Welcome to the 2019 NBA Draft thread.

[Phrazbit]

Bol Bol finally goes off the board.

 

[Russ Smith]

Various thoughts. The Warriors hate the Pelicans right now they took the kid the Warriors wanted in the 2nd round, the Euro big who plays for the Santa Cruz Warriors.

I'm amazed Jaylen Nowell lasted that long, as a Warriors fan I would have taken him or Porter Jr over Poole. That said the highlights on Poole explain what they like, good size, still filling out, great range and perfect form on his shot. Nowell is more physically ready and I think you could play him on the ball with Curry off the ball at times but my guess is they think Poole is the best shooter of the 3. Porter has the most upside but has considerable character issues in his recent past.

Personally I would have taken Porter or Nowell.

 

[Proximo]

This roster as it stands won't win 10 games.

You know what do us a favor than and stop watching and posting.

 

[Mainstreet]

Luguentz Dort didn't get drafted. Maybe the Suns bring him for a look.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Luguentz Dort didn't get drafted. Maybe the Suns bring him for a look.

I couldn’t understand the interest in him. He was a bull with no skills.

 

[elindholm]

I couldn’t understand the interest in him. He was a bull with no skills.

Sounds like Jack Haley.

 

[1Sun]

You know what do us a favor than and stop watching and posting.

At this point, who in their right mind would want to watch this train wreck?

 

[Yuma]

Luguentz Dort didn't get drafted. Maybe the Suns bring him for a look.

I bet his agent's phone started ringing immediatly. That's what I was saying earlier, there's going to be guys not drafted worth making some teams.

 

[Yuma]

Lugentz Dort went to OKC

 

[Folster]

Lugentz Dort went to OKC

He would've benefitted greatly from another year at ASU.

 

[Yuma]

Cheatham from ASU went to Pels with Zion!

 

[Yuma]

This roster as it stands won't win 10 games.

Where can I get some action on this?

 

[AzStevenCal]

Where can I get some action on this?

Same place you could have gotten it last season when he said if we didn't get a real PG we wouldn't win 10 games.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Same place you could have gotten it last season when he said if we didn't get a real PG we wouldn't win 10 games.

he wasn't that far off.

 

[hcsilla]

Here is what happened today.

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I think that this might be the worst ever draft night in Suns history.

Letting MIN to jump from #11 to #6 for Saric shows simply incompetence. I do think that no other NBA team than the Suns would have allowed this move.

Drafting Cameron Johnson is inexplicable. James Jones drafted himself with bad hips.

Trading MIL pick for Baynes (with the intention of buying him out) and #24 is simply a bad one. #24 has a bit higher value than MIL pick but that just does not justify taking 5 mil. dead money.

Then using #24 on the second coming of Kendall Marshall.

Warren, #32 for cash speaks for itself escpecially after reducing the created cap space by 5 mil. via the Baynes-trade.

If that is indeed Warren's real value, extending him was a colossal mistake since despite his continous improvement and unexpected jump in 3P-shooting he still was unable to earn his contract.


The whole operation reminds me of Isiah Thomas. Very limited knowledge, inexperience, lack of the ability of evaluating trade offers, no scouting, hiperactivity regarding trades which turn out self-contradicting ones.

 

[AzStevenCal]

he wasn't that far off.

Well, a prediction of less than 10 isn't too far from where we finished but another way to look at it is we won more than double the games he predicted which is off by quite a bit. And yes, I'm aware that in the predictions thread he easily came the closest.

 

[Mainstreet]

I think that this might be the worst ever draft night in Suns history.

Letting MIN to jump from #11 to #6 for Saric shows simply incompetence. I do think that no other NBA team than the Suns would have allowed this move.

Drafting Cameron Johnson is inexplicable. James Jones drafted himself with bad hips.

Trading MIL pick for Baynes (with the intention of buying him out) and #24 is simply a bad one. #24 has a bit higher value than MIL pick but that just does not justify taking 5 mil. dead money.

Then using #24 on the second coming of Kendall Marshall.

Warren, #32 for cash speaks for itself escpecially after reducing the created cap space by 5 mil. via the Baynes-trade.

If that is indeed Warren's real value, extending him was a colossal mistake since despite his continous improvement and unexpected jump in 3P-shooting he still was unable to earn his contract.


The whole operation reminds me of Isiah Thomas. Very limited knowledge, inexperience, lack of the ability of evaluating trade offers, no scouting, hiperactivity regarding trades which turn out self-contradicting ones.

I'm not going to try explain away how and why the Suns did what they did. How they used the #6 pick particularly baffled me. I couldn't get my mind around it.

The only move I really liked was the Suns trading for Ty Jerome of course less Baynes. I was trying to figure out a way in my mind for the Suns to select him prior to the draft. The only way I thought the Suns might realistically do it is to use #32 plus the Bucks pick. So the Suns acquired him for something near his value as I viewed it.

Ty Jerome can shoot and has a good assist to turnover ration. I think his shooting separates him from Kendall Marshall. This was a bright spot for me in an otherwise perplexing draft night for the Suns.

 

[Mainstreet]

I'm not sure if this has been reported.


Anthony Puccio‏Verified account @APOOCH

Former St. John’s F/C Tariq Owens has agreed to a deal with the Suns, per sources.

10:27 PM - 20 Jun 2019

 

[1Sun]

I'm not sure if this has been reported.


Anthony Puccio‏Verified account @APOOCH

Former St. John’s F/C Tariq Owens has agreed to a deal with the Suns, per sources.

10:27 PM - 20 Jun 2019

We seem to be accumulating lesser teammates of college stars...Johnson instead of White, Jerome instead of Hunter, now Owens instead of Culver.

 

[Mainstreet]

It looks like Tacko Fall will sign with Boston.


Jonathan Givony‏Verified account @DraftExpress

Tacko Fall will sign an Exhibit 10 contract with the Boston Celtics, a source told ESPN. Pencil in July 8th at 430 at Thomas and Mack for your first TACKO Vegas Summer League fix.

1:24 PM - 21 Jun 2019

 

[Yuma]

he wasn't that far off.

19 is much more than 9. Less than 10. It's REALLY hard to win just 9 games. I would bet on that all day, every day.

 

[GatorAZ]

Imagine Ayton having this mindset:

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