« Reply #45 on: November 22, 2016, 07:07:14 PM »
can someone confirm that Jaylen Brown would go no higher than 11th in the 2017 draft? I've read that it's very strong up top... unlike the 2016 draft that was apparently terrible other than Ben Simmons (and the Brandon Ingram project).
no one can confirm that, especially considering that the 2017 draft hasn't happened yet.
Obviously no one can confirm that but it is hard to see Brown going in the top 10 of the 2017 draft. He might have ended up the 5th or 6th SF selected.
That's honestly really debatable. This time last year, people were calling Labissiere the surefire #2 pick. He went 28th. Let's wait and see how the college season goes.
Anyone who saw Skal play early last season wouldn't have called him a surefire #2 pick. He wasn't college ready let alone NBA ready. The question was how much would he develop over the season and it turned out the answer was not much.
It is obviously early but this season the hyped freshman, who aren't injured, are mostly showing why they are being hyped. I'm quite impressed with what I've seen of this draft class so far. I think Brown's poor shooting and high turnovers would have kept him out of the top 10.
I think he's saying that, preseason, Skal was ranked as a top prospect (I saw him going #2 in a few places) and then once the season got underway it became obvious that wasn't going to happen. But that's how fast things change.
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