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Topic only played sixteen games this year? And barely played last year?
Ricky Rubio
He has a partially torn ACL
Welp so much for that
Ouch. Yeah let’s go a different route at #8 then
Huge bummer for the kid and horrible timing. Looks like he rushed back too quickly to try and prove to NBA scouts that he’s ready to go. Sucks.
Someone’s going to get a steal with him if/when he falls into the teens though tbh. Just hope it’s not the ing Lakers or teams like Miami or OKC.
Last edited by BatManu20; 06-05-2024 at 11:18 AM.
Was very skeptical of the reports after the latest injury tbh. Very much screamed of his agent/team trying to do some damage control. Weird since his medicals would eventually come to light. He'll be an interesting pick in the 11-20 range. Like the Lakers/Heat should def give him a look.
He won't do much in his rookie year
Spurs still may consider him at 8
damnn...wonder how far he will drop cause of this.
For his age 16 and 17 years, he was on a team in the Euroleague. Teenagers don’t usually play at all for the parent club in those situations. The fact that he played 12 games for the big club over those two seasons at his age is a huge positive, not a negative.
Yeah
Though both of those teams are in a win now mode.
Wonder if it would be worth trying to trade down to get him?
Like send #8 for future picks and get him in that range. Gamble on multiple levels
Yeah. Still don’t know about surgery yet, but there’s some rest and rehab in his future at a minimum.Welp so much for that
I’d still take him at 8. No one in this draft is breaking out quickly imo.
Lakers will be after Bronny
If he has a partial acl tear with subjective instability after playing, I would be stunned if he didn’t end up undergoing acl reconstruction. After that, who knows? Return to same sport same level after acl reconstruction is about 80% in elite athletes. He’s a guy so that helps, but he’s under 20, so that hurts with regards to re-rupture. All that’s gotta be priced into his evaluation now. Feel for the guy, seems like a good kid, sucks that this happened to him.
Would rather go with other options at 8, but if he falls far enough I'd explore the possibility of nabbing him by using other assets (I believe in his playmaking and the prospect of his shot improving more than others, I guess). I think he's a good candidate go land in Portland with the #14 pick.
+1. The sure thing is that he is not on play for the 4th pick. His agent is doing his work : he thinks that the injury wil not affect his draft stock ( wrong imo) and that the US doctors Who evaluates the stability of the knee said that the knee is in excellent shape.
Last edited by duncan2150; 06-05-2024 at 11:47 AM.
If I was Portland I would be putting it out there that I have interest in drafting Topic at 7. Force the Spurs to burn 4 on Topic.
Topic/ Salaun incoming for the Spurs
Playing for another tank
Givony really deserves to be call out on this one.
There was a Serbian article, that presented all the details of his injury and said that a surgery was highly likely. Givony decided to ignore it and just posted all the BS coming from his agent. And he is doing it again in his latest article while he now knows he has been lied to by Topic's agent.
This injury really hurt Topic's draft stock and he might even withdrew from this draft before the June 16 deadline.
At some point Givony had to start working like a journalist, by using multiple sources, and stop being agents' mouthpiece.
unfortunately this is the issue that has come up across sports as internet/social media/24 hour news cycle has led to big national names dominating coverage. the days of local beat writers getting better intel than national reporters are already all but gone.
instead, if you want to get scoops, you have to be a mouthpiece. woj is often a mouthpiece for the old guard. GMs, exects. meanwhile Shams is a mouthpiece for players/agents. and they dominate the NBA stories.
schefter/rappaport do this for NFL reporting too
its just the way the game is played right now, and yes, it sucks
The Spurs aren't challenging for a championship in '25 or '26, so if they liked Topic pre-injury I don't see why this would affect drafting him at #8. Considering the Spurs are taking the long view as a 22 win team, I don't think this changes the outlook for the 2026 roster looking a certain way, dependent of course on the medicals...
With #8, would be great.
You bank on his high feel and bbiq.
Wasting a lottery pick on a point guard that can’t shoot or defend and has a torn ACL is not something I imagine even the most incompetent front office would
If he's there at 8, you gotta take him.
With the roster crowding, it could be a blessing in disguise -- could allow them to make good use of those second round picks.
Maybe, but it's hard to see him jumping into next year's talent-rich draft after being out of sight out of mind for an even longer time.
Think that would be a huge mistake for him to withdraw. He'll still go first round and still get a guaranteed two years and almost certainly another two after that.
He’d go higher in this draft, injured, than next year, recovered.
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