Was there a moment you got ridiculed or downvoted to hell for stating your opinion or prediction at first, but later got vindicated despite the majority disagreeing with you? If you could even share the link to your comment, that would be awesome.
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Reaves, I’ve been on to him since I saw him cook the Gonzaga team that was at the time underrated
i have a tweet from like 2014 saying the greek freak will be the next big thing
conversely, i was out on ben simmons the moment he had that 1 point game against the celtics, well, out on him as a point guard, not as a player
Lamelo
I remember a lot of people from the nba draft subreddit were higher on Vassell than majority of the class. I think a good amount even considered drafting him 1st because of his guaranteed skillset. Shocked he fell as far as he did.
RJ Barrett was a mediocre athlete and didn’t have the finesse or shiftiness to make up for it. He just looked clunky as fuck. He had no right hand. He was shooting 30% from 3 and 66% from the FT line. And the worst part was this dude was jacking up shots like there was no tomorrow even with Zion on his team. I had no idea how he was projected to be a star.
He was the 3rd overall pick and has been the 3rd/4th best player in that draft, he was objectively a no-brainer pick
Jokic…I was on to his game when I saw him throwing over the shoulder, no look lobs to Kenneth Faried
Wasn’t that Gallinari that did that? Or did the same thing happen again and I just forgot?
Booker
Zion
Cam Reddish, thought there was no way a player who sucked in college next to Zion and RJ would be good
It’s still early in his career, but I think my best call was Jalen Williams. I had him at #6 on my draft board and couldn’t believe he was mocked in the 20s a couple weeks before the draft. I was ecstatic when the Thunder drafted him.
I said Bagley was a terrible player/bust on day 1. A post heavy player who doesn’t play defense and has zero fundamentals? I couldn’t believe he was even being considered. I tried to hopium to get myself to buy in but I knew deep down I was right
Josh Giddey. I remember the first game I saw in like December of his predraft year he had like a 12 10 and 11 game and I was like “yeah this kid is legit”. As soon as he got drafted I went from a part time thunder fan to a full time thunder fan because Presti had the balls to draft him like 6 spots ahead of where he was projected
I wanted my Bulls to pick Hali at 4 in his draft, I was flabbergasted when he fell down to 12 cause I thought he could potentially be the best player in his draft class after watching him at Iowa State
Anthony Edwards, I knew he was the clear cut easy pick for number 1 since January but then people started looking into his comments about liking football and saying he has no work ethic. Even after the wolves for the pick there were so many fans that kept saying he was Wiggins 2.0
I mean he was a top pick but I was kinda blown away watching Tatum in summer league. His length and athleticism, plus some post ups had me thinking a few min later he could be a top 10 player
Nene while playing for team Brazil. He was everywhere on the court, getting every board with so much energy. I think a year or two later he was in the NBA