Suns select Khaman Maluach #10 overall in 2025 NBA Draft

[pickle]

Yeah, what a great kid. I found this interview with him from 2023. He also pronounces his name at the beginning.

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Why does no one pronounce it correctly?

Good question. I think they just guess at it. Just not very professional. Last night was laughable with all the different pronunciations I heard. One of the ESPN heads, I think it was Shams was laughable. He didn't even try to finish it and it sounded different every time.

Yep shams was a joke.

[Kryptonic]

The more and more I watch on this kid, the more I like him.

[pickle]

Inf, what makes you particularly down on Malauch? I haven’t read all the draft and offseason threads. Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere.

[INFORMER]

Inf, what makes you particularly down on Malauch? I haven’t read all the draft and offseason threads. Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere.

No apologies necessary.

The board has reach its limit on negativity, so I'll keep it short: I just don't have any confidence that he'll be that good. I think at best he'll be a limited, situation role player. Hope I'm wrong.

[Superbone]

Inf, what makes you particularly down on Malauch? I haven’t read all the draft and offseason threads. Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere.

No apologies necessary.

The board has reach its limit on negativity, so I'll keep it short: I just don't have any confidence that he'll be that good. I think at best he'll be a limited, situation role player. Hope I'm wrong.

Me too!

[3TheHardaway]

Inf, what makes you particularly down on Malauch? I haven’t read all the draft and offseason threads. Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere.

No apologies necessary.

The board has reach its limit on negativity, so I'll keep it short: I just don't have any confidence that he'll be that good. I think at best he'll be a limited, situation role player. Hope I'm wrong.

Sounds like a slightly better Bol Bol.
I want this guy to be good, but these giant prospects always seem like a crapshoot.

[virtual9mm]

Giant...but not rail thin...and not a total plodding stiff. I would like to see him after he has improved his conditioning.

[MightyMoog]

Well historically we’ve seen big men with good defensive instincts develop and offensive game. But weve never seen an offensively skilled big man develop defensive instincts.

So seems like a high upside swing, but if it pans out could be huge.

[virtual9mm]

Big risk but big big upside, too.

[Bucktastic365]

Inf, what makes you particularly down on Malauch? I haven’t read all the draft and offseason threads. Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere.

No apologies necessary.

The board has reach its limit on negativity, so I'll keep it short: I just don't have any confidence that he'll be that good. I think at best he'll be a limited, situation role player. Hope I'm wrong.

Sounds like a slightly better Bol Bol.
I want this guy to be good, but these giant prospects always seem like a crapshoot.

He's a ball of clay; it's on the training staff to HELP him to become the best he can be

[Superbone]

Inf, what makes you particularly down on Malauch? I haven’t read all the draft and offseason threads. Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere.

No apologies necessary.

The board has reach its limit on negativity, so I'll keep it short: I just don't have any confidence that he'll be that good. I think at best he'll be a limited, situation role player. Hope I'm wrong.

Sounds like a slightly better Bol Bol.
I want this guy to be good, but these giant prospects always seem like a crapshoot.

He's a ball of clay; it's on the training staff to HELP him to become the best he can be

And I like that that is one of Ott's major goals to try and put players in a position to succeed.

[Superbone]

Magic 8 Ballers: Must Watch Morsels of Khaman Maluach
Rowan looks through the small segments of tape at the tantalizing tastes of Khaman Maluach's game at Duke so far this season, with an eye on what he is now and what he could be in the future.
https://www.noceilingsnba.com/p/magic-8 ... medium=web

[Superbone]

[ShelC]

Wilbon talks Maluach on PTI - starts around 1:35

[TOO]

I like No Ceilings for the draft coverage.

[Superbone]

Love is strength, and strength is love!

[JJ Slim]

I do wish all these analysts would learn how to say his name properly..

[carey]

That No Ceilings coverage has Maluach looking like Ayton when he first got here. Remember that first year when he was locking people up at the top of the key and recovering. Never understood what happened to him, but Maluach definitely has the same ability if not looking a little better at flipping his hips and recovering.

[Split T]

Ayton stopped caring is what happened.

[TOO]

That No Ceilings coverage has Maluach looking like Ayton when he first got here. Remember that first year when he was locking people up at the top of the key and recovering. Never understood what happened to him, but Maluach definitely has the same ability if not looking a little better at flipping his hips and recovering.

I don't know but I'm sure it was someone else's fault.