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Following Potential 2018 Draftees

Handlogten's Heros said:
Yes... player has to agree but that is a part of any sign and trade.
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Oh I think I mixed up 2 situations. Under the last CBA a team could extend a player and trade him at any time, it was just that for the first half a year his salary cap only counted half for trade purposes. But now when a player is in the last year of his contract he has to give permission. Something like this.
Reason I bring this up is the question if Exum likes his prospects of earning valuable playing time next year with Ricky in a contract year and Mitchell trying what happens when he focuses more on playmaking. Giving Exum a long term extension that makes him happy despite a volatile situations in terms of role and playing time would mean overpaying him, idk if our front office is ready to do that. Maybe there can be a mutually beneficial situation where we trade him to a team that has no cap space and wants to see what he can do if healthy and get something in return that suits our needs.
 
I love this draft but I would rather have Kuzma than any of these guys. Mitchell loves him, he loves Utah, Utah loves him and he is exactly what we need offensively at PF.

If he isn't attainable, I'm with HH and wish we could add a few of these puppies...

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Revolution 9 said:
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He looks super comfortable tossing lobs out of the pnr (~2:10, section on hitting the roll man)... That bodes well for potential chemistry with Rudy.

Plus: his ability to pull up at any point in the process would really help keep defenders honest, rather than draping all over Rudy.
 
I am not as high as everyone else on Okobo.

His first step doesn't look great. Against NBA defenders he might not be able to get into the paint.
His handle is loose and high. Again against better defenders he probably will struggle.

I would rather draft someone like Troy Brown or Fraser who have the size to be effective defensively.
 
LoPo said:
Is anybody watching the conference finals? We desperately need wing defenders. Letting Exum go makes absolutely zero sense. Letting Exum go to keep Favors makes even less sense. That's like a poor man's version of OKC letting Harden go so they could keep Ibaka.

Exum stays regardless of who we draft.

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I agree that we need to keep Exum.

Our current wings are Burks, Ingles, Crowder and O'Neale. If we can add Exum and draft another wing, then we can start to play like the Rockets or Boston on defense.
 
Okobo looks good. But I’m still kinda set on a big wing who can switch on D.

He’d still make my list of ‘dudes i’d be happy with at 21’ though. I think that list is about 20 deep at this point.
 
Snafz said:
Cy,
Okobo has been projected anywhere from late first to early second round. Do you see him rising out of our range at 21? Would he be your #1 target right now?
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I think in this draft it's pretty fluid 15-35, so I have no idea.
 
Qman said:
I am not as high as everyone else on Okobo.

His first step doesn't look great. Against NBA defenders he might not be able to get into the paint.
His handle is loose and high. Again against better defenders he probably will struggle.

I would rather draft someone like Troy Brown or Fraser who have the size to be effective defensively.
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Brown is a way more questionable athlete in the NBA than Okobo. His length isnt even as positional strong as Okobo's . Hasnt shown he is can be an effective shooter.

Frazier is going to be 22 by the time the season starts and is 200 lbs. He might not be strong enough to an effective NBA defender. His jumper is ugly as well.

I think those two have a lot more questions than Okobo on how they will translate to the NBA game.
 
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