seems like the myriad of draft experts start to panik. there have been so many different mocks out there (more than ever I guess) and now they are like....hey, we need to pull out something no other mock has ever brought up. who has never been put at #1?? damn, almost everybody has been there at some point........ok, can't find a mock with Salaun at #1. so, let's start from this and claim teams are so impressed with his workouts and we put Salaun on the top. (note...I completely made this up, don't ask for a source)
the funny thing is, there's so much talk about who is falling, Sarr, Risacher, Topic, Dillingham, Buzelis, Holland, Collier, Flip, and so on. the final mock will look like a list of guys they forgot to push down. that way a guy like da Silva will end up top ten on some boards.
I'd say the tendency is the opposite, for mocks to start conforming to each other. No one wants to be dinged in the future for making a mistake.
But this year is so impossible to guage and the intel is so hard to get certain that many mockers are trying out a lot of different ideas or sticking with personal preferences.
I saw a podcast where someone said that no player should get too attached to the hat they’re given on stage. Gonna be some activity.
New BR mock has the Grizzlies trading up to the #4 spot in a 3-team deal including the Spurs.
- Memphis Grizzlies receive: No. 4 pick and Keldon Johnson
San Antonio Spurs receive: Marcus Smart, Ziaire Williams, No. 9 pick, No. 39 pick and a 2025 second-round pick (via MEM, HOU or OKC)
- If the Grizzlies try and fail to get up to No. 3, this front office would be doing backflips if Clingan dropped to No. 4.
Their frontcourt could use a glass-cleaning, shot-blocking, close-range-finishing big body in the middle, and Clingan just filled that very role on consecutive national championship teams at UConn.
Losing Smart's leadership, experience and table-setting would sting, but he has always appeared on paper as a less-than-ideal fit with Ja Morant. Johnson wouldn't be the focus of this deal, but his scoring punch and downhill attacking could be helpful to have nonetheless.
The Spurs, meanwhile, seem likely to pick up a playmaker, and Smart brings that label to both ends. A defense featuring him as the head of the snake and Victor Wembanyama on the back end sounds like a nightmare—even before accounting for the long-limbed duo of Devin Vassell and Jeremy Sochan—and Smart's vision could help give the big fella cleaner looks than he found during his rookie season.
The Spurs also add three picks to keep or trade, plus they get the chance to see what happens when they run Williams through their famed developmental program.
They also have Charlotte trading up to 3 in a 3-team deal to take Sheppard. It says the Hornets, Blazers, and Grizzlies have all reached out to HOU about trading up for that pick.
I would hate this trade personally. Smart is already 30 years old and doesn't fit Wemby's timeline at all. He also only has 2 years left on his deal. Makes very little sense for the Spurs so I don't think it happens. Decided to post anyways.
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They also have us trading our newly acquired 9th pick via MEM to the Bulls for #11 where we take Dilly fwiw. None of this is going to happen though.
I would take Keldon over Smart at this point in their careers. And Ziaire would be the first cut in training camp. Do these guys even think about what they're proposing lmao
Do these guys even try? Awful trade. The draft evaluators are terrible at the rumor mill stuff.
2 very close pofiles tho
It's make more sense to add a foward to either guard
I think Carter is only an option if castle isn't available
Smart to the Spurs might be the stupidest idea of the summer tbh
Bad playmaker and bad shoter, just what we need...
If Carter is the top guy at 8 and they already have Castle, then I'd still take Carter. The guard rotation is completely open and have two bust-your-chops guys who can play hardass d and know how to play on the other end would be great. I think they'd both transition pretty quickly, too.
If Carter's shot keeps developing, two of them and Devin could play together against most lineups.
I'm personally torn between Carter and taking a chance with Dillingham. PATFO probably aren't. It would surely be Carter.
Especially if Blazers take Salaun at #7.
Hopefully Atlanta sees this and feels the urgency to draft Clingan at #1. Then Sarr goes to Washington at 2 and Sheppard at 3 as expected.
Atlanta's #1 pick plus the Instagram Baller (Murray) for #4, #8 and one of Atlanta's unprotected picks back, allowing them to tank to their hearts content one season. Allowing the Spurs to go either Rishacher with that top pick at their SF of the future or if they aren't as sold on him as many are, go get Sarr as their defensive and rebounding PF/C to allow Wemby to float PLUS have their defensive PG that isn't too old. Draft picks are never a sure thing speaking of the ATL picks but this way you get one proven player and hopefully a player with tremendous upside for three picks. Atlanta has to be desperate to be able to tank since they don't really look like a le contender right now as constructed.
After reading the latest intel from all the mocks, I think the Spurs’ plan is this:
1. If Risacher and Sheppard aren’t available at #4, draft Castle at 4 and the best available wing (Knecht/Williams) at 8
2. If Risacher isn’t available at #4 but Sheppard is, draft Sheppard at 4 and the best available wing (Knecht/Williams) at 8
4. If Risacher is available at #4, draft him and then Carter at 8
I think Risacher isn't the top of their board but that Castle is. I wouldn't be surprised to see Risacher slide to Detroit.
these clowns get the occasional shame parade on Twitter but there isn't much with which to hold them accountable. I'd really want to know their success rates predicting picks on difficult drafts like this one.
we are ending up with Salaun and Devin Carter and we are going to like it
I doubt the Spurs' plan has any correlation with mock drafts at all.
https://nbadraft.theringer.com/
The Ringer has our boy at #1
Crazy that KOC has Salaun ranked ahead of Sarr and Risacher.
At this point, KOC is just anonther hot take artist.
He's got Castle at #1 on his big board, but he thinks he'll slide all the way to #6 in his mock draft.
Look at this .The Blazers already have Deandre Ayton at center, but what’s stopping them from trying to build a massive frontcourt?
My fear is that the FO's "best wing" is actually Salaun (), so if they take a guard at 4 he's the pick at 8. If that's the case I think I'd rather go with Risacher & Carter, even if they're not my first options at either spot. Not a lot of star power, but the best bet to get 2 eventually good starters that fit: high character guys with positional size that can shoot and defend. And hope you can find your high upside guy next draft, or via free agency or trade.
https://sports.yahoo.com/with-bulls-...150136313.html
San Antonio has also made the No. 8 pick available, sources said
Very small tidbit in a fairly big article but fwiw.
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