2021 NBA Draft Discussion

What are some possible draft trades you can think of…?

Memphis just traded Jonas ,along with the number 17 & 51 picks To Pelicans for Number 10 & 40,Bledsoe,Adams and a Protected Lakers pick in 2022. Jonathan Wasserman and Kevin O’Conner claim Grizzlies will select Giddey. I think it’s Duarte,Moody,Bouknight or Jalen Johnson.

Kuminga did not have a good G-League run, and I think that gets forgotten. Typically if someone shoots in the 30s percent wise from the field and is in the mid-20s from three in the G-League, they don’t sniff the NBA floor, unless you are Poku and the Thunder try to lose by 30 to get the 6th pick. Now, Kuminga is a dynamic athlete with a body that can rival Scottie Barnes for what the prototype for 2021 looks like, but Barnes played hard and Kuminga looked like he was playing AAU ball and not on a job interview. It is a concern for a developmental prospect, even one with the elite physical traits of Kuminga, when it is not clear he knows how much learning and work he has to put in. I think that is the concern teams have with BJ Boston as well.

Franz Wagner and Josh Giddey worry me in the same way Deni Avdija worried me. Wagner is a better athlete and defender than the other two, but offensively. They are all impressive creators with questionable shots. Will they go some place where they get decent opportunities to play on the ball? If not, then they probably shouldn’t go in that spot because a team would be taking away a strength and highlighting a weakness.

Day’Ron Sharpe was thoroughly unimpressive last year. He didn’t play big minutes, but was foul and turnover prone when in. He didn’t come across nearly as athletic as he was hyped to be. He wasn’t an especially good finisher at the rim, bad when away from it, and a coin flip at the free throw line. How good of a series of workouts does one need to have to overcome that resume? Are people really going to buy the reports that he is shooting the lights out, lost weight, and is moving like a ballerina? I don’t.

I have said it before that I didn’t understand why Kispert was in the lottery when Murphy was late first and most either completely dismissed Wieskamp or regarded him as a 2nd. He is an elite shooter, and that has value. He will be in the 1st and in the league. I think the shine from being on the glamour team of the season elevated him more than it should, and honestly the more he falls the more value a elite shooter will have because it is more likely to land him in a stable and coherent situation. Also, Murphy should be rising. Much like with Bey a year ago, too many people hold prep rankings too highly and ignore that a guy can be 6’4″ going into his senior year of high school and end up 6’9″ with basically with the same physical makeup as a 5-star as well as being an elite shooter. Potential is not measured by when a kid physically grows. Murphy and Ziaire Williams have almost the exact same physical and athletic testing with Murphy carrying 10 more lbs. One excelled in college and is unquestionably and elite shooting prospect while the other requires people to come up excuses for why he didn’t live up to his prep hype. It is possible Orlando goes with Ziaire. Maybe the covid year really did hold him down. It is the caveat for a lot in this draft. He fits the Hammond mold in terms of length as well as Orlando’s troubling continued belief that they can teach anyone to shoot even with its army of bricklayers in its recent draft history.

James Bouknight is 6th on a lot of mock drafts… thoughts?

I’m seeing some mocks that have Franz Wagner at 7. In this particular draft, is that overrated just a little? I’m a fan of Wagner, but whoa

I think Wagner goes to Kings at #9 and at #7 Giddey goes either for Warriors to keep or a trade with Grizzlies for #10. Then Warriors take Davion Mitchell at #10 if they trade.
On my mock I currently have Giddy at #7, Moody going to Grizzlies at #10, and Mitchell going to Pacers at #13. If that Warriors/Grizzlies trade does happen as rumored and Mitchell is GS target at #10 I just don’t know where to shift Moody to in my mock so as of now I haven’t changed it to accommodate that rumored Grizzlies/Warriors trade.

funny, I have OKC trading up to get Barnes and Toronto drafts Giddey at 6… I can definitely see it going down your way though. Also got Wagner at 9.

Here is my mock as of now haha may have some minor tweaks still, but pretty much solidified.
1. Detroit- Cade Cunningham 5pts
2. Houston- Jalen Green
3. Cleveland- Evan Mobley
4. Toronto- Jalen Suggs
5. Orlando- Scottie Barnes
6. OKC- James Bouknight
7. GS- Josh Giddey
8. Orlando- Jonathan Kuminga
9. Sacramento- Franz Wagner
10. Memphis- Moses Moody
11. Charlotte Kai Jones
12. SA- Alperen Sengun
13. Indiana- Davion Mitchell
14. GS- Chris Duarte
15. Washington- Trey Murphy
16. OKC- Jalen Johnson
17. NO- Corey Kispert
18. OKC- Zaiare Williams
19. NY- Keon Johnson
20. Atlanta- Cam Thomas
21. NY- Isaiah Jackson
22. LAL- Jared Butler
23. Houston- Usman Garuba
24. Houston- Tre Mann
25. LAC- Dayron Sharpe
26. Denver- Ayo Donsumu
27. Brooklyn- Isaiah Todd
28. Philly- Josh Primo
29. Phoenix- Nashon Hyland
30. Utah- Jaden Springer
31. Milwaukee- Miles McBride
32. NY- Sharife Cooper
33. Orlando- JT Thor
34. OKC- Josh Christopher
35. NO- Quentin Grimes
36. OKC- BJ Boston
37. Detroit- Charles Bassey
38. Chicago- Kessler Edwards
39. Sacramento- Vrenz Bleijenbergh
40. Mem- Aaron Henry
41. SA- Juhann Begarin
42. Detroit- Joel Ayayi
43. NO- Joe Wieskamp
44. Brooklyn- Herb Jones
45. Boston- Austin Reaves
46. Toronto- Greg Brown
47. Toronto- Aaron Wiggins
48. Atlanta- Jeremiah Robinson Earl
49. Brooklyn- Rokas Jokubaitis
50. Philly- Neemas Queta
51. NO- Luka Garza
52. Detroit- Jason Preston
53. Phi- Sam Hauser
54. Indiana- Isaiah Livers
55. OKC- Filip Petrusev
56. Charlotte- McKinely Wright
57. Charlotte- Duane Washington
58. NY- Dashien Nix
59. Brooklyn- Jericho Sims
60. Indiana- Santi Aldama

https://www.nbadraft.net/nba-mock-drafts/comments/?uid=91514 my mock as of now…

I’m hearing the Jazz are trying to move the 30th pick

Lakers are basically getting Westbrook… OUCH!

I don’t know that same deal just minus a piece is out there saying Lakers getting Hield and possibly 9 for Kuzma, Montrez, 22nd so who know what is true.

I decided to pull trigger and change my mock with Kuminga at #7 now, Moody #8 and Giddey at #10.

Westbrook to Lakers gives them a superstar big 3 but they lose depth but they go all in for LBJ’s last couple of years and can always attracr vets to full out a bench. They will still have AD long term so can easily rebuild around him in a couple of years.
Washington get some nice pieces in the trade and it gives them depth plus possible future trade options and if someone does go all in for Beal they have got Westbrook off the books. I like the core around Beal now though.

Love the Scottie Barnes pick for Toronto. This was one of the teams I wanted Barnes to go to.

Glad you like Barnes at 4th oick. Where does he fit around Sikam and OG though I wonder?

I lke Giddey to OKC a bit of a reach but Presti has a good draft record. Kuminga to GSW I love they can just use his athleticism to rebound and run the floor plus they can feed him easy baskets.

Suggs and Wagner is a good heal for Magic too.

Bouknight going to the Hornets at 11 is a potential steal lol. Already adding Plumlee, makes sense for Charlotte to go for a wing

Crazy a$$ draft… I got the 1st 6 picks correct. It has gone down hill since… pretty wild though

Who’s the biggest winners? losers?