I don't think that is completely true. I was born in early January. Was I that much different than the kid born a couple of weeks or even a few months before me....in a different year? I don't think so. Let's say the parent held him back early in life, yes he might be a little bigger growing up than his classmates but he still competes the same amount of years as the others in his class. One year of college (or G league) is still just one year out of HS and just one year of development at that level, despite being a little older.
I know the draft will extend over two days (ugh), but will it still be 5 minutes between 1st round picks?
This article says it's 5 minutes between picks in the first round and 4 minutes between picks in the second round. https://www.nba.com/news/nba-draft-2024-two-nights-official-release
If I'm Cronin and I don't like any of our options in the second round where we have two early picks I'm picking Bronny. I'd bet that a team will fork over a better pick in a better draft at some point in the next year. If not and we get his dad to sign for the MLE next year the silly sideshow will be worth the cost for a year in the middle or this long slow rebuild. It will give us one year of something else in the middle of many losing seasons, and many that are ahead.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10109994-2024-nba-mock-draft-latest-full-2-round-projections #7 Dillingham #13 Clingan (these idiots think the Pels have the 14th pick)
Dude I hate that so many guys’ ranges are so crazy. Here I am thinking Missi will be selected in the #14-20 range, and this mock has him at #29. Well, I think Castle and Missi would be a W result.
This is where front offices are really going to show their worth. Nobody should be relying on consensus anyway and in this draft, there is certainly none which makes it even more fun to be honest. Missi at 29 is laughable.
Trae is worth more than Ant by a substantial amount so I wouldn't expect the same. They can keep Isaac and Anthony. If I can get Black and two 1sts for Ant I'd be happy. Maybe we can offload another contract to them as well?
Mocks give zero insight on national opinions this year. I’ve only been looking at mocks the last couple days and holy, this year is all over the place. This is the year where we possibly have no idea what management will do on draft night. Supposedly a “bad draft”, but I see many players that would help this team. Not only that, they are all over the place in terms of national consensus, this is what Cronin hired Schmitz for. We are actually have plenty of ammo to have a great draft night. Two lotto picks are always good, but two high seconds also helps us move up or draft a falling talent. Needing to re-home Brogdon, Ant, and Thybulle also helps us cover the late teens to the 30’s if we like someone in that range. We don’t know if Schmitz is going to go two sure things and one upside swing. We don’t know if Schmitz will find a way to find a big guard and big forward and a big man. Draft night can’t come soon enough.
What's the filler? Include Reath (to replace WCJ in Orlando) and the a '25 pick back to Portland... and Im in
