The NBA Draft Thread

[MajinZuub]

I think Rabb can be a good contributor if drafted by the right team.


Miles Bridges has all the physical tools but he needs to grow mentally and offensively, I think he should've stayed.

 

[earldagoat]

CSN New England [emoji]10004[/emoji] @CSNNE

Danny Ainge tells @Toucherandrich Lonzo Ball has 'politely declined' to workout for #Celtics before the NBA Draft http://bit.ly/2qjN1v3 

8:47 AM - 25 May 2017

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

That makes Dunn and ball refusing workouts for the C's in consecutive years

 

[worldbeefreeg]

As I think about it more and more, I'm very high on Lauri and believe he has a very good chance to become the best offensive player in the draft.

7'0 who shoot as well as he does just don't really happen.

There are only five players in NBA history who were 6'11 or taller and shot 83% from the line. Four of them were all-star players (Yao/Sikma/Lambie/Dirk).

I know he has possible severe defensive limitations but he is super coordinated so I think it might be salvageable. Even if he remains horrible on D, you saw how valuable Ryan Anderson (who I think is Lauri's absolutely worse case scenario) was this year because of the gravity he created.

If Lauri can keep developing his offensive game and add in a little more handle, I think he'll be an elite scorer and could project to be a top two or three shooter in the league.

And at 7'0 I don't think you can put a price tag on that sort of value.

 

[buc em]

D'Lo hating on Lonzo already? 

What did he say?

 

[junglejim]

What did he say?

Liked some guys twitter post that basically said the lakers shouldnt draft ball because they have him.

 

[nick.]

I think Miles Bridges is gonna be a real good player in this league. Too bad he stayed, would've loved the Knicks to grab him at 8.

We could take DSJ this year & Bridges next year

 

[osh kosh bosh]

ivan Rabb.

bigs who don't protect the rim or stretch the floor are tough fits in the modern NBA.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Lauri literally doesn't do anything besides shoot

 

[wavycrocket]

What did he say?

To be more specific:

I guess we need to break down how twitter works for NT . The portion of this profile with his photo and "loading...up" is part of profile, essentially his profile signature. Ignore that, that part doesn't change unless he wants it to. In twitter there is a tab that allows others to see the posts you've liked. So D'Angelo searched through twitter and saw a tweet of someone saying we don't need Lonzo and he liked that tweet, signifying that he agrees with those sentiments.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

That makes Dunn and ball refusing workouts for the C's in consecutive years

It's all good, fultz is better than both of them

Is ball even going to workout for any teams?

 

[frshstunna]

Osh did say stretch the floor tho, so that fits with what Lauri does

 

[tyevvyotcu]

ryan anderson is an incredibly high floor
reminds me of people saying marion was aaron gordon's floor

 

[B Sox]

That makes Dunn and ball refusing workouts for the C's in consecutive years

Good for them. Perfectly happy to select better players than them.

 

[100027]

ryan anderson is an incredibly high floor

reminds me of people saying marion was aaron gordon's floor

Or that Mike Conley was Fox's floor 

  (how many pages back is that?....)

 

[MVP]

It's all good, fultz is better than both of them

Is ball even going to workout for any teams?

Lakeshow bringing him in the next week or so.

 

[roseblancnoir]

 

who should the knicks draft

 

[stillin729]

Sixers are very high on Fox

 

[nick.]

Sixers are very high on Fox

Seems like a bad fit with Simmons

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Osh did say stretch the floor tho, so that fits with what Lauri does

Yea that was directed at worldbefree's post

 

[junglejim]

Seems like a bad fit with Simmons

Maybe in the first couple years, but down the line I think it will work out

 

[stillin729]

Seems like a bad fit with Simmons

I think they will transition Simmons more into the Lebron type of role in a couple years

 

[tyevvyotcu]

LeBron is effective because he has shooters around him
Fox can't shoot so it isn't a good fit to put him next to Simmons
Josh Jackson, DSJ and even Tatum are better fits than Fox for the Sixers

 

[nick.]

Seems like a bad fit with Simmons

Maybe in the first couple years, but down the line I think it will work out

You're banking on one, or both, of them to become league average perimeter shooters. If not, your two primary ball handlers aren't a threat past 15' which would be a disaster.

 

[Platinum State]

As I think about it more and more, I'm very high on Lauri and believe he has a very good chance to become the best offensive player in the draft.

7'0 who shoot as well as he does just don't really happen.

There are only five players in NBA history who were 6'11 or taller and shot 83% from the line. Four of them were all-star players (Yao/Sikma/Lambie/Dirk).

I know he has possible severe defensive limitations but he is super coordinated so I think it might be salvageable. Even if he remains horrible on D, you saw how valuable Ryan Anderson (who I think is Lauri's absolutely worse case scenario) was this year because of the gravity he created.

If Lauri can keep developing his offensive game and add in a little more handle, I think he'll be an elite scorer and could project to be a top two or three shooter in the league.

And at 7'0 I don't think you can put a price tag on that sort of value.

Isnt that what people said about Frank Kaminsky?