I'm in 22-23 of Nba2K right now. Two seasons ago, I won lottery and traded pick for Embiid. Last season, I landed the 3rd pick in the draft and the guy projected to be #1 by everybody, Desmond Delk, was available but he was a center. I picked him. Now I have two awesome centers and we're playing great.
To take on that kind of contract the sweetner should come our way. That will cost a big chunk of luxury tax.
Walton and Lucas did this all the time. Walton love playing the ball through him at high post. But there hasn't been a a center EVER that could pass the ball like the BRH!
And he was a 15th pick so it was a crazy move for sure. They had a huge miss in having him and letting him go. But even more seems like he was the Spurs choice at 15. What a terrible draft for the Blazers too. Nolan Smith right before Faried. Hell even Jimmy Butler went at 30. Chandler Parsons taken in the second round at #38 and Isiah Thomas very last at #60 That first round though has produced some players. Just not for the Blazers..... https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2011.html
Yep, I can see more of Nurkic playing the high post and feeding Collins down low. If Nurkic concentrates and doesn't force it he's a pretty decent passer and Collins has some great footwork to get a shot away.
agree. Zack is going to be very tough down low with his ability to move his feet and get off a shot. Once he's seasoned down there he should be getting to he FTL at least 4-5 times a game. His toughness and attitude coupled with another year or two of experience will serve him well.
I have a hard time believing anything that comes out of Neil's mouth. If he says "we are going after vets." I would think he is going all in on someone high up in the lottery. Paul LOVES the draft. I could see him making a huge move if he can find someone to take CJ and ??? Atlanta and now Memphis are open to trading their pick. I could see several teams trading down or out of the draft for the right player(s).
Well, he kind of says they were too conservative with not using TPE and draft pick (he definitely says pick, not picks, so have to assume he is talking about 2018 pick) but then he sort of justifies it by saying we would get beat anyway by Houston or GS in the next round. Well, those teams aren't getting any weaker soon, so how are things different this year? Is there any reason to give up a draft pick now unless we are getting a real difference maker. And although he seems to be trying to brag a little about assets he has been collecting; well, a 24th pick and no second rounders (for the second year in a row) are not much assets. Napier (and Nurkic) was an asset at the trade deadline but no longer is, and I don't consider Swanigan, Layman or even Connaughton real assets. So all he really has is the one TPE (others are too small to be worth anything). As someone else says, his talk about moving Zach closer to the basket seems to portend letting Davis go, and since he seems sure to use that TPE and sign Nurk, he pretty much has to let him go.
What it really points out is how tough it can be to predict what impact a player will have in the pros with so many one and done players. GM's are afraid to pass up on the high potential young player for the more seasoned player that has a few years of college experience. It's almost as if a 3 or 4 year player is considered over the hill now. Similar to how I see posters say that 27-28 years old is now considered almost past their prime where before that was just entering their prime.
If I'm Memphis I'm calling Cleveland and offering Marc Gasol and Mike Conley for #8, George Hill, Tristan Thompson, Cedi Osman, Ante Zizic, and Larry Nance JR. For Memphis I'd just rip the bandaid right off and go full rebuild around #4 and #8. For Cleveland a rotation of LeBron, Gasol, Love, Conley, JR, Clarkson, and Korver plus their Tax-MLE and vet min pickups is pretty solid and could be one of the only ways LeBron might stay.
To me it can only mean one thing when he mentions the TPE and a draft pick: Mirotic He knows he should've used those on him.
The TPE + our protected 1st would have been a much better deal than the hot pile of garbage + protected 1st CHI got from NOP. They are stuck paying Asik $11 million next season and waived Tony Allen and Willie Reed (who they got for Jameer Nelson). Which leads me to believe if POR was in talks with CHI for Mirotic, it was Olshey who said no. BNM
Well in theory the TPE could be used to move up in the draft. They take on a big contract in exchange for a first and then package it with their own pick and possibly a player (Aminu? Harkless?) and move up. But if we wanna talk about fantasies, I think three of the top five teams would be interested in CJ; Atlanta, Memphis, and Dallas. Don’t know what packages would look like and it’d probably downgrade our team in the immediate future, but man it’s fun to think about guys like Bamba and Porter in Portland.
