The Official 2016 NBA Draft Talk Thread

[Swagnificent]

Darryl morey disagrees

What did he say?

 

[tremonthustler1]

Bender kinda forces Minny to have to overpay Crabbe or Bazemore but he and Sabonis are exceptions to the rule.

If I'm New Orleans I'm not sure Bender can be passed up in a pairing with Davis

 

[Malta]

My lakers brehs will lose there minds of he comes on as slow as PG tbh. What's your take on Brown? Me being from GA I got to see him quite a bit in HS and he took a step down once he got to the college ranks. I feel like he played below his talent level. Didn't like what I saw out of him in college but it didn't help that Cal played at such a slow pace. I can feel myself getting high on his potential again but I'm not trying to ride the workout hype. What do you think about Brown?

I like Brown, big physical wings like him can be thrown out there early, I'd expect him to have a similar season to Stanley Johnson. What he becomes depends on his jumper, but I think the best spot for him would be in Phoenix, they have enough shooting on the floor that his lack of a jumper wouldn't be as problematic for his first few years, he'd be able to develop it at a reasonable pace. I think wings like him end up being better in the NBA when there's more spacing for them to drive, the college game is really restrictive and who was the last high profile wing player to have big numbers as a freshman?

Well..youll see. I also said Russell would average 17/5/5 last season and he pretty much did when given the minutes (17/4/4 per36). My projection of 15ppg is mainly based on him being used as spot up shooter at the 3 in Luke's GS system. Plus he'll probably have a few iso's per game. His length and creativity will be a problem in his role..just look at the looks Harrison Barnes gets in the same role

You're expecting too much, guys who are as skinny as him are often protected because they can get hurt, the SF spot is extremely physical and you have some of them weighing 240+. It would be different if they play him at SG, because it's not as physically demanding and he's an outlier due to his height and then weight isn't as big of a problem. Why are you talking about PER 36, either he averaged what you said or he didn't

 

[LEEeveryday]

I tried my hand at a mock draft


1

Ben Simmons, PF, LSU
Philadelphia Sixers
2

Brandon Ingram, SF, Duke
Los Angeles Lakers
3

Dragan Bender, PF, Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (Israel)
Boston Celtics from Brooklyn
4

Marquese Chriss, PF, Washington
Phoenix Suns
5

Buddy Hield, G, Oklahoma
Minnesota Timberwolves
6

Jamal Murray, SG, Kentucky
New Orleans Pelicans
7

Jaylen Brown, SF, California
Denver Nuggets Swap with New York
8

Kris Dunn, SG, Providence
Sacramento Kings
9

Domas Sabonis, PF, Gonzaga
Toronto Raptors from New York (via Denver swap)
10

Jakob Poeltl, C, Utah
Milwaukee Bucks
11

Skal Labissiere, C, Kentucky
Orlando Magic
12

Denzel Valentine, F, Michigan State
Utah Jazz
13

Furkan Korkmaz, SG, Anadolu Efes (Turkey)
Phoenix Suns from Washington
14

Wade Baldwin IV, G, Vanderbilt
Chicago Bulls
15

Timothe Luwawu, F, KK Mega Vizura (Serbia)
Denver Nuggets from Houston
16

Malachi Richardson, SF, Syracuse
Boston Celtics from Dallas
17

Demetrius Jackson, G, Notre Dame
Memphis Grizzlies
18

Cheick Diallo, PF, Kansas
Detroit Pistons
19

Henry Ellenson, PF, Marquette
Denver Nuggets from Portland
20

Ivica Zubac, C, KK Mega Vizura (Serbia)
Indiana Pacers

21 Malik Beasley, SG, Florida State
Atlanta Hawks

22 Brice Johnson, PF, North Carolina
Charlotte Hornets

23 A.J. Hammons, C, Purdue
Boston Celtics

24 Thon Maker, C,
Philadelphia Sixers from Miami via Cleveland

25 Deyonta Davis, PF, Michigan State
Los Angeles Clippers

26 Kay Felder, PG, Oakland
Philadelphia Sixers from Oklahoma City via Cleveland and Denver

27 Caris LeVert, G, Michigan
Toronto Raptors

28 Stephen Zimmerman, C, UNLV
Phoenix Suns from Cleveland via Boston

29 Joel Bolomboy, FC, Weber State
San Antonio Spurs

30 Diamond Stone, C, Maryland
Golden State Warriors

 

[Frump]

Bender seems like a taller Gallinari

 

[tremonthustler1]

Bender seems like a taller Gallinari

Range isn't nearly as refined as Gallinari


So according to Jeff Goodman, Buddy Hield has a 40" vertical at his Lakers workout

 

[Dwight Howard]

I like Brown, big physical wings like him can be thrown out there early, I'd expect him to have a similar season to Stanley Johnson. What he becomes depends on his jumper, but I think the best spot for him would be in Phoenix, they have enough shooting on the floor that his lack of a jumper wouldn't be as problematic for his first few years, he'd be able to develop it at a reasonable pace. I think wings like him end up being better in the NBA when there's more spacing for them to drive, the college game is really restrictive and who was the last high profile wing player to have big numbers as a freshman?



You're expecting too much, guys who are as skinny as him are often protected because they can get hurt, the SF spot is extremely physical and you have some of them weighing 240+. It would be different if they play him at SG, because it's not as physically demanding and he's an outlier due to his height and then weight isn't as big of a problem. Why are you talking about PER 36, either he averaged what you said or he didn't

Im discussing per36 cause my prediction was based on him paying starter minutes, when he did play starter minutes he put up numbers extremely close to what i predicted. Per36 is a respectable stat when it comes to measuring what a player could do given more minutes. Especially in this case, where DLo is expected to play starter minutes and only didnt because b scott was trolling. The only time per36 shouldnt be used is when there are players that clearly cant stay on the court for 36 minutes for whatever reason

 

[tremonthustler1]

I like Brown, big physical wings like him can be thrown out there early, I'd expect him to have a similar season to Stanley Johnson. What he becomes depends on his jumper, but I think the best spot for him would be in Phoenix, they have enough shooting on the floor that his lack of a jumper wouldn't be as problematic for his first few years, he'd be able to develop it at a reasonable pace. I think wings like him end up being better in the NBA when there's more spacing for them to drive, the college game is really restrictive and who was the last high profile wing player to have big numbers as a freshman?

Jabari Parker, Ben McLemore, James Harden


and I'll reiterate: I think Jaylen's a bum.

 

[holidayinn21]

If that clown Wallace and the Grizz really promised that bum Richardson the 17th pick

 

[Frump]

Range isn't nearly as refined as Gallinari


So according to Jeff Goodman, Buddy Hield has a 40" vertical at his Lakers workout

Can't see them taking him. You?

 

[Flight]

@AAKing23 Who is the guy you expect to fit best with Ben in the 17 draft breh?

 

[Kang Deezy]

It's actually a legit rumor that the lakers are shopping dangelo Russell for a pick

Wow!

 

[tremonthustler1]

It's actually a legit rumor that the lakers are shopping dangelo Russell for a pick

Wow!

To Minnesota. Yeah, read up on that. Supposedly LA is really infatuated with Chriss now. If Marquese Chriss goes #2, God help us all recover from dying of laughter.

No. Like I said after D'Angelo snitched, I'm sure the Lakers will entertain the thought of moving him, but they won't do it. Sure you'd be appeasing the locker room, but truth be told, who in that locker room is gonna be around? Randle? Clarkson perhaps? Nance and Anthony Brown maybe? Moving forward, those are the only 5 Lakers worth giving a fukk about right now, so by the time the Lakers are ready to compete, Russell should be able to play so well, the Nick Young incident will be in his rear view mirror.

They've brought in Dragan Bender, Jaylen Brown, and while I still believe that it will be Ingram at No. 2, the Lakers have explored other options. And again I think the concern with Ingram is his lack of strength and how NBA-ready he's going to be because of that. I think more likely the Lakers are trying to pick up another pick in this draft in the top five and the guy that they have that they can shop is D'Angelo Russell, a guy who was their No. 2 pick in the draft last year but burned some bridges in the locker room.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

It's actually a legit rumor that the lakers are shopping dangelo Russell for a pick

Wow!

To Minnesota. Yeah, read up on that. Supposedly LA is really infatuated with Chriss now. If Marquese Chriss goes #2, God help us all recover from dying of laughter.

No. Like I said after D'Angelo snitched, I'm sure the Lakers will entertain the thought of moving him, but they won't do it. Sure you'd be appeasing the locker room, but truth be told, who in that locker room is gonna be around? Randle? Clarkson perhaps? Nance and Anthony Brown maybe? Moving forward, those are the only 5 Lakers worth giving a fukk about right now, so by the time the Lakers are ready to compete, Russell should be able to play so well, the Nick Young incident will be in his rear view mirror.

 

[Malta]

Bender kinda forces Minny to have to overpay Crabbe or Bazemore but he and Sabonis are exceptions to the rule.

If I'm New Orleans I'm not sure Bender can be passed up in a pairing with Davis

He's incredibly quick for a 7 footer, also going after Crabbe/Bazemore? That would mean Wiggins at the 2?