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Or maybe DET has a fine fanbase support and I could be way off here on the financial situation going on in MI
Of course any team makes room for Wemby if landed but trying not to disrupt as much as poss that's already clicking is the aim here.
Also thinking business minded, are you really going to drop a ticket seller like Wemby in DET where let's face it money seems tough right now. Just thinking how execs look at this, no way am I not selective as about where the biggest click generator in decades lands. Or maybe DET needs that boost and that's attractive?
I saw a mock sim where WSH beats odds and jumps +12 into #1 and they kinda have a nice carve out for Wemby. DC is pretty $$$ imo at least the metro area. Plus Wemby get the "presidential" treatment and can also keep him safer in the capital lol. Doubt Wiz bring back Zing but what an international duo, Wemby/Porzingis in DC lol just thinking out loud here, I'm not being fully serious. Kinda crazy how when you run sims, Wemby to SA really starts to make a lot of sense after seeing all the other options league wide. SA gets that big Duncan pick in historical nod to the past, they'll baby the player extending that juicy career, it could be interesting. [edit] And then you remember that The Spurs landed the #1 overall pick in the test run for the 2022 NBA draft like some foreshadowing there.
I was thinking, with Wemby being the super prize he is, it's gonna look riggy as if a leapfrogger beats odds to get him. If I'm league office, no way am I letting Wemby land on anyone other than a 14% just for the purity of appearances. Anyone jumps and it's gonna stink like a rig-job.
I guess DET would work for Wemby if you let Noel goes this summer, that 9.6mm is a team option, and maybe you let Wiseman go, that 12mm is also a team option, or keep one and play Bagley III at PF with Wemby, or play Wemby at C
Wemby/Duren
Stewart/Bagley III/Isaiah Livers
or
Duren/Bagley III
Wemby/Stewart/Livers
Yeah you are correct that slots Wemby nicely into DET bigs and works well with how Wemby and Bagley III can slide between PF/C. hmmm interesting great point.
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Or maybe DET has a fine fanbase support and I could be way off here on the financial situation going on in MI
Yeah, Kyrie’s shooting splits were 53/46/90. Scoot isn’t remotely close to that neighborhood.
im just talking about on court fit. Wemby alongside Duren is a match made in heaven with Cunningham facilitating and Ivey being the primary perimeter scorer. Anybody can and will make room for Wemby but Detroit already has young personnel who look like real players that should mesh with him.
it’s a place where he could really hit the ground running
If it aint the Spurs, I’d rather see him go to Orlando which I didnt realize until now has the greatest chance of landing the #1 pick… 10+7.5%
nevermind, the chicago pick is top 4 protected
Orlando or Pacers
Chicago is the Adam Silver/NBA FO dream for Wembanyama.
Since MJ retired, the NBA has had numerous opportunities to reward top players to Chicago, and they got one: Derrick Rose. They’re a moderately dysfunctional organization that can’t seem to pick a direction, or get out of their own way. If I could magically award Wemby to a team, Chicago might crack the top 10, but they wouldn’t be at, or near the top spot.
Exactly why Silver would looooove to get them back on track. Whole sight better than any of the other crummy teams at the bottom of the barrel. Silver doesn't give a about basketball; he cares about his marketing.
The other one, if he can't manage to get the Warriors to win the draft, is OKC. There are tons of Millennials who signed on to the Thunder during the Durant/Westbrook days and it's tremendously popular. He'd love to get Wembanyama there.
Is there a remote chance Hou trades Wemby to Spurs for Scoot, if Spurs would give them Vassell and maybe unprotected FRP?
It's in the Spurs best interest if they don't get Webmy that he goes to Charlotte, so that pick has a better chance to convey.
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!! No.
Lol only you value Vassell that highly.
I know the chances would be very remote, and as you said no. But Spurs 2024 FRP would likely be lottery. Would Spurs even contemplate on giving up 2024 FRP unprotected plus Vassell and Scoot to get Wemby? Or build around Scoot and likely 2024 FRP lottery as better path? I know getting Scoot is also not guaranteed, but for argument's sake.
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If such an opportunity arose, I firmly believe the Spurs would pounce on that faster than a tiger on a wounded antelope.
Wemby will cost you more than that. It would cost you Scoot and several other first round picks. Vassell isn't that good
It's not impossible. There's always MJ sliding to 3rd for a better fit, remember. And even Doncic going to Dallas. Houston needs a PG (Scoot) to play along Green and Smith (plus they have Sengun), and the question on Wemby's body holding up in the NBA.
Let's say Portland gets the second pick.
Will Houston (or any other team) trade Wembanyama for Scoot and Shaedon Sharpe because they are two future and undeniable superstars?
Exactly. I agree with being happy for DET if they get him, but if SA doesn’t land him, anyone but HOU but especially CHA would be great for the reason you mentioned.
But Spurs are a great fit for Wemby too - unlike DET even, SA has a pretty clean slate where you can truly build around Wemby as the clear guy and mold team around him perfectly. DET already has Cade/Ivey (which is not a bad thing) but its just not quite as raw of a template given their stature etc..
No one is trading Wemby for any thing. Would anyone have traded Lebron? Duncan?
Nope - we don’t know how he will work but the quality of prospect he is means there is zero chance he doesn’t go 1 and zero chance that he’s traded.
Because if he is Lebron type quality, no amount of lottery picks would be enough to give up 10+ years of Lebron. I wouldn’t trade Lebron (prime) for Luka + Booker + more for example and that would be like the best case scenario for a team that trades Wemby and gets players/picks back hypothetically (those picks turning into next Luka + Booker)
People nearly universally agree that Portland was colossally stupid for passing on MJ. They’re kind of a cautionary tale.
So DET getting Wemby, would they trade for Scoot plus unprotected FRP and young star?
It seems that there could potentially be teams, maybe HOU/DET that might benefit getting Scoot over Wemby, given the right trade.
But Lebron / Duncan were not 180 lbs stick. Plus as recently, Doncic went all the way down to Dallas for Trae? Bagley? It is NOT impossible. There are collosally stupid GM's out there.
Doncic was never the consensus #1, even though he probably should have been.
No way - DET already has what looks to be a loaded backcourt based on potential in Ivey/Cade. Wemby is the last piece and even fits positionally. It’s the opposite with DET IMO; maybe if DET lands pick 2 (Scoot) they trade back to pick 3 for Miller if SA lands that pick and SA gets Scoot.
There’s no one on earth that will be traded for Wemby IMO unless a team like Dallas offers up Luka or Giannis becomes available. Even then, I don’t know lol.
I meant like the type of prospect/pick - not actual Luka. Was kind of confusing; was just saying that if you land Wemby and a team offers you 3 or 4 firsts, even good ones, best case is you land Luka/Booker types and would you trade the next Lebron fro the next Luka/Booker? I wouldn’t.
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