2023 NBA Draft Omega Thread

[Turgenev]

Soooo....

Is he any good?

 

[SacTownKid]

Dang, Jackson-Davis keep falling. Tough era to be a prototype PF of yesteryear.

 

[Tetsujin]

On the one hand, he's a small school guy. On the other hand, he had 3+ stocks (steals or blocks) per game over the last couple of years of his career as a 6'7" forward.

 

[SLAB]

Gimme a run down please

On a scale of Zero to Justin James where does he rank?

 

[Section 101]

TJD TJD TJD TJD

He may go undrafted and have a deal lined up.

 

[KainLear]

On the one hand, he's a small school guy. On the other hand, he had 3+ stocks (steals or blocks) per game over the last couple of years of his career as a 6'7" forward.

high-IQ is the first trait we can assign to Monte's style, I think.

 

[Tetsujin]

Dang, Jackson-Davis keep falling. Tough era to be a prototype PF of yesteryear.

Wonder if his agent is just asking teams to pass on him so he can choose his destination as a UFA at this point.

 

[Kingz19]

Maybe the Kings can just sign TJD

There is two picks(57 and 58) that will be forfeited so he may be an undrafted free agent

 

[The Effort Police]

Dang, Jackson-Davis keep falling. Tough era to be a prototype PF of yesteryear.

At this rate, he's going undrafted.

Maybe the lack of a shot really is that much of a red flag to teams.

 

[ESP47]

On a scale of Zero to Justin James where does he rank?

Justin James

 

[dude12]

Any video on Slawson?

 

[Tetsujin]

Maybe the Kings can just sign TJD

There is two picks that will be forfeited so he may be an undrafted free agent

57 and 58 are forfeited

If I'm TJD's agent I'm trying to get him to Denver or Sacramento. that's for sure.

 

[SacTownKid]

Well, overall a pretty decent draft IMO. Now don't blow your space on garbage Monte. No Vlade level we didn't get option 1A so lets overpay 3B-4D.

 

[sactowndog]

At this rate, he's going undrafted.

Maybe the lack of a shot really is that much of a red flag to teams.

he is a tweener. The tweener sits between the center and PF/Wing. Horrible spot to be.

 

[Rain man]

Slawson is a terrific and versatile defender. The offense is more suspect. Basically our own version of Thuybulle. You could do a lot worse in the second round. Best case is he becomes a Herb aJones type.

 

[Kingz19]

Any video on Slawson?

[yt]

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1672102717156732929

https://twitter.com/statuses/1672102836614602752

Warriors essentially traded a first round pick (Baldwin) for the second to last pick in the second round of this draft.

Good for Trayce but I also don't know how much he'll actually play behind Draymond and Looney.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Tarik Biberovic? We are officially officially in the agents won't let you draft their dude portion of the draft.

 

[Sluggah]

Welp. We had a specific archetype in mind for this draft.

 

[KainLear]

Would you rather have Slawson or TJD?
Because the Dubs just traded for the next pick to take TJD.

 

[Kingz19]

Wizards got him

oh well, sign Tshiebwe. I like rebounds.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1672103705775165441

 

[The Effort Police]

Would you rather have Slawson or TJD?
Because the Dubs just traded for the next pick to take TJD.

Their track record these last few years in the draft hasn't exactly been stellar.

 

[Tetsujin]

Would you rather have Slawson or TJD?
Because the Dubs just traded for the next pick to take TJD.

If Slawson's skillset translates beyond the small college level, he's a major find. If they don't, I'd take TJD.

 

[ESP47]

Do you guys think Monte was going to take Kris Murray and then quickly pulled the plug and traded the pick when Portland took Kris?

 

[The_Jamal]

Ok I was hyped on TJD, but Slawson has a good archetype.

Small-school guy, but fits that mold of a super super versatile 3/4 wing defender. 6'7 but with a 6'11 wingspan. He gets after you defensively and will give you just a pinch of shot-blocking. Also adds another wing passer with 18.3%, 23.3%,19.9% Ast rates in his last 3 college seasons. His ability to create gives him some differentiation offensively from the typical scrub 3/4 wing types that flame out every year. He's got a comfort level with the ball in his hands for sure.

Big knock are the small-school, he's going to be 24 when the season starts. But if everything broke right for him, his archetype absolutely can find NBA minutes. Maybe like a Ja'Sean Tate?

Ugh, TJD was the pick imo. Just an absolute college dominator at a huge position of need that we now need to go spend on in FA.

 

[Tetsujin]

Their track record these last few years in the draft hasn't exactly been stellar.

Surely, Wiseman, Kuminga, Moody, Nico Mannion, Patrick Baldwin Jr., and Jacob Evans all failing to become NBA players is entirely Bob Meyers fault.

 

[KainLear]

If Slawson's skillset translates beyond the small college level, he's a major find. If they don't, I'd take TJD.

We'll see it soon enough. Once training camp and summer league start, we'll see if he's ready to be in the rotation. Seems like if he is indeed serviceable, he's NBA-ready physically, right?

 

[Sluggah]

Considering we got someone Baja would have been happy with at #24 with #38, maybe everyone can tell themselves we just traded a 2nd rounder to get out from Holmes’ contract and be a little happier? (though given how much this forum loses it when we trade 2nds, who knows)

 

[Spike]

Do you guys think Monte was going to take Kris Murray and then quickly pulled the plug and traded the pick when Portland took Kris?

I'm sure a trade was lined up beforehand, but man, would it have been bad (here) if Keegan's brother was drafted just to be traded.