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tester551 said:
I would put McDaniels & Melton on that list.
I'm not a fan of Wagner
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Why aren't you a fan of Wagner? 6'11, athletic, great shooter, can take his guy off the bounce, solid low post game... He's not going to be a good defender but his game reminds me of a bigger version of Kuzma.

Melton is too small and slight to me, and he's not a true point. I like his all around skills, I just think he'll get pushed around.

I need to watch more on McDaniels.
 
Gronk Brady said:
Luka Doncic down to 5th on lastast mock at nbadraft.net... the top 6-7 pick has some true superstar potential this year... hope Neil is shopping CJ hard to Memphis and Orlando for one of those picks
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Nobody is going to trade Luke Doncic for CJ McCollum. If you'd do it as a fan of a team that just got HCA, why would a rebuilding team do it?
 
BonesJones said:
Nobody is going to trade Luke Doncic for CJ McCollum. If you'd do it as a fan of a team that just got HCA, why would a rebuilding team do it?
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Memphis has Conley and Gasol... CJ would make them solid playoff team... Orlando needs a proven leader... they’ve failed year after year with draft picks... don’t know why those teams would say no
 
Gronk Brady said:
That just goes back to having known mediocre product vs unknown potential greatness... you have to take a gamble to be great... or maybe you like 1st rd exits in playoffs... not to mention CJ is making 25 mil per next season and up to 30 mil his last... that’s way too much money to give a non all star, hand have half the team salary cap committed to a starting backcourt of undersized ISO ball players that don’t play defense
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But trading him to Memphis we'd have to take on Chandler Parsons making almost as much and would literally give us nothing. So if his contract is the reason to trade him that logic doesn't make sense.
 
hoopsjock said:
But trading him to Memphis we'd have to take on Chandler Parsons making almost as much and would literally give us nothing. So if his contract is the reason to trade him that logic doesn't make sense.
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I would easily take back Parsons to get the 4th pick... and for what Blazers need he would contribute as a 3pt shooter that can play 3/4
 
BonesJones said:
I feel the same way. I also feel like this class is extremely athletic.

Anton, Jackson, Bagley, Bamba, and Michael Porter Jr. are freak athletes for their size. Sexting is as fast as lightning. Mikal Bridges, Kevin Knox, Lonnie Walker, and Miles Bridges are all high flyers. Even the lower 1st round guys are good athletically. Anfernee Simons, Chandler Hutchison, Mitchell Robinson, Zhaire Smith, Trevon Duval, Moritz Wagner, Robert Williams.

The closer we get to draft day the more I think there's years class could rival last years.
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Was last year's class that great? Tatum's great sure. But the next best player was found at #13.
 
KingSpeed said:
Was last year's class that great? Tatum's great sure. But the next best player was found at #13.
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Uh, yes?

How is that a knock on the draft class?

Kuzma, Markkanen, Tatum, Mitchell, Smith, Brooks, J. Collins, Z. Collins, Adebeyo, Allen, Bell, Anunoby, Hart, etc... and thats not including the ptoject guys that will be very good players a few years from now like Jackson, Fultz, Isaac, Fox, Ferguson, Kennard, etc.
 
BonesJones said:
Uh, yes?

How is that a knock on the draft class?

Kuzma, Markkanen, Tatum, Mitchell, Smith, Brooks, J. Collins, Z. Collins, Adebeyo, Allen, Bell, Anunoby, Hart, etc... and thats not including the ptoject guys that will be very good players a few years from now like Jackson, Fultz, Isaac, Fox, Ferguson, Kennard, etc.
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I think even Ball could be listed here as a could become really good someday. Even though I have strong negative opinions of the Lakers, but his shot is the only part of his game that’s totally broken, but bad shooters have figured out how to get their shot “good enough” before.
 
Having watched practically no college BBall all year, I finally caught up with watching Trae Young highlights. At last - the new Jason Williams! It would be sinful if he didn't end up on the Suns - maybe if he drops to the Bulls' first pick they can trade both picks and some other choice asset (maybe their unprotected 2019 pick) for the #1 pick.

Two things I like about Young (other than that he's the next Jason Williams, and thus awesome):
1. He's butt-ugly
2. He always does a little hop when the guy he just passed to scores. It's adorable!
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Having watched practically no college BBall all year, I finally caught up with watching Trae Young highlights. At last - the new Jason Williams! It would be sinful if he didn't end up on the Suns - maybe if he drops to the Bulls' first pick they can trade both picks and some other choice asset (maybe their unprotected 2019 pick) for the #1 pick.

Two things I like about Young (other than that he's the next Jason Williams, and thus awesome):
1. He's butt-ugly
2. He always does a little hop when the guy he just passed to scores. It's adorable!
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Bulls aren’t trading that pick away. The only way Suns could get him is if he falls to around 12-13 and is available with Clippers pick. Nobody is moving out of top 10.

I think Trae goes to Orlando. They badly need a point guard and he could start from the from the go.
 
Sarni said:
Bulls aren’t trading that pick away. The only way Suns could get him is if he falls to around 12-13 and is available with Clippers pick. Nobody is moving out of top 10.
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I meant for the #1 pick. They'd trade it for the #1 pick, fo sho. (It's the SUNS who wouldn't do that.)

Sarni said:
I think Trae goes to Orlando. They badly need a point guard and he could start from the from the go.
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That's what people seem to think, but it seems a shame. Orlando is such a shambles of an organization now and he BELONGS in Phoenix.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Having watched practically no college BBall all year, I finally caught up with watching Trae Young highlights. At last - the new Jason Williams! It would be sinful if he didn't end up on the Suns - maybe if he drops to the Bulls' first pick they can trade both picks and some other choice asset (maybe their unprotected 2019 pick) for the #1 pick.

Two things I like about Young (other than that he's the next Jason Williams, and thus awesome):
1. He's butt-ugly
2. He always does a little hop when the guy he just passed to scores. It's adorable!
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I don't know what this means, but it seems good...
 
Sarni said:
Is it just me or is this class absolutely packed with player who can shoot? I swear every time I try to check how someone has been shooting they were at least 37-38% from the three last year and a lot of them were over 40%.

Bruce Brown is just about the only guard/wing I found who was a bad shooter in college (26.7% in his second year, a decent 35% in first so he can probably get better). Even the bigs seem decent shooters - Carter (41% albeit in just 1.2 attempts a game), Jackson Jr and Jontay Porter all shot well in college too.

Kind of aligns with the direction the league is going in. You got players like Bridges listed as a a possible stretch four at 6 ft 6 in.
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If everyone can shoot threes, why are they still worth three points?
 
Scalma said:
You absolutely suck.
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I love watching prospects but feel like I’m wasting my time this year. I’d be surprised if we kept the pick. Same feeling I had in 2015. I remember hoping we’d hold onto RHJ but when we didn’t I wasn’t surprised.
 
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Scalma said:
I love watching prospects but feel like I’m wasting my time this year. I’d be surprised if we kept the pick. Same feeling I had in 2015. I remember hoping we’d hold onto RHJ but when we didn’t I wasn’t surprised.
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I feel the same. Seems like Neil made it pretty clear that it was for sale.
 
ESPN mock on right now had us taking Chandler Hutchison (Boise st) at 24.

I don’t follow college basketball. Opinions? Woj says Hutchison has shut down his draft process. Not meeting with anymore teams/workouts, etc. Says Hutchison has been promised by a team in the 20’s that they’d take him if there. Said it could be Portland
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I feel the same. Seems like Neil made it pretty clear that it was for sale.
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I think our main moves this offseason will come on draft night. The TPE has the most value to Portland if it’s used to collect draft picks. I know the league is trying to dump money but outside of a Courtney Lee I just can’t see any contract worth taking on, and even that one is questionable. We’d be much better served collecting another first and using it in a package for a player or better prospect. Not sure we even use the MLE. I think that’s dependent on what they get done in trades.
 
Scalma said:
I love watching prospects but feel like I’m wasting my time this year. I’d be surprised if we kept the pick. Same feeling I had in 2015. I remember hoping we’d hold onto RHJ but when we didn’t I wasn’t surprised.
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It's still fun to analyze who you think will turn out good but yeah last year with 3 picks was awesome.
 
Scalma said:
I love watching prospects but feel like I’m wasting my time this year. I’d be surprised if we kept the pick. Same feeling I had in 2015. I remember hoping we’d hold onto RHJ but when we didn’t I wasn’t surprised.
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Agreed. In the 2015 draft thread that was bumped, I think I saw a quote from olshey talking about it as an asset, and it sounded similar to his comments this year
 
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