Yup....We need new young blood on this team.Wesley,branham,bassey even vassell and sochan aint doing .
yuh, I'm kinda on board with this. The more you look at it, if your team is not in the top 4, it would seem to be more of a crapshoot. Also wouldn't mind spurs trading the 8th pick for say like a pick in the teens and maybe another future 1st rounder.
His size is going to really matter. If he's wing sized, he really just has to play smart and tough defense. If he's a guard only, it'd be harder to fit him on the floor with bad defensive tools.
I'm not sold on Knueppel's defense translating. His feet look very slow to me and he's groundbound to boot.
On offense he has the potential to be a really good role player as a shooter and passer.
We saw playmaking skills at Duke, however at the NBA level I think his athletic limitations will keep him from being real playmaker.
Trade suggestion to hawks. Assuming teams stand exactly as shown in tankathon and assuming no top tier player falls: trade the 8th pick to the hawks for their 13th pick, and trade the 38th pick to the hawks for their 22nd 1st round pick. And pull the trigger on the best 3 combination of available out of essengue, mcneely, sorber, demin, wolf, or fleming.
he often gets blown by then uses his physicality to affect the driver... that might fly in college but in the NBA its going to be a lot of fouls
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I like Derik Queen as a possibility for the spurs. I don't know about the fit but I like what he does with the ball. Older freshman though
This guy has Fears at 4 (as a surprise), Queen to Spurs at 8, Bryant at 14 (vs Fleming in the discussion).
He raises good points about Queen/Wemby vs OKC Hartenstein/Chet. Excited about a lineup of Fox-Castle-Bryant-Queen-Wemby
Also when you get to 8, we have lots of good options still that do include Knueppel, Jaku. I'm getting excited about this draft!!!
Edit: He also pointed out that Maluach was an insane +53 per 100 possessions with Duke. While I am not hating Maluach as much, makes sense to prefer Queen for us who can play PF/C, unlike Maluach. Thus avoiding the "too high a pick for a backup C" that plagued our Edey discussions prior to last draft.
What for some 2035 picks, SHADDUP!!!!?????!!!!!!!
(trading picks for a veteran is always a legit option but we need to also be acquiring young prospects and churning those roster spots some)
Seriously though, your plan seems spotty because how do we know where any future picks will even land? I think you are underestimating this draft class, which last year everyone said was BEST EVER and all that...
When you're mentioning fits, forget about Wemby, it's about Fox/Castle.
Wemby can easily play with another big, even if he isn't a shooter, but if we're to start Fox and Castle, we can't really afford to have a non-shooter starting at PF.
I see this guy as the perfect Devin replacement. Allows them to reset that contract/role if they look to move Dev this summer.
Vecine has his latest mock today: https://archive.ph/v0DAK
He has us at #9?
He runs a sim lottery, and had Portland jumping into the top 4, bumping us backwards.
Yeah, he did a simulation. Interesting nugget that Carter Bryant is generating lotto buzz. On paper seems like a good fit especially at 9. Haven’t watched his game yet.
Ah thanks, I missed that
I think Carter Bryant and Noa Essengue would be close to my disaster scenario for this draft.
Vecenie mocks lean toward need and fit, more of a film guy. I only trust the BSPN one with Givony and Woo there for players actual value. But Carter Bryant is the guy most resembles Keegan Murray and him and possibly Essengue are to only real combo forward in our range.
Keegan Murray actually played in college, a lot. Carter Bryant made occasional appearances.
Jonathan Givony, I definitely don't trust him. He constantly seems to be pushing certain guys or holding back on others, and not because of what teams are saying. He was better before he joined ESPN -- oh, wait, he's ESPN. That's why he does it.
I mean, upstairs he's talking about guys not missing in open shoot-arounds. Who gives a ? And he's the one who tried dropping that horse about watching Stephon Castle shoot for a long time and never making two in a row. Oh, and he's been caught doctoring his mocks after the fact.
Anyway, yeah, taking Carter with the 8 would be bad enough. Following it up with another long project would be terrible. Having them play the same position would be icing on the cake.
I remember reading that bit about Castle not making two in a row. Was that before the draft?
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