2018 NBA OFFSEASON

oh the draft was tonight?

waiting for ciderpress to chime in on the state of the nuggets after this MPJ pick

honestly know nothing about college basketball but seems like it's hard to get better upside at 14 than porter, I'm happy

yeah you can take a flyer at 14.

SHADES OF: Athletic Keith Van Horn, Otto Porter Jr., Harrison Barnes

:-\

any one of those players would be good at 14!

as a red-blooded american male who loves drama i'm currently just waiting to see who gives grayson allen a shot

wow pure savagery by the sixers here.

Grayson Allen is good. A good team will take him.

IM ALL IN ON LONNIE WALKER THE FOURTH WHOOOOOOO

he seems like a really cool kid!

Draft talk is so gross and absurd. "Dimensionally Limited" is the new short.

blazers really filling a hole by picking an undersized scoring combo guard >:[

graeyson alien

k3vin k.
Posted: June 21, 2018 at 7:11:02 PM
SHADES OF: Athletic Keith Van Horn, Otto Porter Jr., Harrison Barnes

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im sure the general skepticism is warranted but man he was the #2 prospect in a stacked class, if his health holds hell be better than all those guys, he can like really really seriously shoot

shooting is good in basketball just my two cents

how did i go away for an hour and were still in the first round

Grayson Allen tripped up the broadcast.

lol

hmm feel fine about this guy the celtics got at 27

Pre-Draft Analysis
Strengths
- Prototype physically. Explosive athlete who covers ground unbelievably and is incredibly fast off his feet. Tremendous lob target.
- Great defensive potential. Blocks shots on the interior and perimeter; switches onto smaller players. No. 1 rebounder and No. 3 shot-blocker among likely draft picks on a per-minute basis.
- Better passer than you might think. Has some upside as a shooter.

Improvement areas
- Doesn't have a consistent means of scoring. Plays very sped-up and settles for jumpers more than you'd hope. Feel for the game is a major work in progress.
- Doesn't always make the type of impact defensively he should. Relies too much on his talent and tools. Bites on fakes. Doesn't box out. Rarely keeps his blocks in bounds.
- Boom-or-bust prospect. No question about his talent, but there are concerns about his motor and overall approach to the game.

Projected role: Rim-protecting, vertical-spacing center

6-10 230lb explosive athletes who cover ground unbelievably and are incredibly fast off their feet didnt used to fall to 27

So I wonder what the hawks can get for Schroeder. Is vucevic any good? Orlando needs a pg bad

vucevic prob best in a back up role due to his bad defense, he can fill it up otherwise tho

i like that trade tho schroeder feels like a good magic lol

bunch of weird lanky guys just running around throwing up bricks

blazers really filling a hole by picking an undersized scoring combo guard >:[

makes me wonder whether the blazers are anticipating creating the hole they filled?

bigtime robert williams fan here, maybe the biggest, i always believed in him

Boston keeps adding young talent!

Robert Williams goes No. 27 to the Celtics pic.twitter.com/yO2aiQiWqj

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 22, 2018

love that they still do that weird little harpsichord riff with each pick.

btw the barred from spoiling picks wojs feed is hilarious tonight

Source: Boston is tantalized by Robert Williams with the 27th pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2018

Source: The Sixers are enamored with Landry Shamut at the 26th pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2018

Source: The Lakers are unlikely to resist Mo Wagner with the 25th pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 22, 2018

lol

woj really just let his nuts hang tonight, inspired stuff

amazing performance by woj, makes me like him way way more than i did.

with really no incentive to do so other than he lives for this shit

re: robert williams, the fact that he shot like 40something % from the line isn't great, but they can def use a big man and in addition to being ranked in the lottery by some guys he was the last big man for like 30 picks. also likely keeps them from looking at dwight howard so all in all i love it at #27.

27th: is tantalized by
26th: are enamored with
25th: are unlikely to resist

working his thesaurus to the bone tonite

danny wld never acquire dwight i believe this with all my soul, dwight has the anti mindtype

i want to believe that but i think they've def looked at it once or twice

look but dont touch

shoutout to the knicks for selecting the dude who literally went awol from his college team and then just didn't play for a year

ha nice very knicksian

lol

https://i.imgur.com/c5F1YFt.png

btw reaching for mo wagner = magic/pelinka are clueless

heh

fans at Braclays Center now screaming for LiAngelo Ball to get drafted with each pick

— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) June 22, 2018

magic are officially Kings East

nah weltman and hammond are pretty good. they'll come up with a decent team if they get the time to do so.

something i've been thinking about is how there's a really good chance that the first two players selected in this draft don't end up being in the top 5 players this draft produces.

I'm an Ayton skeptic. But then, teams with lottery picks usually have lottery picks because they have crappy front offices who make bad draft picks, give bad contracts and make bad trades.

pretty wild no current players were traded tonight

Experienced (non-draftee) players to be traded on draft night/day:
2018: 0
2017: 11
2016: 11
2015: 18
2014: 9

— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) June 22, 2018

it's bad

I mean why trade future assets for a current player to try and compete with (a) Warriors (b) Rockets (c) wherever LeBron ends up.