NBA Draft 2nd Round June 26, 2025 8 PM EST Moved Up With The 45th Pick

Look he's f***ing big

It's Demin who was chosen by Brooklyn next to him

 

kalkbrenner looks so much like brolo out there. very slow, but keeps his hips squared pretty well and does a good job just using his size and keeping his hands up on defense. good hands/touch.

raynaud reminds me a bit of castleton.

amari williams seems a bit like jemison.

lakhin--smaller kessler?

goldin...vitaly potapenko?

broome...less skilled boozer?

olbrich is fun but more pf than c.

zikarsky is interesting--huge, looks a little like rik smits if you squint, but moves better, imo. he actually moves really well for someone that size (7'4")! that would be an interesting project.

 

That’s cool! I meant this part:

 

phx has now moved to the first pick of the second round. at least we'll know exactly what they were after!

 

First time I get what they are doing, trying to secure cost-controlled players to soften their bill in the upcoming years

 

Lakers must have listened to Mike on Buha's pod. He said there were 45 players in this draft. We trade to the 45th spot

 

The Suns' war room right now is eyeing St. Joseph's big man Rasheer Fleming at No. 31, finalizing their research and scouting before making their selection at 8 pm ET on ESPN

https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania

 

Don't love this and hope it's just posturing, but to be fair, they only gave up cash to move up to 45.

 

figures.

 

i like kalkbrenner more than most other guys left, but i don't think he lasts until 45. maybe zikarsky does, and maybe we stash him for a year.

 

i liked sion james as a udfa type, but i guess charlotte sees dort or something?

 

Orlando must've loved Penda. Trading 4 seconds for him. I like what they're doing so far this summer.

Charlotte just took the Ryan Kal... the center we were linked to.

 

36th! Let's go!

 

Thierro

 

Power forward backfill player to replace Rui? Rob makes sure we have 17 power forwards at all time?

 

What did you want given what was left? This guy looks like he can defend either forward position and has an NBA ready body. Even if Rui isn't traded, Vando and/or DFS likely won't be here 3 years from now. Rather go for a guy like this than waste a pick on some Center project that likely won't play more than 30 games in his entire career.

 

not gonna lie, i had gotten excited for kalkbrenner.

draftniks i respect love thiero, though.