Don Yates

nba draft and other stuff

[Don Yates @donyatesnba]

PSA TO THE NBA: NIKOLA JOKIC IS COMING OVER THIS YEAR. PICKED BY THE NUGGETS AT #41 IN 2014, HE WILL DOMINATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AND LAUGH.

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@ChrisPerezMLB54 @Cardinals_Live_ yeah

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@DeckieSmoke107 @AmericanP3nguin @BrendenDeeg_ it is known that lemon was on the phone with the steelers getting told they were gonna draft him as the eagles traded up for him

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@drievaagain (fucking insane what royce white has become)

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@drievaagain aight now...

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@drievaagain lol was just telling the wife that royce white was one of my guys, but disappointingly was a headcase on top of being scared to fly in planes

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@MagicGior @TheGhostOfGeert @KaiBOBOtto https://t.co/6msNtlNKIY

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@TheGhostOfGeert @HoopsTalk13 You guys are so right he should've been ranked at least Top-37 in his class

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@PaolosAttorney https://t.co/6msNtlNKIY

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@TheGhostOfGeert @HoopsTalk13 You guys are so right he should've been ranked at least Top-37 in his class

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@IafornaroSean @TheGhostOfGeert @KaiBOBOtto https://t.co/7onBvj5pi6

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@TheGhostOfGeert @HoopsTalk13 You guys are so right he should've been ranked at least Top-37 in his class

[Don Yates @donyatesnba]

@TheGhostOfGeert @HoopsTalk13 You guys are so right he should've been ranked at least Top-37 in his class

[Don Yates @donyatesnba]

Smallest of considerations were made for Ngongba — I have always LOVED every prospect with a noteworthy intersection of AST + OReb + high Steals or Blocks, as these are the best "feel" metrics, and correlate heavily with outlier improvements in the NBA.

Ngongba will be a PLAYER.

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@JacobPadilla_ Oh yes Cam has shown enough that I'd prob put him at 1 over fuckin anybody at this point

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First time making a declaration of any kind on 2026, but figured this tweet is as good an excuse as any to do it:

Just being exposed to stats for first time right now on Dec 27 of this class, Top 4 I'd imagine has got to clearly be -

1 - Cam
2 - Darryn
3 - AJ
4 - Caleb

[Carmichael Dave @CarmichaelDave]

@donyatesnba so give me your top 4 in this year’s draft. Regardless of hype, the 4 that by the end of their careers would be ranked properly.

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@kjhogo Could get there going either way for sure. Whatever he becomes will be so sick. Lower volume 3P than I'd love to see but who gives a shit

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I've seen AJ getting some concerns thrown his way, and I expected to like Caleb or someone else nearly as much, but holy shit, his profile is so nice too. Definitely want that tier break between 2 and 3 though, unless his creation really is on that tippity top elite level.

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To give a brief summary of thoughts - I was expecting to be let down by the narratives surrounding the class even though I knew Cam and DP had to be mega star-level just based on what I saw being said and by whom..... and they are.... but omg, AJ and Caleb's profiles are NUTS too

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@Mariano1_Hand big fan of kolek, always thought he had tons of passing juice, enough to probably be a very good player off of that elite skill alone if he ever got a real shot.

passing is like suuuuuch a needle-moving skill

[Don Yates @donyatesnba]

PSA TO THE NBA: NIKOLA JOKIC IS COMING OVER THIS YEAR. PICKED BY THE NUGGETS AT #41 IN 2014, HE WILL DOMINATE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE AND LAUGH.

[Don Yates @donyatesnba]

@_MoneyMolina eh, demin just a young really great passing+shooting prospect, and he has juice to do more under the hood

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@CarridiceShon lots

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@_MoneyMolina demin

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@RyanRyan831 @TheyAlreadyKnew