Could be. Both are shot blocking centers. But Kessler seems way more athletic, and mobile than Edey. Went back and watched Kessler highlights and he's way more agile.
Yeah late first round picks have a ton of value and I think now are being thrown around too loosely. Posters have told me how the Thunder got little in return for Paul George since the 4 Clippers picks were likely to be late picks, or that a Dame haul for 4 first rounders is worth almost nothing because those picks can't play next season. Of course if a pick acquired in a trade is less protected or in the lottery it would be vastly more valuable. But even if it unfortunately just becomes a late pick there is a very real chance to get some great players with those assets over multiple drafts. The big problem is trading away multiple picks for players with little upside as the Blazers did with Afflalo/Plumlee/Covington/Nance/Collins/etc.
Stop misrepresenting what I was saying because I caught you not knowing what you were posting about and your feelings got bruised. We were talking about how OKC was pretty much forced to accept four late first-round picks because George asked for a trade specifically to the Clippers weeks after he was third in the MVP voting, and, if he and Kawhi stayed healthy, those picks probably were going to be all late in the first round and unlikely to produce a player of George's quality. There also was discussion about the two vets the Clippers sent in the deal. I know that context all is inconvenient now after you started saying my example of how Dame needs to get his buddies to request trades to Portland was "horrible" and terrible and the worst ... and then it turned out you were completely wrong that the Clippers initiated the deal. But, get over being hurt, man up. No one was bringing this up over the last few days since I pointed out your mistake. You were wrong, you tried to get yourself over on another poster without having a clue what you were talking about, now get over it.
I never said what your implying here. I've actually said much of the exact opposite, that Dame getting his buddies to request trades to Portland as was done with Grant is the correct move. Yes I factually pointed out how the OKC trade was a poor example of this; as that was considered a great trade for OKC at the time and had many indications OKC was not forced to enter into the deal. The assumption that the picks would all be late in the first round was a bad assumption, especially since one of the picks wasn't even OKCs. I'm not sure why your so upset, its pretty obvious to anyone who reads our posts here and in other threads whom is critically thinking about these situations, whom is open to discussion or new ideas, and whom is responding with heated irrational emotions or name calling.
I hope we at least bring Dereck Lively in for a workout. These are the kind of guys I want on this team. No combine measurement confirmation, but he’s typically listed as 7’1 with a 7’7 wingspan, and the video above says he’s about 230lbs. Covers the floor well enough that he can switch onto smaller players. Playing at Duke, I’m not sure if he was able to show us his full set of skills. My hope would be to trade down and end up with Amen and Lively on draft night.
