Maybe. Jimmy is 33, and his contract is heavy. They could draft someone like Cam Whitmore, Jarace Walker or Brandon Miller. Then take back expiring money and have space to go after Jaylen Brown in free agency in a year.
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Maybe. Jimmy is 33, and his contract is heavy. They could draft someone like Cam Whitmore, Jarace Walker or Brandon Miller. Then take back expiring money and have space to go after Jaylen Brown in free agency in a year.
jom2003
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Basically wemby scoot Miller Cam Walker Thompson twins Hendrick are your top 8. 9th is a pretty tough place to be unless you are obsessed with Black/Dick/NSJ etc
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Heat is basically mavs of the east. Core is solid but meh on everything else. they are stuck with a bunch of garbage contracts and only way forward is by hitting some home runs in the draft.
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I think it would be more like the Minny pick and two future picks for 6. They can use the picks later in trades and still add a prospect. Maybe focus on a rookie that is further along. I could also see Minny pick, Ochai, future pick being pretty solid.
I won’t trade 9 plus stuff to move up. I would do it to get both Whitmore and Wallace (or Black/Ausar). So I’d want to keep 9.
Later Porty can offer Sharpe, some future picks, for a star… either in FA or during the season. Dames comments were kinda like “I ain’t waiting for Sharpe and some other dude that’s far away”.
I would guess Portland would be trying to throw Sharpe, 6, and other stuff to try and steal Lauri… if we engaged in a trade dialogue. which I can see just being a hard “no” from us and never finding good common ground.
Not what I meant at all, but I worded it poorly, so I understand the confusion. We definitely shouldn't trade Lauri.
What I meant was that it is interesting to think what offer Portland might consider and what teams would be in position to offer them that.
I would only trade him for a premium asset, so technically no I am not.
I know I’m gonna catch arrows for this, but he is an elite basic big. That’s great. If he adds some dimensions to his game that make him more dynamic, then awesome. I just don’t really see that.
If all he is is a giant that does giant things extremely well then he’s really valuable. He likely has some head room that I’m not seeing right now. But to say he’s untradable, though? I’d pump the brakes on that.
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Hearsky
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Gradey Dick's tape is extremely underwhelming to me. Nothing really about his freshman numbers standout to me. Looks below average athletically. I'm having a difficult time understanding the intrigue. For me, Kyle Flipoweski's tape is significantly more impressive. Not even close.
Eddie Zero
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This dude is worse than Black if you think he is also a point guard option smh
You apparently miss the fact that him and black for that matter are not good at scoring or shooting, but because they can get some stops and pass some, oh yeah and can dribble the heck out of the ball while standing still, that they must be able to break down defenses despite lacking a first step, simply by using their intimidating head height and fookin haircuts or lack of one
Bawse Dawg
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Flip going back to college :’(