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I am rethinking Looney if he falls that far. Could he grow into a Lamar Odom type player?
He is not quick but he plays good defense and I think he can cover most 3's. At first glance he has tweener written all over him, but the game is changing and I wonder with his skills if he might be a good gamble at 23.

Draft express has him at 23
 
Rastapopoulos said:
If we keep the pick, Jonathan Holmes is racing up my personal draftboard (if you know what I mean). Reminds me of Dante Cunningham, in a good way. Versatility is now the key and he's been played at the 3 and the 4.

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I like Holmes too. He's a big 6'9" with his 9'0" reach.

Mike Scott is a good comp.
 
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Scalma said:
That'd be funny if Olshey traded OUT of the first round. Any reason to do that?
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One possible reason would be to keep as much cap space as possible to sign free agents. First round draft picks count against the cap at their scale contract amounts. Second rounders don't. The scale contract amount for the 23rd pick is about $1.1 mil, so by taking 2 2nd rounders instead of that pick, Olshey would have that much more to work with to acquire a free agent. Also, he'd get two cheap players to fill the end of the roster with instead of one. Given how much the starters will be making, that's a good thing as far as luxury tax implications go.
 
e_blazer said:
One possible reason would be to keep as much cap space as possible to sign free agents. First round draft picks count against the cap at their scale contract amounts. Second rounders don't. The scale contract amount for the 23rd pick is about $1.1 mil, so by taking 2 2nd rounders instead of that pick, Olshey would have that much more to work with to acquire a free agent. Also, he'd get two cheap players to fill the end of the roster with instead of one. Given how much the starters will be making, that's a good thing as far as luxury tax implications go.
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It's very possible they have the offseason $$ mapped out very specifically. But dumping the 1st generates the 500k-ish roster charge, and I can't imagine they have it down to where that money is integral to our offseason moves. I could be wrong. Seems more likely, they aren't in love with the guys at 23, enough, to justify spot there versus 2 in the 2nd.
 
or the proposal was just that, a proposal. probably by philly. good chance it didn't lead to anything if it leaked to the media. especially with olshey.
 
RR7 said:
It's very possible they have the offseason $$ mapped out very specifically. But dumping the 1st generates the 500k-ish roster charge, and I can't imagine they have it down to where that money is integral to our offseason moves. I could be wrong. Seems more likely, they aren't in love with the guys at 23, enough, to justify spot there versus 2 in the 2nd.
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You're probably right, but the roster hold only applies until a team gets 12 guys signed.
 
Scalma said:
or the proposal was just that, a proposal. probably by philly. good chance it didn't lead to anything if it leaked to the media. especially with olshey.
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Ding. ding. ding. We have a winner!
Spot on man. Much adieu about nothing.
 
So, assuming we keep Vonleh and the pick, we're almost assuredly going after a RHJ, Justin Anderson or some other SF since we now have a top pf prospect in place?
 
One hour away from the draft. Have things changed for all of you? I still want Wright or RHJ. With Justin Anderson now in the mix as well. I no longer want Looney with the addition of Vonleh.
 
I'm not expecting the blazers pick at 23 to stick with the blazers. Probably some sort of trade.
 
...The Blazers pass
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I was thinking that it would be kind of awesome if Philly gave us ALL FIVE of their second rounders for our first rounder. Then we could take:

35 and 37. Hernangomez/Milutinov/Jaiteh/Richaun Holmes
47. JP Tokoto/Cedi Osman/Josh Richardson/Norman Powell
58 and 60: Alan Williams/Treveon Graham/Dez Wells/Terran Petteway/Branden Dawson/"Speedy" Smith

You've got to figure ONE of them would end up a useful player...
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Holmes, Richardson, Powell, Williams and Dawson have all looked good.

Actual pick locations of those players:
26 Milutinov
31 Cedi Osman
35 Hernangomez
37 Holmes
40 Richardson
46 Powell
56 Dawson
58 Tokoto

Jaiteh, Alan Williams, Treveon Graham, Dez Wells, Terran Petteway, "Speedy" Smith all went undrafted.

So if Philly had kept those picks they could have had: Hernangomez, Holmes, Dawson, Williams and (say) Jaiteh. Nice haul, if a bit heavy (geddit!) on shortish centers.
 
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Rastapopoulos said:
I was thinking that it would be kind of awesome if Philly gave us ALL FIVE of their second rounders for our first rounder. Then we could take:

35 and 37. Hernangomez/Milutinov/Jaiteh/Richaun Holmes
47. JP Tokoto/Cedi Osman/Josh Richardson/Norman Powell
58 and 60: Alan Williams/Treveon Graham/Dez Wells/Terran Petteway/Branden Dawson/"Speedy" Smith

You've got to figure ONE of them would end up a useful player...
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Apparently three are "diamonds in the rough"
 
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