Event 2025 NBA DRAFT LOTTERY, COMBINE, AND DRAFT (2 Viewers)

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I’d never heard of him before those two conversations. I love tall PGs
 
Going to have to set some BYU games to record.
 
All this talk about Demin, Edgecombe, and Harper…Ace Bailey could very well still be there at #5 in June.

Good Lord.
 
THE HCP said:
Last night, ran into two Lead NBA scouts that are good friends of mine. Two separate conversations, I was asking them about this years draft. Both said the 4 names we all know who will be at the top….. but both without me bringing him up mentioned how impressed they are with this dude! Both said he is going to be DAMN good!

So I had to go look him up!
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His skills are ridiculous for his size. Definitely NBA level point guard abilities at 6'9".
 
I suppose the silver lining of losing a game like Portland did against the Rockets is that you can see what Portland needs - offense to take pressure off Sharpe & basketball IQ in general.

And the good news is that the current Top 4 prospects in the 2025 Draft are all players with high IQs and offensive tools that could make them reliable, versatile scorers. They also play defense or have the tools to be a solid defender.

Now, it seems Flagg might be less of a scorer and more akin to healthy Ben Simmons/Scottie Pippen but that's not bad on a versatile team like Portland might be. Likewise, Demin appears to be akin to Lamar Odom except with Luka's smooth playmaking and handling.

It'd be real cool if the "bad juju" that forced Portland into the #7 twice reverses this time for another shot at the Top 3. Because Portland is similar to where the Rockets were in 2022/23 and what the Thunder were in 2021/22 that I think one All-Star in the draft and one solid free agent/trade could turn things around almost overnight.
 
MrDraftGuy said:
I suppose the silver lining of losing a game like Portland did against the Rockets is that you can see what Portland needs - offense to take pressure off Sharpe & basketball IQ in general.

And the good news is that the current Top 4 prospects in the 2025 Draft are all players with high IQs and offensive tools that could make them reliable, versatile scorers. They also play defense or have the tools to be a solid defender.

Now, it seems Flagg might be less of a scorer and more akin to healthy Ben Simmons/Scottie Pippen but that's not bad on a versatile team like Portland might be. Likewise, Demin appears to be akin to Lamar Odom except with Luka's smooth playmaking and handling.

It'd be real cool if the "bad juju" that forced Portland into the #7 twice reverses this time for another shot at the Top 3. Because Portland is similar to where the Rockets were in 2022/23 and what the Thunder were in 2021/22 that I think one All-Star in the draft and one solid free agent/trade could turn things around almost overnight.
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Flagg can be a go to scorer. He’s just playing within a system as a 17 year old kid.
 
Being fully convinced that we won't get the top-5 pick we all want, I've resigned myself to looking at late-lottery prospects. Would any of y'all be interested in adding another Canadian or another Israeli to our stable of young wings?

Ben Saraf


Will Riley
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Being fully convinced that we won't get the top-5 pick we all want, I've resigned myself to looking at late-lottery prospects. Would any of y'all be interested in adding another Canadian or another Israeli to our stable of young wings?

Ben Saraf
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And I see that Schmitz's good buddy Givony just tweeted about Saraf as well.

 
THE HCP said:
Last night, ran into two Lead NBA scouts that are good friends of mine. Two separate conversations, I was asking them about this years draft. Both said the 4 names we all know who will be at the top….. but both without me bringing him up mentioned how impressed they are with this dude! Both said he is going to be DAMN good!

So I had to go look him up!
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No russkies unless he declares support for Ukraine!
 
I’m watching Notre Dame/Rutgers right now and I always find it funny when players who are high lottery picks and anointed kings while in high school get schooled in college by a bunch of white boys who have the team concept down.

They usually figure it out. But guys like Anthony Edwards who couldn’t lead their team to the NCAA tournament.

I’m watching that with Rutgers. They lost to friggin Merrimack last game and now losing to Notre Dame.

Humble pie.
 
MickZagger said:
I’m watching Notre Dame/Rutgers right now and I always find it funny when players who are high lottery picks and anointed kings while in high school get schooled in college by a bunch of white boys who have the team concept down.

They usually figure it out. But guys like Anthony Edwards who couldn’t lead their team to the NCAA tournament.

I’m watching that with Rutgers. They lost to friggin Merrimack last game and now losing to Notre Dame.

Humble pie.
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Anthony Edward’s with the Wolves? They aren’t eating any kind of pie. You think they care if their team is losing college games. These dudes are rental cars for their programs for 6 months and will never be seen again. They are there to get theirs and bounce. Those little white guys will have a story to tell their grandkids….but trust me, these stars couldn’t care less if Norte Dame beats them. The scouts are simply going to report that the Rutgers guys are averaging close to 20/5/5 each and will move on to the next level in June.
 
THE HCP said:
Anthony Edward’s with the Wolves? They aren’t eating any kind of pie. You think they care if their team is losing college games. These dudes are rental cars for their programs for 6 months and will never be seen again. They are there to get theirs and bounce. Those little white guys will have a story to tell their grandkids….but trust me, these stars couldn’t care less if Norte Dame beats them. The scouts are simply going to report that the Rutgers guys are averaging close to 20/5/5 each and will move on to the next level in June.
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I don’t know… great competitors generally don’t take losing easy. Whether it college or pro.
 
Been watching college basketball non stop. Not even really tired of it.
 
BankTeller said:
Why do we need to “replace” Scoot? Harper is like 6’6 in shoes and could either play alongside him at SG/SF or come in for him at PG.

I’m all for drafting Harper. I want him with Scoot.
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Draft best player available please. I don't care about anything other than greatest odds of becoming All NBA.
 
This draft looking right now like four guys that could be special pretty quickly. Harper looks better than originally presented. Bailey looks like he might take a little longer to put it all together. Egor's really elevated himself and I wonder if his game trends to a Doncic direction.

I've read Dwyane Wade comparisons on Edgecomb a couple of places -- anxious to see him play.
 
PCmor7 said:
This draft looking right now like four guys that could be special pretty quickly. Harper looks better than originally presented. Bailey looks like he might take a little longer to put it all together. Egor's really elevated himself and I wonder if his game trends to a Doncic direction.

I've read Dwyane Wade comparisons on Edgecomb a couple of places -- anxious to see him play.
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I worry about Edgecomb cause, while I’m sure his ceiling is a lot higher than Malik Monk, he looks like he is just one of those guys, like Johnny Davis.

How much better will he be than Bradley Beal?
 
I’m going to pretend like Flagg isn’t there. Outside of Harper, Demin is who I want.

Camara, if nothing else, will continue to develop into a strong 3-D player, I’m hoping a taller and better shooting Bruce Bowen.

Deni is starting to shoot better, 40% from 3 the last six games, and 37% the entire season if you don’t include the terrible first five game stretch. He’s a real two way point forward who is cheap for another three seasons.

That is already a better forward duo than at any point in the Dame era. Combine that with Murray who looks like he will be a real contributor and Rupert who could be a good 3-D player one day, we have plenty of size and shooting potential at the forward positions.

Demin/Shae/Camara/Deni/Clingan

I really would be curious how this lineup does. Is there still not enough shooting in this lineup? Or will the switch-ability offset a lot of the shooting concern?
 
BankTeller said:
I worry about Edgecomb cause, while I’m sure his ceiling is a lot higher than Malik Monk, he looks like he is just one of those guys, like Johnny Davis.

How much better will he be than Bradley Beal?
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I don't know. Bradley Beal was pretty good for a while there. The big thing for me is the Wade comparison. When someone says they think he could be that type of player, it gets my attention, because that's a difference-maker. We're talking about a guy that was the leader of his team when one of his teammates was LeBron, a guy LeBron went to play with.

I recognize he's probably not Wade, but if he's in that stratosphere, he's going to make a lot of players better and win a lot. I want to see more of him to assess it myself.
 
I wonder if Scoot has much "trade up" value. Like if we got the #6 pick, could we package it with Scoot to move up to #4 to get a guy like Demin. We turned Telfair into Brandon Roy.
 
Watching Demin right now against NC State. Yeah, similar to Luka. Moves the same way. Great, great, great passing eye. Phenomenal court vision. First 5 minutes he threw a no-look skip pass out of the middle post for a wide-open corner 3, then he drove down the lane for a lefty dunk over somebody, then at the other end he blocked a layup.

He's getting coached by the former Suns assistant BYU hired, so he's being prepared for the NBA.
 
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