Eddie Zero
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the deadline is going to be so boring this year smh
Trade Rumors Involving the Jazz
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HeatCheck
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I think Lakers are already too guard heavy even if they do move WB. They need shooting, a bit more size and another defender than can get out to the perimeter.
I can see Beasley + Clarkson(or Sexton) + Vando ++
Olynyk is another guy they can play next to AD.
The JC stuff boils down to where he actually wants to play.
I hesitate to mention Klutch since some people apparently freak out at the mention but they do obviously rep JC, Vando, Sexton, and believe they also repped Beasley at one time too.
The Dok pick is inexcusable and a lot of people here were pissed rightfully so on draft night. Why the **** would you draft a backup center when you knew Favors was going to sign for the MLE and end up just a hair over the tax?
Jaanipoeg
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Yeah Yabusele (16th), RJ Hunter (28th), and Romeo Langford (14th) were bad picks, but in that same run Robert Williams (27th), Grant Williams (22nd), Terry Rozier (16th), and Payton Pritchard (26th) were good to great picks. Plus he hit on all his high picks (Marcus Smart at 6, Jaylen Brown at 3, Jayson Tatum at 3)
I guess its more that I still see Boston fans warn me that Ainge is great for trades but **** at drafting. If he hit on 50% of our mid to late first rounders over the next 6 years that sounds like an above average outcome.
There is now way the Lakers would do that. They weren't willing to give up 2 first round picks in the offseason for a deal that would've landed them Bogey and either Beasley, Conley or Clarkson for the entire season. Why would they give up both first round picks and a pick swap now with less than 30 games left in the season, and with Bogey no longer part of the deal? I'm sure they would rather just let the rest of the season play out and let Russ's contract expire at the end of the season than give up 2 first round picks.
I think you can point out Bradley and Doke as downright horrendous selections, especially given the roster context....but one Rudy Gobert selection undo's a late first round misses. Fans, however, are tilted the other way where one miss on a low outcome pick will just make people forget about incredible hits like Gobert and Mitchell. Like missing on the 27th pick is no where near as consequential as drafting a hall of famer at 27....but when talking about DL's draft record fans will be more likely to use Doke as key factor to his drafting ability and dismiss Gobert as luck or the expectation.
GM's will always have their preferences in prospects and will go back to well, especially if it works for them. Danny hit on Brown and Tatum, but the same biases led him to take James Young and Langford. The draft isn't a perfect science. But people will give Danny too much grief for picks like Langford and not enough credit for making touch decisions on Tatum and Brown.
My theory is that people have way too high of expectations to begin with, so when amazing things happen it's only meeting expectations. When a miss happens, it's the worst thing ever even if it's more reflective of reality. If you gave an objective median expectation of each pick, I think most fans would be disappointed.
Eddie Zero
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LAL are not trading those picks or it would have happenned. Maybe one of them with protections for Cam Reddish or some other unproven prima
The Jazz Wonderbra
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This...
Add in that they have Lebron James and AD and a pathetic supporting cast and all sorts of pressure to win.
They cant trade that pick
Eddie Zero
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Lakers cannot give their 25 pick .
They are in asset hell
Maneesh
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We need stop believed Big Mike. This is person of shame and lieds! I never believe this