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Has nothing at all on my part related to doomsday. Just stating that NIL will change the draft landscape. There is no question that for kids at the top of the draft, it is much better financially to get drafted. However, all decisions are not made based on dollars and cents. It will impact...

Just did a quick google search and found this from last year. Plenty of talk about it and I dont remember all of the players but this year in football there were a few surprises such as Carson Beck who was expected to enter the NFL draft and instead went to Miami for 4 mil. When you see...

Good prospects staying an extra year in college because the NIL money is great. Just impacts timing - when a player will enter is up in the air now.

Do not draft any wings or guards that are no good shooters. I have no interest in Demin, regardless of where he falls.

NIL had heavily impacted the NFL draft and it is easy to imagine it having big impact on the NBA draft unless some type of cap or limit is placed on college teams. Just one more reason why the draft is a complete crap shoot. Trade for talent, not picks.

It is a great thing when your goal is losing.

I like your question better but I think they are very different questions. I would say you tank for one or two years (and we are on year 3) but it takes 5ish years to try and build a contender. If your time frames get beyond that, player movement means you are likely to be starting over.

This is why trading 3 first round picks for one that has a totally unknown value is a head scratcher. It is also why trading for young talent is better than trading for draft picks.

Stock spent time with D Will. My memory is that D Will went to him at one point and Stock also came to SLC. However, I can imagine Stock being quite turned off by the current Jazz approach to things. Hard for me to imagine he and Malone or Sloan being part of the kind of thing this current...

Hard to imagine that we like seconds when we trade 3 1st round pick for one 1st round pick in return.

There is nothing remotely unethical about it - and smart move on the Lakers part - but I imagine Ainge would have made it much more difficult if he had known.

Being a GM in the NBA is about guessing and predicting right, there are no sure things. On the other hand, being right is what GM's and the FO are paid for. I wonder when the accountability will come for Ainge. Ryan disliked DL so he has no leash. He loves Ainge so there is unlimited...

Go Pups!

We do have too many picks, no argument there. And maybe if we had done a two for one I might wrap my head around the possible value being worth it, even though it is a complete crystal ball. Anyone that can accurately predict what teams in any pro sport will be like win 6 years is out of my...

This trade is an acknowledgement of how much of a total crap shoot it is to bet on the draft and how, in many cases, draft picks don't mean much in terms of value. We gave up 3 first round picks for a complete crystal ball hope and prayer that Phoenix will be bad when we want it to happen...

Trade for talent, not for picks.

Win it and bring Zion back to SLC with the team.

I would absolutely go after Zion as long as he is cool with being in SLC. Would love to see he and Lauri on the floor together.

Huge risk to take guys that dont shoot well in college. Some make it work but plenty of examples of players who simply cant learn to shoot at an NBA level. I would never use a lottery pick for a guard who isn't shooting well in college. Go ahead and take a risk at the back half or round one...

I dont think anyone believes that keeping Donny and Rudy together was a good option. That ship had sailed. But no matter how you spin it, we sat in limbo for two years twiddling thumbs and then gutting a team. Once you blow it up, not committing to a direction made no sense and time has...