I like the way you think! Especially in this draft. Lots of guys 10-20 that look like they might be really solid players some have very high upsides as well.
Really hope the Blazers don't trade the pick of Keegan Murray is available. He's pretty well rounded and can contribute on day one.
so then, the 'best case' scenario from that: * #7 + the 6.5M TPE for PJ + #13 + #15 Bledsoe + #15 for Grant (maybe it would be better to use the big TPE for Washington leaving Blazers with TPE's of 16.6M, 6.5M, 3,3M) that would be settling though because a forward tandem of Grant + Washington has a definite ceiling. And one component of the ceiling would be having a weak rebounding pair of forwards (a combined rebounding rate of 17% is not good) that return, in and of itself would be the epitome of meh. A lot would hinge on how well the Blazers did with #13. And all that is assuming that Portland didn't spend both of their TPE in the trades or give up the 13 + Milwaukee pick for Grant I'd really hope for better and the only reason I'd lean toward 'liking' that trade is because of the lurking 'inevitability' of giving the 7 & the TPE for Grant,,,,geeeezuz
tbh I would only give the Milwaukee pick for grant, I’d want to keep 13 and 15 and see if we could do something better, like Collins or OG.
B Report in a mock draft has us trading 7 and EB for OG A and 33. They have Sac trading 4 & Barnes to Atlanta for 16,44 and John Collins
Mike Schmitz breakdowns Sochan Must watch the whole thing to see defensive attributes Great Sochan Breakdown - 247 Sports https://247sports.com › baylor › board › Contents › gre...
- Sochan is one of the best and most versatile defenders in his class. At 6-9 and 230 pounds, he can guard all five positions at a high level, especially when he's forced to switch out on the perimeter and contain guards off the dribble. In an age where Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant, Luka Doncic and Jayson Tatum are four of the league's best individual players and the game is shifting more toward the perimeter, teams need players like Sochan to give their defense a chance at slowing these explosive offenses down.
Sochan would be a great fit for the Trail Blazers. He hit 36% on catch-and-shoot 3-pointers and if he can continue that with the Trail Blazers there would be no problem playing him with Nurkic.
I'd MUCH rather get Sochan than Grant and it's not close. It's insane to me they are considering trading the #7 for Grant, just disgusting. Trading for the 13 and 15 and then using 15 to get Grant and drafting Sochan, Eason or Duren at #13 is vastly, VASTLY more palatable and then you can trade Nurk in an S&T for a wing if we got Duren.
Agreed with that line of thought.....although don't think Duren or Sochan makes it to #13. We'd have to be okay with Eason, Dieng, Mark/Jalen Williams, or Jovic.
Jeremy Sochan is 2 years and 9 months younger than Keegan Murray. Sochan just turned 19 years old ( May 20th) and won't be Draymond Green's current age until 13 years from now.
I sure hope if Cronin and his advisors really like a player that will be gone at 13 that they don't even think about trading down.
