No they won’t, this is clown **** lol.
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No they won’t, this is clown **** lol.
LeBron could easily request a trade. He can leave next off-season anyways. Maybe the Lakers want to do a soft rebuild around AD.
Dallas has the contracts to make it work. We could take on 10 and a contract to save the Lakers a ton of money. They probably would love their 2027 1st back in this scenario. Maybe we trade 28 + 2027 Lakers 1st for 10 + 17 + Bertans?
I don’t think it happens but it’s the off-season so it’s fine to talk about.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Let’s all just remember OL is an evil genius
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I've always been a pro-Lebron guy for reasons I don't care to litigate... but I'm pretty sick of this stuff. The retirement thing was clearly a deflection from the fact he was swept... it changed the narrative (its smart but fake) and between that and this little tidbit this is guys sending their teams a message. Lebron saying improve or I force my way out... Ky saying pay me the max... I can bring Lebron or I can team up with him elsewhere.
I would not doubt that its possible this happens but its just so annoying this stuff obviously gets leaked and then no one wants to talk about the good basketball game that happened.
It would be fascinating to see who had more power, the Lakers or Lebron.
I think if you draft Jarace Walker, the plan should be to play him in a role like Al Horford. He's a face-up big who plays out on the floor, moves the ball and makes enough of his shots. Another example might be Markieff Morris.
I think Bufkin should be good enough to be a starting lead guard. I don't think he's a 6th man type. Nick Smith Jr. might be a 6th man type because he has yet to show he does anything at a high level.
The Jazz drafted Dante Exum at #5, and Exum had shown less than Bilal. That actually might have worked out for the Jazz if Exum wasn't perpetually injured.
He didn't seem to notice that Hendricks is pretty static out on the wing and can't actually do much with the ball.
Wallace has a real chance to fall to #16, imo. Only a limited number of teams want a point guard, and some of them might rate Bufkin, George or Hood-Schifino higher.
Coach Ellis
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I like Plan A, but I think the Jazz should be even more aggressive than that. This year and ‘27 are both great years for the Jazz in terms of assets. Now would be a great draft to use some. Protect what you can, and then go get the players you want the most.
I’d LOVE to see the Jazz move up for Cam Whitmore and then follow that up by moving up from both 16 and 28 to get two other high upside players that aren’t projected to last that far. Quality and quantity.
I'm starting to think Cam Whitmore will go at #4 or #5, and the Jazz won't have a chance to get him. Then the question will be whether it's worth still trading up to #6 for Jarace Walker, or if the Jazz are better off staying at #9. It obviously depends on how high the Jazz are on Walker.
If we traded up to 6 and got Jarace instead of a Thompson twin or Cam I would lose it lmao.
Ehh, I think you use him all over. Really experiment. You can play him at the 5 in small ball lineups with Lauri. You can play him at the 4 next to WK. You can play him with KO. You can play him with a bunch of guards. Just try things with him until you figure out what he actually is.
Noted.
Maxwell Lewis is the next guy on my list of guys I've previously been lower on than the consensus, but will take a 2nd closer look at now that I've a pretty good big picture image of the draft in my head.
There isn't enough Maxwell Lewis conversation here tbh. So we will ignite it.
There isn't enough Maxwell Lewis conversation here tbh. So we will ignite it.
One of the reasons I have kind of kept Maxwell Lewis at bay was because of how bad his team was. I dont think that was really fair though, as it wouldnt have really mattered how good he was, Pepperdine was just flat out bad.
seattlejazzfan
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part of the reason his team was so bad, is that he was so bad. like he was one of the reasons they were bad. 41% FGs and 25% from three in WCC play. negative assist/to. WCC. WCC, not big ten or SEC. TS% was below the Elfrid Payton line - at pepperdine in the WCC. and he wasn't a freshman. dude just sucked.
seattlejazzfan
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pepperdine won 2 games total in WCC play. in one of the games lewis played a season low 22 minutes - scored 5 points on 2-5 shooting. iow, they basically won because he hardly played.
in the other game, they won in spite of him. he went 4-16 FGs for 12 points. maybe he was hurt or something down the stretch of the season. that would make me feel better about taking a guy, who when your favorite team played against his team, you wanted him in the game as and involved in the game as much as possible.
there is a reason maxwell lewis isn't talked about much. just the fact his name gets mentioned means he's talked about enough. probably more than enough.
in the other game, they won in spite of him. he went 4-16 FGs for 12 points. maybe he was hurt or something down the stretch of the season. that would make me feel better about taking a guy, who when your favorite team played against his team, you wanted him in the game as and involved in the game as much as possible.
there is a reason maxwell lewis isn't talked about much. just the fact his name gets mentioned means he's talked about enough. probably more than enough.