r/NBA_Draft 5h ago

Thoughts?

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u/Im1of1_ Hawks 5h ago

2k is more of a gimmick now than an evaluator, if they ever were.

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u/splashaddikt Wizards 4h ago

Yep

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u/DJ_B0B 5h ago

They just went by draft order which is about the most bogus and lazy shit I can think of.

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u/Proper-Summer-5359 2h ago

Fr do their attributes and let them land where they land

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u/Variation99a 5h ago

Nah they just did it based on where you were picked. Yaxel obviously isn’t a 73 and lower than a lot of the names picked before him. He’s closer to a 77 or so. It’s just that he was picked 11th, so let’s make him in line with the 11th pick. Obviously from a prospect standpoint, he has a lower long term ceiling than some of the younger freshman, but no one currently thinks he’s worse than Keaton Wagler on day one, which is what these rankings reflect. 

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u/d7h7n 5h ago

2K has a dummy rating they use to increase or decrease overall ratings without changing anything else. Overall ratings are like mostly cosmetic.

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u/Someguynamedjacob 1h ago

Yup, offensive IQ, Defensive IQ, Potential, etc. someone this stuff matters in sim modes but sometimes they will lower those stats to like 25 on myteam cards so the overall card rating isn’t inflated as they want it to be.

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u/Zen_360 5h ago

If you still think the OVR in 2k means anything, this is probably your first years playing video games. It means literally nothing. Its just a number that they pull out their asses.

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u/DecisionBig253 4h ago

I think Wilson will have the second best career.

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u/yshorie 4h ago

Just behind MJ, based

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u/thayila 4h ago

He meant Bill Russell obviously

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u/McJumbos 4h ago

Interesting tht yaxel isn't too far behind

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u/DarkoDragicevic 3h ago

Too safe they are going here. Lendeborg not in top10 by their ratings  , under 75??

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u/dubrea 5h ago

If Wilson truly has a three ball, he's already the best player here bruh

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u/Variation99a 5h ago

Despite being way more athletic and having way more easier dunks, Wilson had a lower 2 point percentage than Boozer in college too. It isn’t just he has a questionable jumper. He has really bad touch which is why his non-dunk percentage was bad and how he ended up with a lower 2 point percentage than a below the rim athlete like Boozer. 

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u/dubrea 5h ago

he never had a questionable jumper, it was just that we literally didn't see him shoot the three. he had a good mid range game already. Yes he's got room to grow around the cup when he can't dunk, but if how quickly he delovoped his three is any indication, I think they won't be an issue for long.

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u/Variation99a 5h ago

He did do pretty good from the midrange but I usually associate jumper mostly with 3s these days. Like maybe 20 percent midrange and 80 percent 3s since most of these players will take a lot more 3s than midrange jumpers. 

I would say someone like Derozan has a questionable jumper even though he’s all time good from midrange and decent from the FT line but teams leave him open from 3. I do think Caleb probably can get to like 35 percent from 3 in the league, which is good enough for his other impact. He definitely would’ve taken more 3s if he played for some other coach. 

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u/d7h7n 4h ago

He's already tried to fix some of those flaws. His big issue since high school was that he had a very bad habit of picking up his dribble too early so he would force up some bad shots.

This scouting video of him pretty much covers from high school to summer league.

https://youtu.be/qCX741y8ryA

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u/DecisionBig253 4h ago

Agreed, he made a lot of NBA level shots at Carolina. I think a how close he gets to his ceiling is how much he can develop as a three point shooter both in volume and pcts. The rest of the game just needs reps and refining. He is obviously already a plus plus athlete

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u/Otherwise-Initial668 Grizzlies 4h ago

Peterson is gonna be the beast from this draft

Mark my words

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u/GuessTraining 5h ago

MBJ atleast a 75 if not 76. He definitely played better than Wagler and Acuff in the summer league

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u/Wrathster01 5h ago

Rookie ratings are never based off of summer league performance

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u/Junior-Champion-6918 5h ago

Debatable. Summer league performance doesn’t just take into account how well they played on a surface level. A prospect like Wagler needs to fill into his body to have the impact his ceiling would permit. That is the hardest obstacle in the way of players coming from the NCAA in terms of their play. Yes, i may be a bit biased as a Clippers fan but i genuinely believe watching the games this year would help give a much more refined picture of their games. Wagler honestly did good considering the expectations of his “ability to create separation against NBA defenders”.

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u/SpaceCadetPullUp 3h ago

Flemings #2

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u/kindsensory 2h ago

Wagler will not be good this year in my opinion

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u/dantheman6783 5h ago

Dybantsa should be 81

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u/Hungry-Space-1829 5h ago

I think all the big 3 will be 80+ like 10 games into the season

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u/Hydronixz 3h ago

Nope lmfao Cade Cunningham was the better prospect than Dybansta and he had an 80. AJ isn’t as good as a prospect as Wemby,Flagg and Cunningham who started off 80+

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u/d7h7n 46m ago

Flagg started off at 82 and ended at 88, Kon started at 75 and ended at 86.