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No. This is a four player draft. It’s not linear. There’s a little cliff right after #4.
How often do you repeat yourself?
No. This is a four player draft. It’s not linear. There’s a little cliff right after #4.
Until people acknowledge that Kyrie isn’t a factor in the future of the Dallas Mavericks. He’s 34, and will be 35 before he plays again.
Kyrie has a player option and is a free agent in 2026. He's done.
Thanks for posting this. Seems like a great kid. Filipino Spurs fans should be pretty pumped especially if the Spurs draft him and keep him.
I'm curious if Ron Harper is in the picture (I'd assume so and this video was just highlighting him mom's side of the family), but I also thought I read that him mom is a basketball player, if so, I wonder if she has trained him up more growing up?
30/12/6.5 says otherwise. I believe Giannis has another great 4 to 5 years before he starts declining.
Sooo... Value of that Mavs swap has probably dropped a bit, right?
It doesn’t always pass down , like size sometimes doesn’t. Scotty Pippin Jr. is 6’1”.
You’re free to believe whatever you want, including the tooth fairy and Santa Clause.
Hey Ex, you happy Utah didn't get the number 1 pick? That's one thing I feel good about. Love that Houston didn't get up there, OKC didn't get a pick, just the Dallas over SA for first place sucked because as soon as it was down to the last two, I played the percentages and thought the Spurs had it due to having a 6% chance compared to Dallas' 1.8% (this was going through my mind just before it was announced). Oh well, like I said, before the draft, I was have been ecstatic with the number 2 pick. Dylan Harper looks really good, but if the Spurs don't want him for whatever reason, the options could be great too. I guess number 2 is much better than 3 or 4.
Yes. Ainge.
a 35yo coming off a torn ACL is not going to decline his player option
I actually forgot about that on Kyrie. The Mavs could definitely go for Harper as perfect replacement while having AD.
I have a feeling the spurs will draft bailey over harper as the team doesnt need another PG. drafting bailey will send either vassel or sochan to the bench or trade Them.
the spurs drafting Bailey (who i like) over Harper would be malpractice. they will either trade the pick, draft harper and trade him later (like the Cavs did with Wiggins), or draft and keep harper and figure out the roster later
No. They would trade this pick before tacking Bailey over Harper. Harper is light years ahead of Bailey.
Bailey over Harper would be extremely ing stupid.
I feel like people who keep saying Bailey have never watched a second of him playing and know nothing about him.
barring trades, this is how i see the draft playing out
1 - Mavs will take Flagg
2 - Spurs will take Harper. no overthinking it.
3 - Sixers will take Bailey. they have no means of rebuilding and have no choice but to run it back. they have good young guards, need frontcourt scoring.
4 - Hornets take VJ. BPA, and is a good fit for them as well. gives them defense and good off-ball play alongside Ball/Miller
5 - Jazz take Tre Johnson. they need legit perimeter scoring juice. i think they like Collier and he needs good shooting outlets other than Lauri
6 - Wizards take Queen. they need an offensive hub/generator and Sarr is potentially a great complement to Queen's strengths and weaknesses
7 - Pelicans take Kon. they need shooting and connectivity. i dont know that they can trade mccollum, but i think they want another option at guard alongside murray
8 - Nets take Jaku. they need someone to run the show and bring maturity to their offense.
9 - Raptors take Maluach. theyve been linked to him for quite a while. poeltl has one year left and then a player option. if Johnson/Kon were available, i think they'd go that way
past that i dont have nearly as strong an opinion. no clue what rockets, blazers would do. i dont see Sorber getting past both Chicago and ATL though. think he's an awesome fit for either.
Harper is actually a spot on comp to Jalen Williams ( okc ) ; I’d take him and mcneely / Fleming / Bryan if push came to shove. Our three guard lineup would cause a ton of problems.
Thinking through the rest of the order, I really like the Queen to Wizards fit. Baltimore kid and Maryland Terp going to DC is a perfect homecoming story as well. I think this might become the biggest no brainer after Flagg if he's still there at 6.
For NOP, I'm starting to think Fears or Jaku is the play for the Pels. They are loaded at the wings with TMIII, Herb and Zion. They seem set at C with Missi. When DJM comes back he probably needs to move over to the 2 anyway coming off an achilles. NOP needs a PG and these two make the most sense. I like Fears for the star power.
I see all of the Raptors links to Maluach but I'm not sure I understand it. Jak will certainly opt into his option and TOR went out of their way to get him from us. With that said... The Raptors are filled with a bunch of mid players and no clear #1 option. Seems like they are in need of a consolidation trade... could this be a sneaky Giannis destination? KD?
Not really, drafting a wing in bailey make more sense with current roster. And besides it will send either vassel or scohan to the bench. Drafting harper doesnt make sense with fox and castle already in the lineup unless we trade the pick/ harper later on.
It’s not really quite that straightforward. Many have players like Kon and Tre above Ace. A lot of people think Ace is overrated and may fall on draft day. Tre on the other hand may rise up as high as three because of the lead star possibilities. If he hits there’s a good chance he’s better than even VJ. The one thing that’s certain is Flagg is easily #1 and Harper is easily #2 and that’s why I wouldn’t do it. But Markennan is a nice booby prize tho. Some on here were ready to trade half the team to get him last year. Were you one of those?
i think raptors could be a wildcard for jase richardson. but i think between barnes/barrett/ingram they have a ton of future money invested in wings, and already have Walter/ as a bench shooters. i think they are going to look at point or center. maybe they go Fears or are a surprise Jase Richardson landing spot i dno.
Not 100% sold on the Flagg hype but no question the fit would have been seamless next to Wemby. Dylan Harper looks like he could be a of a player though despite the questionable fit next to Fox and Castle. Spurs should draft Harper as he's a tier above the next level of prospects but will be interesting to see how this plays out with possibly many teams having disgruntled stars or looking to duck the apron.
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