2024 NBA Draft Thread

[wildturkey]

First Lakers draft with JJ Redick as head coach and the Lakers draft JJ Redick. LOL, lets go!

 

[The Q]

Could they get any team to take Gobert at this point? If the concern is the tax then it has to bee sooner than later, not time to wait for Gobert to become an expiring. They don't have picks to include as an incentive for a team to take him.

Next summer mroe teams have cap space anyway

 

[DJ]

Thought Philly might take Da Silva.

 

[bksballer89]

Age 23 isn’t a problem. LA wants NBA ready

Hearing the age thing at the draft irritates me. Same BS i heard when Miami drafted JJJ last year. 22 or 23 isn't old.

I rather take a guy 22-23 that I can play immediately over a young guy that I may need to stash in the gleague for a year or so.

 

[shopson67]

Really like that pick.

Not the big I wanted, but a surprise slide changes things.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Hearing the age thing at the draft irritates me. Same BS i heard when Miami drafted JJJ last year. 22 or 23 isn't old.

I rather take a guy 22-23 that I can play immediately over a young guy that I may need to stash in the gleague for a year or so.

Yep

Give me a guy who can play right away and doesn't need training wheels.

 

[The Q]

Thought Philly might take Da Silva.

That’s what I thought too

 

[wildturkey]

Hearing the age thing at the draft irritates me. Same BS i heard when Miami drafted JJJ last year. 22 or 23 isn't old.

I rather take a guy 22-23 that I can play immediately over a young guy that I may need to stash in the gleague for a year or so.

It really depends on where the team is. For some teams, I get it. The development curve is a real thing. Guys drafted 22 to 23 seem to be closer to finished products. More upside with a younger guy. So if you're not a team that needs to win now, I'd rather have a young guy. But a team like the Lakers or Miami last year, I'd rather have a guy that can contribute right away

 

[thunderc]

Da Silva could have helped a lot of teams

 

[Mebert]

Hearing the age thing at the draft irritates me. Same BS i heard when Miami drafted JJJ last year. 22 or 23 isn't old.

I rather take a guy 22-23 that I can play immediately over a young guy that I may need to stash in the gleague for a year or so.

Guy can score all over the floor on the move or catch and shoot. His absolute peak is something like Khris Middleton, but if he never hits that he is a value add to the roster. It was an awesome pick for the Lakers

 

[Shanemansj13]

I have a feeling Cavs are taking Flip or Murphy

 

[Mebert]

It really depends on where the team is. For some teams, I get it. The development curve is a real thing. Guys drafted 22 to 23 seem to be closer to finished products. More upside with a younger guy. So if you're not a team that needs to win now, I'd rather have a young guy. But a team like the Lakers or Miami last year, I'd rather have a guy that can contribute right away

Genreally speaking a player that goes to college for 4 years has his range dialed in, they are rarely the very high ceiling types, but you know exactly where the floor is. Teams that are ready to compete need those on cheap contracts to fill in the gaps. Can't always wait to see if your lottery ticket hits.

 

[DJ]

Not the big I wanted, but a surprise slide changes things.

It sure does. And I think passing him up would have been a mistake.

 

[DJ]

Yep

Give me a guy who can play right away and doesn't need training wheels.

This.

 

[DJ]

Good pick by the Raps.

 

[Mebert]

This is where the Cavs pass on Holmes I think

 

[DJ]

I'm fading fast.

Up since fucking 2:30am or so.

 

[Shanemansj13]

This is where the Cavs pass on Holmes I think

They probably take a white kid

 

[shopson67]

This is where the Cavs pass on Holmes I think

Yep, Tyson to the Cavs.

Missi to the Pels.

 

[thunderc]

Thought Philly might take Da Silva.

he actually reminds me a little of Porter Jr. if he’s anything close to that it’s a steal.