The NBA Draft Thread

[ballinsam23]

the draft lottery should be right before the 1st round of the playoffs. Mid may is such a random time.

 

[Moheezy]

The lottery is over two months away...frig...Now I can't wait for the results...

Nah, the lottery drawing is May 16th

The actual draft is June 22nd

Oh good! Fultz is such a perfect fit for Philly. Come on Silver, I know you have it in you to give us the top pick. You owe it to us after force feeding us Bryan Colangelo and his lies.

 

[buc em]

What does that have to do with them giving a damn about them?

The league literally stepped in and handpicked us the Colangelos so we would stop blatantly tanking, then rewarded us with the #1 pick.

They do care whether the staple franchises like the Lakers, Knicks, Sixers and Celtics are good.

 

[MVP]

The Lakers are the glamour franchise of the league. Those others even the Celtics nobody in the league is sweating over.

 

[buc em]

The Lakers are the glamour franchise of the league. Those others even the Celtics nobody in the league is sweating over.

The league is better when the Lakers, Celtics, Sixers and Knicks are good.

There's no reasoning with you about anything Sixer or Laker related so idk why I'm even having this conversation with you

 

[MVP]

The league is better when the Lakers, Celtics, Sixers and Knicks are good.

Knicks haven't been relevant 20 years, Sixers in 15 years, Celtics weren't relevant for 20 years before 2008. They don't need any of them to be relevant.

 

[ballinsam23]

Bro the Sixers should not be mentioned anywhere near the Knicks or Lakers. The league gives zero ***** about the Sixers success or lack of.

The only time you should mention those 3 teams in the same sentence is if you say they're all trash.

 

[nick.]

Anigbogu declared without an agent

 

[pmatic]

@EvanDaniels Source: Freshman guard Kobi Simmons isn't expected back at Arizona next year. Expected to sign with an agent

 

[jsindaa]

He couldn't get to his spots whenever he wanted in college against (comparatively) subpar college defenders so what makes you think he's going to suddenly do it at the next level?

This. It matters because he also didn't show any PnR ability. So can't run the most essential part of offense in the league and doesn't have the ability to get to his spots against college defenders, let alone NBA. Absolutely a huge red flag. Could change but nothing so far makes me believe it's a certainty

 

[JustBlaze.]

Justin Patton from Creighton entering the draft and signing with an agent.

 

[Moheezy]

As much of a Sixers fan I am, I would have to agree that it is not in the same Tier as the Lakers, a step down would be Chicago, Boston and the Kicks, then I would put the Sixers in the tier below. I don't mind that at all though. Love being the underdog (which is partly why I am a Sixer fan I guess.) lol

 

[nick.]

Patton

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Anigbogu declared without an agent

 

Well, damn at both Anigbogu and Simmons

Anigbogu should be a lock first round maybe in the teens somewhere

Simmons really got in a screwy situation, feel for the kid. His chances of being a first round pick seem slim but maybe they'd be even more slim next summer? idk what Zona's guard rotation looks like next year

 

[P C H]

Broski Bennie Buckets declared but didn't hire an agent. Thank god

 

[JustBlaze.]

I like Boatwright but there's no way he stays in the draft.

 

[B Sox]

League is basically at it's height right now with it's premiere teams in Cleveland, Oakland and San Antonio and the MVP frontrunners are in Oklahoma City and Houston. Other than the Celtics, the rest of the big market teams are all trash. NBA obviously doesn't need the big market teams to be anything special in order for them to be successful.

 

[addict4sneakers]

League is basically at it's height right now with it's premiere teams in Cleveland, Oakland and San Antonio and the MVP frontrunners are in Oklahoma City and Houston. Other than the Celtics, the rest of the big market teams are all trash. NBA obviously doesn't need the big market teams to be anything special in order for them to be successful.

This

Players >>>>> cities.

It's the Internet age. Every highlight is on twitter within 30 seconds after it happens

 

[DCAllAfrican]

League is basically at it's height right now with it's premiere teams in Cleveland, Oakland and San Antonio and the MVP frontrunners are in Oklahoma City and Houston. Other than the Celtics, the rest of the big market teams are all trash. NBA obviously doesn't need the big market teams to be anything special in order for them to be successful.

The discussion shouldn't be, "If the NBA NEEDS Big Markets to be good." We see that they don't NEED them to be good for the product to be solid.

The argument is, "If the Big Markets are good, is the NBA better." And to that, I would answer YES.

If the Lakers and KNicks were good, on top of what is happening now, the overall product and attention would be much greater.

 

[RayCashhhh]

This

Players >>>>> cities.

It's the Internet age. Every highlight is on twitter within 30 seconds after it happens

The discussion shouldn't be, "If the NBA NEEDS Big Markets to be good." We see that they don't NEED them to be good for the product to be solid.

The argument is, "If the Big Markets are good, is the NBA better." And to that, I would answer YES.

If the Lakers and KNicks were good, on top of what is happening now, the overall product and attention would be much greater.

League is basically at it's height right now with it's premiere teams in Cleveland, Oakland and San Antonio and the MVP frontrunners are in Oklahoma City and Houston. Other than the Celtics, the rest of the big market teams are all trash. NBA obviously doesn't need the big market teams to be anything special in order for them to be successful.

I'd argue that Houston, and the Bay Area are both big markets, but yes, Cleveland, OKC, and San Antonio are proving that you just need very good players to push a product. Hell, even Miami isn't the best market, and it was still the epicenter of the basketball world for four seasons. DC is right though, if the Lakers, Knicks and Bulls were all good to go along with the current crop of good teams, the league would be MUCH more enticing. They been saying for years in the NFL that the league would be better if the Raiders were good, and even though they're leaving (

), them being relevant bodes well for the league. 

Bottom line is, the Knicks and Lakers will ALWAYS be relevant in the NBA discussion. If that's the case, then they should be consistently good teams to capitalize on their relevancy. Or at least not consistently bad.

 

[B Sox]

I feel like we're all on the same page about this.

 

[P C H]

Lonzo signing w/ the first agent of "The Ball Group"

 

[buc em]

Lonzo signing w/ the first agent of "The Ball Group"

I don't even think this dude Harrison Gaines has a single client period in any sport right now besides Lonzo

Aka....Lavar is actually this man's agent. Good luck with that when he thinks his kids deserve a billion dollar sneaker deal and is completely serious about it.

 

[P C H]

I don't even think this dude Harrison Gaines has a single client period in any sport right now besides Lonzo

Aka....Lavar is actually this man's agent. Good luck with that when he thinks his kids deserve a billion dollar sneaker deal and is completely serious about it.

He don't. They hired a puppet lmao first NBA client haha

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

Briscoe will enter with an agent

That's Fox, Monk, Bam (without an agent) and Briscoe

Briscoe and Kobi Simmons seem like their destined for 2nd round selections...