The 2023 Draft watch thread

[Wizop]

Weird. Usually a team's first draft pick holds up the 1, and another one would hold up their draft position, so if these are their actual numbers on the court, that would be unique.

twitter makes clear that they are actual numbers and Tony East jokes about how low the sum of the starters jersey numbers are. 0+00+1+2 and if Duarte starts +3. a total of 6 is the minimum possible number.

[Grang33r]

No. 2 — Tuesday, May 30:

Ricky Council IV, Arkansas
Nikola Durisic, Serbia
Tevian Jones, Southern Utah
Darius McGhee, Liberty - SUMMER LEAGUE INVITE
Jordan Miller, Miami
Keisei Tominaga, Nebraska

No. 3 — Wednesday, May 31:

Johnell Davis, Florida Atlantic
Adam Flagler, Baylor
Armaan Franklin, Virginia
Nate Laszewski, Notre Dame - SUMMER LEAGUE INVITE
Leonard Miller, G League Ignite
Isaiah Wong, Miami - SECOND ROUND PICK

No. 9 — Wednesday, June 7: (2 of 2)

Jarace Walker, Houston - FIRST ROUND PICK

No. 10 — Thursday, June 8:

Tyger Campbell, UCLA
Sidy Cissoko, G-League Ignite
Markquis Nowell, Kansas State
Ben Sheppard, Belmont - FIRST ROUND PICK
Hunter Tyson, Clemson
Jalen Wilson, Kansas

No. 12 — Saturday, June 10:

Mojave King, G League Ignite - SECOND ROUND PICK
Rayan Rupert, New Zealand Breakers

No. 13 — Monday, June 12:

Marcus Carr, Texas
Kendric Davis, Memphis
Zvonimir Ivisic, Croatia
Drew Peterson, Southern California
Julian Phillips, Tennessee
Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky - TWO-WAY CONTRACT

Someone was asking this pre-draft and figured i'd re-post it. All 4 draft picks, Tshiebew on a 2-way and the two summer league invites all were in Indianapolis for a pre-draft visit.

[granger05]

I was the one that asked about the list and the history of picking. I wish we'd managed to trade back in to get Whitmore. I don't really understand our late 2nd round picks, but those aren't particularly high value assets anyway. I'd rather see upside picks there where you swing for the fences on the small chance they hit. There were other dudes I preferred, but I do recognize it's a low probability that any of these players are worthwhile in the long run.

I guess in fairness, when I look at the draft I see that a lot of the guys I liked in this range went between our 40th pick we traded for cash and 47. Maybe the team felt the same as me, but opportunities slipped by.

[Grang33r]

Going to unsticky this as draft season is over.

Great job everyone in this thread, was great following all season long and learning about all kinds of prospects!

Looking forward to the 2024 draft watch thread already!