18 hours ago, southsider2k5 said:

So who is the high ceiling pop up prospect who will never get there?

IMO it's Acuff. I just don't trust iso guards that are under 6-4. As for the Bulls, what a spot! We are guaranteed either Boozer or Wilson, with a small shot of Peterson falling, which would be just fine as well.

I have the tiers as follows:

A+ prospect (All Star floor, MVP potential):

Dybantsa, Peterson

A prospect (perennial All Star Potential, solid starter floor)

Boozer, Wilson

B+ prospect (All Star Potential, rotation floor)

Wagler

B prospect (Good starter potential, rotation floor)

Acuff, Brown, Mara, Yaxel, Steinbach.

And then everybody else. I'm not as high on Burries and the other guards in that 6-12 range as some others. I see alot of good pieces but it's really hard to project them as anything other than solid pieces.

At 15 for Chicago if somehow Mara is still there that's the pick but he'll be gone probably top 10 is the rumor right now. I'd have to look at Steinbach as the pick if he's there. A really good prospect imo, I saw him here in Seattle and he's a floor spacing mobile big. Needs refinement but he'd be an instant boost off the bench imo. The kid from Kentucky scares the hell out of me with his knees but at 15 if the Bulls want to take a HR swing after locking up say Boozer at 4, why not?

edit: I'm not high on Essengue at all. I think he's a lot like Pat Williams in that his motor just is not there. I wasn't impressed with him at all in either SL or in the few minutes he got before getting hurt. That said, rooting like hell he can be a useful piece, if nothing else maybe trade bait after a solid healthy 2026-27 season in the rotation.

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by chitownsportsfan

39 minutes ago, SoxAce said:

I don't consider Giddey part of the core. Sure cuz of his contract he is right now, but he's not a guy I feel Graham considers a longterm piece. Similar to Pat Williams who unfortunately will still be around too cuz of his contract.

I see one possibility of a “fun toy” in Matas but here we are moving into year 3 and it’s just not that exciting, it was a year in which he was a rising star yet again but not an all star. Graham can strip this team to the studs, I have no connection to any of this roster