Shabazz wrote:Cap wrote:specialsauce wrote:Shabazz wrote:My current draft board:
Doncic
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Ayton
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Bagley
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[Disappointment]
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JJJ/Young/Porter/Carter/Bamba (in some order that I'd prefer not to be forced to think about)
Amen brother
I’m there too. I think most of us are, more or less.
I actually think there's a decent shot that at least a few of the guys in my later tier end up better than Bagley and even Ayton, but they all scare/underwhelm me for different reasons.
That's kinda how I feel. There's a guy who does podcasts on the ringer network, Chris Vernon, who has some interesting opinions about this. Normally I don't agree with him, and I only sorta agree with him here, but his feeling on the draft is that you should pick the guy you know isn't going to suck. He loves Bagley because there is no chance Bagley sucks.
We absolutely need to get a good player in this draft and I'm confident that if we draft Bagley, he'll be good. Bamba might end up better, but I'm not convinced Bamba won't suck. Same with JJJ.
Ayton, Bagley, Carter, Bridges. Those are the 4 guys I'm pretty confident will be at least good NBA players. Bagley and Ayton have the higher upside as stars of that group so those are my top guys.
Doncic is interesting and I'm not sure what to expect from him. I'm pretty confident he's an incredibly smart basketball player and highly skilled, I'm just worried about him athletically. He'll play along time in the league, but his ceiling might be capped due to his athletic ability.