19 minutes ago, SB52 said:

You can’t complain about getting the second best player in college basketball in the second round.

He was the betting favorite for College Player of the Year multiple times last season.

NBA is a different game than college

2 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

Could be useful off the bench when we need to protect a lead. He gets rebounds and plays defense. That’s all I got lol.

With this vertical he will get all the rebounds

2 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

With this vertical he will get all the rebounds

He needs pumps. You might be too young for that one.

At this point, they have to keep Yabu and I dont think they can.

Daryl brags about thinking he has the best back court in the NBA, and he is building by far the worst front court.

He said he wanted athleticism and shooting. Broome is exactly the opposite. Old, unathletic, cant shoot.

I just dont get it. Dopey Daryl is the worst.

This play still cracks me up

They’re calling Broome the left handed Ace! Let’s go! 🤣

Raynaud is still available. Go buy a pick Daryl.

And, hes gone. nevermind

Can we get rid of Daryl Morey?

Don’t forget Harden is a free agent.

My concern with the guard situation is that we'll spend 2 years with VJ as 6th man and Maxey and Mccain starting. One of Maxey/Mccain will fizzle out of favor, get traded for a role player and a useless draft pick, and then VJ steps in.

Hard to imagine the guard situation going any other way over the coming years.

17 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

With this vertical he will get all the rebounds

He jumped higher than Raynaud fwiw

2 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

My concern with the guard situation is that we'll spend 2 years with VJ as 6th man and Maxey and Mccain starting. One of Maxey/Mccain will fizzle out of favor, get traded for a role player and a useless draft pick, and then VJ steps in.

Hard to imagine the guard situation going any other way over the coming years.

They’ll play 3 guards

1 minute ago, Dave Moss said:

He jumped higher than Raynaud fwiw

Doesnt matter for a stretch 5. We drafted Vucevic out of USC and I remember people commenting he cant jump over his wallet. 6ers moved on real quick, and the guy was a double double machine, almost on the level of Kevin Love with his scoring and rebounding numbers. Made a long career and a bunch of money out of being not athletic enough. But, shooting matters. Broome cant do it.

5 minutes ago, eagle45 said:

My concern with the guard situation is that we'll spend 2 years with VJ as 6th man and Maxey and Mccain starting. One of Maxey/Mccain will fizzle out of favor, get traded for a role player and a useless draft pick, and then VJ steps in.

Hard to imagine the guard situation going any other way over the coming years.

Edgecombe is going to be a 2/3. Hes not really competing for playing time with McCain or Maxey for PG minutes. Hes competing for Oubre's job, and Grimes minutes.

Toohey any good?

1 minute ago, ToastJenkins said:

Toohey any good?

Pre-Draft Analysis

Strengths: Toohey is an intelligent, versatile forward whose maturity stood out both in the NBL and at the NBA combine.

Weaknesses: Just an average athlete, he has made strides as a shooter. He will need to become more consistent from beyond the arc to carve out a role at the NBA level, though.

The verdict: Toohey checks some boxes with his feel for the game, consistent motor, length and anticipation on the defensive end. He has sharp basketball instincts, but he'll need to become a more consistently aggressive and impactful offensive threat to use them in an NBA role -- something he took a step in the right direction with this past year. -- Jonathan Givony

Seems ok.

15 minutes ago, Dave Moss said:

He jumped higher than Raynaud fwiw

Raynaud shot 35% from 3 on 5.5 attempts

Broome shot 27% on 2.5%. Hell he shot 58% from FT

The game is changing and it looks like Elton Brand made that pick, it was stupid and he won't be in the league in 3 years. This isn't the 90s, it's 5 out basketball or get left behind.

We are bringing back the triangle offense!

40 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

NBA is a different game than college

It’s the second round. He’ll probably not succeed. However, the 2nd round hit rate of great college players (like Draymond and Brunson) is much higher than that of projects.

Of course, Broome doesn’t have ideal athleticism. He’s very skilled for his size, though (which is a strange combination).

We aren’t talking about a Jahlil Okafor-type player. Broome can catch the ball in the high post and get you a bucket or assist.

2 minutes ago, SB52 said:

It’s the second round. He’ll probably not succeed. However, the 2nd round hit rate of great college players (like Draymond and Brunson) is much higher than that of projects.

Of course, Broome doesn’t have ideal athleticism. He’s very skilled for his size, though (which is a strange combination).

We aren’t talking about a Jahlil Okafor-type player. Broome can catch the ball in the high post and get you a bucket or assist.

Okafor was a bucket. Its a decent comp actually. Although Okafor had better size for the position. In the end, his skillset was already antiquated. And unfortunately for Broome, it still is.

2 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Okafor was a bucket. Its a decent comp actually. Although Okafor had better size for the position. In the end, his skillset was already antiquated. And unfortunately for Broome, it still is.

Broome and Okafor is a terrible, lazy comp that will be made by people who look at numbers on paper and don’t watch basketball.

I thought Raynaud was the best player available entering the night, so I’m not going to argue against him. That’s who I was hoping they’d take.

I dont know much in this draft at all. The last guy Ive had my eye on hopefully makes it to us in UDFA as a possible Yabusele replacement

Eric Dixon from Villanova

• Pre-Draft Analysis

  Strengths: Dixon is a wide-bodied power forward who had a wildly productive season, leading the nation in scoring as a sixth-year senior. He's making an obvious leap as a shooter.
  
  Weaknesses: His 6-foot-11.5 wingspan, average physical traits and inconsistent defensive impact are limiting factors.
  
  The verdict: Scoring prolifically from the perimeter at 259 pounds this season, Dixon worked himself from a reluctant shooter into the most dynamic shooting big man in the country over the course of his college career. His ability to rediscover some of the physicality and toughness he demonstrated earlier in his career as a rebounder and defender in a more minor role would be highly beneficial in carving out a post in the NBA. -- Jonathan Givony

Just now, SB52 said:

Broome and Okafor is a terrible, lazy comp that will be made by people who look at numbers on paper and don’t watch basketball.

I thought Raynaud was the best player available entering the night, so I’m not going to argue against him. That’s who I was hoping they’d take.

Broome just makes no sense at all. Maybe some team coulda used his hustle off the bench. We already have an old school undersized big who cant shoot but is at least athletic in Bona. We werent the team that needed a flyer on Broome. We were a team who needed complementary pieces for a roster trying to compete now. We could have used the stretch 5, or the hyper athletic defensive wing that were available.

Broome brings a physical inside presence & he can rebound….2nd rounder so meh.

Considering where I am at with Morey, I can not accept the "It was a 2nd rounder so meh" argument. Ive seen it on realgm and in here. The problem is that Morey has proven to be a fraud in Philly, but his ONE redeeming quality is that he has drafted really well.

Ive wanted him fired for a few years now, but objectively, he should have actually been fired after last season for the trainwreck that it was. Especially compared to expectations that were set. But even so, I didnt mind still having him around for the draft. If he is going full ree in the draft now, then hes fresh out of redeeming qualities.