2019 NBA Draft Thread

[Scalma]

They wasted a year of tanking for Baynes, Johnson and Okpala and lost TJ Warren.

TJ warren got traded?? How high was I yesterday..

 

[hoopsjock]

TJ warren got traded?? How high was I yesterday..

Phoenix gave him to Indy along with pick 32.

 

[hoopsjock]

Thought they got a pick back from BOS. NVM!

They did, I wanna say that's how they got Ty Jerome? There were so many trades.

 

[illmatic99]

It's even worse. They traded the pick that was Okpala to get rid of Warren's salary.

Ah my bad. So they got:

Saric
Baynes
Johnson
Jerome

for

#5
Warren
#32

How does their GM have a job this morning?

 

[Scalma]

Phoenix gave him to Indy along with pick 32.

Damn, that’s a nice insurance for Thaddeus Young.

 

[hoopsjock]

Ah my bad. So they got:

Saric
Baynes
Johnson
Jerome

for

#5
Warren
#32

How does their GM have a job this morning?

#6 but yeah I seriously don't know what they're doing. They use a pick to dump salary but then take on salary for a pick? They seem to be in win now mode but somehow made their roster worse?

I'm still confused.

 

[illmatic99]

Damn, that’s a nice insurance for Thaddeus Young.

KP had a really nice draft

 

[illmatic99]

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Suns FO is such trash... fired their coach after one year, can’t draft worth a dick...

 

[wizenheimer]

What in the actual fuck is Phoenix doing?

driving drunk

 

[oldmangrouch]

What in the actual fuck is Phoenix doing?

I actually like both Johnson and Jerome - just not for a team in the Suns' position. For a play-off team drafting in the mid-to-late 20s, I would have defended them as picks. When they announced Johnson at 11, my immediate reaction was that the Suns just spent a lotto pick on a guy they might be able to flip to a play-off team at the deadline. Just weird.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

What do people think of Eric Paschall?
Last year my obsession was Jalen Brunson, so I guess this continues a Villanova theme, but it's entirely coincidental, because I don't watch college basketball. I just looked at the players projected to be drafted and tried to find the guy who was most similar to a Draymond Green/PJ Tucker type, and it sounds like it's this guy. My philosophy with the low first round picks is to get a solid contributor, hence picking experienced seniors with excellent track records. Obviously that's not Olshey's preference, given that he preferred Simons, and it looks like he may have been right. But I'm going to stick with my strategy.

https://hoopshype.com/2019/10/31/golden-state-warriors-news-stephen-curry-injury-eric-paschall/