Notice 2021 draft day picks/moves/speculation thread

one of the moderators should stop eating donuts and cruising around Pornhub long enough to pin this thread to the top of the page

and...is the Westminster Kennel Show Sly's version of Pornhub?

 

I like the stories about the new guys... the in depth analysis of players by guys like Jonathan Givony... but most of all I watch for anything approximating this

 

One thing I'm looking for today:

Do we trade a lottery protected 1st rounder? If so, it means we have no intention of making a godfather offer because trading a lottery protected first makes it much harder to trade future firsts.

 

Is Neil going to do anything tonight to help our team? I feel like we need a blockbuster trade to happen in the worst way and tonight would be a day to do it

 

why tonight? Portland doesn’t have a pick to trade in this years draft. If olshey makes a “blockbuster” trade it’ll probably come next week.

 

If something is to happen going to be something like this since they cannot trade another 1st til like around when FA starts and Woj says something like this ---

Portland Trades CJ and Future 1st for (insert name here ) but it cannot be completed til (insert Date ) -- this is what will happen most likely if it's a BIG deal

 

unless it's a 3way.

 

dont give me hope.

 

I think it’s pick 38

I think CJ and what not gets traded to Philly for Ben Simmons in a couple of weeks

 

I don't think there is reason to give up hope if Neil doesn't make a big move tonight. However tonight is the night that all of the GMs are talking to each other, whereas next week they are all talking to individual players. It's why we've seen big deals happen around the draft, before free agency in the past. For me logically if there is a third team involved that has picks in this draft, tonight would be a time to capitalize on that. Also we don't want to get outbid tonight because we were waiting for next week.

 

I've said it before on another thread, but I'd like to see CJ & DJ to Cleveland for Love and the 3rd pick (taking Suggs). Just my 2 cents.

 

This should be interesting considering how plugged in to the Blazers FO:

 

Chicago has 38. Why do you believe it's that one? I would guess it's a team with multiple picks whereas 38 (from NO) is all that CHI has.

Teams with multiple seconds:

OKC: 34, 36, 55
DET: 37, 42, 52
NY: 32, 58
NO: 35, 43, 51
CHA: 56, 57
IND: 54, 60
PHI: 50, 53

 

Chicago is notoriously cheap, could be why...

 

That's a thought that hadn't crossed my mind. Good point.

 

Chances that we are the mystery team? 50/50?

 

i dont think we have the pieces to land a lottery as i doubt we would involve CJ.

 

Also ruins the watching experience. Those of us who've been watching the draft since the pre-Twitter days can tell you that a big amount of the appeal and enjoyment was the actual announcement of the picks... sort of like opening a present.

Knowing what's in the present before you open it is a lot less fun...

 

I feel like mystery team is the team name for Portland trail blazers pretty much every time. Then we’ll find out how close we were after the trade with another team happens