2024 NBA DRAFT INFO Thread

[Pelicanidae]

I agree. How Yves Missi, the C from Baylor, is ahead of Kel' el Ware on most of the mocks ive seen is beyond my understanding

I do like Missi, not so much on this team because I really don't see him ever shooting but the dude is a physical monster and I can see him being a serviceable backup big pretty quickly. Like if he went to Golden State or something they'd have him working quick.

[ragincaucasian]

Laughing myself into a coma with Reed Sheppard recording a 42 inch vert out of absolutely nowhere.

This has the be a first for a white dude since like 1958 right?

[fullcourtpress]

I do like Missi, not so much on this team because I really don't see him ever shooting but the dude is a physical monster and I can see him being a serviceable backup big pretty quickly. Like if he went to Golden State or something they'd have him working quick.

Missi, to the Pels, would just rekindle our wishes of having a stretch 5. Kel' el is that dude and a rim protector to boot

turns out Kel'el was a bit taller and a two inch difference in reach 7'2" for Missi and Ware at 7'4"; that combined with Ware being more refined makes him the best C target for the Pels

i dont wanr clingan or edey or flipowski

[Blattman]

Ware checks almost all the boxes for me : great size, shot-blocking, mobility and stretch 5 potential, thrived into an NBA style system (Woodson's), got over himself by failing his freshman year, native of Arkansas so Louisiana would feel close to home.

[WhyHornetsWhy]

Ware checks almost all the boxes for me : great size, shot-blocking, mobility and stretch 5 potential, thrived into an NBA style system (Woodson's), got over himself by failing his freshman year, native of Arkansas so Louisiana would feel close to home.

But don’t we need a proven stretch 5 who can shoot the 3 to pair perfectly with Z?

[fullcourtpress]

But don’t we need a proven stretch 5 who can shoot the 3 to pair perfectly with Z?

That would be ideal; but, its likely that we cant acquire one as a free agent nor via a fair trade; hence why not go for ont that has 'stretch 5 potential"

[Blattman]

But don’t we need a proven stretch 5 who can shoot the 3 to pair perfectly with Z?

He made 42.5 percent of his 3pt shot in his sophomore campaign. I can't say he's a proven stretch 5 given the sample size and his FT percentage, but it seems reasonable to see him evolve as such.

[fullcourtpress]

Ware checks almost all the boxes for me : great size, shot-blocking, mobility and stretch 5 potential, thrived into an NBA style system (Woodson's), got over himself by failing his freshman year, native of Arkansas so Louisiana would feel close to home.

not that their ratings mean ********, but it interesting to note that Ware has the the highest overall rating on nbadraft.net (96) while being their 25th best prospect.
the #1 pick on there also has a 96