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Sochan been terrible lol….he’s really not taking this seriously at all. Noah about to have a heart attack watching him lol
Yes, lol, of course.
Sochan been terrible lol….he’s really not taking this seriously at all. Noah about to have a heart attack watching him lol
He's just ing around. Having fun.
His team lost….I don’t care just stood out that he was goofing off more than any other player. Cost his team the game and Noah probably wants to kill him lmao
He had the one great highlight from a kinda dumb event. What's cool is he gets to make connections with players and retired dudes.
Jabari Smith…man he looks bad
Jabari plays with effort (he gets back on D) but without aggression or purpose. He's gonna have to shoot a lot better than he did tonight if he's gonna get by with that.
Sengun also looked pretty bad (speaking of Rockets).
Sengun has been good all season…but man Jabari shot is way off for someone that was supposed to be a shooter.
Jabari is terrible inside, just no touch. I feel like the outside shot might come around. But yeah.
Sounds an awful lot like a taller prime Russell Westbrook
As focused as I am on the lottery pick, cant help but wonder who might fall or be a value at 31 and the TOR 2RP.
If someone like Baba Miller is still available it could be a steal.
Not sure I see quality falling, but someone like Taylor Hendricks, Noah Clowney or JH-S miraculously fell 6-7 spots I would be thrilled. Also wonder if SA would bundle #31 and #38 + say a 3rd NOLA 2RP to sweeten the deal if a dream faller is still hanging in after like #25 overall.
IND UTA and BKN all have additional picks 8n that range but how likely are they to part with them?
But if not, I'm totally hooked on Jordan Hawkins from UCONN as a realistically available player at #31 and would take a stab at say Jordan Walsh, Nnaj, Jackson-Davis and possibly Dillion Mitc with the TOR 2023 2RP.
But here is where the draft equity logjam begins so I am not against tossing tons of picks in a trade up to burn multiple picks from the stash to lock in just one promising name.
You are never going to sign all these picks individually, time to get aggressive and bundle up 3-4 2RPs into one solid move up selection you have your heart set on. I would burn a handful of picks if it meant nabbing upward on even just one intriguing fit.
wow looks like Baba Miller would go undrafted realistically lol guess I'm off on that one. Still like his size for how athletic he is but yeah, he doesn't appear on any mocks and I read he had a suspension so not Spurs material lol.
Also looks like I'm all over the place on late firsts. Clowney could go way too high (#16 ) to nab in the late first and Hawkins is mocked in some places too early to score with SAs 2RPs. Of course other mocks has Sesabaugh dropping near the late first and I have him near late lottery in most mocks so there is some huge swings this early on and with a month before even the tournament we will see these fluctuations. At any rate, someone is gonna fall lol, I want a steal.
It's really right to start thinking about the problem of too many picks. Obviously a good problem, but judicious moves will be necessary. I like the idea of moving into the late first round with those two picks. I feel those very dearly SRPs have some special value because they're not tied to a salary structure.
Or the team can trade one out. I think we'll see some of these picks get bumped into the future, especially as teams are tapped out.
Ultimately I don't like adding more than two new rookies. Our very early one, of course. Like you I like taking a big with the SRP and haven't been shy about really liking Jackson-Davis. He's going to be a steal, but I kinda think he'll go late FR. Those other names are good. But we're getting into the issue of cannibalizing development. Bassey is still pretty young. At what point are you defeating yourself by taking someone more raw than he is?
I also like wings, which we need, just don't know what's there. Maybe a Jalen Wilson type.
Agreed Mr Body
Looking at these late FRPs that IND has. Pacers have a lottery pick, but they also possibly have a #26 and a #30 too. If IND is tapped out by then, their dream fit guys aren't there when they come up to select or if IND personally views talent a/o fit availability in the #25 - #30 range as not much different than #31 - #38ish + future 2RPs to sweeten the deal, with the added benefit of the less expensive 2RP salary scale, they might bite.
Just really hard to say unless some early first reaches push quality down. I personally wouldn't really trade a #26 for a #31, #38 plus future 2RPs unless it was super situational financially, they just don't like the remaining selections personally, or they view their roster as more set and want backfill that won't threaten the guys they already committed long term on. There might be a path there with IND. They got Mathurn and Hali established, locked in the prime time big longterm, if IND picks that lottery selection and perhaps even the #26 to fill out the roster better, they may be tapped out by #30 and give it up for some 2RPs they could stash a selection, trade away or at least not pay as much. Even just that one slot upward could be huge with some of the names looming around late first. Just a little reach could nudge down into our reaches some gold. Ideally I'd want to push up more that 1-2 slots, the #26 would be better, but it just depends on how draft day goes.
Another one, UTA possibly has #12 and #16 do they really still want the #27 too? Haven't done a deep dive on the Jazz roster /contracts yet, perhaps they do want all picks.
All scenarios based on how it stands today naturally and as such are approximations
Man that finals are just a bunch of large human beings and Jose Alvarado. Glimpse into the future of the NBA and Sochan looks like he belongs. Jarace and Wemby are these guys.
I didn't realize Indiana has two picks in the 20s. I really don't see TJD going past them.
I can accept you not believing this next draft class warrants it, but that's about fair price for jumping up a couple of spots in the top 5. A mid 20s pick is only good enough to jump from 15 to, say, 13. This last draft, for instance, Memphis traded 22 & 29 for 19, basically using that late first rounder to jump up 3 spots at the early 20s / low teens. So a mid 20s may only get you to jump a couple of spots at the late lottery at best.
Last edited by Ariel; 02-18-2023 at 09:50 AM.
A Russell Westbrook who STRUGGLES AT THE RIM. What does that leave us with?
Russel westrbook is a good draft pick in almost all draft years! ALmost always top 5 on a redraft? you don't have to like the player, but the spurs would love a westrbook on controlled salary. OBV your complaint is about the pace of development of a prospect on defined high slaray. The biggest problem with westbrook is salary
Spurs need to find a way to get Jalen Hood-Shifino
That guy is going to be great. Incredible shots going to the basket and a great distributor /passer and a nice mid range and perimeter shot, really a smooth player.
a position of need at pg.
Charles Barkley said it best: "Deer can run fast and jump high--but you don't find them playing in the NBA."
Our second round pick will be Nikola Djurisic simply because he is a good Serbian boy that Pop will want to give a chance. Might as well book this one for sure.
He looked bored. The team was force feeding Grimes. I’m not sure he understands fake basketball.
Lol maybe - but he was goofing off more than anyone trying to be flashy (no I’m not hating - just observation) and it was not good….Who cares, he had fun and had a couple fun moments.
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