I had Pember last year. If he were still there next round I would have taken him again.
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Sheesh. I was wanting Pember, but was selfishly hoping to get him for maybe round 8 or so. He plays for hometown school, but yes, he's an absolute Win Share magnet.
It's interesting to look at. Last year, less than 30 players scored more than 10 points. Pember scored 9.9 (you must've used a site that gave him 6.9 WS). So, technically, that's about a late 3rd round or early 4th round play.
Getting him in the 6th is a windfall as barring injury, he may be the nation's most likely lock for conference POY (Devries, Edey and Daron Holmes are in a battle for 2nd IMO) so that should give him 3 points. Then, if he can bump his win shares up even a little, he can be a top 20 guy.
Pretty wild that neither 247 nor Making the Madness list him among their top 100 players.
I got him really late last year. Without looking it up I want to say it was a double digit round pick. It might have been the steal of the draft.
Edit to add: just looked it up. 10th round with the 113th pick.
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You guys need to pick it up. I’m going to Vegas Thursday morning and highly doubt I’ll be looking at this. So let’s pick up the pace.
And if you respond to this by pointing out how long it takes me to make my picks that’s called gaslighting and it’s not cool.
And if you respond to this by pointing out how long it takes me to make my picks that’s called gaslighting and it’s not cool.
Leave the hookers be and make your picks in a timely fashion.
F that, those bitches owe me a kidney!! #neverforget
I think the worst thing about this is zeroing in on a guy and realizing you have to wait 15 picks before your next selection.
Terrible defender. One of the worst to ever wear a Duke uniform. To his credit, though, how many guys have been 1st Team All-American and averaged 20+ ppg in an NBA season?
He didn't meet expectations; the talent was clearly there. But, I'll give him a little break since he had multiple ACL tears. In his prime, his skillset likely made him a top 25 player on the offensive side of the ball. Just a massive liability on defense.
Yep. I thought I had DeVries and then the last of 10 picks until it came back to me sniped him.
I knew I was undervaluing him, as far as where I was trying to draft him. Was just hoping to steal him in a latter round. Wasn't seeing any true mid-majors taken, so I was thinking there was a chance.
But, what you said makes a lot of sense. He's technically worth the value of a 3rd/4th round pick. So, probably too risky to hope he's available after that. I just try to shoot for the fence with my first 4-5 picks, and hope I can draft an All-American or HM All-American, so I'm less likely to take a true mid-major. Getting Pember in Round 6 is really excellent value.
Yup. I actually looked up beforehand when he was taken - and I figured I needed to take him a few rounds earlier. So, Round 8 was kind of the target round for me.
I did the same thing with Brandon Miller last year, too. I knew I wanted him, and I was taking a chance, but I didn't think anyone was going to take him in the first three rounds. I'd like to go after two potential All-Americans, instead of just one... sometimes the risk pays off, sometimes it doesn't.
I'll give @JimboBBN credit for the steal of the draft last year. He took Jalen Pickett, the 5th most valuable player (15.3 points), with the 101st pick last year. Unfortunately for Jimbo, the rest of his picks were kind of meh.
The trend of the previous round was to take the best available freshmen. Looks like we've shifted now to the best available mid-major.
Draft Results
1st Round
1. Zach Edey, Purdue
2. Kyle Filipowski, Duke
3. Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
4. Armando Bacot, North Carolina
5. Tyler Kolek, Marquette
6. Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
7. Max Abmas, Texas
8. Donovan Clingan, UConn
9. Isaiah Collier, USC
10. Wade Taylor, Texas A&M
11. Boo Buie, Northwestern
2nd Round
12. Oumar Ballo, Arizona
13. Terrence Shannon, Illinois
14. Joel Soriano, St. John's
15. Tylor Perry, Kansas State
16. Trey Alexander, Creighton
17. Tyrese Proctor, Duke
18. Johnell Davis, Florida Atlantic
19. Nijel Pack, Miami
20. Judah Mintz, Syracuse
21. Justin Moore, Villanova
22. DaRon Holmes, Dayton
3rd Round
23. Graham Ike, Gonzaga
24. Aidan Mahaney, Saint Mary's
25. Johni Broome, Auburn
26. Cliff Omoruyi, Rutgers
27. Justin Edwards, Kentucky
28. Boogie Ellis, USC
29. LJ Cryer, Houston
30. Bryce Hopkins, Providence
31. Reece Beekman, Virginia
32. Norchad Omier, Miami
33. Santiago Vescovi, Tennessee
4th Round
34. Ja'Kobe Walter, Baylor
35. Adem Bona, UCLA
36. Tyson Degenhart, Boise State
37. Trevon Brazile, Arkansas
38. Jahmir Young, Maryland
39. Tyson Walker, Michigan State
40. RJ Davis, North Carolina
41. N'Faly Dante, Oregon
42. Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga
43. AJ Hoggard, Michigan State
44. Josh Cohen, UMass
5th Round
45. Mackenzie Mgbako, Indiana
46. Dajuan Harris, Kansas
47. PJ Hall, Clemson
48. Caleb Love, Arizona
49. Jamal Shead, Houston
50. Isaiah Stevens, Colorado State
51. Elliot Cadeau, North Carolina
52. DJ Wagner, Kentucky
53. Lamont Butler, San Diego State
54. Cody Williams, Colorado
55. Stephon Castle, UConn
6th Round
56. Aden Holloway, Auburn
57. Eric Dixon, Villanova
58. Pop Isaacs, Texas Tech
59. Jamal Mashburn, New Mexico
60. Tucker DeVries, Drake
61. Drew Pember, UNC Asheville
62. Mitchell Saxen, Saint Mary's
Draft Results
1st Round
1. Zach Edey, Purdue
2. Kyle Filipowski, Duke
3. Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
4. Armando Bacot, North Carolina
5. Tyler Kolek, Marquette
6. Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton
7. Max Abmas, Texas
8. Donovan Clingan, UConn
9. Isaiah Collier, USC
10. Wade Taylor, Texas A&M
11. Boo Buie, Northwestern
2nd Round
12. Oumar Ballo, Arizona
13. Terrence Shannon, Illinois
14. Joel Soriano, St. John's
15. Tylor Perry, Kansas State
16. Trey Alexander, Creighton
17. Tyrese Proctor, Duke
18. Johnell Davis, Florida Atlantic
19. Nijel Pack, Miami
20. Judah Mintz, Syracuse
21. Justin Moore, Villanova
22. DaRon Holmes, Dayton
3rd Round
23. Graham Ike, Gonzaga
24. Aidan Mahaney, Saint Mary's
25. Johni Broome, Auburn
26. Cliff Omoruyi, Rutgers
27. Justin Edwards, Kentucky
28. Boogie Ellis, USC
29. LJ Cryer, Houston
30. Bryce Hopkins, Providence
31. Reece Beekman, Virginia
32. Norchad Omier, Miami
33. Santiago Vescovi, Tennessee
4th Round
34. Ja'Kobe Walter, Baylor
35. Adem Bona, UCLA
36. Tyson Degenhart, Boise State
37. Trevon Brazile, Arkansas
38. Jahmir Young, Maryland
39. Tyson Walker, Michigan State
40. RJ Davis, North Carolina
41. N'Faly Dante, Oregon
42. Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga
43. AJ Hoggard, Michigan State
44. Josh Cohen, UMass
5th Round
45. Mackenzie Mgbako, Indiana
46. Dajuan Harris, Kansas
47. PJ Hall, Clemson
48. Caleb Love, Arizona
49. Jamal Shead, Houston
50. Isaiah Stevens, Colorado State
51. Elliot Cadeau, North Carolina
52. DJ Wagner, Kentucky
53. Lamont Butler, San Diego State
54. Cody Williams, Colorado
55. Stephon Castle, UConn
6th Round
56. Aden Holloway, Auburn
57. Eric Dixon, Villanova
58. Pop Isaacs, Texas Tech
59. Jamal Mashburn, New Mexico
60. Tucker DeVries, Drake
61. Drew Pember, UNC Asheville
62. Mitchell Saxen, Saint Mary's
I blame it on injuries. How fun was 13-14 though Wiggins, Parker, Julius Randle, Aaron Gordan. That was a fun class
A fun class, indeed! And Embiid was in that class, as well. Unfortunately, we never got to see him play in the tournament.
too bad, just think of all the flopping he could've done in the various tourney sites.
Hey @dukedevilz, how is our pacing? I forget how many rounds we are drafting. Are we on track to finish before the season starts?
Not great, to be honest. We've completed 16 full days and had 62 picks, so that's 3.88 picks per day. If you omit the one day that we lost waiting for BasketballJunkie, then it only bumps up to 4.1 picks per day.
We have 13 days until the start of the season. There are still 70 picks remaining, which means we need to draft 5.4 picks a day to make it by the season's start. We're behind schedule. I'm thinking about dropping the 24-hour clock to 12 hours sometime this weekend.
If anyone knows they'll be out for an extended period of time, feel free to send me a top 5/10 list to me: dukedevilz@yahoo.com
Note to self...sign up for Rogaine using the Email Dukedevilz@yahoo.com.
lol you would do that. And if not you, then maybe WeAreDePaul.
Good thing it's not my personal email account. I've got over 10k emails in this account that I don't really use anymore (essentially a spam account now). But, I'll take time to look at someone's top 5/10 list, because I'm thoughtful like that.
Allow me to make all my picks right now and that could shave a considerable amount of time off. No?
Haha right! That would save a lot of time. I've got 7 players in mind right now that I'd like to take.
at this point I would say that anyone who wants to pick all their players right now are allowed provided that they pick all their remaining players from the same school. Doesn't even have to be the school they root for.
@duckboy33 is on the clock. He's got 7-8 hours left. If the pace doesn't pick up soon, then I'm going to drop the 24 hour clock to 12 hours for the remainder of the draft.
My thought for next year is this:
1 violation of going over time- your clock going forward is reduced to 16 hours
2 violations of going over time- your clock going forward is reduced to 8 hours
3 violations- you have to message/email me your top available players.
what's the rush? Have we ever not finished the draft before the season started? No.
And give @duckboy33 a break. He keeps getting held up cause he's trying to research the best players in the PAC, but he keeps coming up with no results since there is no PAC anymore.
Season starts November 6th. We finished the draft last year on November 4th. We were drafting at a quicker pace last year, too.
I'll give it a few more days, though.
I say you give everyone a 12 hr window and if they miss it, the next guy can poach one of their picks. That might light a fire under some asses.
I’ll take Da Silva from Colorado.
I’ve been busy at work, if I’m slowing it down, feel free to skip me.
@Necessary Roughness is up
Solid pick. I had him rated as my #3 available player. He's a legitimate Pac-12 POY candidate. Not the leading one, but he's up there.
@WojoRising is on the clock.
Yep. He was #1 on my available players list.
and every year we get to this point and you and others get their panties in a bunch about us not finishing on time...and then low and behold, we finish on time.
I remember last year speeding up some closer to the end of the draft. The picks feel less vital so people think less about them.
Does Duckboy not have the authority to have me skip that many in line?
lol right! You were about to move up 10 spots.
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