Justin Anderson is not going to fall out of the first round unless he drops dead on the day before the draft.
I'll take all the Marc Gasol, Draymond Green, Manu Ginobili, Paul Millsap, Monta Ellis, Jerome Kersey, Rashard Lewis, Jae Crowder, Khris Middleton, Chandler Parsons, Hassan Whiteside, Danny Green, Cliff Robinson type players anyone wants to give me. It takes great scouting and a little luck but there are gems out there.
We could get Trob junior in Cliff Alexander, some of us liked Trob. They supposedly like Jarell Martin too, he might be there with those picks. Oh yeah, there's that French center too.
Let's say the odds are 1/30 that you find that diamond in the second round. If you don't find that diamond it's 1-(1/30), or 29/30. But the odds of not finding a diamond 5 times? That's 1-((29/30)*(29/30)*(29/30)*(29/30)*(29/30)) =16% which is better than 3% (original odds) times 5.
If we did trade out of the first round, that would give us more cap space if we needed it. Honestly nothing would shock me this summer and do not think Olshey knows for certain either. IMO he is preparing for anything.
Yeah trading out of the first tells me a few things. #1 Olshey is scraping for as much cap space as he can get right now which means he might have some major plans in place using space this summer. This is a good thing. #2 perhaps he wants multiple rookies as assets to add to deals this offseason #3 Maybe he wants multiple second rounders so we can flip some of them for future second rounders to replenish some of our assets that are gone
No one thought Crabbe would fall to the 2nd round (Although whether that ends up being a good thing or a bad thing is still very much yet to be decided).
How many times can Carter-Williams get traded? I guess Jason Kidd thought he saw himself in him then decided he didn't.
Ah, but a lot depends on what the Blazers are thinking of doing with the pick. If they are in a position to grab a guy like Anderson or Wright who are going to be solid rotation guys sooner rather than later - I agree with your point. If they follow the path I suspect - rolling the dice on a project big man - then I would rather take multiple bites at the apple a little later in the draft.
I could get behind MCW if he's available. I think he's a big guard that could work very well with Dame.
Our track record for 2nd round picks have been abysmal. Only reason I can think of for this deal is that it clears the max amount of capspace possible, since 2nd rounder are unguaranteed. Other than that, ugh.
The only reason why I think MCW would work well is having another distributor. Also, his game is slashing, getting to the line and 10 ft jumpers. I miss having that option.
MCW on offense would be fine. If we lose Wes, he's a great replacement next to Dame. But can he consistently guard SGs?
