News, rumors and buzz around the draft and free agency

[The Midnight]

First round pick

Haha.. thanks man, I feel old. I'm getting old, and now I feel old.

 

[zyzz]

Haha.. thanks man, I feel old. I'm getting old, and now I feel old.

Some of the people getting drafted tomorrow were born in 2001

edit: nvm youngest was born December 2000!

 

[Pastramiking]

If Kyrie is going to Brooklyn and Russell will be free agent, why did Utah rush to get Conley deal done rather than wait to see about getting Russell as a free agent? The Conley deal would have probably still been there after the draft.

 

[zyzz]

If Kyrie is going to Brooklyn and Russell will be free agent, why did Utah rush to get Conley deal done rather than wait to see about getting Russell as a free agent? The Conley deal would have probably still been there after the draft.

Probably not. Memphis either wants to draft their own guy, or trade it. There's multiple reporters saying that the pick is already on the market.

 

[Pastramiking]

The trade between the Lakers and the Pels for Anthony Davis is expected to close on July 6th, unless the deal is somehow amended. The Lakers will only have $23.7M in cap space, assuming Davis doesn't waive his trade kicker. This means the Lakers do not have cap room to pursue a max-level free agent. Even if they trade out guys like Mo Wagner and Issac Bonga, they barely have enough cap space to fill out their roster with guys who are mid-level exception-caliber players or less.

As a Wolverine I would be so happy if the Jazz took Mo Wagner. Didn’t they like him from his workout? Trade the current second rounder for Wagner and let him grow into a stretch 4/5

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Being aggressive has historically been a euphemism for picking up some cash considerations.

We’ve heard that one... DL has been aggressive at every draft, deadline, etc.

I want a reporter just once to be like
“ per source team will be thumbing their holes and mailing it in tomorrow night... said don’t expect much cuz they just don’t care and it is 2 for 1 night at swig”

 

[David Stern]

Probably not. Memphis either wants to draft their own guy, or trade it. There's multiple reporters saying that the pick is already on the market.

Yep. It's also evident that the Jazz think they can get a player around 40 or so in the draft that is the same caliber of what they could have drafted at 23.

 

[latin jazz]

Lindsey traded all his future seconds to Cleveland for Korver and Crowder.

Mmm, we had some extras seconds. If I remember correctly, one of the seconds we sent for korver belonged to Was (trey Burke)

 

[David Stern]

We’ve heard that one... DL has been aggressive at every draft, deadline, etc.

I want a reporter just once to be like
“ per source team will be thumbing their holes and mailing it in tomorrow night... said don’t expect much cuz they just don’t care and it is 2 for 1 night at swig”

In fairness we actually made a big move this time. I'll be shocked if we don't buy at least one 2nd rounder tomorrow, it doesn't cost cap space or any assets and we could potentially get a steal in the 2nd round this year.

 

[David Stern]

As a Wolverine I would be so happy if the Jazz took Mo Wagner. Didn’t they like him from his workout? Trade the current second rounder for Wagner and let him grow into a stretch 4/5

The Jazz probably don't have to trade anything to get Wagner, LA wants to dump his contract

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

In fairness we actually made a big move this time. I'll be shocked if we don't buy at least one 2nd rounder tomorrow, it doesn't cost cap space or any assets and we could potentially get a steal in the 2nd round this year.

I’m not complaining we made an aggressive move... more commenting on that one one saying we are being aggressive is par for the course.

 

[zyzz]

We’ve heard that one... DL has been aggressive at every draft, deadline, etc.

I want a reporter just once to be like
“ per source team will be thumbing their holes and mailing it in tomorrow night... said don’t expect much cuz they just don’t care and it is 2 for 1 night at swig”

I believe it though in regard to the draft.
2013 - Traded up for Burke and Gobert, traded for Neto pick.
2014- Stand pat take Dante (impossible to trade up in that draft), trade out of 2nd rd
2015 - Stand pat and take Lyles and Hanlan
2016 - Trade out of 12th pick for George Hill. I think this was a good move, considering half of the first round picks taken this year are either out of the league or on different teams now. Traded out of 42 for 52 and drafted Bolomboy
2017 - Treyd Lyles for Donovan Motha****in Mitchell. Traded up for Bradley
2018 - Stand pat for Grayson. Trade out of 52 (a lot of teams don't have a draftable player at this spot in the draft)
2019 - Trade out of 23 for Conley. I think they will make a move in the 2nd. ****, it's almost guaranteed that player will make the team considering the roster spots we have now lol.