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Would you consider trading Walker Kessler if the Jazz got Wemby?

Let's say the Jazz get the 1st overall pick and Dallas moves up to 4th. Trade Walker, Sexton, and the Wolves pick for 4 and get Amen Thompson.
And yeah, I think overall you want a spot starter at the 5 for Wemby, but I'm not sure you want a non floor spacer next to him like Walker.
Cool, let's get wild.

To the general idea: yes. I would try to find a way to stay in the late lottery by pairing #27 with KO and taking back garbage contracts in order to take Dick, but yes.

To the question of who fills that starting 5 spot: Naz Reid would basically be perfect.

I have serious concerns about Amen and I think his success is very context-reliant driven mostly by spacing. I also have concerns about high-level creation out of the backcourt with a Lauri/Wemby frontcourt. Wemby/Lauri (/Dick?) + Amen would be ****ing devastating.

Additionally, you resurrect the Mavs for at least a couple of seasons before Luka asks out, so the Jazz are putting down a down payment for Luka in a few years.



Yeah. That's right.
 
Cool, let's get wild.

To the general idea: yes. I would try to find a way to stay in the late lottery by pairing #27 with KO and taking back garbage contracts in order to take Dick, but yes.

To the question of who fills that 5 spot: Naz Reid would basically be perfect.

I have serious concerns about Amen and I think his success is very context-reliant driven mostly by spacing. I also have concerns about high-level creation out of the backcourt with a Lauri/Wemby frontcourt. Wemby/Lauri + Amen (and some 3&Ders at the wings) would be ****ing devastating.

Additionally, you resurrect the Mavs for at least a couple of seasons before Luka asks out, so the Jazz are putting down a down payment for Luka in a few years.



Yeah. That's right.
Yeah, it would suck tho because I would love to see the defensive dominance of WK and Wemby together.
 
Kevin O Connor had a new mock drop and it’s disgusting… seriously like some weird ****. Go find it yourself if you want to.
 
Wallace, Flip, and Brice seems like a good draft to me.

Like that he put Clingan up there. He's going to be a very good NBA player.
Its a weird mock... nick smith before Cam Whitmore... nah. If the board looked like this and we had the 9th and 13th picks... I'd go Cam or Hendo and wait on guard.

No Bufkin in his top 40 but Clingan getting top 20 treatment. Bruh. He's a basic B. Over-reacting to nonsense.
 
Kevin O Connor had a new mock drop and it’s disgusting… seriously like some weird ****. Go find it yourself if you want to.
That **** wild. Would be thrilled if Whitmore is on the board at 9/10/11, but... he's not going to be? He's not going to be there at 12. Just isn't.

Did he do this **** 20 minutes before a deadline or something? I have an extremely tough time seeing DA pass on Cam Whitmore who is a prototype of everything he covets (especially with how many ****ing guards the Jazz have and no wings worth a ****). Of all the people projected in the 1st, I would have to actively try to find talent less appealing to DA than Flip and ****ing Sensabaugh (I think he's a straight-up bust; he will struggle to crack an NBA rotation unless the team sucks).

I'm gonna cling to the Whitmore disrespect and hope he's there at 9. I've settled in that he's the 4th best prospect since he has serious upside, no glaring weaknesses, and nearly the youngest player in the entire draft. Villanova played at a snail's pace and he was coming off injury. I would seriously consider trading up for him specifically.
 
Clingan playing like 12 minutes a game in college... He's a Tony Bradley per minute star. I hope someone takes him in the 20s and pushes a better prospect down to us.
 
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