The Official 2022 NBA Draft Talk Thread
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Jaden needs to tell his agent to cut it out lol
The jaden hardy slander is so weird. I know what the numbers say especially the FG%. But he showed something out there especially at the end. I hope he lands in Miami. It might be better for him to land with a win now team and come off the bench and give them something. I love players that play with confidence regardless of the %.
Him not playing in the 5 on 5 was so stupid considering that’s a setting he would dominate.
That lineup inspires no fear at all, although they'd be much better defensively which isn't saying much.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
I'll drop a 2 round mock tomorrow.
He's tough to gauge but 17-29 is his range to me. I'm trying to think of guys who probably had top 5 level rankings in mocks, watched their stocks fall big time and still salvage their careers. Most of the time when you fall off that much, we find out early on that there was a reason for it. Hardy should be at every workout showing everyone he can run point and that the shot was just a blip on some Maxey shyt, cuz teams are looking for reasons to not take guys like TyTy and Kennedy Chandler.
The guy who might benefit is Michael Foster because at least he's made himself available for teams.
I wanna see where you have Ryan Rollins, Wendall Moore, Kennedy Chandler, and Kenny Lofton Jr
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Spoiler:
I don't see Lofton getting picked. I also think I'd drafted and stashed too many people for a weak Euro class, so something to revise.
Rollins and Moore are HARD to lock down a spot. Initially I had Rollins as a late first, but he's this year's Jared Butler /Jason Preston., so if last year is an indicator, he's early round 2.
Wendell Moore on face value looks like a first rounder. I'm not sure he makes it there because Jake LaRavia has the juice right now. Also, guys like Braun and Roddy and to a lesser extent, Kendall Brown and Houstan (who in a perfect world, shouldn't be drafted) are all making that wing spot a little more crowded.
You think Kenny and Scottie Pippen jr go undrafted?
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@Swagnificent finals over, I need to know who will be a star.
Domestic recruits should think twice about going to the g league ignite. So many of their prospects dropped off the draft radar when they could've played more and better in college (Nix, Hardy, Foster). They surrounded the kids with a bunch of chuckers and slow bigs this year and that didn't help anything. They're fortunate that Dyson Daniels and Beauchamp got some buzz this year.
Hollinger released his Top 75 prospect rankings, includes a brief write-up on each player. Seems to be unlocked, so anyone should be able to read it.
He breaks them up into tiers, but here are his full rankings (he had Cockburn and Nembhard in seperate tiers but both as 53, so I guess it's actually a Top 76):
- Jabari Smith Jr.
- Paolo Banchero
- Jaden Ivey
- Chet Holmgren
- Bennedict Mathurin
- Shaedon Sharpe
- Keegan Murray
- Jeremy Sochan
- Dyson Daniels
- Josh Minott
- Blake Wesley
- Jalen Duren
- A.J. Griffin
- TyTy Washington
- Kendall Brown
- Tari Eason
- E.J. Liddell
- Dalen Terry
- Mark Williams
- Jake LaRavia
- Ryan Rollins
- Wendell Moore
- Jalen Williams
- Ousmane Dieng
- Malaki Branham
- Kennedy Chandler
- Justin Lewis
- Julian Champagnie
- Johnny Davis
- Trevor Keels
- Christian Braun
- Dereon Seabron
- Gabriele Procida
- Ochai Agbaji
- Nikola Jovic
- Kenneth Lofton Jr.
- Walker Kessler
- Ziga Samar
- John Butler
- David Roddy
- MarJon Beauchamp
- JD Davison
- Jean Montero
- Caleb Houstan
- Bryce McGowens
- Peyton Watson
- Max Christie
- Patrick Baldwin
- Jaden Hardy
- Ismael Kamagate
- Christian Koloko
- Jaylin Williams
- Kofi Cockburn
- Andrew Nembhard
- Jabari Walker
- Luke Travers
- Dom Barlow
- Matteo Spagnolo
- Jamaree Bouye
- Tyrese Martin
- Iverson Molinar
- Darius Days
- Isaiah Mobley
- Keon Ellis
- Aminu Mohammed
- Tevin Brown
- Hyunjung Lee
- Jordan Hall
- Grayson Murphy
- Scotty Pippen Jr
- Alondes Williams
- Michael Foster
- Justin Bean
- Orlando Robinson
- Kam McGusty
- Bryson Williams
The D-List Vet
Being in a recommendation system.
Can we talk about the draft now?
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Ask me whatever. We can talk amongst ourselves for the next week and see who can help a team out.
@HiphopRelated Miami is up. Let's wrap up the coli mock draft
The D-List Vet
Being in a recommendation system.
Who do you think is going to be the best out of the top 3 guys? And who do you think will be bottom 3 again next year?
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
I'm a Chet guy out of the top 3. Zig when others zag. He has unique skills that the right team can maximize.
The tank for Wembanyama is gonna be interesting. Probably OKC dives in if the year doesn't go the way they want it. Maybe Houston, Sacramento, San Antonio, Utah if they blow it all up.
A lot has to happen for that to be determined now, but for some teams, they're only banking on internal improvement and this draft to improve, so we might see some of these teams back up here again.