Hoops and Stuff

 The 2025 NBA draft has come to a close! We now have a better idea of the direction each organization is going during this offseason. Here are some of my thoughts and reactions to the first round of this draft class. Comment your thoughts on this draft below! 1. Dallas Mavericks - Cooper Flagg: A+ We've known who was going #1 for months now. Operation "Capture the Flagg" has officially been completed and Flagg looks to be the first number overall pick since Markelle Fultz to make the playoffs in their rookie season. 2. San Antonio Spurs - Dylan Harper: A Similar to Flagg, Harper has long been the consensus choice at #2. The Spurs did good to not overthink fit and just go best player available. I think Harper has a higher ceiling than any player not named Wemby in San Antonio. 3. Philadelphia 76ers - VJ Edgecombe: B+ Edgecombe seemed to be the guy that Daryl Morey wanted. I have a few questions about how rotations might look with Maxey, McCain, and Grimes also in the ba...

The NBA Finals have concluded, the Oklahoma City Thunder are your 2025 NBA Champions! This means it is officially full steam ahead for the draft. This is my final mock of this draft cycle. Comment below your thoughts, who you want to see your team draft, and where you want to see certain prospects land! Trades* Thunder x Lakers x Nets OKC: Acquire Cam Johnson, #21 from BKN BKN: Acquire Isaiah Joe, Aaron Wiggins, #15 from OKC / Rui Hachimura, Dalton Knecht, 2026 1st round swap best, 2030 1st round swap best from LAL LAL: Acquire Nic Claxton, #36 from BKN Nets x 76ers BKN: Acquire #3 PHI: Acquire #8 and #19 1. Dallas Mavericks: Cooper Flagg, F, Duke The Mavericks get the perfect piece. Flagg can play and learn with their established, veteran group, while maintaining championship aspirations. 2. San Antonio Spurs: Dylan Harper, PG, Rutgers The Spurs ignore the argument that Harper is not a great fit with the current roster. Harper is the second best prospect in this class by far. 6'6...

 We are two weeks away from the 2025 NBA Draft! Here is my final and official top 50 prospects for the upcoming draft. It is broken up into tiers of what I think the most likely high-end outcome for each prospect is. Comment below which players you are higher/lower on compared to my board! (Player, Position, School/Team, Height, Weight, Wingspan, Draft Age, NBA Role, Player Comp) FRANCHISE 1. COOPER FLAGG - W/F - DUKE - 6'9" - 205 - 7'0" - 18 - SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE ALL-NBA 2. DYLAN HARPER - PG - RUTGERS - 6'6" - 220 - 6'11" - PRIMARY BALL HANDLER - CADE CUNNINGHAM ALL-STAR 3. ACE BAILEY - W - RUTGERS - 6'9" - 200 - 7'1" - 18 - SECONDARY SCORER/WING DEFENDER - JABARI SMITH JR 4. VJ EDGECOMBE - W/CG - BAYLOR - 6'5" - 180 - 6'6" - 19 - WING DEFENDER/OFFENSIVE CONNECTOR - (OKC) VICTOR OLADIPO 5. KHAMAN MALUACH - C - DUKE - 7'2" - 250 - 7'7" - 18 - RIM RUNNING BIG - MARK WILLIAMS 6. KON KNEUPPEL - W - DUKE...

For this post we are going to try and predict the top 30 NBA players in the year 2030! We are halfway through the 2020's and it will be fun to look back in the future and see how far off these predictions are! Only current NBA players and draft candidates for this upcoming draft were included so elite prospects such as AJ Dybantsa and Cam Boozer will not be included. Rankings are somewhat fluid so do not get too caught up on the numbers! Each player has their age in 5 years time as well as a small blurb explaining the rationale. Please comment which players I did not include that you expect to be elite in 5 years time or where you think I totally missed! 30. Trae Young, 31 While he does have his flaws and deficiencies, I still expect Trae Young to be one of the elite guards on the offensive end. In 5 years Young will still be scoring and assisting at a high level. 29. Donovan Mitchell, 33 Spida could lose a little bit of his explosiveness that he uses for his downhill scoring but h...