The wait is over... Long neck / sloping shoulders hurt his standing reach. Thought he was going to measure a little longer too. In other news, Brandon Clarke is a freak athlete, but REALLY small.
The combine start tomorrow it will interesting who the Blazers talk to at the combine. I believe olshey not real big on the combine who he going draft. One year he already knows he wanted Zach but he draft asset to help him. I am looking at Johnson from North Carolina might be at 25 and there few others wouldn't be bad. I am still interesting of Bazley has took the Simons approach if we buy a 2nd rounder. The more I start studying I probably will put more names to my list at 25 pick.
Zion ought to be watching a lot of Giannis -- his game should translate to something similar: relentlessly attacking the rim.
Well if its the best trade with a contingency, I'm sure NOP waits. Kyrie is likely Boston or NY, and if Kyrie and AD end up in NY, so will KD. But if not, Boston will still have to bid against LA. If one of KD and Kyrie dont sign, NOP could do the trade with cap space. The Cleveland situation is a perfect precedent. But again, I'm not even trying to discuss its realism. Im asking you if itd work under the CBA. But you just want to beat me over the head with "its not realistic".
No, in addition to it not being realistic (it isn't) you're not getting the difference between what Cleveland did, what Boston and LAL could do, and the cap gymnastics that you are proposing NY attempts. There has never been a single trade in the history of the NBA that requires a team to wait 30 days while one team attempts to sign two other players. I don't have time right now to show you why. Cleveland had a different situation in which they tried to work out a trade before signing Wiggins and talks broke down so they just signed him. Then they started talking again and came to an agreement near the end of the 30 days but had to get Philly involved to take on salary to make it work because of Wiggins now counting as salary. The teams already had their rosters full. The Knicks tried to clear out the cupboard which complicates trades.
Admiral Schofield would be my pick for that type. Mostly because I'm a Tennessee fan and he has a dope ass name.
I'm simply wondering if teams can hold onto lesser salaries to get rid of roster holds in order to maximize cap space before making a trade the would otherwise take them over negore signings. Just wondering if thats possible under the CBA. Only reason I tagged you.
I have us targetting Chuma Okeke or Mfiondu Kabengele. Matisse Thybulle or Chikezie Okpala could be available as well, although I expect some of them to rise a bit during the combine. I wouldn't mind any of these guys, other than that I'll need some time to get used to spelling their names correctly.
I fully believe youi'll be able to get an equally good player around 16-22 as you'll get in the 5-10 range this draft. We'll be seeing a lot of 'wow how did this guy get drafted so low' threads in a year or 6 from now. We'll also be seeing a lot of 'how the hell did this guy get drafted in the lottery' threads.
Id be really happy trading Harkless and thebpick for Taurean Prince though. Thats the #1 move we need to make this off-season.
Or Meyers plus the pick for Olynyk. Combine that with a 2020 1st and Harkless for Prince and wed probably open up the Full MLE and get our Kanter replacement and Harkless upgrade.
His defense has been really bad though. Dame+CJ+Prince isn't a great combination, unless he really picks it up on the defensive end.
I like Schofield he would there at 25 if we want him. Some got him in the 1st and some 2nd. His work outs very important to him. I hope we bring him for a work out.
Thats how I feel about most of this years draft, Im sure a couple guys will surprise, but everyone Ive watched has been, uninspiring for the most part.
