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Right pick by BKN. Demin's height/length/quickness combined with the elite court vision & potentially good enough shooting is special & gives him a chance at being a top 5 player in this draft imo. Was hoping we could trade up from 21 to get him. Too bad.

I'll stop on this subject tho if people prefer. Not trying to derail the trade talk like I think I've done to other threads. My bad for that. Just couldn't not say something when it seems so blatantly obvious. But then again I do stay pretty high. Nothing but love. Go Jazz.

I agree that it was extremely audacious but I disagree that it would damage the league's reputation because it hasn't as far as I can tell. I also don't believe the league is nearly as interested in it's reputation as it is it's bottom line/international marketability. I also disagree that DAL...

I disagree with that assessment of my response. I'll try to be more clear. What will help the Lakers (& the league in return) is having a young international superstar on their roster for the next 10+ years. Losing in the first round doesn't lessen that long-term impact. My counter argument as...

Huh? Where did I crumble & start pleading? I just stated that I believe these moves were about the long-term financial health of the league rather than the Lakers winning a title this year. I'll give you that I probably should have said if instead of when in regards to Kyrie's health. But...

The NBA isn't worried about a single year. All it cares about is the long-term financial health of the league & I don't see how you can't say that it isn't clearly better off than it was before these recent moves. The NBA finals is going to draw ratings regardless of who is playing. How many...

Texas is a huge market & has experienced a major growth in recent years due to the exodus from California. DAL & SA both have history & well established fan bases while WAS doesn't. Dallas already has a history of embracing foreign white players. Now they get an American white player to embrace...

"So should the league handpick where each player is to go?" They already do. That's why there's a lottery system. It's also why they changed that system to make it less statistically obvious when the higher priority franchises get "lucky"

That's a good point. I'd probably have to agree depending on how the rest of the roster develops over the course of the season. I do question if we will be in a position to draft one of those guys if we retain Lauri without blatantly sitting him &/or trading Sexton/Kessler. I also believe that...

I should have said ideal fit. A productive player fits any timeline regardless of age when the goal is to win. But it seems pretty clear that that's not our current goal for at least the next season or two. So even if Lauri does have another 6 years of prime production left, how does it make...

Yes he def could. But that doesn't mean that Ainge views him as a fit with the current timeline of the rest of our roster. Do you think a 27 year old 2nd star in need of a max contract brings more value to a team still in search of their superstar, still in need of at least another year or 2 of...

Buzelis vs Williams is going to be interesting to follow. I kept flip flopping between the two. If you need a potential star, I think you go with Buzelis. But if you still intend to acquire that potential star, which I believe we do, I think you go with Williams. Better defense, better shooter...

Lauri has a say on when the extension happens tho so I'm not sure it's necessarily reflective of the FO's preference as much as it is Lauri's. Even if we do extend him, regardless of the date it occurs, I believe it will be done with the intent of still eventually trading him for the type of...

I agree. They aren't completely comparable situations & rebuilding around Lauri is clearly an option when it really wasn't with Mitchell. But even if it had been, do you think they would have preferred that vs flipping him for assets? I don't. It wouldn't have made sense. We didn't have the...

I believe they preferred trading Mitchell vs building around him, regardless of his preference. Similar to how I believe they prefer to trade Lauri vs building around him, regardless of his preference. Maybe not tho. Maybe they had no choice but to trade Mitchell. But it certainly seems like...

I understand the difference. I believe we are pursuing offers. Similar to how we did with Mitchell & NYK. We're just attempting to appear as if we aren't in order to maintain leverage.

It does if you pursue those offers tho. Doesn't mean you're not happy if you stay at that job but it does mean that plan A is to see if there is a better option for yourself/your family (or your NBA franchise). If plan A was to keep that job, you wouldn't pursue offers. Especially if doing so...

Very possible. Not trying to be tho. Just trying to say that trading Lauri for a haul vs tanking with Lauri are two separate routes & that I believe the FO prefers the route of trading him for a haul. I don't think they would risk upsetting Lauri if he was part of plan A just to see if they get...

Doesn't that mean that plan A is to see if they can trade him for a haul tho? I agree he shouldn't be upset. It's business.

Then why allow these rumors to persist? Why not say we're not trading him? Because imo plan A is to see if someone will meet their demands. Why else risk upsetting him if he's part of plan A? Doesn't mean they're not good with Plan B, which probably is to tank with Lauri. But I think these...