doesn't look that slight here. Looks like he put on some weight.

I just have a feeling the guy will be trouble for the league in time.

It sucks that he didn't want any part of Cleveland. Would you pick him you had known he was going to be good?

I'll be rooting hard for Sexton and for SGA to suck. But it's tough to ignore how big he is, and the guy talks like a damn superstar already lol. He projects success. I'm curious to see how he looks like in 1-3 years.

I don't see success in SGA future. Name the last 6-6 PG who succeeded? MCW flop, Lonzo looking like a flop. Tyreke rebuilt his career by moving to the wing. Shaun Livingston was a solid backup. You could argue Penny Hardaway in the 90s but SGA ain't Penny. SGA has an ego which spells disaster dude ain't humble at all.

 

[Cavatt]

Shais frame doesn't look that slight here. Looks like he put on some weight.

I just have a feeling the guy will be trouble for the league in time.

It sucks that he didn't want any part of Cleveland. Would you pick him you had known he was going to be good?

I'll be rooting hard for Sexton and for SGA to suck. But it's tough to ignore how big he is, and the guy talks like a damn superstar already lol. He projects success. I'm curious to see how he looks like in 1-3 years.

Shai is going to be a very good pg in my mind, but it is going to take him much more time than Sexton to contribute. Scoring wise it will be tough for him. Collin is much better prepared to compete in Lebron's timetable.

 

[WorldFreeB]

I don't see success in SGA future. Name the last 6-6 PG who succeeded? MCW flop, Lonzo looking like a flop. Tyreke rebuilt his career by moving to the wing. Shaun Livingston was a solid backup. You could argue Penny Hardaway in the 90s but SGA ain't Penny. SGA has an ego which spells disaster dude ain't humble at all.

That's a good point, before the draft I was trying to figure out who his template might be for nba success and I couldn't come up with anyone.
Maybe he blazes his own path and becomes the mold for future guys but at this point I hope he falls flat on his face. If Windhorst was right he wanted nothing to do with the cavs so eff him.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

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[MirORich]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPpg6AES2Y4

Watching the ball handling, footwork, length, and ability to get contested shits off that go along with his overall smooth shot, it’s hard to imagine him not being a really good player unless he completely loses his confidence and looseness early in his career.