Final vote: Wendell Moore. Hearing recent rumors that the Dubs are shipping around No. 28 gives me less faith that they'll look for an immediate contributor in the draft, but if they do this is the guy. Can immediately come in and do a few things to contribute like moving the ball and cutting, but also has positive upside on his potential (only 21).
I don’t think La Ravia is the best player in this tournament, but he’s the one that I’d be most excited about falling to us at 28. It a) seems actually possible and b) seems like he would
fit well in kerrball. A future lineup of Poole/moody/LaRavia/kuminga/wiseman seems pretty well rounded.
If the draft prognosticators consensus is correct we'll ultimately be picking from: Baldwin, McGowens, Houstan, Wendell Moore, Koloko, Kendall Brown, Nembhard, Roddy, Keels, Rollins, and Braun.
Of that group it seems like DNHQ likes Moore the best; I think I would have a tough time picking between Braun and Brown, funnily enough (fyi Braun is pronounced "Brown").
I would be initially disappointed with quite a few of those picks, but as we know: In Bob we trust.
Liddell seems like the perfect mini draymond, but I've lost hope in finding another draymond because the reason hes as good as he is, is from crazy defensive instincts, crazy core strength,
crazy wingspan and his hate it or love it mentality which honestly wont work for other players because he has earned that through many years of working the refs.
Give me a person with good size 6'5-6'7 with high shot creating potential and good defensive instincts for our pick, seems like there is a couple that might be there around our range
Liddell. He looks pudgy, and will lose 10 pounds playing for the Warriors, making him quicker. OTOH, carrying that extra weight for a few years will make him stronger and less injury-prone. I like Williams, too.
Warriors going to trade pick. They don't need another project this year.
Ghost asked about our irrational good feeling guys in the draft. I really like watching Trevion Williams highlights. I just have to believe there is a place in the NBA for a big guy like this, the funnest passer in the draft.
Man, DNHQ got me going from Warriors Fan, to Owner, to GM within less than a week after winning the Chip! I love it, already focused on running it back! Keep serving up the great content team 🙏
FWIW, I took the aggregated data set from hoopshype and averaged the high and low estimates and these are the guys within 5 slots of where the Warriors will pick:
Nikola Jovic,20,26,23
Blake Wesley,16,33,24.5
EJ Liddell,18,34,26
Jaden Hardy,20,36,28
Dalen Terry,17,39,28
MarJon Beauchamp ,21,38,29.5
Kennedy Chandler,22,38,30
Jake LaRavia,20,41,30.5
Patrick Baldwin,20,42,31
Kendall Brown,21,42,31.5
Bryce McGowens,22,44,33
Walker Kessler,19,48,33.5
Pretty much the guys we have talked about which isn't surprising as Apricot did something similar to create the pools. A couple of points though
1) Nobody thinks Jalen Williams is going to fall to the Warriors at 28. The latest anybody has him going is 22 and there isn't much variance.
2) The spread is closest for Jovic which is really surprising to me as he is probably the one player in the top 30 that the "experts" know the least about.
3) All of them except Kendall Brown, Beahchamp, Chandler, and McGowens have convinced at least one person they are going to be picked in the top 20.
I really think Apricot should DQ Williams as it seems unlikely he will fall to 28 when the latest anybody has him going is 22. That might allow him to make his deadline.
Will Liddell give you anything in the NBA on offense? 35% 3pt shooter maaaayyyybee and what else? A post game? He won’t get scoring touches in the paint for post ups, especially with the dubs. 2019 Finals made me never want to see the warriors lack shooting ever again.
I’d rather take a flier on Williams, Moore or Laravia.
Final vote: Wendell Moore. Hearing recent rumors that the Dubs are shipping around No. 28 gives me less faith that they'll look for an immediate contributor in the draft, but if they do this is the guy. Can immediately come in and do a few things to contribute like moving the ball and cutting, but also has positive upside on his potential (only 21).
I don’t think La Ravia is the best player in this tournament, but he’s the one that I’d be most excited about falling to us at 28. It a) seems actually possible and b) seems like he would
fit well in kerrball. A future lineup of Poole/moody/LaRavia/kuminga/wiseman seems pretty well rounded.
If the draft prognosticators consensus is correct we'll ultimately be picking from: Baldwin, McGowens, Houstan, Wendell Moore, Koloko, Kendall Brown, Nembhard, Roddy, Keels, Rollins, and Braun.
Of that group it seems like DNHQ likes Moore the best; I think I would have a tough time picking between Braun and Brown, funnily enough (fyi Braun is pronounced "Brown").
I would be initially disappointed with quite a few of those picks, but as we know: In Bob we trust.
Liddell seems like the perfect mini draymond, but I've lost hope in finding another draymond because the reason hes as good as he is, is from crazy defensive instincts, crazy core strength,
crazy wingspan and his hate it or love it mentality which honestly wont work for other players because he has earned that through many years of working the refs.
Give me a person with good size 6'5-6'7 with high shot creating potential and good defensive instincts for our pick, seems like there is a couple that might be there around our range
Liddell
Can the Warriors keep the kids of players thing going and take O’Neal with a second rounder?
Liddell. He looks pudgy, and will lose 10 pounds playing for the Warriors, making him quicker. OTOH, carrying that extra weight for a few years will make him stronger and less injury-prone. I like Williams, too.
Warriors going to trade pick. They don't need another project this year.
Apparently the Athletic still has Jovic to GSW?
https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/nba-mock-draft-2022-who-warriors-pegged-take-no-28-pick
Ghost asked about our irrational good feeling guys in the draft. I really like watching Trevion Williams highlights. I just have to believe there is a place in the NBA for a big guy like this, the funnest passer in the draft.
https://youtu.be/Jdby3kRv__s
If Jalen Williams is still around at 28 then I know a lot less about scouting basketball than I though I did, but Jalen Williams
Draft vote is up! https://dnhq.draft-vote.xyz/
Moore for me. What happened to the group E guys?
Man, DNHQ got me going from Warriors Fan, to Owner, to GM within less than a week after winning the Chip! I love it, already focused on running it back! Keep serving up the great content team 🙏
FWIW, I took the aggregated data set from hoopshype and averaged the high and low estimates and these are the guys within 5 slots of where the Warriors will pick:
Nikola Jovic,20,26,23
Blake Wesley,16,33,24.5
EJ Liddell,18,34,26
Jaden Hardy,20,36,28
Dalen Terry,17,39,28
MarJon Beauchamp ,21,38,29.5
Kennedy Chandler,22,38,30
Jake LaRavia,20,41,30.5
Patrick Baldwin,20,42,31
Kendall Brown,21,42,31.5
Bryce McGowens,22,44,33
Walker Kessler,19,48,33.5
Pretty much the guys we have talked about which isn't surprising as Apricot did something similar to create the pools. A couple of points though
1) Nobody thinks Jalen Williams is going to fall to the Warriors at 28. The latest anybody has him going is 22 and there isn't much variance.
2) The spread is closest for Jovic which is really surprising to me as he is probably the one player in the top 30 that the "experts" know the least about.
3) All of them except Kendall Brown, Beahchamp, Chandler, and McGowens have convinced at least one person they are going to be picked in the top 20.
I really think Apricot should DQ Williams as it seems unlikely he will fall to 28 when the latest anybody has him going is 22. That might allow him to make his deadline.
Current vote is annoyingly close for those of us trying to pre-write tomorrow's piece:
Braun 16%
Liddell 34.6%
Williams 35.3%
Moore 14%
Will Liddell give you anything in the NBA on offense? 35% 3pt shooter maaaayyyybee and what else? A post game? He won’t get scoring touches in the paint for post ups, especially with the dubs. 2019 Finals made me never want to see the warriors lack shooting ever again.
I’d rather take a flier on Williams, Moore or Laravia.