Phoenix Suns' Pick Tracking Thread

Bo6 · May 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM

MystikArkitect said: ↑

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I liked mine because SA slides to #9.

MystikArkitect · May 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM

Bo6 said: ↑

I liked mine because SA slides to #9.
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Id rather Cooper Flagg.

9baller · May 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM

If Kasparas and Maluach are already gone, I'd go either Carter Bryant or Rasheer Fleming. I'm not really buying Kon at the NBA level. A trade up is good too.

Joe Joe · May 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM

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If Kasparas and Maluach are already gone, I'd go either Carter Bryant or Rasheer Fleming. I'm not really buying Kon at the NBA level. A trade up is good too.
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I like Fleming, but not if Kon is there. If Kon is there, Stone may actually keep the pick, assuming the Rockets don't win a Top 4 pick.

Shaq2Yao · May 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM

Houston Rockets finally land the #1 draft pick in 2025!

hashmander · May 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/york-islanders-won-nhl-draft-232613386.html

New York Islanders win the NHL draft lottery

And they earned a remarkable lottery win by entering the day with a 3.5% shot — the 10th-best odds — of seeing their numbers come up.

Phillyrocket · May 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM

Winning the lottery would solve just about everything.

FVV/Reed
Green/Cam
Amen/Brooks
Flagg/Bari/Tari
Sengun/Adams

You could just run it back with this ridiculously talented and deep roster. Or add a Durant, Booker or Ja Morant via trade.

If you do Green, Brooks, Bari and picks for Booker.

FVV/Reed
Booker/Cam
Amen
Flagg/Tari
Sengun/Adams

Pringles09 · May 6, 2025 at 12:04 PM

hashmander said: ↑

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/york-islanders-won-nhl-draft-232613386.html

New York Islanders win the NHL draft lottery

And they earned a remarkable lottery win by entering the day with a 3.5% shot — the 10th-best odds — of seeing their numbers come up.
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The atlanta hawks won last year from a play in spot

MystikArkitect · May 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM

9baller said: ↑

If Kasparas and Maluach are already gone, I'd go either Carter Bryant or Rasheer Fleming. I'm not really buying Kon at the NBA level. A trade up is good too.
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Kon is in the Jalen Williams/Franz Wagner mold. Would love him on this team.

sirjesse · May 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM

J.R. said: ↑

16. Boogie Fland, PG, Arkansas
Top 100: No. 52 | Stats: No. 6 | Consensus: 2.2 WARP

17. Khaman Maluach, C, Duke
Top 100: No. 8 | Stats: No. 37 | Consensus: 2.2 WARP

Extremely efficient on offense, where he shot 75% on 2-point attempts and an impressive 77% from the line with a relatively large usage rate (16%) for a rim-running big, Maluach did not rate as well on defense. Relative to the typical NBA-bound college center, Maluach's 7% block rate was on the low side and he had just eight steals all season. Still, the number can't capture Maluach's versatility as a switchable big, which helps explain his lottery standing.

18. Carter Bryant, F, Arizona
Top 100: No. 20 | Stats: No. 18 | Consensus: 2.2 WARP

19. Walter Clayton Jr., PG, Florida
Top 100: No. 28 | Stats: No. 13 | Consensus: 2.1 WARP

The breakout star of the NCAA tournament, Clayton's rise in the top 100 moved him closer to where he'd been all along in the stats-only model. My model valued Clayton's strong sophomore season at Iona, where he won MAAC Player of the Year, and 39% career 3-point shooting. At 22, Clayton should have been more productive than the younger prospects ahead of him, but he outpaced plenty even accounting for age.

20. Liam McNeeley, SF, UConn
Top 100: No. 15 | Stats: No. 23 | Consensus: 2.1 WARP

21. Rasheer Fleming, PF, Saint Joseph's
Top 100: No. 30 | Stats: No. 15 | Consensus: 2.0 WARP

The combination of solid rebounding and shot blocking already made Fleming a standout in statistical models before his breakout in 2024-25 as a scorer. Upping his usage rate, Fleming also made a career-high 39% of his 3s, demonstrating the stretch ability that will be necessary for him to play power forward in the NBA.

22. Kam Jones, G, Marquette
Top 100: No. 44 | Stats: No. 12 | Consensus: 1.9 WARP

23. Koby Brea, SG, Kentucky
Top 100: No. 55 | Stats: No. 9 | Consensus: 1.9 WARP

24. Tahaad Pettiford, PG, Auburn
Top 100: No. 38 | Stats: No. 17 | Consensus: 1.8 WARP

25. Payton Sandfort, SF, Iowa
Top 100: No. 84 | Stats: No. 10 | Consensus: 1.8 WARP

26. Nolan Traore, PG, Saint Quentin (France)
Top 100: No. 18 | Stats: No. 36 | Consensus: 1.7 WARP

After starring in last year's Nike Hoop Summit, Traore passed on college hoops to play professionally in his native France. An instant standout in the French LNB playoffs, Traore entered the year fifth in the top 100 but declined with his play. On the plus side, Traore has the best assist projection for any top 100 player after averaging 5.2 per game in just 22.8 minutes. However, his inefficient scoring (43% on 2s and 28% on 3s) dropped him out of the top 30 in the stats-only model.

27. Cedric Coward, SF, Washington State
Top 100: No. 53 | Stats: No. 16 | Consensus: 1.7 WARP

28. Will Riley, F/G, Illinois
Top 100: No. 16 | Stats: No. 43 | Consensus: 1.6 WARP

29. Thomas Sorber, C Georgetown
Top 100: No. 24 | Stats: No. 32 | Consensus: 1.6 WARP

Would you believe that no Georgetown product has been drafted since Otto Porter Jr. in 2013? Sorber will assuredly break that streak if he stays in the draft after averaging 14.5 PPG, 8.5 RPG and 2.0 BPG as a freshman. As good as that sounds, the bar for center production at the NCAA level is high, which particularly works against fellow DMV freshman Derik Queen of Maryland. By contrast to Queen, who doesn't rate in my top 30 despite being 10th in the top 100, Sorber was a much more effective shot blocker.

30. Alex Karaban, F, UConn
Top 100: No. 36 | Stats: No. 26 | Consensus: 1.6 WARP
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Goodness @J.R. where has all the centers gone?

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