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Or maybe they will use #53 as part of a Ben Simmons trade coming soon
Nah... that is too small a piece to have any factor at all. They likely have someone they like and the player might even go undrafted... but if you draft them they can make 900k the first year instead of 1.7m. You save $800k... if you are in the tax you save 2x or 3x times that... so you pay $2M to save $2-3M and get a guy you want. I think they did it early because the price could rise... although Givony says the price may fall... I am not sure he is factoring in how many tax teams are out there.
 
KOC has us taking Tre Mann now in his latest mock draft.

And not that it concerns us, but he said Atlanta is offering Cam Reddish and 20 to move into the late lottery.

also:
The Pacers are juggling trade talks involving Myles Turner, T.J. Warren, and this pick in separate deals. Sign-and-trade scenarios involving some of the many restricted free agents available this offseason have also been discussed, league sources say. Indiana could use a surge of shot making, whether it comes via trade or the draft. Here, the Pacers take Mitchell, who shined during the NCAA tournament and has the skills to carry over his success to the NBA.
 
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Everything single mock at 30 is "The Jazz are probably going to trade this pick so I'm just going to put who is BPA in this slot"
 
Everything single mock at 30 is "The Jazz are probably going to trade this pick so I'm just going to put who is BPA in this slot"
I think they already have the framework for a couple deals in place… will just wait to execute the right one depending on how the draft shakes out. Way to much smoke to this fire… unless it’s an extreme case of group think.
 
I kind of have a feeling something big happens with the Jazz tonight (defined by me as someone other than Favors getting traded).
 
The fact that the Jazz are tight-lipped about trades and have a relationship with the Pacers through David Morway makes the Jazz a potential candidate to be the mystery team. I think it would take Bogdanovic to move up to #13 though, probably in a 3-team deal.

 
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