2023-24 Around the NBA Thread

[Raindog]

ESPN released the 50-11 ranked players. They have Beal at 37 and Booker at 11. An argument could be made for both being ranked higher. Not a fan of Wemby being ranked at 47 already without playing any real games yet.

NBArank 2023: Player rankings for 2023-24, from 50 to 11

NBArank is back for its 13th season counting down the best players in the league. See which stars just missed out on a top-10 spot.

www.espn.com

ESPN? Need we say more?

 

[Fumats20]

Couldn't find the original article I read but did find this, which quotes Sports Illustrated.

7-footers: 17-percent chance of playing in NBA - The Boston Globe

In a 2011 Sports Illustrated article, author Pablo S. Torre, drawing from Centers for Disease Control data, surmised that “no more than 70 American men are between the ages of 20 and 40 are at least 7 feet tall. From this, he further deduced that “while the probability of, say, an American...

www.bostonglobe.com

These guys don't grow on trees and are rare. They are in the 95-100 percentile or off the chart completely. So this make sense to me because the math is mathing. Hitting the genetic lottery is a thing.

 

[Mainstreet]

I wish the Suns had Jaxson Hayes on their roster.

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[Suns_fan69]

Josh Jackson back in the news...

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article276449251.html

 

[Mainstreet]

Josh Jackson back in the news...

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article276449251.html

I'd like to say I'm shocked.

 

[Mainstreet]

A lot of players could play in the NBA if they were allowed to travel.

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[SunsTzu]

I'd like to say I'm shocked.

Yeah, sadly unsurprising.

 

[Mainstreet]

A good read on how the Nuggets plan to build a dynasty. Also, it helps to know how to draft.

I really liked Bones Hyland.

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[AzStevenCal]

Josh Jackson back in the news...

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article276449251.html

What does it say?

 

[95pro]

What does it say?

Rape accusations. Then he had two other girls pay her a visit to rob and threaten her. Something like that. I read through the blocked portions.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Rape accusations. Then he had two other girls pay her a visit to rob and threaten her. Something like that. I read through the blocked portions.

Thanks. We always knew the high regard he had for females (sarcasm) but this is even worse than I expected of him.

 

[Phrazbit]

A good read on how the Nuggets plan to build a dynasty. Also, it helps to know how to draft.

I really liked Bones Hyland.

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Wow, rather sharp criticism for a direct quote.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Wow, rather sharp criticism for a direct quote.

Absolutely. He just called Bones and Porter selfish players that won't defend.

 

[Mainstreet]

Wow, rather sharp criticism for a direct quote.

Absolutely. He just called Bones and Porter selfish players that won't defend.

The Bones Hyland I know is a good defender.

 

[Phrazbit]

The Bones Hyland I know is a good defender.

Statistically, he's been pretty bad.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Statistically, he's been pretty bad.

Yeah, he hasn't been their worst defender, that job fell to Porter. But he's not much better.

 

[Mainstreet]

Statistically, he's been pretty bad.

I trust my eyes with Hyland. I think he will be a good player given time.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I trust my eyes with Hyland. I think he will be a good player given time.

I worry a little about a GM that calls an outgoing player selfish but even more about the outgoing player. Bones looks like he can be a good player but I believe Pop's approach is the best. Get rid of the guys that are all about themselves, and build around team first players. So far, that hasn't been Hyland.

 

[Mainstreet]

I worry a little about a GM that calls an outgoing player selfish but even more about the outgoing player. Bones looks like he can be a good player but I believe Pop's approach is the best. Get rid of the guys that are all about themselves, and build around team first players. So far, that hasn't been Hyland.

I believe if you can get a player like Hyland for two 2nd round picks, you do it.

 

[Phrazbit]

I worry a little about a GM that calls an outgoing player selfish but even more about the outgoing player. Bones looks like he can be a good player but I believe Pop's approach is the best. Get rid of the guys that are all about themselves, and build around team first players. So far, that hasn't been Hyland.

Yeah, pooping on Bones is kind of a douche move but GMs have dunked on former players before, however, crapping on Porter Jr, one of his highest paid players, is wild stuff.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I believe if you can get a player like Hyland for two 2nd round picks, you do it.

I wouldn't be against it but I don't value 2nd round picks very much.

 

[Mainstreet]

I wouldn't be against it but I don't value 2nd round picks very much.

That's more the reason to do it. Also, 2nd round picks proved useful in acquiring Bradley Beal.

 

[Muggz]

LMAO Pre season and Pat is full form

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[Raindog]

Thanks. We always knew the high regard he had for females (sarcasm) but this is even worse than I expected of him.

Yet another awful chapter in the saga of how badly the Suns were at scouting and selecting guys during the Sarver era. The one out of the park hit with Booker notwithstanding, I still can't believe how egregiously bad they were using all of those high draft picks.

 

[Hoop Head]

Yet another awful chapter in the saga of how badly the Suns were at scouting and selecting guys during the Sarver era. The one out of the park hit with Booker notwithstanding, I still can't believe how egregiously bad they were using all of those high draft picks.

Much thanks to the basketball gods for delivering us Booker. Without him, we'd be in a really ugly place. Probably like Houston. I can see Josh Jackson as Kevin Porter Jr. Their only bright spots are Jalen Green and Sengun. Neither have shown much other than potential. They overpaid for free agent castoffs in Dillon Brooks and Fred VanVleet.