With the 7th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, The Portland Trailblazers select. . .

So much bullshit that it doesn't exist any more.

 

What was it?

 

It said Salaun got hurt at his Spurs workout and cancelled all other workouts.

 

I did see this whenI search for it:

" Quite a few teams would like to get to know him better. Salaun, ranked No. 9 in ESPN's Top 100, conducted workouts with Portland, Sacramento and Oklahoma City before spraining his ankle this past weekend in San Antonio, which might prevent him from working out in scheduled visits with Detroit and Charlotte."3 days ago"

 

The tweet said he cancelled his portland workout.

 

Well he did work out in Portland so you either misread the tweet or the tweet is garbage but no worries since he did and I think it comes down to Dalton and him at 7 assuming they do not trade up. If either are there it's between them and my guess if both are there they take the safer pick in Dalton and while I would not mind it I would rather take the risk on Salaun since I think he has a better upside.

 

Didn't misread the tweet. That's what it said.

 

https://www.si.com/nba/hornets/draft/projected-lottery-pick-suffers-injury-that-prevents-hornets-workout-#:~:text=Salaun had already worked out,percent from the foul line.

Then the tweet was wrong this link has good info but its starts after a pic of TS and a vid

 

Appears to be deleted. What did it say?

 

Salaun hurt himself at the Spurs workout and had cancelled all workouts including the Blazers.

 

He wants to team up with Wemby but SA wanna take him at 8 instead of 4. That's what this news is about

 

If it's true, that's how I read it as well. They're hoping they can scare people away from taking him ahead of 8. They're probably looking for Castle at 4 and Salaun at 8.

 

A sprained ankle isn't going to scare people away

 

This scenario is very likely

As for Portland
We cannot add 4 tookies in 4 days without making any moves

 

We can add 4 rookies just fine. The Blazers have until October to get the roster down to 18 players.

 

And he worked out here already.

 

What's all the excitement about this Salaun kid? He's actually not that bigger than Cody Williams, and Cody has at least displayed a high degree of offensive skill. And the people on this forum selected Salaun over Cody?

Salaun and Clingan are the two I"m hoping we DON'T take at 7.

 

If I was to guess the Blazers big board on who might be there at 7 and who they might take this is what I think it is ( also going realistic so take off Sarr , Shep , Rich and Castle but going to leave Clingan on just cause there is a realistic chance he might be there if Hawks do not take him at 1 )

1) Clingan -- too much smoke for this to be untrue that the team is interested in him
2) Knecht -- Closer to being ready and less chance for a dud
3) Salaun -- I think 2 and 3 are super close but the fear he might bust keeps him at 3 -- but he could be a top 10 upside guy in the draft
4) Williams
5) Buzelis
6) Holland
7) Ware and Topic tied cause I think the temptation of Topic might be something in the future is too tempting even with all the guards on roster