What player do you want to get with the 7th pick?

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Should've put "poll" in the title to distinguish it from the bazillion other threads
 
Sharpe preferably, if not there perhaps trade down and get a player and good pick or two picks
 
Blazinaway said:
Sharpe preferably, if not there perhaps trade down and get a player and good pick or two picks
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I really don't understand the Sharpe hype.
I tried watching his scouting videos.... he struggled to get an edge to get to the rim against mediocre talent.
Personally, I think he's going to be a huge bust.
 
OG doesn't seem likely to happen,

Sharpe seems to have a lot of upside. I would probably take him if he falls.
But I am still intrigued by Sochan.
 
No love for Dyson Daniels?

I must say, I'm getting big Ben McLemore vibes from Shaedon Sharpe. That, or Minnesota Wiggins.
 
Dort #12 and a 2023 first round pick for the pick
 
Joe, if you're reading this, don't be put off drafting Daniels! Listen to your new draft guru - he knows better.
 
Natebishop3 said:
The funny thing to me is that Sochan might end up being as good or better than OG in the same role.
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OG is not going to be better than OG. I think some people must be believing that, or why in the hell would you give up the 7th pick.
Sochan has a much, much better chance of being better than OG than OG does.
 
blazerfan11 said:
OG is not going to be better than OG. I think some people must be believing that, or why in the hell would you give up the 7th pick.
Sochan has a much, much better chance of being better than OG than OG does.
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I have no idea how you can say this with certainty. But even if true, it's going to take a few years before Sochan is even at the level OG is now. We're on a timer here.
 
B-Roy said:
I have no idea how you can say this with certainty. But even if true, it's going to take a few years before Sochan is even at the level OG is now. We're on a timer here.
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I'm not on a timer.
And, yes, OG could get better than OG, but it's unlikely to put him in Jimmy Butler territory.
 
B-Roy said:
I have no idea how you can say this with certainty. But even if true, it's going to take a few years before Sochan is even at the level OG is now. We're on a timer here.
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There is no single move we can reasonably make this year that will suddenly put us in contention. I'm happy to wait 2-3 yrs to build to that level. I don't see this kinda pressure that you do if Dame is signed on longterm (pretty confident he'll get that massive extension this summer).
 
illmatic99 said:
There is no single move we can reasonably make this year that will suddenly put us in contention. I'm happy to wait 2-3 yrs to build to that level. I don't see this kinda pressure that you do if Dame is signed on longterm (pretty confident he'll get that massive extension this summer).
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Dame in two years is not going to be as good as Dame today. And yet he'll be making more. You're not guaranteed to be fielding a more competitive team at that point even if Sochan or Sharpe or whoever pans out as a starter level player in two years.

Keep in mind Hart is expiring this year, so is Nas. Grant will get paid more, and Ant will as well. Maybe Sharpe/Sochan or whatever is good at that point, but is the team better if Dame is worse and we don't have Hart/Nas whoever we lose because of salary concerns?
 
B-Roy said:
I have no idea how you can say this with certainty. But even if true, it's going to take a few years before Sochan is even at the level OG is now. We're on a timer here.
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Another point to be made, if OG does get better than OG, there's no guarantee it would be next season. It could be 3 seasons from now when he's 27-28.
 
It's also like, pretty far from a guarantee that anyone we pick will even be starter level, just based on historicals. It's a gamble in more than one way.
 
blazerfan11 said:
Another point to be made, if OG does get better than OG, there's no guarantee it would be next season. It could be 3 seasons from now when he's 27-28.
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???

The point is that OG is already a good starting level player now. He doesn't need to get better for it to make sense now.
 
B-Roy said:
Dame in two years is not going to be as good as Dame today. And yet he'll be making more. You're not guaranteed to be fielding a more competitive team at that point even if Sochan or Sharpe or whoever pans out as a starter level player in two years.

Keep in mind Hart is expiring this year, so is Nas. Grant will get paid more, and Ant will as well. Maybe Sharpe/Sochan or whatever is good at that point, but is the team better if Dame is worse and we don't have Hart/Nas whoever we lose because of salary concerns?
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dame will be as old in two years as Curry is now-- think he'll age very gracefully. And by that time, I am hoping Ant climbs closer to all star level to lessen his load.

Depending on how the sale of the franchise goes, if we're competitive, i see the new owner paying what it takes to keep the team together. And remember the cap will spike again in two years, so the 25-30 mil deals will not seem as bad then as they do now.
 
illmatic99 said:
dame will be as old in two years as Curry is now-- think he'll age very gracefully. And by that time, I am hoping Ant climbs closer to all star level to lessen his load.

Depending on how the sale of the franchise goes, if we're competitive, i see the new owner paying what it takes to keep the team together. And remember the cap will spike again in two years, so the 25-30 mil deals will not seem as bad then as they do now.
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Lot of hoping here
 
Changing my vote to Dyson Daniels because I felt sorry for him. Also, with Grant, we're kind of overstocked with forwards, so Sochan wouldn't get the time he needs/deserves.
 
B-Roy said:
Dame in two years is not going to be as good as Dame today. And yet he'll be making more. You're not guaranteed to be fielding a more competitive team at that point even if Sochan or Sharpe or whoever pans out as a starter level player in two years.

Keep in mind Hart is expiring this year, so is Nas. Grant will get paid more, and Ant will as well. Maybe Sharpe/Sochan or whatever is good at that point, but is the team better if Dame is worse and we don't have Hart/Nas whoever we lose because of salary concerns?
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Well it appears you think OG brings us to contender status.

Even with OG I highly doubt we are contenders.

So our best bet is for Dame to take on the “CP3” suns role. Hope whoever we draft “pops”.

Dame - slightly worse
Ant - Better
Nas - Better
Hart - Better
Grant - Same or slightly worse
Whoever we draft - Much better, possibly all star
Nurk - probably the same

Your essentially betting on whoever we draft being good enough to make up for whatever (slight) decline Dame has while also allowing other young guys to develop and possibly making up for whoever we lose due to salary. Also, I highly doubt Dame’s decline is going to be as great as you imply. Shooting doesn’t just disappear. He will be able to pull up from 40 when he’s 40 with no issue.

Additionally, whoever we lose due to salary, if we are smart we will trade at the very least.
 
B-Roy said:
???

The point is that OG is already a good starting level player now. He doesn't need to get better for it to make sense now.
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We don’t need a starting level player.
We need an all star level player if we are to be a contender.
 
Daniels huge upside and fills a position/defensive stopper position (potentially). Just screams as that glue type player who doesn’t need shots to impact game. Love guys like this
 
So if we could get OG for EBEC and 7 I'd do that. If it's any more than that I'd much rather trade back to 9 and 20 ideally or 9 and 25. I don't know for sure who I'd take at 20 but if he's still available at 25 I'd take Dalen Terry. For sure I would take Sochan at 9 and I think he'd be there. If the Spurs aren't interested in trading up then I would see who falls to us and either take BPA or shop that player around and get the best players possible for them if I can find someone with close to the same upside without giving up any of our guys of value.

I'm really high on Sochan both immediately and his future, for me he might be BPA at 7 but if another team places a higher value on Sharpe or Daniels if they fall to us then we take that higher value from them if it comes in the form of a player or players we think have better value now and in the future. I'm also pretty high on Terry immediately but don't know if he has that high of a ceiling.

We could trade back to 13 and 15 and just take the best players that fall to us. Duren could be there, Dieng or Branham might, Ogbaji almost certainly will and there's a very high chance that Mark Williams will.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Changing my vote to Dyson Daniels because I felt sorry for him. Also, with Grant, we're kind of overstocked with forwards, so Sochan wouldn't get the time he needs/deserves.
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KOC: https://nbadraft.theringer.com/mock-draft/

The Blazers are planning to use the seventh pick to target other proven players around the league, such as OG Anunoby. But if they keep the pick, most executives expect Portland to choose from center Jalen Duren, wing Shaedon Sharpe, or guard Dyson Daniels. Front offices expect Jusuf Nurkic to return to the Blazers, so drafting Duren wouldn’t address a short-term need. Sharpe isn’t ready to play at the NBA level yet. Daniels, at 6-foot-6, is a logical choice since he’s only 19 but is ready to play NBA defense. With sensational passing vision, he can complement Dame and Anfernee Simons in the backcourt. The Blazers have experimented with a number of big guards next to Lillard and CJ McCollum in the past. The Evan Turner experiment failed, but the idea of Turner was sound: a big playmaker who can defend multiple positions. Daniels could be everything the Blazers need and much more.
 
illmatic99 said:
KOC: https://nbadraft.theringer.com/mock-draft/

The Blazers are planning to use the seventh pick to target other proven players around the league, such as OG Anunoby. But if they keep the pick, most executives expect Portland to choose from center Jalen Duren, wing Shaedon Sharpe, or guard Dyson Daniels. Front offices expect Jusuf Nurkic to return to the Blazers, so drafting Duren wouldn’t address a short-term need. Sharpe isn’t ready to play at the NBA level yet. Daniels, at 6-foot-6, is a logical choice since he’s only 19 but is ready to play NBA defense. With sensational passing vision, he can complement Dame and Anfernee Simons in the backcourt. The Blazers have experimented with a number of big guards next to Lillard and CJ McCollum in the past. The Evan Turner experiment failed, but the idea of Turner was sound: a big playmaker who can defend multiple positions. Daniels could be everything the Blazers need and much more.
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I think Chauncey really wants Duren, but 7 is too spicy for him -- hence all of the rumors of trading back or getting a pick from Charlotte... A draft night of Sharpe/Daniels, Hayward, Duren would be a very good night, indeed...
 
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