I remember the Clippers held the 13 and 14 pick in the first round a few years ago. Jerry West wanted SGA so bad, he offered two second round picks to move up one spot to number 12. The good news for them is they got SGA, the bad news is Jerry West moved on and OKC leveraged SGA away with half of the Clippers draft for the next 8 years in the Paul George trade. Second round picks historically don’t move you up very far in round one. But, as in this example, it was worth it, just moving up one spot.
At this time this is considered a weaker draft so we should be able to move a few spots with either pick with those second rounders or the latter 1st.
This draft is pretty bad. I would be going with high floor players to start with. And I'm usually in the camp of taking high ceiling, swing-for-the-fences types. Except Sarr. I would make an exception for him. Sheppard, Dillingham, Risacher, Missi, McCuller, Jones, Holmes, Knecht, Hall, George, etc. Pick two. I'm confident these are NBA players in some capacity.
Williams has his red flags. Doesnt rebound, no pull-up game, low volume on 3PA. Not a good fit next to Grant, but I'd rather we trade Grant anyways.
I love when people who know less than 10 players in a draft talk about how weak it is. There are diamonds even in a weak draft. There are a solid crop of role-player potential prospects. There's a lack of top end upside, and I feel like that negative gets attributed to the entire class too much. And there's still upside, but with players that are a lot more raw or have more question marks than normal. A lot more guys that need the right situation to pan out.
I think Cronin & company has already identified their target and want to insure we lose as much as possible to make that happen. My hunch is that it’s Colorado guy Cody Williams.
Obviously I know very little compared to those who are keeping check on every stat available but it just seems every draft changes during and after March Madness. There is something about what a player does on the big stage that sets them apart. I simply don’t think anyone actually knows until you get through the top 16 teams in the country playing a loser goes home tournament.
But not always in a helpful way. Remember when Zach Collins had a hot streak shooting threes in the tournament? Which he never came close to matching in the NBA.
So far this draft appears a crapshoot amongst potential top picks and then throughout the draft, perhaps the least consensus on picks I have ever seen. So "BPA" is really going to be subjective IMO
