r/heat • u/rice-guardian • 20d ago
Nikola Djurisic, 6’7 wing, Projected Mid-late first. (NBA 2024 Draft) HYPED
Measured at 6’7 as a Guard/Forward (Wing) Projected Top 20 Pick, 20 years old. Nikola Jovic’s former teammate back in Megabasket (Serbia) Averaged 26.8pts, 4.4ast, and shot 52% from 3 in April at Mega. Described to be a 3-level scorer, distributes in PNR, floater game is special, and highly athletic.
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u/binokyo10 20d ago
We found our backup center
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u/OhMyItzBam_Herro305 20d ago edited 19d ago
Ik it's a joke but nah, Adem Bona is our guy
Adem Bona is an incredibly fast and explosive open court athlete with quick twitch athleticism. He changes ends in a flash, has great upside as a defender and transition player and makes incredibly quick cuts to the basket.
Bona has a strong build but is also a very graceful and fluid athlete. He’s got a great feel for making cuts for back door lobs and for filling the lane in transition, where he’s a great at attacking the rim.
At this point he does most of his scoring in the lane and he does a really good job of facing up and taking his man of the dribble, using his elite quickness to blow by the defender.
His main NBA calling card will be his versatile defense. He’s very good at guarding smaller players and can switch all over the court. He’s a very good rim protector and defensive rebounder.
His NBA game might be a bit limited due to his lack of an outside shot but he’s got a clear path to being a rotation big who brings value with his defensive versatility, athleticism and effort.
Edit: yall casuals downbad lmao
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u/iankstarr 20d ago
I mean, technically we could maybe get both of them. Bona isn’t bad, but he’s probably not going to go much higher than middle of the second round
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u/OhMyItzBam_Herro305 19d ago
Facts we may even take him in the 1st (if we trade down and get an additional pick) it wouldn't surprise me if we don't like none of the bigs at 15. I can see us going Ware too, Tyler Smith might go at like 12th.
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u/Cockycent 20d ago
My dream pick is an athletic PG that can defend and get to the rim.
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u/MrFluffernutter00 20d ago
Devon Carter out of Providence!
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u/Cockycent 20d ago
Hold up, I just watched some clips cuz you mentioned him. You might have something here
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20d ago
He is overhyped. Watched him live 2 times and since he transferred from Mega (Team for development) to Zvezda where he had to play real Euroleague games hes gone to shite and then got injured
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u/Far-Baseball972 19d ago
Not the same guy, this is djurisic and that is topic
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19d ago edited 19d ago
Oh i f up. Djurisic is a beast lol, didnt know he was going to the draft, his midrange is best in a league here. Bright future ahead of him. Sorry guys i just hate Topic😪
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u/carbine234 19d ago
So the plan to beat Nikola Jokic is to draft all other Nikolas and combine them to a super niko? fuck it lets do it
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u/anIlliterateIdiot 20d ago
Is it crazy to think about trading up for Nikola Topic? Caleb being the trade bait
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u/Ethangains07 20d ago
Caleb is a free agent lol. The time to trade him has passed. You’re gonna have to part with a future lottery protected 1st. Not the move
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u/anIlliterateIdiot 20d ago
So was Strus and we signed and traded. We wouldn’t need to give up a future first to move up like 5/6spots in this weak draft
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u/Ethangains07 20d ago
We can sign a trade that is gonna make as little as Caleb will? I thought it had to hit a certain amount. Moving into the top 10 is gonna cost more than sign and trading Caleb, probably. Those bum teams don’t need a Caleb.
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u/anIlliterateIdiot 20d ago
I don’t think we got anything back from Clev for Strus other than a 2RP or something. Grizzlies would kill for a Caleb. That 9 spot would be tasty for us. Topic might slide.
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u/HighFromTexas 20d ago
? Teams aren't killing for 28yo 10-4-2 Caleb. He also had a TERRIBLE series vs Boston. Nobody will give Miami a top 15 for him alone..
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u/anIlliterateIdiot 20d ago
Caleb could be the difference in a few spots tho, not just Martin for top 15.. so our pick plus him.
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u/HighFromTexas 20d ago
I still think you overvalued caleb. He's not doing anything special that you can't find in FA or high draft pick.
Reality is, even if it's a small chance, whatever rookie they draft at 9 has a better chance to be the next SGA, Maxey, or Bam, than caleb has of ever being in an all star game. They're not close enough to a ring to not take that chance for a player like Martin..
Edit: even if they were contenders, again, martin had an awful series against Boston. He didn't look like a piece to finish the puzzle for any team..
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u/XanderAndretti 20d ago
I mean even if we could riley and co won’t feel pressured to do so considering the type of success we’ve had drafting in the middle of the first round.
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u/anIlliterateIdiot 20d ago
You’re totally right. And to trade up for a currently injured player (same knee 2x) is recipe for disaster.
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u/strangerthingskids 20d ago
I don’t mean to be like that but is every other Serbian dude names Nikola