David Hume
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2023 NBA Draft Megathread
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Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Maybe the slow play would’ve been better if Markkanen hadn’t been as good as he was last year. At the least Lauri was a top 15-20 player. Lauri preforming like he did speeds up the rebuild. Now we have to take advantage of all those assets and build the team around Lauri’s time line. We can’t afford to take the next five years to build a good team. We need it now.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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For this reason I’d be looking into acquiring more picks in the 5-15 range without giving 9, and 16 away and only because this draft figures to be historically strong.
Dallas at 10 and Atlanta at 15 are prime trade candidates for us.
Bilal looks good in this one. Needs to add some strength, which would help with his finishing around the rim. 55 on Mets with some boneheaded plays...
At 28, if I'm looking at shooters to add, between Ben Sheppard and Julian Strawther, it would be a decision.
We would have to take Bilal at 9 if we wanted him.
If he is there at 16, then that works; but I hope we don’t take him at 9.
Bilal finished with 16 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals on 7/12 from the field.
We could have done more ala Portland..
I mean we tried. Did you see some of those lineups we were using those last few weeks of the season? Once we really started to tank we still ended up winning more games than the front office wanted to. We easily could have finished with the same record as Portland, only would've needed to lose 4 more games...Hardy was just too good.
Also DA needed to do was pull Hardy aside and have the birds and the bees talk with him…
That didn’t happen apparently.
David Locke, their radio announcer, thinks Wallace or Bufkin.
It’s hard because you’d have to take him over some really good players. You’d have to be sure.
I think this draft is strong at 9 which is the only way we’re going to get him….but I’d do it. I think he has a safe landing because I strongly believe in the defense and think he has an easy path to being a McDaniels/Herb Jones type of the offense never materialized. I really believe him his mentality and how hard he plays. Not soft at all.
Hendricks, Dick, and Cason are strong prospects for 9 but Bilal has the highest ceiling and I believe he will have the sharpest developmental trajectory. He needs to put on weight for the NBA, but he’s also still growing which makes that difficult. Rookie year could be tough but a good summer with strength training will help him blossom in year 2.