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I think Herro goes to Boston.

Reportedly stood out in workout alongside Kevin Porter Jr, Nickeil Walker-Alexander and Luguentz Dort.
 
My dream scenario (in case the Blazers don't work a deal for AD) would be trading out of 25, getting two picks in the top half of the second round and being able to select Bazley and Okeke there.
 
PCmor7 said:
My dream scenario (in case the Blazers don't work a deal for AD) would be trading out of 25, getting two picks in the top half of the second round and being able to select Bazley and Okeke there.
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I think both of those guys are going to go in the 1st. When it comes to Chuma I don't think the Blazers can really afford to draft one of the injured guys when they already have Nurk hurt. That could potentially leave them with only 13 healthu players on the roster for a good portion of the season.
 
hoopsjock said:
I think both of those guys are going to go in the 1st. When it comes to Chuma I don't think the Blazers can really afford to draft one of the injured guys when they already have Nurk hurt. That could potentially leave them with only 13 healthu players on the roster for a good portion of the season.
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I would pick them both in the first, but that's not where a lot of the mocks have them going right now. So this is just my perfect scenario.

I'm also encouraged by Nurk's progress. And, as I've said before, I don't generally believe in "win-now." I think, same as you, that both Bazley and Chuma are round 1 talents playing in round 2 right now for reasons that have nothing to do with their upside. So you swing for the fences. Teams survive with 13 or 14 healthy players all the time. The Blazers could do that ... might be tougher if they traded for AD and gutted the rest of the roster.
 
Chuma would be a 10-20 pick if not for the injury. He defends. His shot off the catch is pure and he is big and strong enough to post. But I don't see anyone predicting him to go in the first round right now. If that plays out, someone is getting an exceptional talent in the second.
 
hoopsjock said:
Or they're trying to keep their interest a secret so teams don't jump them.
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Maybe due that Olshey goes to those pro workout in California to evaluate. But the last 2 year we kind knew where olshey was going. Even Zach didn't workout for the team but he only to the IQ test at the combined and last year he had Simons come in twice. But you never know he might have a deal in place to trade out of the 1st.
 
PCmor7 said:
Chuma would be a 10-20 pick if not for the injury. He defends. His shot off the catch is pure and he is big and strong enough to post. But I don't see anyone predicting him to go in the first round right now. If that plays out, someone is getting an exceptional talent in the second.
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ESPN's Mock Draft show had Bazley 27 and Chuma 30.
 
If Pelicans trade AD before the draft the offer is probably #4, Ingram, Ball and Kuzma?

Then I imagine they reroute Ball to Chicago or Phoenix for their pick. Has anyone ever picked three times in top 10?
 
Wizard Mentor said:
Not quite sure where to put this:
Former NBA guard Jamaal Franklin participated in a free agent mini-camp with the Trail Blazers, according to Sportando’s Nicola Lupo. Franklin averaging 32.3 points, 9.9 rebounds, eight assists, and 2.4 steals this past season with the Sichuan Blue Whales in China. He last played in the league during the 2014-15 season with Denver. Franklin also recently participated in a Kings mini-camp.
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Of course he averaged that much. If defenders like this were guarding me....

 
Wizard Mentor said:
nbadraft.net has Bol Bol dropping to #25 and has us taking him. If he's available, are you interested?
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Only if his predreft medical eval is done by different people than who examined Oden!

Seriously, this guy's potential to be a total failure is scary...but IF he passes an exam, who available at 25 isn't a gamble?
 
oldmangrouch said:
Only if his predreft medical eval is done by different people than who examined Oden!

Seriously, this guy's potential to be a total failure is scary...but IF he passes an exam, who available at 25 isn't a gamble?
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If its done by the same people they’ll know what to look for.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
nbadraft.net has Bol Bol dropping to #25 and has us taking him. If he's available, are you interested?
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Sorry, but Im so tired of people referencing nbadraft.net. Its such a bad mock. Bruno Fernando 16 spots ahead of Bol Bol? Haha.
 
BonesJones said:
Sorry, but Im so tired of people referencing nbadraft.net. Its such a bad mock. Bruno Fernando 16 spots ahead of Bol Bol? Haha.
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They're the easiest to use and they have the best domain name. Marketing 101. Quality is less important.
 
handiman said:
They're the easiest to use and they have the best domain name. Marketing 101. Quality is less important.
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But if were talking about trying tobuse mock drafts as a tool to gauage what could happen, then quality matters. Bol Bol wont fall to 25. Fernando amd Kabengle wont go top 10. Guaranteed.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
How do you know this? Is there any proof or are you just going off what you remember from last year or something?
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IIRC, their mocks are abstract player rankings, not actual predictions. In other words, they are saying Bol Bol "should" go 25th - not that they think he actually will go 25th. They only make actual predictions right before the draft.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
How do you know this? Is there any proof or are you just going off what you remember from last year or something?
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I constantly keep track of them. Ive ran a Matrix before. I pay a lot of attention year in and year out. Theres always consensus which is pretty accirate and then theres that site, which is far off consensus. A couple days before the draft, the flip it to something close to consensus.
 
oldmangrouch said:
IIRC, their mocks are abstract player rankings, not actual predictions. In other words, they are saying Bol Bol "should" go 25th - not that they think he actually will go 25th. They only make actual predictions right before the draft.
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Yeah, its like if I made a mock draft and predicted Bazely to go in the top 12. Hes not going to go in the top 12.
 
I have a friend's log in for ESPN insider so I can read all the draftexpress stuff. They're by far the best. I can't ever log out because I don't remember the password, ha ha.

This particular draft is really hard to mock because I've never seen such parity between picks from 9 or so to about 35. NBA draft net could be right but they've been really slow to adjust their boards in the past and they also put too much weight into their future rankings so if they've had a player rated in the top-10 for a couple years now they don't move him down as much sometimes so their rankings for say 2020 don't get questioned. Then they wait until right before the draft and sneak in a pretty accurate one so that it looks like they were pretty close.
 
hoopsjock said:
I have a friend's log in for ESPN insider so I can read all the draftexpress stuff. They're by far the best. I can't ever log out because I don't remember the password, ha ha.

This particular draft is really hard to mock because I've never seen such parity between picks from 9 or so to about 35. NBA draft net could be right but they've been really slow to adjust their boards in the past and they also put too much weight into their future rankings so if they've had a player rated in the top-10 for a couple years now they don't move him down as much sometimes so their rankings for say 2020 don't get questioned. Then they wait until right before the draft and sneak in a pretty accurate one so that it looks like they were pretty close.
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They had Fernando as high as 4 earlier this year.
 
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