A coin flip wouldn't have even determined the odds, we would have had to split the odds in the lotto with the Magic and if neither team moved into the top 4 then a coin flip would have determined who picked before the other team. Fortunately our team didn't leave anything to chance tonight.
This is a great question. Personally, I’d be bummed if we were at #5 and picked either guy over the Thompson twins, but ultimately, I’d be fine with either guy as a prospect for this team. With Walker, I worry he won’t be able to be a consistently good defender on the perimeter. But the energy and interior defense would be sorely needed. If SAS wasn’t so bad this year, I wonder how a front court of Walker and Sochan would turn out defensively in a few years. With Whitmore, I worry about the tunnel vision. That’s often harder to reel in than having a guy that needs to be more aggressive. However, he has an NBA ready physique, great athleticism, and won’t even turn 19 until after the draft. Defensively, he has no reason to not be great on that end. Ultimately, I’d lean towards Whitmore.
Process matters. Dallas didn't jump through the hoops any more than someone who takes a paid sick day and says they just didn't feel like it (yes, some places allow that, but the vast majority require people to at least pretend). And, no, the NBA is not currently empowered to tell the Blazers and their players, "You aren't injured enough not to play. Nor are you. Nor are you. Nor are you. Nor are you." A player could definitely say they were healthy and that's one thing, but absent that, there's not much they have ever been able to do. A "rest" designation, though, is clearly hogwash. The NBA can act more easily on that designation and (hopefully) punish the Mavericks.
If he truly feels like this it scares me about Sharpe, also if we land Wemby there’s no chance in hell we trade him and the organization/fans are gonna have to settle for a Wemby/Sharpe era.
We're not contending next year or the year after regardless; I don't know what Dame expects from the braintrust.
If Sharpe is traded it better be for a Jaylen Brown or someone of that level. I’ll fucking puke if he’s sent out for anything less.
He’s going back and forth. Which is it? It’s okay if he doesn’t want to wait on guys that are 2 or 3 years away. Please demand the trade and be done with all this bother. It’s better for both sides if he demands a trade anyway.
I think the assumption that Dame thinks that Shae is 2 or 3 years away might not be accurate after what he showed down the stretch of the season. I hope everyone knows that Dame needs a big guard next to him, that doesn't need to dominate the ball and plays defense... aka not Ant.
He's not going to demand a trade. I think if Cronin has another presser where he says he just couldn't get it done that Dame will speak with Jody about getting a different GM that will pull the trigger. That might get Dame traded but he will then say that the team chose to move on without him, not the other way around and this organization will look terrible.
I know he is. That’s not what’s best for the team. There isn’t a “win-now” kind of trade short of Embiid. Trading multiple 1sts + maybe even Sharpe for a Siakam or OG is not a win-now move. That’s a “get back in the playoffs so my career can have a ‘I made the playoffs this many times’ legacy” kind of move. That’s not the best move for the organization. He got compensated for being in this situation. Put up or move on.
