2024 NBA Draft Thread

[SpursBills]

I'm not going to move him into my Top 10... but I can see a pathway for Tyler Smith to end up the best player from this draft.

Green flags: High volume 3 point shooting bigs who can rebound aren't that common and are surprisingly valuable; his 3 PT% from NBA line and volume are pretty good for a 19 year old big, 9% OREB is surprisingly high and usually translates, positive AST:TO is promising for age and position wrt feel; best on-off metrics on GLI; also more athletic than I thought with 38 inch vert and measured bigger than I expected (6'9" w/o shoes and 7'1" wingspan)

Red flags: High foul rate, low low FT rate means he probably doesn't know how to play defense yet; but his stock % are ok for a non-rim protecting big/wing hybrid

Probably the least obvious appeal of the GLI guys, but also practically speaking has more outs to be a useful player/starter than Holland/Matas

[Gandalf]

So I watched Devin Carter for the first time, assuming the talk about his defense was exaggerated. My god. He’s a monster. He gets so many blocks that a 6-2 guard has no business making. I’m not sure he has the upside to go pick 8, but I have a hard time seeing him fail. Is a potentially better offensive version of Alex Caruso worth pick 8? As Intype that out, I think maybe it is.

I haven’t watched him at all, but I would absolutely grab a ‘better-offense’ version of Alex Caruso at 8.

[Vienna]

Karaban and Sallis go back to school. Obviously because they didn’t get some 1st round buzz.
I thought both would have been interesting options for the Spurs 2nd round picks.

[mudyez]

Just going through some scenarios:

My personal (unrealistic) dream scenario:
#4 Risacher
#8 Sheppard
--> nice fit but leaves us short in playmakers...maybe would add one via trade/'25draft...maybe can live without one with Wemby as the central offensive hub and Reed bringing at least somewhing in that regard.

Another unrealistic scenario:
#4 Sarr
#8 Dillinghan
--> Whats better then having one 7 foot defensive specialist to cover up for Dillinghams defense? You you get the idea! ;-)

Most realistic scenario:
#4 Castle
#8 Knecht/Williams
--> Meaning we give Castle a try at showing he can be a big PG while taking some shooting to even things out. Probably fits our lineup best with Castle learning from Tre and the wing shooter helping our spacing. If Castle fails we improve our lottery odds just like last year with Point Sochan.

Defensive scenario:
#4 Castle
#8 Carter
--> This could be the beginning of a defensive juggernaught...considering Blake beeing the 3rd yound defensive guard. Only way Spurs do this is if they REALLY believe at least one of Wesley/Castle can improve its shooting big time...AND Castle is just bluffing about the PG thing.

Shooting scenario:
#4 Sheppard
#8 Knecht
--> This may improve our team the most, as both of them seem ready to help on offense. Wemby probably has a hard time winning DPOY with us having the worst DefRtg.

Upside scenario:
#4 Dillingham
#8 Salaun
--> Imagine things working out...giving us a threesome of Wemby/KentuckyTrèYoung/FrenchGinannis...then again...wake up!

Preparing for the '25 Draft scenario:
#4 Topic
#8 Salaun
--> a little bit like the last scenario, but with even less fit.

[Vienna]

Risacher played his last game in the French league play offs yesterday, not as impressive like the games before, 8 points, 4 rebounds.
if I counted right, it was his game number 65 this season.
He will be either pick 1 or 2 in the draft. There are some rumors the Wizards are shopping Kuzma and one reason is to make room for Risacher.

[kobyz]

If Castle and Dillingham are there at 4, and you target both, you absolutely need to take Dillingham as there is far better chance that Castle would stay at 8 afterwards than Dillingham if you' go the other way around

[duncan2150]

The measurements next week at tréviso will be very important for european prospects. Reading and watching a lot about draft prospects i stil have topic as the best pg in the draft and as my favourite target for the spurs but it’s close With castle.1 topic 2 castle 3 sheppard/dillingham 4 Holland then I’m not sure about knecht/buzelis/williams/salaun.

[mudyez]

If Castle and Dillingham are there at 4, and you target both, you absolutely need to take Dillingham as there is far better chance that Castle would stay at 8 afterwards than Dillingham if you' go the other way around

It's the other way around as Ball, Scoot and Cunningham can play with Castle whereas they don't really fit with Dillingham (you could make an argument, that Cunningham can).

[exstatic]

Good offense always beats Good defense. Mavs vs Wolves series is one example.

And Phoenix always beat the Spurs.

[kobyz]

It's the other way around as Ball, Scoot and Cunningham can play with Castle whereas they don't really fit with Dillingham (you could make an argument, that Cunningham can).

Both not make sense for those teams but other team is more likely to trade up for Dillingham