NBA Draft: Thursday, June 22, 2023; Suns are scheduled to select at #52.

[Phrazbit]

Guy averages 5-5-2 at Duke and goes in the lotto.

The draft is rough.

These big swings on really raw players so rarely work out. It is really too bad that the NBA didn't manage to up the minimum draft age. A lot of these guys would be better served to stay in and get real opportunity to grow as players.

 

[Raindog]

Guy averages 5-5-2 at Duke and goes in the lotto.

The draft is rough.

These big swings on really raw players so rarely work out. It is really too bad that the NBA didn't manage to up the minimum draft age. A lot of these guys would be better served to stay in and get real opportunity to grow as players.

The entire league is increasingly composed of these types of players as each year goes by. Some of them will work out, and of course many won't. Probably the best conventional wisdom would be to see which ones emerge as potential stars and then try to lure them to your team. With the structure of the new CBA, teams that are loaded up with young talent won't be able to keep them all.

 

[Mainstreet]

Besides what the Suns do with #52, I hope they look to bring in some undrafted free agents out of college with skills like a Jose Alvarado.

 

[SeattleCardinal]

Walking down memory lane:

With the 14th pick of the draft, the Oklahoma City Thunder select Cameron Payne, Murray State.

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[Russ Smith]

Well happy for Jaime Jaquez but what a crusher one pick before the Warriors. Local guys are saying they got the guy they wanted but earlier in the day it was being reported they were going to take Jaime at 19 and I was really hoping.

Miami is a good spot too great organization tough team will appreciate how hard Jaime plays.

 

[Raindog]

Sacramento Kings are first franchise ever to pick two guys named "Olivier" in the first round of the draft - Olivier Maxence Prosper tonight and Olivier St. Jean (aka Tariq Abdul Wahad) back in 1997.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Have we done anything yet? #Waiting

 

[Yuma]

That Pacers pick at #26 is a prototypical JJ pick. Wondering if they picked for us? Potential trade?

 

[Raindog]

Watching this entire first round telecast just prompted me to wonder if Stephen A. Smith can speak at any volume under a literal shout?

 

[Yuma]

Pistons got the C I would have liked to take a flyer on. James Nnaji. Raw, but I think he has promise.

 

[Mainstreet]

Money, money everywhere but not a dollar to spend.

 

[Mainstreet]

Guard Andre Jackson Jr. looks like a good player. He went #36.

 

[Yuma]

Some teams know what they want and pick right away. Others are taking so long, and there's no trade or anything.

 

[Mainstreet]

Chris Livingston appears to have a promise. Come on Suns.

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[Yuma]

Mouhamed Gueye C was linked to us. Hornets took him at 39

 

[Mainstreet]

The Tankathon mock has Chris Livingston going at #52.

Chris Livingston 2023 Draft Profile | Tankathon

Chris Livingston - SF - Kentucky - 2023 NBA Draft Profile and Stats

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[Yuma]

How many French people in this draft? WTF? AMAZED!

 

[Mainstreet]

How many French people in this draft? WTF? AMAZED!

Rupert looked like a really good defender.

 

[Yuma]

The Tankathon mock has Chris Livingston going at #52.

Chris Livingston 2023 Draft Profile | Tankathon

Chris Livingston - SF - Kentucky - 2023 NBA Draft Profile and Stats

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They ever see the guys we draft under JJ. 19 years old. That would be a record for JJ!

 

[JCSunsfan]

Trace Jackson-Davis?

 

[Mainstreet]

They ever see the guys we draft under JJ. 19 years old. That would be a record for JJ!

He would have that Kentucky thing going.

 

[Yuma]

Four from France so far.

 

[Yuma]

He would have that Kentucky thing going.

Last 19 year old from Kentucky we drafted was alright....

 

[Yuma]

Getting closer to the Suns pick....

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Last 19 year old from Kentucky we drafted was alright....

He was actually 18 when we drafted him, believe it or not.