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re: 2023 Pels NBA Draft Discussion
Posted on 4/22/23 at 5:19 pm to CelticDog
Posted on 4/22/23 at 5:19 pm to CelticDog
Understand your thinking on this, but part of being a GM is maximizing value.
The best case scenario here is for the Pels to come out of this draft with one of the top shooter/scorers, which is very doable at the end of the lottery, and a switchable, rim-protecting big who can also rebound. Harder to do both.
But if TJD was still there toward the end of the first, which is likely given his shooting limitations, I'd gladly give up a lottery-protected first in '24 or '25 to a team like Indiana that's already made multiple picks in the first round and may want to trade out of a late first in favor of a potential mid-round first next year or the year after.
The analytics guys might kill you for doing it, but if you think TJD would be worth a mid-round first pick on his own in the next two years, I think you do it to get him now. Really just advancing the pick a year on a guy you like--assuming they do.
The best case scenario here is for the Pels to come out of this draft with one of the top shooter/scorers, which is very doable at the end of the lottery, and a switchable, rim-protecting big who can also rebound. Harder to do both.
But if TJD was still there toward the end of the first, which is likely given his shooting limitations, I'd gladly give up a lottery-protected first in '24 or '25 to a team like Indiana that's already made multiple picks in the first round and may want to trade out of a late first in favor of a potential mid-round first next year or the year after.
The analytics guys might kill you for doing it, but if you think TJD would be worth a mid-round first pick on his own in the next two years, I think you do it to get him now. Really just advancing the pick a year on a guy you like--assuming they do.
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Posted on 4/23/23 at 12:19 pm to New City Champ
Keyonte George is starting to grow on me. Yeah I know his efficiency numbers werent great but when you watch him the guy is a bucket getter. Reminds me of D'angelo Russell
Posted on 4/23/23 at 1:03 pm to New City Champ
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best case scenario here is for the Pels to come out of this draft with one of the top shooter/scorers, which is very doable at the end of the lottery, and a switchable, rim-protecting big who can also rebound. Harder to do both.
I want to consider the concern about lively or nnaji being taken before consensus.
if you have your pnr defender guy available at 14 how does it matter if he would have lasted until memphis picks?
you aren't picking him to trade him. he goes to Birmingham squadron and works on his game.
pretty soon he's taking nances minutes.
and you can't trade down far enough to make the pick map to the Espn big board at 29 because somewhere after 15 someone else says heck yeah.
beings there's only a couple of pnr & rim defenders lively nnaji they will be like DE in the nfl draft. every one wants one.
This post was edited on 4/23/23 at 1:11 pm
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