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QuinSnydersHair said:
I don't find this to necessarily be true. If a team falls in love with, say, Towns, who is heavily rumored to slip to the 7-8 range, and we have the 7th pick, we may be able to swing a deal.
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You never know. The draft isn't for six months, so who knows how teams' big boards will shift around by that time.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
I don't find this to necessarily be true. If a team falls in love with, say, Towns, who is heavily rumored to slip to the 7-8 range, and we have the 7th pick, we may be able to swing a deal. It would probably have to be after the fact. Team x drafts Russell at 3 because he's clearly the BPA but they LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Towns and are willing to trade Russell for Towns once we draft him at #7, the GS pick, Burke and Burks. Or something like that. There are a lot of variables so imo we have a shot.
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I agree. We moved up from 6 to 3 in 2005 with only the 27th pick because Portland loved Webster. A lot of ifs, but definitely doable. Regardless, i am starting to like this draft anywhere in the top 10.
 
How about we just pick up Mudiay and Russell? It would be like having the next Westbrook and Harden and we could finally see what couldve been in OKC.
 
Carbon13 said:
I agree. We moved up from 6 to 3 in 2005 with only the 27th pick because Portland loved Webster. A lot of ifs, but definitely doable. Regardless, i am starting to like this draft anywhere in the top 10.
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And that deal was viewed as the poster child of why not to trade back. Teams are smarter now. If Russell goes top 2 as is currently projected it will take more than the 6-8 pick (or wherever we are picking) and another first rounder to move up. If we traded Exum or Favs to get the number 2 pick we would hopefully be keeping our pick.
 
Carbon13 said:
How about we just pick up Mudiay and Russell? It would be like having the next Westbrook and Harden and we could finally see what couldve been in OKC.
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Russell's game is nothing like Harden's. He'll never have the strength and quickness to drive and collapse a defense like Harden.
 
Carbon13 said:
Then why are we talking about picking him second overall?!!
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I'm not one of those people who would take him 2nd. I think his strength could be a big problem for him, he is 20 lbs lighter than Exum!
His draft stock is a win/win for us either way, it drops a Hezonja, Porzingis, or Johnson to us.
 
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