With the #7 pick, the Portland Trail Blazers select....

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by TBpup, May 17, 2022.

  1. Hoopguru

    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2014
    Messages:
    19,591
    Likes Received:
    16,197
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Going to need a lock down defender or two to compliment Dame, Ant & Grant.
    I could see Chauncey badly wanting Sochan.
     
    BankTeller, blazerfan11 and blazerkor like this.
  2. Hoopguru

    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2014
    Messages:
    19,591
    Likes Received:
    16,197
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Both are solid defenders too.
     
  3. CJ_is_Gone

    CJ_is_Gone Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2022
    Messages:
    1,621
    Likes Received:
    1,731
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Thybulle is apparently available...
     
  4. DDolla

    DDolla Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2018
    Messages:
    8,478
    Likes Received:
    7,813
    Trophy Points:
    113
    C’mon Cronin, go shock the world and get OG and KD at the same time
     
    Natebishop3 likes this.
  5. Hoopguru

    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2014
    Messages:
    19,591
    Likes Received:
    16,197
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Id be all for getting him if he was reasonable. Defense has to be a priority for this team.
     
    BankTeller likes this.
  6. Predator

    Predator The Godfather

    Joined:
    Sep 14, 2021
    Messages:
    2,686
    Likes Received:
    2,186
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Dubai
    Thybulle couldn’t hit the water if he fell out of a boat in middle of the ocean

    you’ve got to make a bet on who is more likely to become a decent shooter… Dyson or Sochan.

    Thybulle ain’t it
     
    blazerfan11 likes this.
  7. Hoopguru

    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2014
    Messages:
    19,591
    Likes Received:
    16,197
    Trophy Points:
    113
    He could be a decent off the bench roll player/defender.
     
    BankTeller, AmirIcon and rotary111 like this.
  8. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    56,114
    Likes Received:
    53,918
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    NYstateofmind
    The Grant trade should not affect who we pick. Its still now and always will be BPA
     
  9. AmirIcon

    AmirIcon Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 21, 2008
    Messages:
    5,351
    Likes Received:
    4,901
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Occupation:
    Writer, Director, Actor
    Would love to find a way to get Sochan later in the lottery but not at the cost of a prospect like Sharpe. Perhaps Portland can take a contract to get a pick to get Sochan as well.
     
    BankTeller and GoBlazersGo like this.
  10. DDolla

    DDolla Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 31, 2018
    Messages:
    8,478
    Likes Received:
    7,813
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Cronin is actually trying to add OG … WOW
     
  11. CJ_is_Gone

    CJ_is_Gone Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2022
    Messages:
    1,621
    Likes Received:
    1,731
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Comparing apples to apples:

    Sochan shot 0.296% from 3 & a FT% of 0.589 in college
    Thybulle's lowest season in college he shot 0.305 (averaged 0.358) from 3 & had a FT% of 0.714


    Sochan ain't it either...

    Looks like Dyson wasn't any better in his G-League season. (0.255% & 0.737% respectively)
     
  12. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2008
    Messages:
    56,114
    Likes Received:
    53,918
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    NYstateofmind
    dyson shot 40% from FT for his 29 games in the g league. that 74% was only a subset of games.
     
    CJ_is_Gone likes this.
  13. Predator

    Predator The Godfather

    Joined:
    Sep 14, 2021
    Messages:
    2,686
    Likes Received:
    2,186
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Dubai
    “You’ve got to make a bet”

    Because you know what Thybulle is already.

    You’ve got to bet on Daniels / Sochan becoming more than that. And if they don’t, they’re both already better playmakers, dribblers and shot creators while being similarly as good defensively.
     
    blazerfan11 likes this.
  14. blazerfan11

    blazerfan11 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 11, 2019
    Messages:
    9,324
    Likes Received:
    9,471
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Daniels is a very good passer. He could play point guard for the 2nd unit.
     
    Natebishop3 and Predator like this.
  15. CJ_is_Gone

    CJ_is_Gone Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2022
    Messages:
    1,621
    Likes Received:
    1,731
    Trophy Points:
    113
    You don't have to make that bet... It's a low probability outcome.

    Dyson is Evan Turner (v2). A high end version of Sochan is a Jae Crowder...

    I'd much rather pick up Thybulle who is already a 2x 2nd team all defense and trade down a bit and take a swing with either Eason or Dieng.
     
  16. BankTeller

    BankTeller Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 3, 2021
    Messages:
    2,540
    Likes Received:
    2,381
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I’ve suggested taking on Hayward’s remaining two years and getting #13, then trading up from there to get Sochan and then drafting whoever is BPA at #7. Mixed reviews, if not any good ones at all, lol.
     
  17. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

    Joined:
    Sep 17, 2008
    Messages:
    90,156
    Likes Received:
    52,173
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    Or Dyson is Scottie Pippen 2.0. We don’t know what he will become.
     
    blazerfan11 likes this.
  18. Predator

    Predator The Godfather

    Joined:
    Sep 14, 2021
    Messages:
    2,686
    Likes Received:
    2,186
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Dubai
    Dyson plays nothing like Evan Turner and the stats show it. Evan Turner was a high usage, inefficient off ball player. That’s nothing like Dyson.

    But that doesn’t matter. The point is that no matter what “low probability outcome”, you’ve got to take a swing and make a bet if you want to make it to contender status.

    Throw Sharpe in there as well. He isn’t “likely” to become a star but *if* he does that’s how we can become a contender. And becoming a star outside the top 3 picks is a low probability outcome no matter how you slice it. But the probability with Daniels, Sochan and Sharpe is much higher. That’s why they’re projected much higher in the draft. Eason doesn’t have the BBIQ, ball handling or playmaking ability to become a star. And his shot *arguably* translates worse than Sochan - who was a superior catch and shoot “shooter” from 3 than Eason. And Eason from one side of the court was like 20% from 3 because of his weird ass shot.

    Neither Eason or Dieng are likely to be available at 23. Mocks have Dieng from 9-13 for the most part and Eason around 15-17.
     
  19. BankTeller

    BankTeller Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 3, 2021
    Messages:
    2,540
    Likes Received:
    2,381
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Without the MIL, not sure what they’d want in return. You could trade Keon for draft compensation and trade that with 2nds for Thybulle with the Covington TPE if they’ll take that. But I don’t think I’d trade much more than that.
     
  20. SwissBlazer

    SwissBlazer Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 22, 2016
    Messages:
    1,019
    Likes Received:
    1,450
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Yay it's already draft day over here!
     
    TBpup likes this.

Share This Page