If there’s a year to not be devastated about losing the pick it would be this year
Still would suck to lose this much and not get the pick though
Potential-Comment960
imagine raps keep the pick this year, and next year’s draft is generational.
Call me crazy, but I rather have 10-14 pick next year than a 5-10 pick this year.
idislikehate
Reports like this are hilarious to me, because they assume that scouting prospects is some sort of exact science. It’s far from it. It might look like “the worst draft” on paper, but these same NBA executives will do shit like drafting James Wiseman over LaMelo Ball or letting Alperen Şengün fall to 16th overall or TWO NBA teams with direct ties to Luka Doncic taking DeAndre Ayton and Marvin Bagley over him.
There will be multiple high-level players to come out of this draft. The smart teams and the lucky teams will enjoy those spoils.
thissiteisbroken
Personally I’m gonna trust the opinion of teenagers on Reddit rather than people paid to look into this stuff for a living.
jjkiller26
While it does look bad, there’s always gonna be development outliers somewhere in there. The challenge is obviously finding those players
HankScorpio4242
IMHO what this means is that there are no players projected to be a potential “generational talent” at the top of the draft. There are no “sure things”.
But as we all know, generational talent can come from anywhere in the draft. SGA was picked 11th. Giannis was picked 13th. Jokic and Brunson were second round picks.
AllOutRaptors
That’s great but Giannis came out of one of the worst drafts ever
I guarantee there will be at least 1 all star in this draft
FrigOffRicky16
And that’s why they didn’t want another pick this year for brown
Huge-Split6250
Our best two players until recently were a late first and undrafted.
Masai has in the past spun straw into gold on draft night. He will have to do it again. They cannot go through this draft without hitting on at least 2/3 of the picks.
PM_ME_UR_THESIS_GIRL
If we get to keep the pick, can we then trade it again? Or do we have to use it?
n3moh0es
we all know this. role players will got in the top 5
peroper7
Better off getting rid of this pick now, and pulling the plug in the middle of next season. That’s how OKC got Chet
Unless we’re getting a trajectory-changing player with that top 6 pick this year, we’re screwing ourselves out of a good draft next year, and giving the spurs way more than what poeltl’s worth
The-Hand-of-Midas
I’d just buy all the cheap 2nd Rd picks and grab 6 random tall Baltic region kids and pray for Jokic V2.
NatsuAru
Gonna be real rough trying to bet on this draft for talent. But at the same time, our top 3 already seems to be set. We just need depth and really good role players, and I’d be satisfied.
Getting an all-star/MVP talent would just be icing on the cake if it happens, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for it.
VZYGOD
If this is true than that actually may not be a bad thing. Like the pressure is off to draft someone who is ROTY finalist good. We have IQ, RJ and Barnes that can all carry offensively. If we can pair them with a big wing that’s 6’8” or taller to play PF and has an actual two way game then that’s enough to continue the rebuild and potentially be in a play in to playoff spot. We’re not going number 1 but I think a guy like Cody Williams could fall to us. Raw prospect with high upside won’t need the ball a lot when we have guys capable of shooting around him.
SadInternal9977
All i need to know is in January of 2023 Masai went to France scouting came back and was a buyer at the deadline.
In January of 2024 Masai went to France scouting, came back and was a seller at the deadline of players and a buyer of picks.
Clearly Masai and Tolzman saw something and have one or more players in mind in a supposedly wrak draft
Toronto rarely follows conventional wisdom at the draft and it has paid off well, look at scottie vs suggs to start.
imbiczarre
People on here really addicted to copium lol. This draft class is ass and people on here tryna convince themselves that its not because they dont wanna admit that the FO is fumbling the rebuild.
BETODDERS
Being in this year’s draft class and seeing a headline like this would definitely light a fire under them 🔥🔥🔥
10SecViolation
I remember the 2009 draft being terrible minus blake griffin and look how that turned out. Or how the anthony edwards draft was that Edward’s wasnt going to be that good and look how that also turned out.
WisdumbGuy
Don’t worry, good scouts will still find players worth developing.
Cujosevic
I mean, last year’s draft class was supposed to be one of the most talented and deepest in recent history. But aside from Wemby and Miller, no one has really emerged with star potential thus far. Sure, these so-called experts may end up being right about this year’s crop of picks, but I wouldn’t necessarily bank on it.
Da-Wang
Did the 2000 draft not exist or something
YSLAnunoby
Can it really be worse than 2000?
JJred96
Multiple observers of NBA draft experts and predictions say the same about the veracity of those opinions on the draft: they tend to be either poor, lost or overconfident in their prognostications.
NervousAd3202
This could be 100% true but I was told the 2020 draft was trash & that draft ended up giving us Ant Man, Haliburton, Maxey & Lamelo.
Ever since then I just don’t really listen to what draft analysts say anymore lol.
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Bad news for the Spurs.
If there’s a year to not be devastated about losing the pick it would be this year
Still would suck to lose this much and not get the pick though
imagine raps keep the pick this year, and next year’s draft is generational.
Call me crazy, but I rather have 10-14 pick next year than a 5-10 pick this year.
Reports like this are hilarious to me, because they assume that scouting prospects is some sort of exact science. It’s far from it. It might look like “the worst draft” on paper, but these same NBA executives will do shit like drafting James Wiseman over LaMelo Ball or letting Alperen Şengün fall to 16th overall or TWO NBA teams with direct ties to Luka Doncic taking DeAndre Ayton and Marvin Bagley over him.
There will be multiple high-level players to come out of this draft. The smart teams and the lucky teams will enjoy those spoils.
Personally I’m gonna trust the opinion of teenagers on Reddit rather than people paid to look into this stuff for a living.
While it does look bad, there’s always gonna be development outliers somewhere in there. The challenge is obviously finding those players
IMHO what this means is that there are no players projected to be a potential “generational talent” at the top of the draft. There are no “sure things”.
But as we all know, generational talent can come from anywhere in the draft. SGA was picked 11th. Giannis was picked 13th. Jokic and Brunson were second round picks.
That’s great but Giannis came out of one of the worst drafts ever
I guarantee there will be at least 1 all star in this draft
And that’s why they didn’t want another pick this year for brown
Our best two players until recently were a late first and undrafted.
Masai has in the past spun straw into gold on draft night. He will have to do it again. They cannot go through this draft without hitting on at least 2/3 of the picks.
If we get to keep the pick, can we then trade it again? Or do we have to use it?
we all know this.
role players will got in the top 5
Better off getting rid of this pick now, and pulling the plug in the middle of next season. That’s how OKC got Chet
Unless we’re getting a trajectory-changing player with that top 6 pick this year, we’re screwing ourselves out of a good draft next year, and giving the spurs way more than what poeltl’s worth
I’d just buy all the cheap 2nd Rd picks and grab 6 random tall Baltic region kids and pray for Jokic V2.
Gonna be real rough trying to bet on this draft for talent. But at the same time, our top 3 already seems to be set. We just need depth and really good role players, and I’d be satisfied.
Getting an all-star/MVP talent would just be icing on the cake if it happens, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for it.
If this is true than that actually may not be a bad thing. Like the pressure is off to draft someone who is ROTY finalist good. We have IQ, RJ and Barnes that can all carry offensively. If we can pair them with a big wing that’s 6’8” or taller to play PF and has an actual two way game then that’s enough to continue the rebuild and potentially be in a play in to playoff spot. We’re not going number 1 but I think a guy like Cody Williams could fall to us. Raw prospect with high upside won’t need the ball a lot when we have guys capable of shooting around him.
All i need to know is in January of 2023 Masai went to France scouting came back and was a buyer at the deadline.
In January of 2024 Masai went to France scouting, came back and was a seller at the deadline of players and a buyer of picks.
Clearly Masai and Tolzman saw something and have one or more players in mind in a supposedly wrak draft
Toronto rarely follows conventional wisdom at the draft and it has paid off well, look at scottie vs suggs to start.
People on here really addicted to copium lol. This draft class is ass and people on here tryna convince themselves that its not because they dont wanna admit that the FO is fumbling the rebuild.
Being in this year’s draft class and seeing a headline like this would definitely light a fire under them 🔥🔥🔥
I remember the 2009 draft being terrible minus blake griffin and look how that turned out. Or how the anthony edwards draft was that Edward’s wasnt going to be that good and look how that also turned out.
Don’t worry, good scouts will still find players worth developing.
I mean, last year’s draft class was supposed to be one of the most talented and deepest in recent history. But aside from Wemby and Miller, no one has really emerged with star potential thus far. Sure, these so-called experts may end up being right about this year’s crop of picks, but I wouldn’t necessarily bank on it.
Did the 2000 draft not exist or something
Can it really be worse than 2000?
Multiple observers of NBA draft experts and predictions say the same about the veracity of those opinions on the draft: they tend to be either poor, lost or overconfident in their prognostications.
This could be 100% true but I was told the 2020 draft was trash & that draft ended up giving us Ant Man, Haliburton, Maxey & Lamelo.
Ever since then I just don’t really listen to what draft analysts say anymore lol.