Official 2022 NBA Draft thread

[Chinook]

All valid.

I also can’t help but feel this draft will go a long way to telling us if they’re starting the transition in earnest to the next crop of young guys, centered around Primo, Vassell, and some combo of these 4 picks.

There is probably real behind the scenes discussion about DeJounte’s future that we won’t ever know about.

There probably is, but I don't think they've collected so many picks in order to trade Murray, because the dude will just bring in more picks. Like people are saying the Kings or Blazers would give their pick for Murray. If that's true, why would the Spurs care about the 25th and 38th picks? The Spurs should be open to trading Murray, but I don't see them doing to until next summer. Even if the Spurs have cap space and nothing to spend it on, they can still renegotiate and extend Murray in October, which would increase his trade value the following June.

[Chinook]

Didn’t even know you could do that. Can we do that for either the Boston or Toronto picks?

The option to do so can be incorporated into trades. NOP has the same right with the 2025 LAL first.

[mo7888]

So Philly will be picking instead of the Nets.

Any impact in the difference in teams with who the Spurs might be interested in at 25?

I haven't really thought it through but, I'd expect Philly to go with whoever they think is most ready for this season even if their ceiling is low.

[mo7888]

So Philly will be picking instead of the Nets.

Any impact in the difference in teams with who the Spurs might be interested in at 25?

I haven't really thought it through but, I'd expect Philly to go with whoever they think is most ready for this season even if their ceiling is low.

[exstatic]

Didn’t even know you could do that. Can we do that for either the Boston or Toronto picks?

That was built into their trade, an option to take their pick this year or next. We don’t have that option.

[Degoat]

I swear Johnny Davis is going to be really good and the spurs will end up passing on him.

[daslicer]

Can I ask a little bit about those cities? I would have thought Indianapolis, Sacramento and Portland (is Seattle in the same category if they still had a team?) would be OK places to live, but since I'm not in the US, don't know much about them.

Indianapolis has a history of being a backwards place so it's not desirable to me. Sacramento is just a boring small town. Portland is way too white for me and again is a small town. I'm not picky about where to live it's why I mentioned 24-25 NBA cities are good enough for me to live in. All though I do prefer warm places.

For me what qualifies to me as good enough a city that has a population of at least 500K or larger, diversity, and isn't filled with religious conservative nutcases. I currently live in Charlotte, and it checks off all the boxes for me.

[BackHome]

Yes i think he could benefit from another year in college

btw a lot of prospects ( roddy, butler, houstan, diabate,terry, lewis...) going to the draft is good for the depth. 38 pick could be really interesting.

This draft is looking more and more heavy to mid first to even mid second for legit players. I think they will be some guys who don't get drafted who may be better then some of the first round picks a lot of hidden gems I think will be found in late second and in the undrafted groups.

[CGD]

Saw someone propose the following trade somewhere else, which I thought was plausible if spurs/mavs could get past their history:

DAL: Richardson; Doug; 20
SAS: Hardaway; 26; future FRP

Hardway has 3 years which isn’t excellent but at least salary decreases over time.

You do this one, right?

[PhantomDashCam]

Well we know Kendall worked out for SA. Wonder if Marjon was there too or perhaps stopping through on the way back? Houston also set to work out Jovic this week…

[duncan2150]

[R. DeMurre]

Saw someone propose the following trade somewhere else, which I thought was plausible if spurs/mavs could get past their history:

DAL: Richardson; Doug; 20
SAS: Hardaway; 26; future FRP

Hardway has 3 years which isn’t excellent but at least salary decreases over time.

You do this one, right?

Dallas already had Richardson once, and traded him away for cap relief after Hardaway took his starting spot. I don't think they're giving up a future FRP to give him a second chance.

[CGD]

Dallas already had Richardson once, and traded him away for cap relief after Hardaway took his starting spot. I don't think they're giving up a future FRP to give him a second chance.

Didn’t he realize they had him already, so yeah that makes it less likely for sure.

I think their idea was trying to figure out more Bertans types deals, that while not excellent, help them get off long term $$.

[CGD]

Like him at 25, but for the love of God I hope they draft size elsewhere

[Ice009]

SA has a relatively small black community for a city its size, and it's relatively boring. I'm assuming the same for Salt Lake City. I can't say about the other places, other than OKC seeming horrific when I passed through, though that was years ago, and everyone was hanging out in the wealthy suburbs. Portland is a super popular place, at least for hipsters, so I wouldn't think that would be a horrible place compared to some others.

Yeah, I hear nothing but bad things about OKC. How in the heck were the Supersonics allowed to be moved there. I probably wouldn't mind being in those other cities as they don't sound too bad. Not sure about SLC either, though. I think I'd like Portland the city itself, but not sure if a hipster crowd would be my type of crowd at all.

Portland is probably a pretty great place to live, pretty eclectic. Indianapolis is incredibly boring. Sacramento has that reputation, too, but at least is in California. Salt Lake City is in a heel state controlled by a religiously tyrannical sect but has beautiful nature. Oklahoma is just a horrible state on every level.

I figured Sacramento being in California wouldn't be too bad. I always wondered why they never got a lot of free agents to go there. The team sucking and having crap management would be one reason, but I didn't realize it's not that big of a town.

Just want to say thanks to all for all the insights in to these cities as it's interesting to know a little bit about them. Cities that I thought might be good, I'd likely cross off my list if ever going on that planned visit to the US sometime in future.

It just depends on what you like to do...I'm not a fan of Seattle just like I'm not a fan of Austin...cities that don't have a plan to deal with a burgeoning homeless population aren't appealing to me but, some people don't have a problem with it.

I am a fan of nature and stuff so I am kind of drawn into Seattle as Washington State sounds like a very scenic countryside with nice forests, mountains, water etc. Sounds like there is a good amount of outdoor activities along with the nice country side (not that I am huge into outdoor activities, but if I lived somewhere that had more of them, I would definitely try to get outdoors a lot more), but I guess I don't know what type of crowd/people are there. I also like the idea of rainy days as from where I am from it's quite dry most of the year. I know it's not close to the wettest cities in the US, but seems like it has a nice balance.

It's such an individual decision to prefer one city over another. I like New Orleans much more than most American cities, but the crime issue there is real so I understand why people I know have left. I'm always a little shocked when players seem to prefer places like LA and Miami, but they're young millionaires and those places have more trendy clubs & beaches & fancy car dealerships & strip clubs & the like, so it's understandable... I don't think too many young guys care too much about things like history/older culture, architecture, etc... But it does make me laugh when some people characterize a college guy who has gone to play in Europe as a failure! Living in Barcelona or Istanbul or Rome and getting paid a million bucks a year to play basketball is far from any kind of failure in my book.

I actually think NO would be quite cool, but I can see why a lot of people wouldn't like it if there is a fair bit of crime. I assume the music scene is good there, or has that dropped off these days? I also wouldn't mind LA or Miami from the sounds of it, but even if I was loaded like NBA players, I wouldn't choose those cities for the reasons you mentioned. It's more the weather that interests me in those places. I also assume as people get older, the weather would be more comfortable in those places.

I think the city arguments are weird in this day and age. Like yeah San Antonio sucks, but do most players even live in the city the play for during the offseason? The NBA season is like 7 months and teams are on the road for a good portion of it. the other half of the year they can live wherever. I honestly don't know, but i would think in today's world it wouldnt be as big of a deal playing in a small market. could be wrong though

100% agree. If I were an NBA player and didn't like the city much, I just wouldn't live there during the off-season. I'd pick the team based on the best fit, players I'd like to play with and coaching staff/player development that could lift my game. I wouldn't care what city I am in when you can live anywhere in the off-season. Also, an NBA career isn't that long really, so you can always do other stuff after retiring.

This is something I've never understood. These guys travel for like half of the year. They are all still going to have plenty of chances to be in the LAs, the Miamis, the New Yorks, and San Frans and whatever else floats their boat.

Then they have the other half of the year off and enough money to travel and stay WHEREVER THE THEY WANT.

I understand that being in a big market gets you more exposure and possible advertising incentives but...don't act like you want to play in LA because you love the beaches or go to Miami because you love the club scene. Even if you live there, you spend half of the year resting, practicing, or flying somewhere else.

It's all about money at the end of the day.

Yeah, it doesn't make sense when you're travelling through those cities. If anything, you should be more focused on Basketball, training, resting, recovery etc. throughout the season rather than living somewhere you can do leisure/fun/partying type of activities during the season. It's probably better to pass through those places. Having said that, as long as you can focus on what you're getting paid to do, I guess going out wouldn't hurt that much. Just depends on the person and his priorities. All I'd be interested in is winning if I was in the NBA, but have read that is not the first priority of a lot of NBA players.

Indianapolis has a history of being a backwards place so it's not desirable to me. Sacramento is just a boring small town. Portland is way too white for me and again is a small town. I'm not picky about where to live it's why I mentioned 24-25 NBA cities are good enough for me to live in. All though I do prefer warm places.

For me what qualifies to me as good enough a city that has a population of at least 500K or larger, diversity, and isn't filled with religious conservative nutcases. I currently live in Charlotte, and it checks off all the boxes for me.

Charlotte sounds decent, also NC seems like a nice place. I am guessing the countryside is quite good/nice there? Indianapolis doesn't sound as good as I thought it was. Didn't realize it's a bit backwards. Sacramento is sounding worse and worse as above posters mentioned the same thing. Portland I'm not sure about it as it sounds like it has some nice qualities and some not so exciting.

This draft is looking more and more heavy to mid first to even mid second for legit players. I think they will be some guys who don't get drafted who may be better then some of the first round picks a lot of hidden gems I think will be found in late second and in the undrafted groups.

Getting back on topic of the thread, this does sound really intriguing draft. Sounds like there could be players that are in the second round or players that go undrafted that could be worth a real look. Could find some incredible diamonds in the rough that go undrafted, or slip into the second round. I wonder if the Spurs would be interested in another second round pick. This is going to be a super interesting draft.

Saw someone propose the following trade somewhere else, which I thought was plausible if spurs/mavs could get past their history:

DAL: Richardson; Doug; 20
SAS: Hardaway; 26; future FRP

Hardway has 3 years which isn’t excellent but at least salary decreases over time.

You do this one, right?

Not sure Dallas would have any interest in that trade. I wouldn't mind it, though. How do you rate Tim Hardaway Jr.? Also, what was wrong with TH Jr. during the playoffs? What was his injury?

[dbestpro]

Drafting anyone 6-6 or less at number 9 is an admission that the Primo pick was a mistake.

[JuneJive]

Drafting anyone 6-6 or less at number 9 is an admission that the Primo pick was a mistake.

Huh?

What if the BPA is someone of that profile?

[drpill]

If a player the Spurs really want is available in the 6-8 range, but possibly gone at 9, what would it take to trade up? Would the 9 and 20 or 25 be enough to trade up one or two picks? There are a lot of interesting players who might be available at 20 (and at 25, for that matter). But if the team is targeting someone who they think is a difference maker could they get it done with one of these picks or would it require more or different assets?

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Drafting anyone 6-6 or less at number 9 is an admission that the Primo pick was a mistake.

Sound logic. Because we all know teams only have 1 player 6'6 or less in their rotations. Besides, who cares about wings in today's NBA - it's all about them bigs.

[The Truth #6]

Drafting anyone 6-6 or less at number 9 is an admission that the Primo pick was a mistake.

No, wait, you didn't hear about his open growth plates?? He's basically 6'8", but we need to give it some more time. His agent told us so!

[Mr. Body]

If a player the Spurs really want is available in the 6-8 range, but possibly gone at 9, what would it take to trade up? Would the 9 and 20 or 25 be enough to trade up one or two picks? There are a lot of interesting players who might be available at 20 (and at 25, for that matter). But if the team is targeting someone who they think is a difference maker could they get it done with one of these picks or would it require more or different assets?

I feel like the 20 or 25 wouldn't be enough to move up. Maybe both together, but I don't think any team would be in the market for that. If the Spurs could get, say, 16 or 17 for those two, then pair with the 9?

[The Truth #6]

Charlotte seems like the most obvious potential trade partner as others have mentioned, but we'll see. Brian Wright could surprise us.

[rjv]

drew timme is headed back to gonzaga.

[exstatic]

drew timme is headed back to gonzaga.

He showed up at 16% body fat to the combine. Maybe lay off the beer and pizza before your job interview.

[Mr. Body]

Timme will make a good bit of money overseas, but not in the NBA.