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Of the two choices presented, I'd take Risacher and Sheppard.

Risacher + Sheppard would be a total heist if SA can pull it off maybe land #3 and #7

I just can’t imagine this years 1st holds enough value to get a respectable return. I think quite a few teams would prefer avoiding the money inside the top 3.

Nah tomorrow

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Yeah, bringing in DJJ was a good move as well. I thought they were crazy for getting Kyrie but at least for now he seems focused on basketball and it seems to me he was what Luka needed next to him too. I think they're still a piece or two away from being a championship contender. Exum was another...

Yeah these twin tower fantasies are laughable. They worked for us in 97-03 because it was basically Victor + Victor level talent in Tim and Dave. I definitely wouldn't have been gung ho about a Duncan + Smits or Robinson + Magloire pairing.

I wouldn't want Sarr if this draft was any good, but everyone else looks so questionable and Sarr's floor seems to be the highest. Elite rim protector who can also switch on the perimeter is very valuable these days. While I agree that he wouldn't fit with Wemby, he'd still be really valuable and...

Coming from a maga retard I find that analysis funny.

I wonder what Bridges market value will be with the PR hit dangling over him like the sword of damocles. If he resigns for 4/60, I don't know that CHA would take anymore of a PR hit than they already did by bringing him back in the first place. Would someone offer him more than that knowing the...

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The lottery is in like 1,5 hours ?

You always want the earliest pick possible. The draft costs are controlled and not particularly high, and even if you're not in love with a prospect at the top, some over team probably is enough to give up some asset to move up and get pick their guy. Dallas got off Bertans last year moving down...

But defense is not just rim protection. You got to secure those rebounds after well-contested shots. He's a good rim protector against penetration from the perimeter, but he can't do much against elite bigs. Even Valanciunas had stretches of easy buckets every time he got the ball. He obviously...

Bolded is the most important part, IMO. Sarr is a project on the offensive end. Many folks want to overlook that because he projects to an elite rim protector... but we have an elite rim protector on our bench already, and playing next to Vic was okay but not all that compelling either. Our best...

The trees in my neighborhood still hadn't lost their leaves until those three cold days in mid January, and then it has been spring since. Though pound me in the ass summer looks to be here week after next. God I hope this summer isn't as bad as 2022 or 2023, but it looks like it'll start earlier...

Yeah, he is. His greatest strength is his rim protection, which is maximized playing closer to the basket and his skill/mobility advantage over most fives wouldn't exist over most fours. They've also proven to have an elite defense with him playing the five. They need a true four to replace...

I think Sarr would be a pretty good #4 or #5 pick most years but don't want him as anything other than maybe an asset to trade since I can't see how he'd ever fit next to Victor.

I'd avoid trading away any 2025 pick this summer, let that be the last big draft for this cycle. By this time next year we'll know how much those 2026 and 2027 Hawks picks will be worth.

The Hornets (in theory) do it to get their Bridges replacement, with their new regime avoiding the PR hit that would come with re-signing him to a big extension, for the low cost of essentially being willing to absorb Hunter's contract.

Dallas overpaid, but it has to be acknowledged they did a great job surrounding Luka in a short amount of time, with the likes of Kyrie, Lively, Gafford and PJ Washington. Went from a joke last season when it seemed like it was only a matter of time until Luka asked for a trade, to serious playoff...

Not counting MIN or OKC out just yet but Nuggets Mavericks would be a cool WCF Battle of the Balkans

While Sarr is taller, it's questionable he'll even be as good a rim-protector as Bassey (who is an elite shot blocker by the metrics). Sarr's offensive game might be about where Bassey's is too. If Bassey were healthy, could stay out of foul trouble, and were 3 inches taller at $2.5MM/year, I...

I don't think $12.6 million first year with team options on years #3 and #4 is steep at all, and that's the #1 pick. I don't know how you can freak out about that but act like Collins making $35 million over the next two years is no big deal.

oooof A+

Dallas might win this series as thunder are to young to reach wcf

Tbh, I'd take Sarr. Run a three man rotation for PF-C positions with Wemby, Sarr and Sochan. Guaranteed 48 minutes of elite rim protection. But everyone else would have to be a good shooter, meaning that Wesley and Sidy would have to go.

Salary for the #1 pick is pretty much the MLE, not a huge deal.

I don't view JPB as quite that pessimistic (there are other posters to take the pessimism to extreme's), I put him more in a slightly-pessimistic realistic place, but his pessimism is grounded in logic (I'd put myself in the same camp, though I shouldn't be the one to judge my own placement). There...

My best case scenario is Spurs get #1 and #7, and Washington or Memphis gets #2 so the Spurs can extract a first out of one of them to let them swap picks so one of them can take Sarr and then the Spurs still get the #1 guy on their own board while picking #2.