The Athletic has a fairly reasonable mock draft. The only Coog is Tugler, high in the 2nd rnd. It’s behind a paywall but The Athletic is worth it.
From January.
Author of this article’s latest tweet last night. Uzan will show up in the next one.
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screencap of JPs link
Seeing a lot more Milos talk. If he keeps playing like he has and UH gets to the Final Four or wins it all, I’d say its 50/50 Milos goes pro. It is definely trending that way.
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Does Walker have one more year?
If he gets medical redshirt approved yes
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I hope Milos and JoJo are back. It will be their team.
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and just like that the most nottable NBA draft mock person has taken notice of uzan
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Uzan has played well for 3 months and you want him to turn pro? Tuglar has almost zero offense, makes dumb fouls, and you want him to turn pro? Crazy. These guys need to return and keep working on their skills.
Look at sasser, grimes, walker, shead… in general, look how hard it was for them to get any playing time… look at how many times grimes was traded…. last yr walker played very little and his offensive skill were much better than tuglar. Big guys with long arms are a dime a dozen in nba…even Sampson says at times tuglar is clueless…
All this nba talk is crazy… not to mention we want players to focus on big dance and not some made up hype about nba…
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Unless we win at all, I can’t see Milos jumping into the first round. If he ends up on a bunch of second round boards, do you think it benefits him to come back next year?
Milos maybe playing himself into leaving an earlier than expected. He’s the most NBA ready now. Really the only one who should even be contemplating the decision.
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This draft isn’t great. I think Milos has worked himself into borderline first round territory already. Without the NCAA tourney or combine b
It doesn’t have to be a championship run to get in the 1st round
I think the question to be asked is what he would stand to gain by coming back. If he goes through the evaluation process and gets feedback that showing some specific things would move him into the first round, then he’ll come back. If the feedback is that his stock is probably as high right now as it will ever be, then it becomes a tougher decision.
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We win it all Sampson gone, Uzan and probably Tugler and TA also, better prepare yourself mentally for what might happen but I will take a Natty over all that I’ve been waiting for it since 1983
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Yeah, that’s what I’m trying to figure out. Is he at a place where this is his shot (Jarace Walker), or could he improve his stock by coming back for another year (Shead, Grimes, plenty of others)?
i can def see uzan jumping to the 1st, without winning it all (justa decent run)… this is a strong draft but overall weak at the pg position…
after harper/fears…egor demin, boogie fland and Labaron Philon are seen as the next best pgs, none of which are great… that is why pitt’s pg jaland lowe was seens as 1st round for most of the season, until it recently sunk …
even without first, early 2nd projections and he is gone… late 2nd, 47 or lower will be a tough decision… if it late 2nd but a team is promising him a guaranteed contract (like shead) i still think he is gone… 47 and no guarantees, then i think he might come back
note milos will be 22.5years old at the time of the draft
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this board cares to much about readiness… the NBA doesnt care that much about that…
if tugler is given a late 1st round/early 2nd round grade he is gone… and likely 50/50 for mid 2nd
the convo about being developed to succeed in the NBA is a meaningless convo… and worried about the cart before the horse…the hardest issue in the NBA is getting in and getting a team to commit to you for multiple years … if it was about readiness, players could go undrafted develop oversees and easily make their way back to the draft when they are ready … that is extremely rare tho…you dont lower you chances at getting into the league (age) to improve readiness … the really battle is getting in (with guaranteed contracts), once your in figure out everything else later
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Weren’t you chalking the Uzan talk up to “recency bias” just last week? 
in a convo about “best transfer under samspon” yes that is recency bias…
nba draft talk is a a different convo and receny bias is a plus arugment here, as how you look closer to the draft is what matters … the context of this and that convo are vastly different
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I know - just trying to keep it light.
It’s interesting that we have two guys potentially landing in the same area of the draft for completely different reasons. JoJo is there because of freakish athleticism balanced against a pretty raw skillset and would definitely be seen as a project. Uzan is there because he’s pretty polished for a PG, shoots well and displays solid decision-making, despite having a lower ceiling athletically, and it’s not at all a stretch to see him getting real minutes in year 1.
It just kind of points out that there are different paths into the NBA draft.
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