Debated on taking Jaylen where I took Beal, I’m very high on JB

He could easily be a first round pick. He's only getting better

F it. This is a reach, but there’s no way hes there coming back around, and I think he’s got All NBA level talent.

I’m taking Shai Gilegeous.

Just turned 23. Ideal height/length for modern NBA. Made huge strides every year. They shut him down to tank last year but he was at 23/6/5 with a .623 TS and a 21.6 PER on an absolutely ghastly team. He’s literally good at everything and on a multi time All Star level trajectory at worst. Also gives great flexibility going forward cause he can switch the 1/2. Can definitely see him being #2 on a title contender, and fits KATs age curve and number of names.

Team:
Karl Anthony Towns
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Fidstar wants Middleton (30).
Tchaz Randle (26)

DodgerIrish, then Charder on the clock

SGA is a good choice there imo

Spinning Julie

Most improved player, 2nd team all NBA, single handedly carried a shockingly poor Knicks team to the brink of mediocrity, and with a hand me down formerly great player as his only reinforcements to the #4 seed. Not his fault at all Thibs is a hopeless playoffs coach. Basically an upgraded version of LeBron without the pushing off.

Could go a couple of different ways here, but imma take my defensive anchor who can match up with the elites and also guard on a switch. Soft touch and rebounds well. Solid PNR tutoring last year too.



Deandre Ayton

Bookends in place:

Trae Young
Deandre Ayton

Charder is up. Curious to see the Gobert pairing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...bn8/edit#gid=0

I think he has two very good options

Trae & Ayton is a sweet pairing

The guy shot 34.5% in the playoffs. From the free throw line. He couldn't stay on the court by the end.

He not only continued to never shoot from beyond 10ft, he even stopped taking those 3'-10' shots and by the end had even stopped taking those dunks you singled out.

He's completely cut off communications with both the 76ers FO and his teammates. Possibly because the guy who did the heaviest lifting on the team, despite a meniscus problem throughout, remarked on his pitiful performance.

The 76ers FO, years on still not fully recovered from the league's absurd and arbitrary expulsion of Hinkie, think they can trade Simmons for an All Star player. However, it is utterly evident from the complete lack of interest from the other 29 teams that no one thinks of Simmons as being on that level, whatever the press & casual fans may have thought in February 2020.

This is all not exactly news.

Good luck with spending his 25, 26 and 27 year old seasons trying to teach the guy to (a) find his balls and (b) shoot.

Ok, so Charder is skipped, I guess, about half an hour ago. jmurder is up and has until :27 to pick.

eh, lets give the full hour for jmurder. skipped at 8

At the end of round 2, this thing gets wild

Simmons has looked like a different player when he isn’t playing with Joel, I guess that’s what you can hope for. It’s essentially 2 centers on the court at all times.

Your draft, so, for sure, you run it how you want.

But we all know that there is an hour on the clock for each person.

Imo, ff the person before me doesn't draft within an hour of being up then my clock starts running when his hits the hour mark.

Otherwise, it's just arbitrary timings depending on whether you (or some officious nit like me or K~o~D) happen to pop into the thread and notice that more than an hour has expired since the last pick.

MPJ

I will take my 2nd straight 23 y/o combo forward who had his season partially derailed by COVID last season.

Michael Porter, Jr. was 9th in the league in 3p shooting last year at 44.5%, 7th in the league in TS, & averaged 23.5 ppg after UNDRAFTED got injured.

His defense is kind of a tire fire but 31st in the league in block rate & has all the physical tools to be a + defender.

This player is stuck in a bell hole known as Sacramento, De’Aaron Fox.

Current squad Kawhi and Fox.

KAT and Randle have been training together and they've both said how they would love to play together!



MAKE IT HAPPEN LEON!!!!

Nwildcat will be skipped at 9

sorry im here

Defense wins Championships

If you wanna draft a guy who can't shoot... probably best that he isn't 6'3, terrible on defense and his team was literally better with him on the bench last year and every year he has played...

You've locked in last place in year 1, so props for that!

Thanks bro, aren’t you the team with Simmons? You know the guy who won’t shoot.