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How many times can Carter-Williams get traded? I guess Jason Kidd thought he saw himself in him then decided he didn't.
 
Scalma said:
why would we even need 3 2nd rounders? the odds are good that none of them amount to anything. keep 23 and you have a chance to get someone like justin anderson, delon wright, rj hunter, maybe even kevon looney. Those guys have a better chance of sticking than anyone in the 2nd round.
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Ah, but a lot depends on what the Blazers are thinking of doing with the pick.

If they are in a position to grab a guy like Anderson or Wright who are going to be solid rotation guys sooner rather than later - I agree with your point. If they follow the path I suspect - rolling the dice on a project big man - then I would rather take multiple bites at the apple a little later in the draft.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Ah, but a lot depends on what the Blazers are thinking of doing with the pick.

If they are in a position to grab a guy like Anderson or Wright who are going to be solid rotation guys sooner rather than later - I agree with your point. If they follow the path I suspect - rolling the dice on a project big man - then I would rather take multiple bites at the apple a little later in the draft.
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Our track record for 2nd round picks have been abysmal.

Only reason I can think of for this deal is that it clears the max amount of capspace possible, since 2nd rounder are unguaranteed. Other than that, ugh.
 
KeepOnRollin said:
See, I would much rather have Henson. MCW has too much of a me-first attitude imo.
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The only reason why I think MCW would work well is having another distributor. Also, his game is slashing, getting to the line and 10 ft jumpers. I miss having that option.
 
MCW on offense would be fine. If we lose Wes, he's a great replacement next to Dame. But can he consistently guard SGs?
 
magnifier661 said:
The only reason why I think MCW would work well is having another distributor. Also, his game is slashing, getting to the line and 10 ft jumpers. I miss having that option.
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Henson was one of my "guys" in his draft. Yes I wanted him over Leonard (but also wanted Drummond over both) so maybe Olshey made the right choice. Next year should tell us.
 
But anyways guys, the Bucks pick 17th and want to move up.... We pick 23rd...
 
Over the past 19 seasons (since 94) They're were 11 all-nba or all-star players taken in the last third of the draft (20-29/20-30). There were 12 all-star or all-nba players coming from the second round.
That means that 2.1% of 2nd round picks resulted in all-nba/all-stars
And 6.1% of late 1st rounders turned into all stars

One would think that would trickle down to chances of a role player.
 
BonesJones said:
Over the past 19 seasons (since 94) They're were 11 all-nba or all-star players taken in the last third of the draft (20-29/20-30). There were 12 all-star or all-nba players coming from the second round.
That means that 2.1% of 2nd round picks resulted in all-nba/all-stars
And 6.1% of late 1st rounders turned into all stars
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So that settles it: Philly has to give us 3 picks.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
So that settles it: Philly has to give us 3 picks.
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I wouldve said yes before all the foreigners dropped out. Now that they did it's at best an average 2nd round while the late first is definitely above average
 
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Looking at the mock drafts there looks to be some players that will be there at 23 that I want. But there is also about 1-3 players who are projected to go before we pick that I would not be interested in.

That might be true for Neil as well. He probably has about 20-22 players on his draft board he would take at 23. If for some reason none of them fall to us, he might want to trade down.
 
BonesJones said:
I Silsbee said yes before all the foreigners dropped out. Now that they did it's at best an average 2nd round while the late first is definitely above average
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Only 2 or 3 (Lucas, Vezenkov, Luwawu) worth drafting dropped out. Plenty still in.
 
My guess is
Pinwheel1 said:
That might be true for Neil as well. He probably has about 20-22 players on his draft board he would take at 23. If for some reason none of them fall to us, he might want to trade down.
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My guess is the trade (if there is one) only happens after pick #22 has happened. You don't do it before the draft and then watch one of your fave players mysteriously drop.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
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So roughly 2 guys out of 30 second round picks ends up starting and another 3-4 are rotation players. That's amazing. Counting first round draft busts, that means that out of the hundreds of guys who play at the college level each year, only 60 are drafted and probably only half of those end up having a career.
 
I want the Pistons to trade for Rudy Gay, so SVG can just waive him like Josh Smith.
 
Hmm, that would indicate that they are aiming to fill up their roster with some cheap contracts.
 
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