If Brown gets it done, I reluctantly do it, but only because it lets them keep all their future draft picks. But I try like heck to get them to bite on Rozier, 27, and the Sac and Memphis picks.
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They’re not trading Bamba for a pick that might end up in the 20s,
a pick that might not covey for 3 years, and the right to pay Rozier to help them win 36 games instead of 32. The variance in the Sac and Memphis picks makes them basically untradeable before the draft in which they convey.
It’s basically never going to make sense for a GM under fire (which is typically most GMs in the high lotto) to defer the high pick to a future year(s) without knowing where that future pick will end up.
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn 23s24 seconds ago
Source: Cleveland prefers Collin Sexton with the No. 8 pick.
Source: Cleveland prefers Collin Sexton with the No. 8 pick.
Exactly. Even if there were assurances of it conveying next year, which would surely be high in either case of Sacramento or Memphis, most GM's of rebuilding teams are never going to delay a pick for potentially the next GM to utilize. Those gigs are pretty valuable and without Ainge-like job security, most GM's are looking purely at improving their team for next season.
Rodger Sherman @rodger_sherman 9m9 minutes ago
Donovan Mitchell is doing interviews for the arena jumbotron and just told Jaren Jackson Jr. he was "the newest member of the Utah Jazz"
Donovan Mitchell is doing interviews for the arena jumbotron and just told Jaren Jackson Jr. he was "the newest member of the Utah Jazz"
A team like the Magic wants variance, not certainty. The people focused on risk mitigation are looking at it the wrong way in my opinion. Then again the initial reaction to the KG, Pierce trade was focused on the downside risks instead of upside risks too,so not surprising that it’s coming up again. If Ainge had a similar mindset he wouldn’t have made most of his moves as a GM.
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania 32s33 seconds ago
Sources: New York is selecting Kevin Knox with the No. 9 pick in NBA draft.
Sources: New York is selecting Kevin Knox with the No. 9 pick in NBA draft.
Because they probably could have moved up from 10 to 6 or 7 and gotten Bamba or Carter who are perfect long term fits. I admit it’s premature without seeing what the Sac pick ends up at but early odds are not as good a player as they could have had tonight.
He hasn’t played in a year because of his back and hurt his hip during workouts. Flags don’t get any redder.
Well, we would have been two picks away from getting Bamba and the team which picked him doesn’t need a center. But how the fuck are you supposed to know this shit?
What time is our pick estimated to be? Question is should I try to get a ticket for 2nd set of U2 or stay in the bar and watch the entire first round?
A draft this good, and an injury that existential...
Some team soon won't be able to resist trying to catch a falling dagger.
Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn 6s7 seconds ago
Sources: Sixers are targeting Villanova's Mikal Bridges with No. 10.
Sources: Sixers are targeting Villanova's Mikal Bridges with No. 10.
I mean, many people (himself) say he's basically a better KD / Giannis / McGrady hybrid of all their best traits.
Ah I forgot about the hurt dude. That explains BMHH saying he's perfect for Phila.
If he's their target and they miss they really suck.
He was exactly 10th on London's Big Board for those scoring at home.
Haven't seen it mentioned, but I find it amazing Cleveland took Sexton given LeBron's legal threats against Nick Saban's barber show and their striking parallels.
Maybe, but the cost of moving up from 10 to 6/7 is not small in all likelihood. It would cost at least the Grizzlies pick, and probably more.
I'm a big Carter fan, so maybe that would be fine, but not even clear to me the Grizzlies pick gets it done to be honest. Presumably Orlando and Chicago likewise coveted those two after all.
The odds are like 5-7% that happens with the new tankathon rules. It’s not something that should really dissuade a team.
We all know how cagey he is but I’d love to know Danny’s thoughts on this a year later. I don’t think he really deals in regret, but yeah, I’m curious. Then again, maybe we’re at 10 and teams are asking way too much to move up. I probably wouldn’t do Memphis pick, for example, to slide up 4 picks, and I’m sure that would’ve been the ask over something like Rozier/27.
Yes. Certainly much more obsessed with getting a Mo Bamba type that Ainge has gone after in the draft basically once.
I doubt it. This board is barely mildly intrigued by the prospect of the Celtics drafting a big man, and the next stop is abject indifference.
Ainge is nothing if not counter-cyclical. I think he's moderately intrigued by the prospect of the Celtics drafting a big man, if only because we are not.
I cannot fathom that next year's Sacramento pick is worth less than this year's #10.Well, we would have been two picks away from getting Bamba and the team which picked him doesn’t need a center. But how the fuck are you supposed to know this shit?
Expand “this board” to all sports media and fandom and you nailed it. Don’t think he really cares.
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania 40s40 seconds ago
Sources: Charlotte is selecting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with the No. 10 overall pick in the NBA draft.
11th pick, of course
Sources: Charlotte is selecting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with the No. 10 overall pick in the NBA draft.
11th pick, of course
Oh yeah, but the Harder They Come had subtitles. Explain that to me, mister fancypants.