2023 NBA Draft

[RR7]

What?

Why not, we won the last time we sent him.

 

[blazerkor]

What?

BRoy represented the team when we last won the lotto.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

What?

Nice!

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Don't like it. BRoy is bad juju now.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I think if we don't get number one you won't have to research any of them.

You might eventually be right, but the problem is I doubt we agree to a trade until close to draft time.

I guess teams sometimes complete deals early. I think we did the Telfair trade to Boston for the Roy pick a week or two before the draft?

 

[tykendo]

Don't like it. BRoy is bad juju now.

What! You act like the dude committed crimes against humanity. B Roy was amazing. A great Blazers. Count me, among many, who love Brandon.

 

[DDolla]

Does that mean that BRoy and Blazers Organization are back in good terms again?

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

What! You act like the dude committed crimes against humanity. B Roy was amazing. A great Blazers. Count me, among many, who love Brandon.

If he gets us the #1 pick again all is forgiven!

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Does that mean that BRoy and Blazers Organization are back in good terms again?

I can't imagine they would be on bad terms as both Roy and the Blazers had to agree to this.

Doesn't mean he will become more active with the Blazers, but I would suspect there is a chance he might.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I think if we don't get number one you won't have to research any of them.

You might eventually be right, but the problem is I doubt we agree to a trade until close to draft time.

I guess teams sometimes complete deals early. I think we did the Telfair trade to Boston for the Roy pick a week or two before the draft?

Just looked up the Roy pick - so it was first the #7 pick that Boston used to select Randy Foye - and traded to the Blazers with Raef LaFrentz and Dan Dickau. Blazers sent the Celtics Theo Ratliff, Telfair, and a 2nd round pick. BB RReference shows all these draft trades as completed on June 28, 2006 - so I'd imagine all these trades were agreed to within 24 hours of or during the draft.

Its nuts that the Celtics traded the lottery pick #7 for Telfair with his 9.5 ppg as a sophmore at 39% FG% on a 21 win team; and a year salary relief of LaFrentz contract. Not very exciting value at all if thats the type of return we get for the Blazers lottery pick this year. I still think Ainge was a great GM, but he had some major blunders as well.

The Blazers then traded the Randy Foye pick #7 for Roy at #6 who the TWolves had selected. The TWolves were rumored to have made the pick of Roy at #6 with plans to swap him for Houston taking Foye at #8. But the Blazers then grabbed Foye at #7 to force the TWolves to send Roy to the Blazers.

 

[JDC]

Cissoko and Rupert are routinely mocked above him, but Bilal Coulibaly is easily the best French prospect for me and probably above Lively if we keep the Knicks pick and both are there.

Cissoko is a good passer that can't dribble or score really and moves like a big. Stiff Marvin Williams/Stanley Johnson vibes in that respect. Movement hurts him defensively. Gets beat a lot but has decent recovery steps and the strength and length to not be completely out of the play. Lacks quite a bit of discipline and activity defensively.

Rupert has insane length but knocked kneed, big feet and just kind of lopes around. Little bigger than Exum but I think he'll run into a lot of the same issues defensively. Question marks everywhere offensively.

Coulibably is the best overall athlete of the 3. Really fluid and rangy. Comfortable with the ball and has pretty powerful strides getting into the lane. Pairs that with really nice passing flashes, especially as an interior passer. Awesome laydown passer and has good placement and touch on passes to the roll man.

Good both on and off the ball defensively. Has the flexibility to navigate screens well at 6'6" and the length to be disruptive. Rotates well to protect the rim. I expect his standing reach to measure out really well. Can really stretch out and play big.

Definitely a time and space shooter right now. Very shaky if he has to speed up his mechanics at all. Settles a bit too much for pull ups that he's not good at right now.

Wouldn't bet on it, but there's a world that he turns out better than the Thompson twins tbh. The profile looks pretty similar. The strengths aren't as strong, especially athletically, but I think the jumper is more workable and might have a bit more talent with the ball, at least more than Amen.

 

[CJ_is_Gone]

Cissoko and Rupert are routinely mocked above him, but Bilal Coulibaly is easily the best French prospect for me and probably above Lively if we keep the Knicks pick and both are there.

Cissoko is a good passer that can't dribble or score really and moves like a big. Stiff Marvin Williams/Stanley Johnson vibes in that respect. Movement hurts him defensively. Gets beat a lot but has decent recovery steps and the strength and length to not be completely out of the play. Lacks quite a bit of discipline and activity defensively.

Rupert has insane length but knocked kneed, big feet and just kind of lopes around. Little bigger than Exum but I think he'll run into a lot of the same issues defensively. Question marks everywhere offensively.

Coulibably is the best overall athlete of the 3. Really fluid and rangy. Comfortable with the ball and has pretty powerful strides getting into the lane. Pairs that with really nice passing flashes, especially as an interior passer. Awesome laydown passer and has good placement and touch on passes to the roll man.

Good both on and off the ball defensively. Has the flexibility to navigate screens well at 6'6" and the length to be disruptive. Rotates well to protect the rim. I expect his standing reach to measure out really well. Can really stretch out and play big.

Definitely a time and space shooter right now. Very shaky if he has to speed up his mechanics at all. Settles a bit too much for pull ups that he's not good at right now.

Wouldn't bet on it, but there's a world that he turns out better than the Thompson twins tbh. The profile looks pretty similar. The strengths aren't as strong, especially athletically, but I think the jumper is more workable and might have a bit more talent with the ball, at least more than Amen.

Agreed. I really like Bilal.

I think he will be a solid starter-level player for a long time. My only concern is he seems a bit passive. In what I have seen of his play - he leaves you wanting to see more from him...

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[LayneStaley]

BRoy was #7, we can fall to number 7, don’t like it.

 

[BigGameDamian]

If we get lucky and draft Wembanyama would you trade him for Giannis? I know much more would have to be involved.

 

[HailBlazers]

If we get lucky and draft Wembanyama would you trade him for Giannis? I know much more would have to be involved.

100%. We'd be instant contenders.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

If we get lucky and draft Wembanyama would you trade him for Giannis? I know much more would have to be involved.

Yes.

I don't think Nurk and parts can get to enough salary to match Giannis contract, so might have to be Ant, Nurk and Wemby. So we're left with;

Dame
Sharpe
Grant
Giannis
?

Yeah I do that. Would be great if we could throw in Reddish, Knox and some other parts to keep Ant but maybe thats getting greedy.

Not sure if there is anyone else in the league I would though. I would not do that for Embiid, too much injury history. No for Luka as I don't think him and Dame could contend. Probably no for Jokic although a part of me would love to see Nurk have to back him up again lol.

 

[TBpup]

Leonard Miller was someone D69 found last year and even though he thought he should go back to school or go to college (he went to the G-League), he thought he had serious potential. Fast forward a year and he started out as a mid 2nd round pick, has jumped up into the mid to late 1st round, and some scouts are saying that by the end of the combine and workouts, he will be a Lottery pick. A guest on Raphael Barlow's show said he might go as high as #10/11.

That really isn't in Portland's range, but it's interesting to see how far he has come up in just the last part of the year. He had some MONSTER G-League games playing with Scoot on the Ignite.

 

[CJ_is_Gone]

Leonard Miller was someone D69 found last year and even though he thought he should go back to school or go to college (he went to the G-League), he thought he had serious potential. Fast forward a year and he started out as a mid 2nd round pick, has jumped up into the mid to late 1st round, and some scouts are saying that by the end of the combine and workouts, he will be a Lottery pick. A guest on Raphael Barlow's show said he might go as high as #10/11.

That really isn't in Portland's range, but it's interesting to see how far he has come up in just the last part of the year. He had some MONSTER G-League games playing with Scoot on the Ignite.

I have him rated as the #8 best prospect in this draft.
Definitely unconventional (which I understand turns some people off) but I think he has a good chance (~25%) to become better than Siakam

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Alexander:
Alexander is a solid and fundamentally sound lead guard with a good frame and an efficient game. He’s an excellent shooter when given space and hits a very high percentage from the line.
At 6-4 he’s got the size you look for in a lead guard. He’s a very stout defender and can hold his own against 1’s and 2’s.
Alexander plays more of a slow-paced game, making good decisions.

One point guard who is a "stout defender", the rest seem to be 3 and D type guys although the guy who will probably go highest is very athletic but not a good shooter, Dillon Mitchell.
"With perhaps the most bounce of any player in this class, Mitchell is the type of prospect that is a walking highlight reel. He legitimately jumps so high that his head is at or above the rim on a regular basis.

A versatile prospect, Mitchell should play quite a bit on the wing at the next level, but also is strong enough to hold his own as an undersized power forward.

The Texas freshman thrives in transition where he’s nearly impossible to stop with a single defender. Mitchell is an elite finisher that shoots a high percentage due to the quality shots he takes. In fact, most of his shot attempts take place in the paint. While he’s an improved shooter in the midrange, Mitchell has a lot of work to do with his jumper. That’s his swing skill moving forward, but as of now he’s not a 3-point shooting threat. He attempted zero shots from beyond the arc his freshman season."
https://www.si.com/nba/draft/prospe...ll#gid=ci02b16aaf800126b1&pid=usatsi_19508591

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Little blurb on each from Blazers Edge:
Trey Alexander
Trey Alexander, a 6’4” sophomore, is a guard from Creighton University. He averaged 13.6 points and 4.2 rebounds while shooting 41.0% from three point range. He projects to be a sharpshooting guard who does not need the ball in his hands to be a threat on the offensive side of the ball.

Alexander projects to be a second round pick in the upcoming draft.

D’Moi Hodge
D’Moi Hodge, a 6’4” senior out of Missouri, is another guard who can shoot the ball at a high level. He shot 40.0% from three this past season, while scoring 14.7 points per game. However, his true value comes from being a defensive standout. He averaged 2.6 steals per game for Missouri.

Hodge projects to be a 3-and-D wing who will likely be drafted in the second round.

Jordan Miller
Jordan Miller is a 6’7” wing out of Miami who averaged 15.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game for the Hurricanes this past season. He also shot an efficient 54.5% from the field. He was instrumental in Miami’s win over Texas in the Elite Eight of this season’s March Madness where he scored 27 points to help the Hurricanes advance. The 23-year-old senior is on the older side of potential draftees, but his ability to finish around the basket makes him an intriguing prospect.

Miller is projected to be a second round pick this June.

Dillon Mitchell
Dillon Mitchell, a 6’8” forward out of Texas, is coming off of a freshman season where he showed flashes of potential. Although he only averaged 4.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, he showed that he can be a force when he gets downhill. As a high-level athlete, Mitchell is less polished than other players working out for the Blazers but has the upside to become a solid contributor. His jump shot is still a work-in-progress, but he has the tools to be worth a look.

Mitchell projects to be drafted in the first round or early second round in the draft.

Julian Phillips
Julian Phillips, a 6’8” forward from Tennessee, was a five-star recruit coming into this season. He did not quite live up to that moniker as he struggled to find his jump shot this season. He averaged 8.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, but shot just 23.9% from three. The upside that made him a high recruit still makes him an intriguing prospect who could develop into a real player, especially if his jump shot improves.

Phillips projects to be a late-first to early-second round pick.

Ben Sheppard
Ben Sheppard, a 6’6” guard out of Belmont, comes into the draft after his senior season where he averaged 18.8 points and 5.2 rebounds on 47.5% from the field and 41.5% from three. He also showed that he can contribute on the other end, making the All-Defensive Team in the Missouri Valley Conference. He looks to be a potential 3-and-D player who can score off the dribble when needed.

Sheppard projects as available later in the second round.

 

[Predator]

Just say no to drafting anyone under 6’6, including Scoot.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Just say no to drafting anyone under 6’6, including Scoot.

If we keep Dame and Ant yes.

If one of them is gone I'm fine with it, anywhere from #2 or #23, as long as they are BPA.

 

[blazerfan11]

Box and One Big Board (video is cued to start at #8) (this is a big board, NOT a prediction of where players will be drafted.)
8. Jarace Walker. Forward built like a tank that can play small-ball center. Game changer on defense.
7. Taylor Hendricks. Quick forward who blocks shots all over the court. Shot 39.4% on threes and 78% on free throws. High-impact defensive player.
6. Cason Wallace. Guard who is a defensive savant.
In the next tier are players who may carry an NBA offense someday:
5. Cam Whitmore 6'6"-6'7" power wing who loves to use his quickness and athleticism to get to the rim. Needs to become a quicker decision maker. Low assists.
4. Brandon Miller
3. Amen Thompson
2. Scoot Henderson
1. Victor Wembanyama

 

[blazerfan11]

 

[42N8Bounce]

Trivia question:
What two ex-Blazers have kids that are in this draft? (Damn I feel old. I watched their dads play.)

 

[Samuel]

Trivia question:
What two ex-Blazers have kids that are in this draft? (Damn I feel old. I watched their dads play.)

There’s actually quite a bit more than two:

Cason (Rasheed) Wallace.
Kris (Tracy) Murray
GG (Jim) Jackson
Colby (Steve) Jones
Leonard (Andre) Miller
Terquavion (Steve) Smith
Kobe (Marcus) Brown
Scoot (Gerald) Henderson
Jarace (Wally) Walker

 

[42N8Bounce]

There’s actually quite a bit more than two:

Cason (Rasheed) Wallace.
Kris (Tracy) Murray
GG (Jim) Jackson
Colby (Steve) Jones
Leonard (Andre) Miller
Terquavion (Steve) Smith
Kobe (Marcus) Brown
Scoot (Gerald) Henderson
Jarace (Wally) Walker

Hmm. I'm doubting your sources.
Jarace Walker's parents are Marcia and Horace Walker. Not ex-Blazers.
Scoot Henderson's parents are Chris and Crystal Henderson. Not ex-Blazers.
...

The two that I know of are:
- Jett Howard is the son of Juan Howard.
- Trayce Jackson-Davis is the son of Dale Davis.

 

[cheesehoff]

Hmm. I'm doubting your sources.
Jarace Walker's parents are Marcia and Horace Walker. Not ex-Blazers.
Scoot Henderson's parents are Chris and Crystal Henderson. Not ex-Blazers.
...

The two that I know of are:
- Jett Howard is the son of Juan Howard.
- Trayce Jackson-Davis is the son of Dale Davis.

One of my all-time favorite Blazers--Juan Howard

 

[42N8Bounce]

One of my all-time favorite Blazers--Juan Howard

When I heard that Jett was his son, I looked Juan up on Wikipedia, and it looks like he had 6 kids with 4 different women.