Deleterious

My winner of the draft: Lakers. Getting Knecht at 17 is stupid value. Also a perfect fit for that team. They are capped out and can't really do a ton to improve. So getting a guy who is ready to play today is big. Also putting an elite shooter around Lebron is always good. Loser of the draft: Washington. I don't like Sarr but its more than that. How do you end up with 3 first round picks in the worst draft in 30 years?

It should start where they talk about Detroit.

Honestly. The low BBIQ bugs me a lot more than the bad shooting.

Givony didn't like Holland either. Rated him 13th where Sam had him 10th. I don't really follow anyone else since I feel they are the the two best by quite a large margin. But they both have their misses every year. The draft is hard. Maybe things look different if Holland doesn't suffer that season ending injury and missed the last half of the year.

No matt how you feel about the pick, you have to laugh at fans reactions. Nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody, talked about Holland before the draft. Now every idiot with a keyboard is saying how they really felt Holland was the best player in the draft.

It is pretty much statistically impossible to have a 61 TS% when you shoot 24% from three, especially with a very average FT%. According to BR it was 55% which isn't awful, but it is below league average. And I do agree he is probably a bit better on offense than Thompson. https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/players/h/hollaro01d.html Everyone says he has potential to be a good defender, including me if you look at the post. But he isn't now. What Vecenie said about him in his draft guide:

Those asking why the Holland hate and the Ausar love. Neither can shoot a lick, so that is a tie. But Thompson does a ton of things that help teams. Already a good, borderline elite defender. Not just on ball defense, great off ball as well. Always in passing lanes disrupting. Pretty good passer for his position. Great rebounder for his position. 6.4 rebounds in 25 minutes is really good, especially since he spent most of his time at SF. Has a pretty high BBIQ. Holland is basically the complete opposite of all that. Really low BBIQ, poor decision maker. More turnovers than assists, doesn't create for others particularly well. Not a great handle (Thompson needs work here too). He has the physical tools to be a good defender, but so far he is really bad. Bad draft you get bad players and I don't think they passed on anyone great. It definitely is not a good pick, and you could easily have picked him later in the draft. But it was probably never going to be anyone that good at 5 anyway.

Lakers win the draft. Great value getting Knecht there. Perfect team for him.

Bare minimum, make the trade and take Holland 9. WTF.

That is a brutal pick.

You win

Holy **** they are idiots.

Bummer. At least Detroit knows ahead of the draft so the can take a big if they want.

Sounds like Portland is also tossing in a 2029 first. Still, Avidja really started to play well last year.

Not saying I completely disagree. But Boston has Tatum who they picked with a Sacramento pick and Brown who they picked with a Brooklyn pick. It takes a little luck for sure.

Killian Hayes was just cut from the France Olympic team

What is the going rate for a center that has 3 feet range and plays some of the worst defense in the league?

Something to consider on the Bridges trade. That Knicks team is good and young. The Knicks can afford to be in luxury tax hell more than anyone outside of maybe the Lakers. Most of those picks were the Knicks own picks. So if they stay good for the next 5-6 years you are looking at picking 25-30 every year. Brooklyn really needs NYK to implode after a few years and those unprotected picks in 29 and 31 become a lot more valuable.

Leaders don't have to tell people they are leaders.