Ed Helicopter Jones
Chopper

Well, that's not two lottery picks. That's the 13th pick and moving up five spots. And now we can start putting real names into the equation to be more precise. You do that trade and chances are the resulting swap is something like Poeltl and Wesley for Mark Williams and Branham. That's...

Yeah, I'd hate Mark Williams at 9. Please no.

Bro, that is so many moving parts I need to take notes to keep up. The Spurs just recently figured you're allowed to trade players for future assets before their contracts expire. :lol It'd be asking a lot to do some multi-pronged trade during the middle of a draft that's unlike any trade they've...

Four first round picks this year? Eh, no thanks. If it's me, I probably try to trade 20 for two future firsts and 25 for one future first. If you can't make such a trade, then take a swing on a high upside player. I like 38 -- but you'd probably have to go draft-and-stash if you're using all...

Tyrese Martin played well at Portsmouth and now at the Elite Camp. He's starting to build that type of pre-draft resume the Spurs look for. Hmm...

In halfcourt settings, Paolo is basically a point power forward or even a point center. He could play that role in Houston because Jalen Green is strictly a scorer right now and Kevin Porter Jr. is far from being a pure point guard.

The Spurs have been asking for a ton in return for Poeltl. My guess is that the Spurs will be much more willing to trade him at the trade deadline than at the draft. Doing a trade during the draft involving Poeltl is doable but it'd be difficult to get all those moving parts in order.

Damn, Chet is like 7-foot-6 apparently, ha.

Oh jeez....but true. :lol

It's really three things for me with Golden State. First, I'm hoping the Warriors don't get too far ahead of the Spurs in overall title count. The ZaZa incident is my number two reason to always hate the Warriors. And the national media attention the Warriors get, even when they suck, is outdone...

And the Mavs played great. Caught the Suns flat-footed and thoroughly and completely shut down CP3. A great coaching job by J. Kidd, thoroughly outcoaching Monty Williams...which is something I really never expected to say.

White is proving to be a good role player for a contender. Definitely not a star for an up and comer. He's really not even a third option for Boston, but somewhere after that.

I can't believe I'm going to have to root for the fvcking Mavericks now versus the Warriors. But that's what this season has left me with.

:lol

Dyson Daniels with the 10th pick feels like the most Spursy of Spurs outcomes here, doesn't it :lol :cry :lol

I don't think it'd be possible to trade into the top four without massively overpaying. It'd be nice to package 9/10 with 20 and/or 25 to move up ... but that probably only lands you the sixth pick at best. Maybe Dejounte + 9 + 20 for 4 + trash contract would work but, yeah, that's an example of...