Kai Sotto will win the Rookie of the Year and get selected in the top 10 Giddey style.

And here come the Filipinos

Acuil to get picked up.

Acuil to go to nba and be put on the boomers list for asia cup.

What does JLA need to do to get a contract (not a 10-day etc)? Similar to Landale or more? Because I can't see Melbourne contending.

Sam was owned by qi, no way he makes the nba

Second Duop Reath. Didn't get much time at the Olympics, but he balled out in Vegas and he’s an Olympic Bronze medalist nonetheless. Definitely see him making the jump ala Landale style.

Couldn't get minutes in europe.

Exactly, back bench player in Europe. It looks like he shrunk a bit as well.

iam adding Xavier Cooks

Speaking of coaches. Would Goorjian have a chance for a head coach role off the back of a Olympic Bronze medal? I know it's rare (impossible?) for HC positions come from outside the league. The pathway is typically as an Assistant, followed by former player, or combination of the two.

I'd say small market NBA teams do in fact build culture, namely San Antonio and more recently Utah. @Stevy while yes the NBA is a challenging player-run league, there are (small market) NBA teams which are less so.

On Goorjian, I’m quite bullish on him succeeding in the NBA, but he might be better off taking the AC path to acclimate to the league, before interviewing for openings the year after. I see Goorjian doing well in a small market — where the coach is just as loved as the players.

Finally, I’d take it further and say it’s an owner-run league where it can be ruthless for the players.

Landale was also a bench player in Europe so chill on the Reath slander #823

The issue with Goorijan imo will more so be that of a culture thing. You can blame players all you want but if from the owner, to the gm, to the coach, you establish a good culture, then it won't matter what the players think or act. So for him it would be best to go to a team with said culture. I also think his offence is quite simplistic, something which if you don’t have a superstar in the nba can get you killed as if your telling world class athletes that can tell what you’re telling them isn’t any good, then that creates a rift. I’m also curious as just from personality and age standpoint, would he be willing or even capable to be an assistant first.

Delly’s nba days imo are over. How many teams are going to be looking for a point guard who can’t shoot who’s 31. Unless a team is destroyed by injuries doesn’t look to Europe or their own g league program, then he ain’t going over. People also need to remember the only reason Bogut went back was because the Warriors 5 man depth at the time was no good in general plus they had Cousins and I think maybe 1 or both of Looney and Jones out too. So Bogut was more of get the team through to the playoffs guy and it was helpful as he’d already been there and knew the system. It also wasn’t like he was that good either as by the finals Kerr refused to put him on.

Does the not doing well in Europe so he will suck in the NBA reasoning really still stack up? They play a different style of game completely. There's a reason why Lamelo Ball came here to showcase himself compared to staying in Europe.