2025 NBA Draft Thread

[pmatic]

If you caught any Oklahoma games last year and I think year before you knew kid got game.

I watched an OU game late in the season and he stood out as being the best player on the team. Didn't think he was NBA material though. But he looks like he can stick with those ball skills if he can hang athletically.

 

[pmatic]

I thought Tyler Bey was first round material last season. Falls to the Mavs in the second round, and signed a two way deal. Now he's fighting for a spot with the Bulls. Tough.

 

[elpablo21]

Quickley dominating

 

[B Sox]

The hell was that by Obi

 

[jpzx]

lawdog1 and Mrs. Lawdog hitting the bubbler each post until we get to page 421.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

patrick williams the florist

 

[wavycrocket]

Here's the patience & poise

Idk how Sims slipped to almost going undrafted. But besides the point. I was about to look up his numbers from his debut, and “Jheri Curl” in Wiki popped up as I was typing.

They got a pic of a young ice cube as the main pic, which is hilarious to me for some reason. So I go down a wormhole of the Jheri Curl…and it leads me to people who were famous for it. One of them is Billy Ray Bates. Who played in the league back in the 70s & 80s. Players hated playing against him on the court because his Jheri Curl was super greasy, And made the ball slippery on court. Apparently, he was a wild boy. But also had a really interesting upbringing and draft story. Dude played 16 regular season games…then averaged 25ppg in his first ever playoff series as a rookie . Then the next year, averaged 28ppg. Has a playoff average of 27ppg in 6 games over 2 first round 2-1 series. Also a regular season PER 36 monster. Dude was basically a basketball savant, with no real skills or knowledge outside of that. Grew up a sharecropper and stumbled onto basketball brilliance.

Now reading this article on him.

The Legend Of Black Superman: Billy Ray Bates, Flying High In The Philippines

In the 1980s, Billy Ray Bates, dubbed "the Legend" by Brent Musberger, washed out of the NBA and onto the shores of the Philippines, where for a few wild years his legend grew, both on the court and in the bars.

deadspin.com

Billy Ray Bates Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more | Basketball-Reference.com

Checkout the latest stats of Billy Ray Bates. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, shoots, school and more on Basketball-Reference.com

www.basketball-reference.com

Ended up being the Philippine Wilt, but hit some hard times. pums

 

[ny mavurs]

Dosunmu in a good spot he can learn a lot from Lonzo and Derozan

 

[pmatic]

Trey Murphy.

 

[elpablo21]

Maxey lmaoo

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Brandon Knight sighting

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Davion Mitchell is dumb fast.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[wavycrocket]

Gelo

 

[Kinfolk]

Is the ref calling this Hornets/Kings game kinda thicc or am I hallucinating?

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

Gelo hustle

 

[allergic2broke]

Liangelo gonna make an nba roster?

 

[pmatic]

Loading SL game. Kuminga, Moody, Wagner, Suggs, Hampton, Cole Anthony

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Who is this ***** on Orlando that has a white head and a brown body?

 

[8pm at msg]

Who is this ***** on Orlando that has a white head and a brown body?

Janis Timma, Euro League dude....definitely od'd on bronzer

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Thank GOD the Warriors took Kuminga over Wagner

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[B Sox]

Suggs block

 

[HOU$TON]

Suggs will be very good. Makes winning plays on both sides

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Kuminga the goods and he don't even know how to play basketball yet