Filipino Players in Foreign Leagues

[greenarcher]

When this batch's best prospects are Chet and Banchero, you know Sotto has a chance to make it. Weak draft.

[DAdmiral]

From observation 45th to 58th pick has been very volatile, with about 40 different players being mentioned as picks for the last 13 picks. So yeah kind of hard to predict for sure who of the 40 will be drafted in last 12 picks...

I've been monitoring what they've been saying even Sacramento news , they mentioned numerous players over 10 as possible picks at 49th.

Kai has a chance just like Zeng or Maker have a chance., can't really say who is more likely though

[DAdmiral]

how many are invited to inside room and outside the venue ? if Kai is invited I'm pretty confident he will be drafted. Especially if the list of invites is just around 60, the reverse is also true if 60 are invited and Kai is not part of them then logically i would say Kai is unlikely to be drafted.

[CoJ]

how many are invited to inside room and outside the venue ? if Kai is invited I'm pretty confident he will be drafted. Especially if the list of invites is just around 60

last year, only 20 names were invited
link:https://www.slamonline.com/nba/the-f...room-invitees/

back in 2019, 23 draftees were invited
link: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...aft-green-room

but as Cocoy have said, numerous draftees had attended the draft despite not being part of the green room, heck I was able to watch a NBA draft wherein a foreign prospect was sitting in the bleachers when his name was called during the second round much to the surprise of the Assistant NBA Commissioner.

[CoJ]

Only those in the green room are invited, those who are in attendance in the draft venue but not in the green room went there on their own. But there have been some big names among the non-invites like Giannis, Kenneth Faried and Rudy Gobert.

and most likely their accommodations and tickets to the event were shouldered either by their handlers, or even the team that committed to draft them

[DAdmiral]

question if only around 20 are invited offcially to green room, has there been a case that one of the 20 invites wasn't drafted (60 players) ?

[mathematicianrcg]

question if only around 20 are invited offcially to green room, has there been a case that one of the 20 invites wasn't drafted (60 players) ?

I dont think so.

Closest was Bol Bol. He was in Green room. But drafted like 44th

[CoJ]

question if only around 20 are invited offcially to green room, has there been a case that one of the 20 invites wasn't drafted (60 players) ?

i remember Rashard Lewis crying, was a green room invitee but was drafted 35th overall, Same also for intl prospect Maciej Lampe way back in the mid 2000s, most recent green room invitee to drop to the latter part of the 2nd rd was Bol Bol

link: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...aft-green-room

not sure if Christian Wood was a green room invitee but he was in tears while attending the draft as he was not drafted
link: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/06/chr...d-76ers-future

[CoJ]

cant find articles about Christian Wood being invited to the green room but he was in attendance during the draft, and boy it was a bad night for him as his girlfriend dumped him during that night as well

link: https://nypost.com/2020/12/30/christ...d-dumping-him/

edit: article mentions that his family and friends gathered at Las Vegas to watch Woods getting drafted, though not sure if Woods was in the Barclays center during the draft or with his family in Vegas

[jasper222]

Yes Fanbo Zeng, Actually in the current NBA game Zeng is envisioned to be a big. A PF or a small ball 5.
He's purely a big in NBA setting and is a better 3 pt shooting big compared to Kai
If you scout Zeng he doesn't actually play the.wing at all, especially not modern NBA, he's purely a stetch big 4/5. In today's game

BTW a few reports have Zeng actually being drafted and he was voted by 30 teams to invite for Combine

Notice even Sochan and Keagan Murray PFs are also envisioned to play some small ball 5. (The game has changed)

No, he was only put there in G League because they had not enough centers in that iteration of the team, iirc. He's also not in the center position of Ignite's list. I've seen Fanbo Zeng before and he wasn't playing center. He also weighs only 199 lbs which is why I said he also plays the 2.

I had the time to look up his stats and Kai's a better shooter than Zeng too. I was surprised.

[DAdmiral]

His main position is 4, and in today's NBA he can play more center (which is plausible for a few min) compared to playing SF . This is no longer the Era of Hedo , where you can get away with lack of mobility and play essentially wing. I've seen Zeng highlights in Ignite and some games and while he stretches the floor like modern bigs , he is positioned in the elbows like a traditional moder big, he does not stay in the corners .. like a wing.
Game has changed .
If there is description of Zeng in today's archetype he is a stetch big. (Shooting big). He actually is one of better 3 pt shooting bigs in the draft .

Nope Zeng in terms of 3 pt makes a game is a better shooter than Kai. Factor also the looks he takes , he actually takes 3s in motion with defenders scout to defend his 3 pt shooting. Kai on the other hand is dared to shoot 3s and only takes 3 at a limited volume when free .. it's different

It used to be that a tweener was a player who was to too slow to play SF and too small to play PF , in today's game a tweener is one who is too slow to play PF and too small to play center , (the gsme has changed)

[tomcat]

If Kai attends the draft then I think that's a sign that he's getting drafted for sure

Why are you using this cocoy martin account and not the Tae Young account? Draft day is fast approaching

[jasper222]

His main position is 4, and in today's NBA he can play more center (which is plausible for a few min) compared to playing SF . This is no longer the Era of Hedo , where you can get away with lack of mobility and play essentially wing. I've seen Zeng highlights in Ignite and some games and while he stretches the floor like modern bigs , he is positioned in the elbows like a traditional moder big, he does not stay in the corners .. like a wing.
Game has changed .
If there is description of Zeng in today's archetype he is a stetch big. (Shooting big). He actually is one of better 3 pt shooting bigs in the draft .

Nope Zeng in terms of 3 pt makes a game is a better shooter than Kai. Factor also the looks he takes , he actually takes 3s in motion with defenders scout to defend his 3 pt shooting. Kai on the other hand is dared to shoot 3s and only takes 3 at a limited volume when free .. it's different

It used to be that a tweener was a player who was to too slow to play SF and too small to play PF , in today's game a tweener is one who is too slow to play PF and too small to play center , (the gsme has changed)

I'd say this is the era of Hedo. If him and Rashard Lewis played in this era they would likely be more recognized.

Zeng is good but no, he cannot play the 4 in the NBA. He only played that in Ignite because like I said, they didn't have many centers and he was their tallest prospect. He only weighed 199 lbs in Ignite. What PF in the NBA weighs 199 lbs?

As for his 3 pts, Kai is a better shooter still. If Zeng is always contested for his 3s despite his height and speed because of his light weight, then he needs better shot selection. Again, the comparison is nonsense. How about Walker Kessler, who actually plays the same position as Kai?

[tomcat]

What is Fanbo Zeng's height, 6'9? Kai's skill set for a guy 6'9 is off the charts but not for a guy who’s 7'2-7'3..

[DAdmiral]

4 is the only position Zeng is envisioned to play in the NBA (of course assuming he makes it which is unlikely).
No it's not none sense if we're talking about chances of draftability, the reason being is small stetch 4 bigs are actually the most sought after role drafted.. ( in last 2 years draft and this year they still will be the archetype most sought after ).
If this was the Era of Hedo, I would be very confident a true center like Kai will be drafted. Also Duren the best true center would be a top 3 pick, now he may fall outside the lottery.
That is why a stetch 4 like Zeng actually has a chance.
Reason he was voted to join combine. Shooting 6'11 players like Hedo playing as 4 are indeed relevant in today's modern game


Zeng is listed at 6'11 . Which in today's NBA is actually tall for a PF. .. he would be tallest player in the NBA finals

Kai as an in gsme shooting 3 big is still a question mark. Zeng 3 pt shooting is his calling card. And not a question mark. His size of curse is not the same as Kai,