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George W

George W

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Okay listen I know it's early, but we're ten games in and we're 7-3.

We have draft picks up the ***, and this team is frankly going to at least make the play-in at this point.

My question is simple -- given the core we currently have, and the fact that we have draft picks up the ***, which pieces would cement us into a top 4 seed in the west?

Conley/Sexton/NAW
Clarkson/Beasley/THT/Agbaji
Markkanen/Fontecchio/Bolmaro
Vanderbilt/Gay
Olynyk/Kessler/Azubuike

- I think keeping Clarkson, Markkanen, Vanderbilt, Beasley, Sexton, Agbaji, Kessler, and Olynyk makes sense here. I like MAW and Tecch-9 too.
- We have lots of guard depth of course, but one idea is making a splash for SGA
- I think we could trade some of our guards for one of Toronto's PFs (Precious, Boucher, etc.)

What do y'all think?

- George
 
Not really sure but I don’t think you can go wrong with a 3D guy. Imagine if we had a Paul George or Tatum like guy. You could have Vando come off the bench. Or you could go mega long with Clarkson, PG, Finisher, Vando, Oly. Conley and sexton off the bench.

We definitely need to shore up the bench shooting. Beasley is meh and the Kansas rookie leaves a lot to be desired. Teams go on runs when our bench starts turning it over because there’s not enough scoring to go around Kessler.
 
George W said:
Okay listen I know it's early, but we're ten games in and we're 7-3.

We have draft picks up the ***, and this team is frankly going to at least make the play-in at this point.

My question is simple -- given the core we currently have, and the fact that we have draft picks up the ***, which pieces would cement us into a top 4 seed in the west?

Conley/Sexton/NAW
Clarkson/Beasley/THT/Agbaji
Markkanen/Fontecchio/Bolmaro
Vanderbilt/Gay
Olynyk/Kessler/Azubuike

- I think keeping Clarkson, Markkanen, Vanderbilt, Beasley, Sexton, Agbaji, Kessler, and Olynyk makes sense here. I like MAW and Tecch-9 too.
- We have lots of guard depth of course, but one idea is making a splash for SGA
- I think we could trade some of our guards for one of Toronto's PFs (Precious, Boucher, etc.)

What do y'all think?

- George
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The thunder would never trade SGA so that is a non starter. Building through the draft is still the best way to round out this roster.
 
George W said:
Okay listen I know it's early, but we're ten games in and we're 7-3.

We have draft picks up the ***, and this team is frankly going to at least make the play-in at this point.

My question is simple -- given the core we currently have, and the fact that we have draft picks up the ***, which pieces would cement us into a top 4 seed in the west?

Conley/Sexton/NAW
Clarkson/Beasley/THT/Agbaji
Markkanen/Fontecchio/Bolmaro
Vanderbilt/Gay
Olynyk/Kessler/Azubuike

- I think keeping Clarkson, Markkanen, Vanderbilt, Beasley, Sexton, Agbaji, Kessler, and Olynyk makes sense here. I like MAW and Tecch-9 too.
- We have lots of guard depth of course, but one idea is making a splash for SGA
- I think we could trade some of our guards for one of Toronto's PFs (Precious, Boucher, etc.)

What do y'all think?

- George
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We have to keep Conley. His importance goes beyond his play, which has been great anyways.

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This is a tough one. Who would be reasonably available vs. who would be the perfect player regardless of team status....

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Paul George
Kevin Durant

But i'm also thinking someone who can do what Kelly Olynk does but at an elite level

Bam Adebayo, maybe
 
rocfan1 said:
This is a tough one. Who would be reasonably available vs. who would be the perfect player regardless of team status....

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Paul George
Kevin Durant

But i'm also thinking someone who can do what Kelly Olynk does but at an elite level

Bam Adebayo, maybe
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You can’t get more elite at shooting than Olynyk.
 
This is a fun thread for a fun season.

Honestly I’ve tried to think of what teams would keep ******** the bed and want to blow it up and take mostly picks for a good young dude.

Problem is a lot of those dudes want to be “the guy” and that means stopping the ball. This whole thing is built off ball movement and no one stopping the ball or being a black hole.

Fun to think on though.
 
Some of you are seriously underestimating the value of letting these guys develop without expectations this year. This is Lauri's first opportunity to be the man and we want him to continue to develop in that role because it helps him expand his game and confidence. Obviously we are exceeding expectations but this is not a championship caliber team and we shouldn't rush this. Let these guys work on expanding their games this year with very little expectations. That makes it a hell of a lot easier to work on things. Just look at Vandy. On a team trying to contend he is not going to be working on expanding his shot to the 3pt line because it hasn't been a good shot for him in the past. Last year he took 14 3's all year and I bet most of them were probably end of shot clock or end of quarter heaves that you take because you have to. I also think having no expectations is a big plus for a first year coach. He gets to work on and establish things without the fans and management second guessing his every move. The only thing that should happen this year is if we turn over and start coming back to earth we should move some of the vets if we can get an asset back for them. Other than that this roster should stay the same all year.
 
The Thriller said:
Not really sure but I don’t think you can go wrong with a 3D guy. Imagine if we had a Paul George or Tatum like guy. You could have Vando come off the bench. Or you could go mega long with Clarkson, PG, Finisher, Vando, Oly. Conley and sexton off the bench.

We definitely need to shore up the bench shooting. Beasley is meh and the Kansas rookie leaves a lot to be desired. Teams go on runs when our bench starts turning it over because there’s not enough scoring to go around Kessler.
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I think Beasley is our deadliest shooter. After struggling mightily last night he is still shooting 40% from 3 on the year on high volume. I think is the guy you want taking the last shot when you need a three to win or tie. He is good under pressure and when contested. (Ithink he hit a three earlier this year to win a game or send it to overtime)

I really like him.


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