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Elizah Huge said:
I didn’t even have Bilal in my top-20 and Jarace was 8th. I wouldn’t have even been made if we traded up to 7 for Hendricks if we felt like we had to. That’s how much I like him too.
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I liked both Walker and Hendricks... not gonna pay a premium to move up and get one or the other... but my preference was Taylor.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Right it was beneficial in multiple ways... yeah they get the seconds and had maybe an opportunity to leverage it for more... but they also get the guy they wanted at a lower price... 8th slot vs 7th slot in the draft.

Saved his owner $2m over a 4 year deal.
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Yeah, my point was that Utah was in a bidding war, so they wanted Bilal, but it must have been pretty close between Bilal/Hendricks because two seconds should be a fairly easy deal to close.

Maybe they wanted to charge Utah more (probably) because it would have been an extra pick distance, but how much more?
 
I'm pretty confident Bilal is going to be an absolute stud and Utah will really regret not paying up, but hopefully Hendricks works out so it's not a massive regret.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yeah, my point was that Utah was in a bidding war, so they wanted Bilal, but it must have been pretty close between Bilal/Hendricks because two seconds should be a fairly easy deal to close.

Maybe they wanted to charge Utah more (probably) because it would have been an extra pick distance, but how much more?
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Likely 9/16 for 7/26. If it was just 3 or 4 seconds I’m sure we would have done it if we wanted to.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Likely 9/16 for 7/26. If it was just 3 or 4 seconds I’m sure we would have done it if we wanted to.
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There's no way Indy wanted more picks this year. They sold most of their picks they had in the draft. If they were asking for stuff from Utah it would have been future draft capital.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yeah, my point was that Utah was in a bidding war, so they wanted Bilal, but it must have been pretty close between Bilal/Hendricks because two seconds should be a fairly easy deal to close.

Maybe they wanted to charge Utah more (probably) because it would have been an extra pick distance, but how much more?
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I wouldnt call it a war... if the winner only ponied up a couple seconds... that's a slap fight. I am guessing it would have been like 9/16 for 7/26... Woj seemed to indicate we had investigated trading those picks and had an opportunity to do so. It could have been 9/28 to get to 7 but Indy already had to pawn off some picks in that range.

Also, this is why @infection and I harp on stock piling second round picks... that inventory is helpful in winning some minor deals.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
There's no way Indy wanted more picks this year. They sold most of their picks they had in the draft. If they were asking for stuff from Utah it would have been future draft capital.
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That isn't more picks though... that is the same number of picks.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Indiana likely doesn’t trade with us if we wanted Jarace though right?
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Probably not? which is why it may have cost more... Washington can also play spoiler.
 
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