Who do you want at #11?

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Rastapopoulos

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Suppose we keep our pick this year. Who are you (realistically) hoping for?
 
I'm pretty sure that our pick will have English as a second language. Probably French as a first, but I'm going to go for a player who's mocked way lower, and that's Hugo González. He's the most unknown quantity, but at the same time he's been in the Real Madrid development system.

 
Fleming will climb. I want him. If they keep the pick, of course
 
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This makes a lot of sense, which probably means it's way off, as the actual draft never makes sense. Anyway, it's another vote for Essengue.

 
I prefer who Schmitz wants — cop out, admitted.

IMHO, I’m for Demin and Essengue on big swings.

I’ll be surprised if Jakucionis falls to 11.
Carter Bryant fits the recent profile. Great interview.

Cedric Coward as a high riser up into the lottery. Just learning about him, but he can get on the floor off the ball. How he develops guard and playmaking, handles on O … interesting. 6’5.25” with 7’2.25” wings and solid build and want to. WSU, older, hits 3’s. [some Mikal Bridges?]

I realize there’s a number of sub 6’11 ‘big’ guys, some with wingspans, some one end or the other, can shoot, certain skills, some D … but since I don’t follow college hoops much, I’m now looking at some outliers, too.

My dark horse pick is Maxime Raynaud, France, played at Stanford, super smart, focused, mature, has an edge to him, active, skilled, keeps getting skills. 7’0.25” with 7’1.25” wings so not really T-Rex … just seems like a modern, skilled center … Good movement on the court … good. Pre-draft process will have him rising. Rafael Barlowe sees him as the most skilled center and into the low lottery. Below 20 would surprise him and their recent interview was excellent.
 
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My current crush is Collin Murray-Boyles, but he doesn't sound like he'll fall to us. Is he the next Draymond or the next Tari Eason?
 
HoopsFanAZ said:
I prefer who Schmitz wants — cop out, admitted.

IMHO, I’m for Demin and Essengue on big swings.

I’ll be surprised if Jakucionis falls to 11.
Carter Bryant fits the recent profile. Great interview.

Cedric Coward as a high riser up into the lottery. Just learning about him, but he can get on the floor off the ball. How he develops guard and playmaking, handles on O … interesting. 6’5.25” with 7’2.25” wings and solid build and want to. WSU, older, hits 3’s. [some Mikal Bridges?]

I realize there’s a number of sub 6’11 ‘big’ guys, some with wingspans, some one end or the other, can shoot, certain skills, some D … but since I don’t follow college hoops much, I’m now looking at some outliers, too.

My dark horse pick is Maxime Raynaud, France, played at Stanford, super smart, focused, mature, has an edge to him, active, skilled, keeps getting skills. 7’0.25” with 7’1.25” wings so not really T-Rex … just seems like a modern, skilled center … Good movement on the court … good. Pre-draft process will have him rising. Rafael Barlowe sees him as the most skilled center and into the low lottery. Below 20 would surprise him and their recent interview was excellent.
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Jak has ball creation. The rest of these guys don't or are pretty limited. Though, I can totally see Coward as a Bridges type. Would love to add Orlando's lower pick to nab another really good prospect.
 
I was talking to my friend a year ago about Hugo
and was sure he’d have a breakout year this season.

Real Madrid buried him on the bench — inconsistent playing time.

He’s not a reach at #11. Though we could probably get him with Orlando’s #16 if the Simons deal happens.

Lotto talent.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I don't care who it is. Take the BPA. Take the guy with the highest upside.
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I'd usually be with you and most likely this won't be the case but if the BPA is a traditional/old school big who needs development... I just wouldn't like that pick at all, two drafts in a row. Other than that very specific player type... I'd like BPA.

At the same time BPA after the top three or four seems to be really hard to figure this year. It's also hard to figure what you mean by BPA. I'm assuming highest upside because that's where my head is at but BPA quite often means highest floor not ceiling.

I agree with the most likely sentiment but I think it's more complicated than just saying BPA... especially if you have a bunch of guys available that you assess as being really close in overall value... then I think fit should be factored in.

I think Olshey went for who he thought was the BPA in the first draft that was really his when he picked CJ. First of all hindsight showed that CJ wasn't the BPA. Second of all Olshey was definitely thinking BPA as in highest floor. Third... fucking a that screwed our team up for a long and important time. BPA sure but if there are other guys close, don't do redundant especially when the redundancies are overlapping positionally and in regards to weaknesses.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
I was talking to my friend a year ago about Hugo
and was sure he’d have a breakout year this season.

Real Madrid buried him on the bench — inconsistent playing time.

He’s not a reach at #11. Though we could probably get him with Orlando’s #16 if the Simons deal happens.

Lotto talent.
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I was hoping for more evidence of passing in the videos I watched, but maybe RM just wanted him to be a 3 and D guy. More Fernandez than Rodriguez...
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
I hope we trade up

Kon Knueppel is my #1 target if we were to trade up.
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I’m really intrigued with Egor but I’m still firmly
here ^

He’d add such a different dynamic to the 2/3 and
maybe even PG with his elite shooting and feel.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I don't disagree, but to me, that's a sign that this is a shitty draft, because he seems like his ceiling is Austin Reeves/Joe Ingles.
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Eh, I can see the Reaves comparison a bit, but Knueppel is so much better a shooter. He does way too many things better than Ingles for him to be that comp.

Knueppel's a great shooter and that's led some people to typecast him as only a shooter. His game is a lot more layered than that. I've heard multiple scouts and draft experts now say his game in some respects mirrors Devin Booker. Knueppel's not THAT good, but as a guy that is a jumpshot-making machine, who can attack closeouts and pullup from midrange effectively and uses his strength to create space for his shot, the comparison makes sense.
 
PCmor7 said:
Knueppel's a great shooter and that's led some people to typecast him as only a shooter. His game is a lot more layered than that. I've heard multiple scouts and draft experts now say his game in some respects mirrors Devin Booker. Knueppel's not THAT good, but as a guy that is a jumpshot-making machine, who can attack closeouts and pullup from midrange effectively and uses his strength to create space for his shot, the comparison makes sense.
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So could we expect a K-nipple/Shaedon pairing work as spectacularly well as the Booker/Beal pairing has for Phoenix?
 
Rastapopoulos said:
So could we expect a K-nipple/Shaedon pairing work as spectacularly well as the Booker/Beal pairing has for Phoenix?
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Could happen, if Shaedon always is injured and doesn't share the ball when he's healthy.
 
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