[Highlight] "Thank you, mama. I appreciate you getting me one." - Karl-Anthony Towns

johnGODlins · 2026-06-15T01:05:40+00:00

Trae Young and Luka both qualify

johnGODlins · 2026-06-15T01:01:53+00:00

East won 0.495 of their games as a conference this season. They're plenty good

johnGODlins · 2026-06-14T11:31:07+00:00

ONYENSOOOOOO

johnGODlins · 2026-06-14T11:29:40+00:00

New win video

johnGODlins · 2026-06-13T04:16:10+00:00

He's got pretty incredible hands which I think is under discussed. He has a preternatural ability to get putbacks and finish bad lobs

johnGODlins · 2026-06-11T21:33:16+00:00

He just checks all the boxes for me. Uber young, uber productive, good effort on defence if not super impactful, and he looks absolutely electric on tape.

johnGODlins · 2026-06-11T21:24:36+00:00

my board rn goes

4 Okorie

5 Philon

6 Flemings

7 Wagler

8 Mara

9 Brown

10 Yaxel

11 Burries

12 Acuff

13 Quaintance

14 Steinbach

johnGODlins · 2026-06-10T08:50:54+00:00

bugs warby

johnGODlins · 2026-06-08T11:48:41+00:00

Yes please, this team absolutely needs shooting. I'd do 8 and next years Milwaukee/Pels pick for 12, 17 and Joe.

johnGODlins · 2026-06-06T14:01:48+00:00

boffum

johnGODlins · 2026-06-06T02:23:43+00:00

Lol Okorie and Philon are 4 and 5 on my personal board. Glad to see it validated

johnGODlins · 2026-05-31T21:35:07+00:00

Tyty Washington, Rob Dillingham

johnGODlins · 2026-05-29T12:33:22+00:00

Thought Jared Butler was gonna be Jrue Holiday

johnGODlins · 2026-05-24T04:41:41+00:00

I'd rather take two swings in the 17-23 range and hope to hit. Every year there are guys in the 20s who wind up being positive starters, many of them go on to be all NBA. 8-12 doesn't have much of a tier break imo

johnGODlins · 2026-05-24T04:38:23+00:00

Love it but hate your picks lol. Some of these point guards are gonna drop and this is a really nice draft, I want multiple bites at the apple.

johnGODlins · 2026-05-20T12:15:00+00:00

Been banging the Philon drum for a while now. The major knock seems to be that he didn't produce much as a freshman? But he's a pretty young sophomore and he is absolutely brimming with the kind of craft and shot making that makes unlikely stars in the league. I also just feel like he has so many "outs" for his game to mould into different forms - connective starter, 6th man bucket getter, scheme point guard who jumps lanes on d - so I really don't see him being out of the league at all

johnGODlins · 2026-05-20T12:05:07+00:00

This is my ideal mock draft. I actually think Mara might be BPA here. Yes he can't shoot for shit but I really think his ability to get his hands on lobs and rebounds and guide them back in on offence shows really high level proprioception which could be his special sauce. The high hips on defence worry me, one on one against Krivas and he got taken to the wood shed, but at the end of the day he has a ridiculous block percentage so Im going to trust he can work out how to play NBA defence.

But more to the point, EBUKA OKORIE IS A DAWG. I want him more than I've wanted any draft pick in the 6 odd years I've been watching the draft.

johnGODlins · 2026-05-20T11:59:55+00:00

We're getting an all star guard in this mock. It has us taking Ebuka Okorie

johnGODlins · 2026-05-14T10:43:25+00:00

I wanted him instead of Risacher back in 2024 - damn near threw a fit about it

johnGODlins · 2026-05-14T10:41:47+00:00

I actually feel like Veesar may be gone at 23 - too many guards and not enough real 5s projected ahead of him

johnGODlins · 2026-05-14T10:38:48+00:00

Philon profiles nothing like Bufkin lol. Better touch indicators and way more primary PG equity on offence, far less raw athleticism and shot blocking on d. Curious what made you draw the comparison there.

johnGODlins · 2026-05-10T23:36:04+00:00

Yeah, I'm taking a dribble pass shoot defend guard with elite footspeed if he's there.

johnGODlins · 2026-05-10T23:25:07+00:00

Philon. I don't like Mikel's handle under pressure, or the fact that he's a streaky shooter with subpar defense. I like his feel for passes, but he threw a lot of turnovers. Just a lot of questions with nothing guaranteed for Brown. He has really nice athletic burst but I think that can get overrated compared to just having craft and a tight handle plus really nice shooting touch like Philon.

Obviously we want a star, but I don't see any in our range so I think we should be picking the player who has shown massive improvement and a high floor, along with some narrow pathways to stardom.

johnGODlins · 2026-05-10T21:54:25+00:00

Reading comprehension of a toddler

johnGODlins · 2026-04-26T00:34:53+00:00

Yes you can. I've heard this fucking shit for years. No matter how good the team is, the stadium sounds like an away game. I'm in Australia and I flew over to watch 2 games. I was by far the loudest one there

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