Yeah I’m with you to some degree. There are some hyped guys who’ve not looked great in college. I think there will be more movement from prior rankings in this draft, whereas the last couple drafts have had very high correlations with high school recruiting rankings.

Obviously Zion is great, and I also love Ja Morant, though he may be one of those players who is more entertaining than actually going to lead you to a championship. I think Barrett is a fair risk as a potential stud with some good coaching, and I really liked Bol Bol, but of course have no idea about the health issues. After that it’s murkier from a top 5 perspective. I really like De’Andre Hunter, super long but quick perimeter defender who can score a bunch of different ways (but definitely not a lead initiator). Then there’s a bunch of guys like Culver, Jaxson Hayes, Johnson, Little, etc. None has separated enough yet to where I’d want to use a top five pick on them.

cassidy just got done interviewing perry…

I gotta say – he seems like a reasonably honest individual…

I like perry… I love his stank face while he’s up in the crowd…

I have no real idea, but – I gotta imagine a good stank face helps in negotiations 🙂

he reiterated that porzingis initiated the idea of leaving the team, which obviously is sort of a half truth…

you don’t pull the trigger that quick without having things set up already…

I’m not sure who all was in the room representing whom – but, I can’t imagine it would have been that difficult steering Porzingis in that direction…

heard a soundbite from mills yesterday – I hope that guy never speaks for the knicks again…

in a one on one conversation- I don’t think I would believe anything coming out of his mouth…

i need to go back and look at all of his transactions to date, but – i get the feeling that Perry is doing okay…

oh yeah, one other note – how big do you think jimmy d smiled when he found out we were gonna surprise the zinger with a trade…

yeah man, poorzingis needs better management…got get that 4 and half mil next year…

I’m just extremely underwhelmed by the non-Zion prospects in the top 10 of this draft. When you look at their stats, they seem like an army of Kevin Knox’s.

I posted it on the other thread. I think Keldon is considered a mid-lottery pick.

I also posted something (albeit brief). Keldon is a good shooter and scorer, good athlete, but he does not look like an NBA primary initiator (compared to someone like Barrett, who may be if he can be a bit smarter in how he plays). Neither his athleticism nor his handle is good enough. He’s more of a 3 and D guy.

I do find it funny a few here like Keldon Johnson based on his stats but I’ve heard others dismiss Nassir Little. Little averages more than 3 rebounds per game more than Johnson per 40, and extra block per 40, and an extra 0.3 steals per 40. Super important stats for a wing to demonstrate NBA athleticism and typically translates well to the NBA. Little is also shooting a slightly better percentage on twos and scoring more points per 40. The only thing Johnson is really doing better is shooting threes, a stat that hasn’t translated that well to the NBA and is perhaps the easiest skill to improve (rebounds and especially defensive stats rarely change).

Johnson’s shot 68 college threes, so hitting 42% on those isn’t especially meaningful. He’s a good prospect but lets not go overboard here.

Mario puts the absolute least amount of effort on defense possible.

Haha, I was just thinking that Mario tries hard he’s just really very bad.