With the 5th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the Detroit Pistons select Ron Holland II, F, G League Ignite.
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Yeah, I'm being serious here. The NBA is a star-driven league. It's no coincidence that the two lowest rated Finals outside the 2020s involve the notoriously boring San Antonio Spurs.
What does that have to do with Victor Wembanyama?
Unless you're calling him a star, which is not obvious at all.
With the 6th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets select Tidjane Salaun, F, France.
France is going to be a problem in the Olympic Games this summer. In men's basketball I mean.
The Spurs are not boring basketball. Pop is one of the best coaches in the league's history and his system is one that has brought success for years.
As far as the two lowest rated finals, one was a 4 game sweep against a Cavs team that had Lebron and not much else and the other was against a Nets team that was way overmatched against the Spurs that season.
As far as the two lowest rated finals, one was a 4 game sweep against a Cavs team that had Lebron and not much else and the other was against a Nets team that was way overmatched against the Spurs that season.
With the 7th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the Portland Trail Blazers select Donovan Clingan, C, UConn.
Clingan owes us a cut for all the highlights!
They mentioned earlier how Castle shut down TSJ in the Elite 8 game.
They were expected to be anyway when you look at them having players like Batum, Coulibaly, Fournier, Gobert, and Wemby. None of the French players drafted tonight were expected to be on that roster.
So, as a guy who really doesn’t watch the NbA, what’s the deal with all the French guys? Is the product NCAA basketball is putting out that poor?
With the 8th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the San Antonio Spurs select Rob Dillingham, G, Kentucky.
Loyalillini10
- Urbana, IL
He's on his way to Minnesota.
Honestly, the college game isn't great for the most part. The European players are playing against a lot better talent on a nightly basis and in today's NBA, they'll find the best players, no matter where they are.
Dillingham's rights were just traded to Minnesota.
traded to Minneapolis
frozenrope9190
- Aurora, IL
I always found it interesting that in the NFL, the picks are traded before they announce the player drafted, where in the NBA they announce the players, THEN trade the picks. Makes it a bit more chaotic.
With the 9th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the Memphis Grizzlies select Zach Edey, C, Purdue.
The thing to remember with the NBA Draft is that none of these trades can come become official until the new league year starts next month.
Met with a chorus of boos LOL
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I suppose it’s all in what you are looking for. I think a lot of folks enjoy the college game as the players develop and gain skills, grow-up. Can’t say I watch a lot of European basketball to know the appeal, but they seem to produce a lot of talent.
The league has an issue where the talent and what the casual NBA audience wants are misaligned. Victor Wembanyama is insanely (star-level) talented, and that improves his team's local audience, but nationally I don't think he'd draw viewers, like the great Spurs that came before him. Serious fans can enjoy talent for talent's sake, but the real money is from casuals who need personalities and storylines, and seeing players rise in college first is an easy booster.
For similar reasons I think Overtime Elite and the G League Ignite aren't good for the league, because they remove the built-in audience that follows college athletes.
With the 10th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz select Cody Williams, SF, Colorado.
True but there is A LOT of bad basketball in college on a nightly basis. A lot of these players in Europe will start playing professionally when they're 15 or 16 against grown men and will play against better players.
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