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HOF19 wrote:Watching USC-UCLA live on ESPN right now at UCLA ..and
Steve Mills and Scott Perry are in the stands .

VCoug wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:

HOF19 wrote:Watching USC-UCLA live on ESPN right now at UCLA ..and
Steve Mills and Scott Perry are in the stands .

Who were they scouting

Just going by who's on the NBADraft.net Top 100. On USC there's Kevin Porter and Bennie Boatwright. UCLA has Kris Wilkes, Moses Brown, Jaylen Hands, and Chris Smith. Only Porter, Wilkes, and Moses are projected as 1st rounders; the other guys are all projected as late 2nd rounders or undrafted.

You mean they weren't asleep?

Wow - a Front Office that works! Awesome!

franco12 wrote:

VCoug wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:

HOF19 wrote:Watching USC-UCLA live on ESPN right now at UCLA ..and
Steve Mills and Scott Perry are in the stands .

Who were they scouting

Just going by who's on the NBADraft.net Top 100. On USC there's Kevin Porter and Bennie Boatwright. UCLA has Kris Wilkes, Moses Brown, Jaylen Hands, and Chris Smith. Only Porter, Wilkes, and Moses are projected as 1st rounders; the other guys are all projected as late 2nd rounders or undrafted.

You mean they weren't asleep?

Wow - a Front Office that works! Awesome!

lol I forgot about that! God, Phil was so ****ing terrible.

and then we draft all duke - zion barrett reddish lol

Cartman718 wrote:Did tankathon today. First attempt Knicks 1 mavs 2 hawks 3 Cavs 4 suns 5 bulls 6

Man that would be awesome getting the first 2 picks !

KnickDanger wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:Did tankathon today. First attempt Knicks 1 mavs 2 hawks 3 Cavs 4 suns 5 bulls 6

Man that would be awesome getting the first 2 picks !

We have the Mavs' picks in 2021 and 2023 right? With some protection I believe. Not this year.

We have 2 future 1st round picks from the Mavs. The Mavs owe 1 1st round pick to Atlanta, we'll get our first pick from them 2 years after Dallas sends a pick to Atlanta and our 2nd pick at least 2 years after that. The pick Dallas owes Atlanta is top 5 protected in 2019 and 2020, top 3 protected in 2021 and 2022, and unprotected in 2023. The earliest we'll start getting picks from Dallas is 2021.

fitzfarm wrote:

VCoug wrote:

KnickDanger wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:Did tankathon today. First attempt Knicks 1 mavs 2 hawks 3 Cavs 4 suns 5 bulls 6

Man that would be awesome getting the first 2 picks !

We have the Mavs' picks in 2021 and 2023 right? With some protection I believe. Not this year.

We have 2 future 1st round picks from the Mavs. The Mavs owe 1 1st round pick to Atlanta, we'll get our first pick from them 2 years after Dallas sends a pick to Atlanta and our 2nd pick at least 2 years after that. The pick Dallas owes Atlanta is top 5 protected in 2019 and 2020, top 3 protected in 2021 and 2022, and unprotected in 2023. The earliest we'll start getting picks from Dallas is 2021.

I thought that if they land in the top five it’s our pick if they land above 5 it’s Atlanta’s

VCoug has it right.

A good reference for all owed picks: https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/detailed

Latest consensus seems to be :

1) Zion

(no one close)

2) Barrett
3) Morant

(Big drop off)

4 and beyond: a crap shoot

I need some hope that if we end up with the 4th or 5th we can get a meaningful player

TripleThreat wrote:

smackeddog wrote:Okay folks, give me your top 5 players in this years draft (because we all know that we'll drop in the lottery,)

Latest consensus seems to be :

1) Zion

(no one close)

2) Barrett
3) Morant

(Big drop off)

4 and beyond: a crap shoot

I need some hope that if we end up with the 4th or 5th we can get a meaningful player

In terms of raw impact, without regard to tiers and market forces and "value for slot"

Zion Williamson
Keldon Johnson
Bol Bol
RJ Barrett
Jaxson Hayes
Ja Morant

How I think it will break down (as of today's timeline as a benchmark)

Tier 1

Zion Williamson

Tier 2

Ja Morant/RJ Barrett
RJ Barrett/Ja Morant

Tier 3
Cam Reddish
Rui Hachimura
DeAndre Hunter ( will push by time of draft)
Nassir Little
Keldon Johnson
Bol Bol

If the Knicks pick 5-7, pick Keldon Johnson. My take on it. If he's off the board, then Bol or Hayes.

Someone who might go undrafted but might be worth a look is Brian Bowen.

Nassir Little is a wild card. I can see a situation where he strings together a few good games in moves into tier 2. I can see him developing into a Gerald Wallace type. I can also see him dropping. Right now the only thing you can really get excited about is his physical profile. He did the best job defending Zion that I've seen so far. Granted, it wasa highschool all star game. But that spurt gave you a clear indication of his potential. Rui and DeAndre are guys who could blend in anywhere. I'm worried about Rui's defense at the next level, but I like his promise as a scorer at all three levels. Cam's game is weird and I can see him falling further.