2025 NBA Draft (The PG-13 version) & No Spoilers

[Superbone]

I was just reading about Ott today and they mentioned a couple stars he developed. Supposed to be good with NBA bigs especially.

Mobley and Jarrett Allen.

 

[Dback Jon]

Okay, Suns, do your thing.

Point guard Ryan Nembhard goes undrafted.

Let's bring him to Phoenix.

UDFA!

 

[JerkFace]

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We brought him in for a workout. I guess we liked what we saw.

 

[Suns_fan69]

Okay, Suns, do your thing.

Point guard Ryan Nembhard goes undrafted.

Let's bring him to Phoenix.

With Haliburton gone for the year, I wonder if his first choice would be to play with his brother at Indy.

 

[Mainstreet]

Here is a scouting report on CJ Huntley. Also, some video highlights.

CJ Huntley – NBA Scouting Live

www.nbascoutinglive.com

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Flex keeps saying Suns may resign CP3. I really don't want that to be true.

I’m actually okay with that. Low expectations. Can be a leader for a young team. Teach them how to be competitive in the nba. Worked with bridges, cam, and Ayton young team.

And mind you, I don’t mean elevate them like the suns took off before. I just mean help the kids become pros.

 

[Yuma]

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6'11" Forward!

CAREER (2020-25)
» One of three Mountaineers under Dustin Kerns to play all five seasons at App State (Justin Forrest and Donovan Gregory)
» Finished 22nd on App State’s all-time scoring list with 1,324 points
» Averaged 8.7 points and five rebounds a game for his career
» Named to the All-Sun Belt second team in his fifth season
» Twice named Preseason All-Sun Belt in his career
» Played in 153 career games for the Mountaineers, tied with Justin Forrest for the most all-time
» Made 88 starts, which includes two seasons with at least 30 (2022-23 and 2024-25)
» A part of 96 wins in Mountaineer career, second only to Donovan Gregory (97) all-time at App State
» Made three postseason appearances (2021, 2022 and 2024)
» Shot 50 percent from the field for his career and buried 34 percent of his 3-pointers
» Blocked 93 shots in his career, the 11th-most all-time
» Led the team in scoring 23 times in his career
» Led the team in rebounding 37 times in his Mountaineer career
» Only the second Mountaineer since the 1980-81 season to record at least 10 double-doubles in the same season in 2024-25
» Recorded 11 20-point games for his career, with nine of them coming in his final season
» Tallied 58 double-figure scoring games

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

It's Booker leading the kids. It's why I am fine with CP3 coming back because that was the best version of Devin

Yeah I get that. I don’t like kd-influenced Booker leading the kids.

 

[Mainstreet]

With Haliburton gone for the year, I wonder if his first choice would be to play with his brother at Indy.

No doubt this might be attractive although they traded for pick Kam Johnson at #38.

 

[ACY]

I'm going to Vegas. The last time a draft pulled me there was Ayton and Bridges. Finally, some hope!

 

[Mainstreet]

Thank you Devin. The Suns needed a lob threat big man.

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[Hoop Head]

I'm going to Vegas. The last time a draft pulled me there was Ayton and Bridges. Finally, some hope!

It'll be interesting to see where the W/L over under sits after Summer League. I'm planning on betting.

Definitely share the sentiment of seeing these kids play. Hope you have a good trip!

 

[JerkFace]

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

2 weeks ago we were old and fubar'd for 6 years.

This is really stunning

It’s why I kept telling people that there are always options. These moves may not pan out, but we are certainly in a different spot than we were last week. And we have some semblance of hope. And this is without even gaining significant cap relief where we can leverage ishbia’s checkbook.

Ishbia’s made some bad moves, no doubt. But he’s also repeatedly shown an ability to be creative in ways we couldn’t anticipate. This may be a case of a very smart and creative guy just having to make his mistakes in order to learn from them. If nothing else I applaud his continued creativity.

 

[Mainstreet]

Here is a follow up tweet on CJ Huntley agreeing on a two-way contract with the Suns.

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Yeah, have to admit they are going more young than I thought they would and I like it. It better work, because we don't have any 2nd chances.

Well this is the most positive comment I can recall from you in some time, so there’s that!

 

[Folster]

With the G League really established, I wonder if the NBA has considered expanding the draft to 3 rounds. I guess you'd have to be a real sicko to want that. It's probably better to give undrafted level players control to find a good fit.

 

[Mainstreet]

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Needless to say, he would have been a good signing for the Suns.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Not much has changed really.

We got a guy in Green that has a bad contract and has not really fulfilled his potential.
Mark Williams who has missed 60% of the games he is eligible for and
3 draft picks who all might suck.

It's fun to imagine the best case scenerio - but at this point that's all it is, your imagination.

Aaaaaand he’s back!

 

[Mainstreet]

With the G League really established, I wonder if the NBA has considered expanding the draft to 3 rounds. I guess you'd have to be a real sicko to want that. It's probably better to give undrafted level players control to find a good fit.

I'd welcome back a seven round draft.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I’ve been so excited by so many drafts only to be eventually let down that I don’t make expectations anymore. I think there’s a good chance that both are frontcourt and backcourt are total disasters unless Ott is better than we think.

Actually I had forgotten than Ott has experience with a big athletic frontcourt with Cleveland. If he had anything to do with their successful development, that’s another good piece to add to all our young bigs.

 

[Folster]

We also should still have Jalen Bridges, our UDFA/2 way sharpshooter from last season to round out our summer league roster.

That team will need a point guard. I wonder if Collin or Ty Ty are set to play.

 

[Yuma]

It’s why I kept telling people that there are always options. These moves may not pan out, but we are certainly in a different spot than we were last week. And we have some semblance of hope. And this is without even gaining significant cap relief where we can leverage ishbia’s checkbook.

Ishbia’s made some bad moves, no doubt. But he’s also repeatedly shown an ability to be creative in ways we couldn’t anticipate. This may be a case of a very smart and creative guy just having to make his mistakes in order to learn from them. If nothing else I applaud his continued creativity.

I have been catching Tim Legler a bit on the internet, and Legs has been saying the Suns could turn this around quicker than most people think.

 

[Proximo]

Aaaaaand he’s back!

I really don’t see how I am being negative by pointing out we don’t know how these young guys will turn out.

 

[Mainstreet]

We also should still have Jalen Bridges, our UDFA/2 way sharpshooter from last season to round out our summer league roster.

That team will need a point guard. I wonder if Collin or Ty Ty are set to play.

One or both (Gillespie, Washington) may be out of eligibility for a two-way contract.

Hopefully the Suns sign Gillespie to their standard roster.