2022 NBA OFF SEASON DRAFT FREE AGENCY TAMPERING ETC

ah interesting

ESPN Sources: In aftermath of Quin Snyder’s departure as Utah Jazz coach, All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell is described as “unsettled, unnerved and wondering what it means for the franchise’s future.”https://t.co/hR6H1tKGX0

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 5, 2022

when i heard a few days ago that multiple jazz assistants were bailing for other jobs that pretty much settled it.

i assume he is a take a year off guy for health and contractual reasons.

woj in omniscient narrator mode

“He definitely is going to have to address that and it will be addressed. I definitely think he can be in better shape. We'll address it and try to help him.”

- Pat Riley on Kyle Lowry 😯
(h/t @flasportsbuzz ) pic.twitter.com/f5isweTwD8

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) June 6, 2022

the Jerry West in him

Lakers coach Darvin Ham on Russell Westbrook’s role next season: “The biggest word we used was sacrifice.”

"I want him to get back to guarding at a championship level." From NBA Today: pic.twitter.com/HPu69MzXaM

— Malika Andrews (@malika_andrews) June 6, 2022

good luck Coach Ham!

YA GONNA NEED IT

pelton:

My projections translate performance in NCAA Division I and other leagues to an NBA equivalent and then adjust for age and position to project value over a player's next five seasons. Lastly, I add in ranking in the ESPN's top 100 prospects for the best consensus projection.

1. Chet Holmgren
Power forward | Gonzaga
Top 100: No. 1
Stats: No. 1

Consensus: 4.4 WARP

There's no change at the very top of my projections, with Holmgren still the top-rated in both the stats-only version and the consensus projections. Holmgren's versatility stands out. He's the first prospect ever in my database to project to block at least 5% of opponent 2-point attempts and take at least 30% of his own shots from 3-point range. Add in projected 59% accuracy on 2-point attempts and Holmgren figures to make a big impact at both ends even if he's not the kind of dominant creator who usually ranks atop draft boards.

2. Jabari Smith
Power forward | Auburn
Top 100: No. 2
Stats: No. 7

Consensus: 3.3 WARP

The one minor concern about Smith as a top prospect is his solid but unspectacular efficiency. Smith's projected .545 true shooting percentage as an NBA rookie is weaker than league average (.566). To become the dominant scorer he's got the potential to be, Smith will have to turn more of his long 2-point attempts (he shot 38.5% on 2s outside 17 feet, per Synergy Sports tracking) into 3s, which he made at a 42% clip -- or an effective field-goal percentage of 63% when accounting for the extra point.

...

11. Paolo Banchero
Power forward | Duke
Top 100: No. 3
Stats: No. 35

Consensus: 2.1 WARP

While the other two top prospects in this year's rankings are 1-2 overall in the consensus projections, Banchero falls outside the top 10 because of his unspectacular stats-only projection. Banchero wasn't as efficient as Holmgren and Smith. He was more accurate on long 2s than Smith (45%, per Synergy Sports) but not nearly as good from 3-point range (34%). Improvement there will help Banchero become an elite scorer. He could also stand to improve his impact on defense.

chet as the clear top prospect is exactly how i see things thank you kevin pelton. teams are really psyching themselves out

otm tho i hope they do psych themselves out okc is such a better situation for chet than orlando

unicorns don't belong in black holes

Everybody's working for the Wolves nowadays

https://www.canishoopus.com/2022/6/9/23161898/reports-dell-demps-to-join-timberwolves-front-office-minnesota-nba

Please don't draft this guy it would be confusing

Nikola Jovic out of Serbia, who played for the same club as Nikola Jokic and grew up a water polo player, headlines today’s Nuggets pre-draft workout.

Is there real interest there, and could Denver actually make him the pick?https://t.co/CsocXGV6Dy

— Harrison Wind (@HarrisonWind) June 10, 2022

lol

need both of them and also bojan bogdanovic and bogdan bogdanovic all on the same team

the hornets get kenny atkinson, the rich mans’s james borrego

i think that’s a nice move for them

oh yeah i’m not trying to throw shade, he’s a good coach and will really help them.

Anthony Davis: "I haven't shot a basketball since probably April 5th." pic.twitter.com/5V7hzptXf8

— 𝙎𝙝𝙪𝙗𝙝 ⁶𓅓 (@OVOLakeShow) June 12, 2022

same

Anthony Davis trying to find a gold’s gym with a hoop open past 10 pm

donovan mitchell posted photos on his IG story working out with bam and hanging out with jimmy… this trade request is hurtling at the jazz franchise like an asteroid

lmao v subtle

imagine youre tyler herro getting traded from miami to utah lmao

jack harlow to eve barlow real quick

lmao

ESPN Sources: Denver is trading F JaMychal Green and a protected 2027 first-round pick to Oklahoma City for the No. 30 pick in this month’s NBA Draft and two future second-round picks. Nuggets have No. 21 and 30 in this draft now and Thunder has Nos. 2, 12 and 34.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 13, 2022

trades!

i’m sure that pick is heavily protected but dumping a first/jamming up your trade flexibility just to get rid of jamychal green and get a first round pick that is prob worthless…. hmm

In the future there will be no lottery, you'll just have to beg OKC for one

Three POUNDS? Damn, Trezz. https://t.co/5bXVfT4IXV

— Bryan Toporek (@btoporek) June 13, 2022

I see nothing wrong with buying in bulk

anybody see HUSTLE yet? watched it last night, basically just a cameo-fest but anthony edwards was great

I thought it was pretty fun in that semi decent Netflix movie way, Ant was really great. I have a soft spot for Sandler in sad schlump mode.

Pretending Juancho was some super human hoops phenom required some suspension of disbelief

wouldve been better if it were a hyper realistic story of a low level scout working to bring two well known mediocre spanish brothers to the nba

negotiating the buyout with their teams, trying to get a first round promise, finding them a place to stay, thats the stuff

I read that as "mediocre splash brothers" and was like, jeez, cut Klay some slack.

the mediocre splash brothers are james harden and danny green

Not nice.

im just saying who they are

kings in win now mode

Pistons, Pacers, Knicks reportedly interested in trade for Kings’ No. 4 pick https://t.co/fvjbajjeAC

— Kurt Helin (@basketballtalk) June 18, 2022

when youve got dom sabonis and deaaron fox you just go all in for that 8th seed

if you dont love that you dont love kings basketball

that is bleak.

wonder if ivey might move up to 3rd are teams really so sold on n

banchero

feels like this trade would guarantee that Holmgren falls to fourth and becomes a phenomenon

every player with all-star potential is flawed coming into this draft, gonna be a few teams talking themselves out of certain guys. the knock on paolo is ironically size (arms too short to box out with god) and lack of lateral speed which limits his defensive options. jabari can't self-create or finish inside. chet is the monstar shawn bradley and ppl will have questions (fair or not) about his body in the nba. ivey is gonna confuse ppl that he's the next ja but that's probably not his ceiling.

banchero looks like tall derozan tbh