Should the Blazers draft the best player available (BPA) or draft based on fit? If we still have Scoot, Simons, Brogdon on the roster this summer along with Sharpe at SG I can't imagine using our top pick for another short PG.
I’ve posted about this before, but size MUST BE part of the “BPA” criteria. It is simply far too easy to find short, score first guards that often play little to no defense. You’ve got to be leagues ahead of your peers if you’re a short guard IMO.
With our first pick, I want a forward. I consider Sarr a PF and think there might be a drop-off after the top 3, (Sarr, Risacher, Williams) but I would probably roll the dice with Holland or Buzelis if the top 3 are off the board. With GS's pick, I would prefer we take the BPA.
I am nitpicking here, but I would say that defense must be part of the BPA., not necessarily size. Granted it doesn't happen very often but sometimes short guards can play defense. Chris Paul made a few Blazer fans look like complete idiots when they didn't want to draft him because of his size. Again it doesn't happen often but let's not make that mistake again.
This "rebuild" looks like a repeat of the Dame/CJ one. Blazers will max contract Shaedon and Scoot, leaving us no cap room for a big-time FA. We can not win like this. DRAFT BIGS. GAMBLE. 1st round, 2nd round. FIND A BIG!
BPA always. We have no idea how Shae and/or Scoot will pan out. Take the best according to scouting reports.
I think that is probably true. This makes it an easy choice IMO to grab a forward with the first pick. The only guard in the top 5 is Topic and he is 6'6 201 lbs.
Wouldn’t worry to much about it……weakest draft in years. This pick/picks won’t help us for years regardless.
When the “experts” can’t even come up with the same “BPA” for even the Top 3 picks….. you know it’s a mess.
So basically just like 2 years go. I mean we know there is no superstar in this draft, but that doesn't mean it is a mess.
we're getting Cody Williams, 2 guards, and 1 PF/C. The Remix is going to be loaded next season! from the clips I've seen, Cody has the length to get buckets, good outside touch, open court handles. If Lamar Odom put down the crack pipe, and had a baby with Darius Miles, he would be a Blazer this summer.
If we’re sitting at 2 or 3 I’m taking BPA… Nikola Topic You can even make the case for taking him #1 Intangibles/feel — he’s the best player in the draft
It's starting to look like the consensus prospect ratings on the top handful of guys are pretty damn close. If we were sitting at three last season and let's just say had an all nba PG and the guy who was the clear cut number 3 or we even had him number 2 then I'd expect us to trade back and/or out of the draft. That's the thing there are far more options than just BPA or positional need sacrificing value. You can trade back adding more draft assets and getting a guy who you like as a fit. You can trade out of the draft and either pick up a proven player who fits a need or future draft capital. You can do a lot of things and you just do what makes sense for your roster and the goals you have for it. Obviously if it's Wemby and you have two good young players or even two proven superstars in the post you take Wemby and make it work. There's no Wemby in this draft so there are no hard and fast answers.
