2024 NBA Draft Thread

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The "Way too Early' Draft prognostication

  • Holland

    Votes: 8 16.3%

  • Sarr

    Votes: 41 83.7%

  • Edwards

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    49
1-15 there doesn’t seem to be a big disparity in talent gap.

Which leads me to believe there will be lots of surprises in this draft.

What role player is each franchise more fancy on.
 
Seen okc is interested in Ware for more size, would you be interested in trading up to get hi, especially if we draft a guard/wing player at 7?
 
AmirIcon said:
I think Ron is way more likely to be there than Salaun.
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I don't see how. I can see the possibility of us choosing Salaun ahead of Holland (even if I wouldn't) but all those other teams in the 9-12 range? I would be surprised to see Holland there at 14, but I would not be surprised to see Salaun there. Having said that I think the more likely scenario is neither will be there at 14.
 
Whyachi said:
It's my super duper optimistic take. It's what i learned from "the other" Blazers fan forum.

-Scoot will be full All-Star mode
-Anfernee top 6 scoring leader
- Shaedon suprises everyone by morphing into Dominique Wilkins
- The new rookies will all become 3 way super kids. Basically different sizes and variations of Paolo Banchero.

2029 is only 5 years away. Then and only then will Cronin's championship vision become too radical for the league to contain.

Now.. please green box my comment with a bunch of likes. It feels great to be part of the "positive only" team.
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That forum hurts my eyes. I can't stand it. It is weird to me some people left this place in protest to exclusively post there.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I hope you are right. I would love to have Williams, Buzelis and Holland to choose from. Which one is the question.

My latest thought, and it changes daily, is going with Holland at 7 and hope to hell his offense develops enough to close games.
I would love to watch Scoot, Sharpe, Holland, and Camara run the floor. Or even move Holland to PF on occasion and sub in another shooter. (Maybe Rupert or George?

Watching highlights of George and his ability to throw a really nice lob pass (i.e Holland and Sharpe) and his ability to play several positions, I think he would be a good alternative to Holland at the wing. He has excellent range on his 3 ball
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Id love it if all 3 (Holland, Buzelis, & Williams) were available too.

As far as best case outcomes of all 3 players (for fit on the Blazers), Id rank them Buzelis, Williams, Holland

As far as floor, Id rank them Holland, Buzelis, Williams

For most likely outcome (65% peak), Id rank them Buzelis, Holland, Williams

Im really scared of how passive Cody plays
 
CJ_is_Gone said:
Id love it if all 3 (Holland, Buzelis, & Williams) were available too.

As far as best case outcomes of all 3 players (for fit on the Blazers), Id rank them Buzelis, Williams, Holland

As far as floor, Id rank them Holland, Buzelis, Williams

For most likely outcome (65% peak), Id rank them Buzelis, Holland, Williams

Im really scared of how passive Cody plays
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I'm not so worried about the fact that Cody deferred to his teammates after his injury. He was a freshman on a team with two upperclassmen that will be drafted and there were only upperclassmen on that team who got regular big minutes besides Cody. He showed his potential in certain games and in other games he let a team that had been together do what they had been doing before he got there without letting himself completely disappear.

I like Cody the best out of the three, he wasn't passive on defense and he showed how skilled he was on O without being a me first player. I might like Salaun better than any of these three because his ceiling seems so high but he has a much lower floor than any of the guys we're talking about here.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
That forum hurts my eyes. I can't stand it. It is weird to me some people left this place in protest to exclusively post there.
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they should rename that place Dame Trolling Edge. I posted a positive goodbye comment on the day Lillard requested a trade, and immediately got attacked and insulted. It's become an online bully fest, with writers that bold faced lie about the bad basketball, and childish hacks in the comment section trying to boss the other Blazer fans around.
 
Whyachi said:
they should rename that place Dame Trolling Edge. I posted a positive goodbye comment on the day Lillard requested a trade, and immediately got attacked and insulted. It's become an online bully fest, with writers that bold faced lie about everything, and childish hacks in the comment section trying to boss the other Blazer fans around.
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Ah, I was talking about RealGm. So there is another one out there. I stopped reading Blazers Edge long ago. I'm just not a fan of Marang when he was posting there.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Ah, I was talking about RealGm. So there is another one out there. I stopped reading Blazers Edge long ago. I'm just not a fan of Marang when he was posting there.
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RealGM is still alive? I perused that place about 6 months ago. It looked about as active as a sleeping snail.

In the 2023 season, Marang launched an assault on Blazer Edge fans after a tough losing stretch. How dare fans criticize Billups coaching & in-game management!! It was not calm, we all became stupid Blazer fans. Many bad words spewed from Danny's fingers. I entered the shouting fest to back up fan complaints with numbers and facts from recent games. Basically tried to calm Marang down. When Danny's road rage finally stopped, all the comments were quickly deleted by Marang. That's not even a sports debate. It was some sort of deranged online bully sucker punch. He was using Blazers Edge to blow off steam.

It's not easy to have a sales job, where you have to lie to people who know you're lying. Normal in a political campaign, it's an oddity in the sports realm.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I don't see how. I can see the possibility of us choosing Salaun ahead of Holland (even if I wouldn't) but all those other teams in the 9-12 range? I would be surprised to see Holland there at 14, but I would not be surprised to see Salaun there. Having said that I think the more likely scenario is neither will be there at 14.
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I agree.
 
Whyachi said:
RealGM is still alive? I perused that place about 6 months ago. It looked about as active as a sleeping snail.

In the 2023 season, Marang launched an assault on Blazer Edge fans after a tough losing stretch. How dare fans criticize Billups coaching & in-game management!! It was not calm, we all became stupid Blazer fans. Many bad words spewed from Danny's fingers. I entered the shouting fest to back up fan complaints with numbers and facts from recent games. Basically tried to calm Marang down. When Danny's road rage finally stopped, all the comments were quickly deleted by Marang. That's not even a sports debate. It was some sort of deranged online bully sucker punch. He was using Blazers Edge to blow off steam.

It's not easy to have a sales job, where you have to lie to people who know you're lying. Normal in a political campaign, it's an oddity in the sports realm.
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Marang is a goober who thinks his opinion matter so much and acts like an insider. He’s a fine enough person. But he’s not some kind of ‘’insider’
 
MickZagger said:
Marang is a goober who thinks his opinion matter so much and acts like an insider. He’s a fine enough person. But he’s not some kind of ‘’insider’
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Remember the Cubs fan that messed up the foul ball in the world series? Danny is such a dedicated Blazers fan, he's willing to reach over the fence and doink every foul ball every time. Because he believes it's how the game should be played, no matter what anyone else tells him.
 
Whyachi said:
RealGM is still alive? I perused that place about 6 months ago. It looked about as active as a sleeping snail.

In the 2023 season, Marang launched an assault on Blazer Edge fans after a tough losing stretch. How dare fans criticize Billups coaching & in-game management!! It was not calm, we all became stupid Blazer fans. Many bad words spewed from Danny's fingers. I entered the shouting fest to back up fan complaints with numbers and facts from recent games. Basically tried to calm Marang down. When Danny's road rage finally stopped, all the comments were quickly deleted by Marang. That's not even a sports debate. It was some sort of deranged online bully sucker punch. He was using Blazers Edge to blow off steam.

It's not easy to have a sales job, where you have to lie to people who know you're lying. Normal in a political campaign, it's an oddity in the sports realm.
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Yeah, Boob No More left us to RealGM and still posts there. Wish he would come back. This is easily the best Blazers board and has been since the fall of basketballforum.com
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Yeah, Boob No More left us to RealGM and still posts there. Wish he would come back. This is easily the best Blazers board and has been since the fall of basketballforum.com
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I like the Blazer RealGM board but it doesn't have much activity compared to this place. The Trades board can be a cesspool sometimes

the problem with RealGM is they don't allow profanity, and being a Blazer fan requires profanity. Mark Twain said "profanity offers a comfort not available in prayer" and that kind of sums up being a Blazer fan. Prayers don't help, that's for sure
 
wizenheimer said:
I like the Blazer RealGM board but it doesn't have much activity compared to this place. The Trades board can be a cesspool sometimes

the problem with RealGM is they don't allow profanity, and being a Blazer fan requires profanity. Mark Twain said "profanity offers a comfort not available in prayer" and that kind of sums up being a Blazer fan. Prayers don't help, that's for sure
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I still chafe at our inability to curse in the thread titles.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I still chafe at our inability to curse in the thread titles.
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I still like RealGM as well.
Here is good, too.

I still read BlazersEdge articles, but changed my password to random keystrokes and copy pasted to confirm. I don’t read comments or get tempted to respond or read any story that might be controversial. Learned my lesson when too many on that board became an intolerant echo chamber lacking any ability to have an honest, rational conversation that differed one iota from their world view. It was temporarily depressing to exit that ‘community’ of Blazers fans. Jump the shark time.

As to Marang, I don’t know him nor do I listen to him on the radio. JackedRamsays with him and Sprague is worth my time. His Patreon is, so far, worth the month to month subscription. Maybe I wouldn’t if I’d had experiences some of you have talked about. It was pretty hard to listen to Cat Steven’s music after his ‘death to America’ days … still is, I suppose, but I try to separate the two. Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t always work with some people.
I unignore here on a regular basis, and it’s often worth it. :cheers:

… back to the thread title …

The Blazers will make a trade during the draft … of Ant.
 
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JDC said:
His reach....he's not a rim protector at all at this point though so it's not something that sways me or changes my opinion of him much.
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You have to be under the rim to protect it. What about perimeter defense? The scouting breakdown video that showed his defensive ability on the perimeter was surprisingly impressive.

Then he weighs in at 217 (instead of the 203 listed) with a standing reach of 9'2"and all of a sudden you have the potential makings of a solid PF, who will easily reach 225-230 while being able to defend inside and out.

I am not saying to take him at 7 but if they did I would not be as disappointed. I am disappointed though that he won't be there at 14 anymore.
 
JDC said:
His reach....he's not a rim protector at all at this point though so it's not something that sways me or changes my opinion of him much.
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true....he doesn't appear to use his length for shot-blocking:

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but 1.8 steals per36 is impressive. Perhaps meaning he has good reactions in passing lanes and defending the dribble. The 33% 3ptFG conversion rate isn't much of a worry. The 42.5% 2ptFG rate is more of concern. But 77% FT's are encouraging

I'm not sure he'll be a good bet at #7. But the Giannis-lite upside potential probably means he won't be there at #14
 

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Think all the 7 footers we've tried to develop in the last 7 years or so. A few guys from Kentucky and they are known for producing bigs and others. Salaun may appear to be a beast but he's pretty raw at this point. He's at least 3-4 years away from possibly becoming a good player.
I'd rather roll the dice on Ware even if we have to move up from 14 to get him. He has a more complete inside out game at this point, imo. But what do I know Im just an old fart on a roundball (one word) lay it out there forum....
 
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