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That's a strange way to look at it. I see superstars as the pieces that make you championship contenders, hence "ceiling raisers". If you have a team full of good role players, you won't be a bad team, but you will never win it all. Hence "floor raisers". I guess one could see it as: "we...

Putler with the look that says "Shit, I am down wind and too close to poopy pants!"

The 3-5 day SMO is going so well that two years later a russian Deputy Defense Minister has been arrest for corruption https://x.com/DefenceHQ/status/1800921690832064877

What do we need the most on PF position? He's an elite shooter, can put the ball on the floor and score in mid range, good around the rim and a solid enough defender when he's got a rim protector next to him. Which part of 23/8 seven footer who's shooting 40% from 3pt on 8 attempts isn't a good...

So I'm sort of curious about Markkannen but doesn't seem to fit what we need most. And why isn't Utah better with him? Curious what I'm missing.

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I can't understand a non shooting center in the first 5 picks much less 10. Edey seems like a way better value for dominant college centers who in the common parlance are known as "oafs".

When? :lol

Castle is still my pet cat in this draft, shooting concerns be damned. I think he's going to improve considerably in that department over time, and that's really the only thing keeping him from becoming a future All-Star caliber player. The two players he's most often compared to, Jimmy Butler and...

As I wrote yesterday: If we traded 4 FRPs for Markkanen, people would lose their shit. Spurs 7 FRPs before Wemby were Sochan, Wesley, Branham, Primo, Vassell, Samanic, Johnson. Ainge doesn't pick up the phone if we offer 5 that are still in the league for Markkanen. Teams that find balance...

i mean they had gafford, and then dealt him away, but wizards taking clingan would be a welcome development.

I dont really agree with that tbh…I think draft picks are the most important thing. But I do also think theres a time and place to trade for guys who you know you like and are good and proven. If SA gets a chance at that, they should be open to it.

Agreed. Draft whoever they think is the best choice with #4 and trade #8 in a package for an actual NBA player. If they don't like anyone available at #8, that is. Why would anyone want to move down with Brian Wright's draft record? We don't need more Branhams and Wesleys. How would we even...

I'd actually prefer to trade out for proven players that fill a need. Draft picks tend to be overvalued as a general rule.

Im 100% fine with moving back as well

Of course, they WANT their picks. So you are saying that the only place Atlanta would trade Young or Murray is San Antonio? Last year the widespread talk was that Atanta wanted 2 FRPs for DJM, but couldn't get that. I'm pretty sure that they were talking to more than San Antonio. So if they...

I'm almost as interested in moving into the back part of the first round. I realize there's a roster crunch, but most of those players are pretty marginal. Probably too much to take on three rookies. However, Knicks have 24 and 25. Other teams might want to dump slight bits of salary and...

We have no shooting and are picking up a player who can’t shoot.

If reports of Castle being a high character guy, hard worker and a great teammate are true, it's the obvious Spurs pick, especially after Sochan experiment last season. Just because Sochan wasn't capable of playing that role, it doesn't mean Pop has given up on it. Even if he doesn't develop into...

Ha, that's a hoot. He swore a death warrant on MBS for slicing and dicing that scum reporter, then had to go back over to the sand and beg MBS for that black gold. MBS told him to go pound salt, they fist bumped on the sidewalk out front and Biden came back to the states to $5 gallon gas.

Good news is in a draft like this, Spurs have so many 2nds alongside other sweeteners like CHA, CHI and swaps etc…that they should be able to move up if they want to

Somehow Zaccharie Risacher drops to 4th and Stephon Castle drops to 8th. We don't do anything else this off season. Summer '25, We get lucky with ping pong balls again... not the top pick, but 2 picks high enough to draft Nolan Traore and Ace Bailey. We then get Lauri Markkanen in a sign and...

A couple of notes from yesterday. -Both Givony and Woo had Devin Carter rated top ten. Also Vecenie and Bryce Simon mentioned they had Carter rated in their top ten (even though he went later in their mock). For me, it’s starting to feel like Carter is a lock at 8 or 9, we’ll see… ...

Agreed. I feel like I have to add caveats all the time so here it is: I would still be fine with SA drafting Castle. But I really have more concerns than most it seems with him. Theres a lot of bust potential here, more than meets the eye. His upside is still there so that’s good and its not like I...

Sometimes, the POA defender takes it in the shorts on Drtg. Bruce Bowen was tied for 10th on the 2002-2003 championship squad, yet still made the All D team.

One of my concerns with Castle is that his D is actually being overrated. He played for a Connecticut team that was great defensively, and all of his defensive impact stats put him 5th among starters, with Clingan and Spencer leading the way by a good margin, and even Karaban and Newton rating out...

Ghost pepper Jordans.

I'd prefer to make it an unprotected Worst-Of as opposed to a Top-7 protected Best Of, if you really wanted to move up for Castle. You probably want to be on being a playoff team by then, and you'll have a roster full of recent draft picks from 2024-26, so you may not really want 2 in 2027 (not to...

If you believe my Trade Value Chart (which one may or may not), then the difference between #5 and #8 is 500 points, which also happens to be the value of a Year+3 (2027) pick in the 11-20 range (which is probably a fair estimate for a Top 7 protected pick). So in theory, by my chart, the Vec trade...