NBA Draft Thread - Flagg Day
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Only good thing I can see they might bring to the table is looks,, on a very few.. Others I have zero idea what they bring to the table.. 🤷🏻♂
Maluach to Suns now. He will split time with Nick Richards?
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The NBA drafts freshmen.
The NCAAT wins with upperclassmen.
The NCAAT wins with upperclassmen.
The draft analysis has taken a huge dip since I was a kid. I remember the days of Doug Collins, Hubie Davis, and Ernie Johnson breaking down the draft like geniuses.
Now we've got two politically-spawned female hires, the pie-munching bloated Kendrick Perkins, and a Jay Bilas who depreciated of any analytical value over a decade ago. The draft analysis is absolute shit now.
Now we've got two politically-spawned female hires, the pie-munching bloated Kendrick Perkins, and a Jay Bilas who depreciated of any analytical value over a decade ago. The draft analysis is absolute shit now.
The draft show is a horrendous failure.
ABC/ESPN dropped the ball with their choice in commentators for both the Finals and Draft. It's the year of the murmuring corpses. There is no life in the presentation.
ABC/ESPN dropped the ball with their choice in commentators for both the Finals and Draft. It's the year of the murmuring corpses. There is no life in the presentation.
Both France and Canada are going to contend w the US in future years in international basketball
Jay Bilas would be an upgrade over Stephen A and the other guy.
I've never understood the appeal of Kendrick Perkins. As a player, he was meh. His career is by and large built by the efforts of the "Big 3." He road their coattails to a title and then had the "championship experience" appeal. That kept him on rosters far past his expiration date and helped thrust him into broadcasting. As far as I can tell, his role as a broadcaster is to spout idiocy and use that to drive a fake discussion.
yeah, i totally don't get Perkins either. I figure it must be generational or something....
No wonder I was confused. ESPN and ABC have their own shows. I’m watching the draft on ABC so I didn't know what the eff you were referencing. My B, lol
WTF are the Suns doing? They just got Richards, Use two first round picks to get Williams, and draft Maluach? Who runs that team? They don’t have any cap space or assets. They finally got some with Durant and gave what they had away to get another Center.
The amount of females on ESPN is ridiculous now, I don’t mind them doing women’s sports or even a knowledge one like adore is Burke being on but they have women talking NFL/NHL 24/7 now. Like come on now you all don’t know the first thing about pro football or hockey, be for real.
It's lame now that they split the draft to two nights now. Everything about the NBA sucks now.
With the way the draft fell, looks like guys like Yaxel and JT Toppin made good decisions to take the NIL.
Both could have snuck into late first but could have easily fell into the second like Fleming has.
Both could have snuck into late first but could have easily fell into the second like Fleming has.
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Oh he definitely fits the description of generational talent. Any 6'10 guy that can handle the ball the way he can is ridiculous.
OKC wins a title. Gets the 15th pick. Drafts a player with multi-year AS potential. OKC is killing it right now. Sorber is a top 5 talent.
They'll also have last year's No. 12 pick Nikola Topic coming off a year of rehab. 6-6 PG that was getting top 5 buzz before tearing his ACL last May in Europe.
Cal's first round pick streak is over and UK could get more draft picks than Cal as well. I bet he's about to lose it. 🤣
Well, he isn't 6'10" apparently. And he's no Kyrie with the ball. Look, he's a good talent. Really good all around player. Not advocating he's gonna bust. In fact, I think he'll usually be an all-star. But, I personally don't think he's off the charts enough to be labeled "generational". He's a fine player, but I think we're seeing a guy who's thrived from always being the biggest and most often the most athletic kid on the court. I think a lot of what has made Flagg stand out will be negated some now that he'll be on the court with men.
It's a little odd. I do think he's somewhat special - generational, if you will. I don't think that label is overhyped. But, in the end, he's a really well rounded player. And that's not the kind of thing that usually translates to superstar at the NBA level (and the hype/generational tag implies superstar). He isn't a natural big time scorer. I'm trying to think of a player in the NBA who wasn't wasn't a high scorer that was a superstar. I'm sure there are some.....
Did carmello Anthony win a title with Syracuse then get lottery drafted?
Middle Aged Rant coming on so be warned.
1. Silver making this a 2 day event is embarrassing and trying to copy the NFL model is embarrassing. Like most things Duke--imitating the success of others and claiming it as your own is an approach never works--only he thinks it will because he's protected by the Duke Mafia that runs the sport. The best part of the NBA Draft was it's pace and it was over in 3 1/2 hours in one night.
2. If you are going to talk about 3 players going in the Top 10--let's talk how it turned out. Duke's now done it twice. Zion (bust), Barrett (role player) and Reddish (huge bust) isn't something that I'd look back to in fondness. Flagg is a dedicated kid so he won't bust--but will he be the next big thing? Jury's out. Kneuppel is going to struggle at his position due to lacking athleticism. Malauch couldn't rebound against a physical team of 6'7 players (Houston) but he'll be fine in the NBA? Okay. There's a reason Duke was pedestrian record wise outside the conference. That was in CBB. Now you go to the NBA where the game is about length/size/athleticism+ skill. Flagg being competitive and tough, he'll be alright. Other two feel like journeyman at best and Malauch feels like a league punching bag. When scouting report is "beat the crap out of him" in College--what will it be in the NBA?
3. Ban ESPN/ABC from covering the NBA. They are a massive part of the decline of the sport in how they cover it. Their half assed and embarrassingly awful commentators--not a shot at the women only--it's the entirety of colossal pile of crap they put on the air to yell and not inform. They are awful and best part of Inside the NBA Show going to ESPN is going to be hearing them trash fellow ESPN media members knowing they are needed and that's been their schtick from jump--and if ESPN people can't handle it--tough shit.
It's now time to dump Richard Jefferson and Doris Burke from the #1 team and really they should be doing the 7th game of Christmas Coverage between the Hornets/Pelicans or something like that. They are horrendous.
End of Rant.
1. Silver making this a 2 day event is embarrassing and trying to copy the NFL model is embarrassing. Like most things Duke--imitating the success of others and claiming it as your own is an approach never works--only he thinks it will because he's protected by the Duke Mafia that runs the sport. The best part of the NBA Draft was it's pace and it was over in 3 1/2 hours in one night.
2. If you are going to talk about 3 players going in the Top 10--let's talk how it turned out. Duke's now done it twice. Zion (bust), Barrett (role player) and Reddish (huge bust) isn't something that I'd look back to in fondness. Flagg is a dedicated kid so he won't bust--but will he be the next big thing? Jury's out. Kneuppel is going to struggle at his position due to lacking athleticism. Malauch couldn't rebound against a physical team of 6'7 players (Houston) but he'll be fine in the NBA? Okay. There's a reason Duke was pedestrian record wise outside the conference. That was in CBB. Now you go to the NBA where the game is about length/size/athleticism+ skill. Flagg being competitive and tough, he'll be alright. Other two feel like journeyman at best and Malauch feels like a league punching bag. When scouting report is "beat the crap out of him" in College--what will it be in the NBA?
3. Ban ESPN/ABC from covering the NBA. They are a massive part of the decline of the sport in how they cover it. Their half assed and embarrassingly awful commentators--not a shot at the women only--it's the entirety of colossal pile of crap they put on the air to yell and not inform. They are awful and best part of Inside the NBA Show going to ESPN is going to be hearing them trash fellow ESPN media members knowing they are needed and that's been their schtick from jump--and if ESPN people can't handle it--tough shit.
It's now time to dump Richard Jefferson and Doris Burke from the #1 team and really they should be doing the 7th game of Christmas Coverage between the Hornets/Pelicans or something like that. They are horrendous.
End of Rant.
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