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I can’t remember so much trade activity happening BEFORE the draft. By my count no less than 4 FRPs in the current draft have changed hands so far. Wild stuff.
Man, OKC is in a sweet spot at #15. They don't really need anything at this point and they can just sit back and see which one of Sorber, Coward, Murray-Boyles, Carter, Beringer, etc fall to them. Probably the most stress free draft of Presti's career.
I can’t remember so much trade activity happening BEFORE the draft. By my count no less than 4 FRPs in the current draft have changed hands so far. Wild stuff.
There are a lot of interesting players hovering around the late lottery and throughout the lottery before. Last year pretty much sucked. The year before with Wemby, the draft fizzled out after the Thompson twins, massive cliff after them. This year is different.
Those 4 non lottery pick are trash. All of them together won’t get you 14.
I don't see any way Boston can get there.
jaylen brown to nets has been my pet mock trade for a while now. that gets them there
I don't think that's the timeline, player, or contract that Brooklyn wants right now. What does he do for them.?
Derick White gets them in the 9-14 range. Jaku is interesting because if not selected by 9 he could definitely fall to mid-teens.
Or they could trade up for Maluach. God they're gonna be a to deal with for a decade.
What if Jaylen Brown is going to Houston?
Early season, when we were looking at two mid lottery picks (pre Fox trade / getting to #2), my early options were Kasparas and Essengue.
At this point, I still think Essengue is a great prospect, but given our dearth of shooting, I don't think it makes sense to draft him unless happens - he's similar enough in rank / tier to other guys who'll be there, but its probably really hard to make him fit into a roster around Fox / Castle / Harper - This is the loop around way of saying he should (to me) be lower on a Spurs specific board than a general one / what they think other teams will do.
I think a Spurs specific board looks something like a general board, though is:
Lower on non shooters - already an issue, you'll prioritise the build around your guys (so, CMB, Essengue, Demin drop)
Higher on shooting specialists / more offball focused players (Carter Bryant up, Bailey case makes some sense)
Skillset particular on Bigs, with a focus on adding defensive value (I think we'll be building a lot of 1 big lineups with drop / centrefield coverage, then a Sochan / eventual PF option as a switch heavy change up), makes Maluach / Beringer / Sorber make sense, Queen is a hard fit),
Lower on pure PG options, particularly small ones once they have Harper. (Fears down).
Less than 1 day left.
So excited for the Draft
who is the 14th? and the second-rounder? hmmmm
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They took Durant for that spot.
Durant plays PF. Brown plays SF/SG
They still have the assets and cap flexibility to make a moronic move like that, though I imagine they won't do much other than sign someone for the mle this summer and hold assets for a Giannis trade.
Its not about starting 5, but acquring stars. But sure, if they want to throw all those picks they have to get Brown and run 5 deep rotation, go for it.
Asa Newell worked out for the San Antonio Spurs
Would be a terrible fit. Sochan part 2. Weighs only 224 lbs so can’t really play C legitimately. Would get pushed around like Collins or Sochan
Walter Clayton Jr cancelled all of his workouts for teams picking late in round 1
Rasheer Fleming worked out for the San Antonio Spurs on May 29th.
Noah Penda worked out for the San Antonio Spurs once he arrived to the United States.
Sometime during the German league playoffs Ben Saraf worked out for the San Antonio Spurs in Germany
Chaz Lanier worked out for the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio
Feels like a natural move would be for Orlando to give max effort to move up an ensure they can draft Walter Clayton Jr. Alas, I don't think there's anything attractive left in Orlando that might be worth pursuing to say swap 14 and 25.
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