re: About the draft . . .

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I've never said he'd be more than a scorer.

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That's kind of implicit in you thinking that a 17-18ppg average is insulting. Maybe we're each getting caught up on irrelevant side points of the others arguments, but if you think he'll be more than an 18 ppg scorer, I take that to mean he'll be in the top 5 percent of scorers which he shouldn't be if he's only a scorer.

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I want an efficient shooter next to Holiday and Davis that can get his own shot and keep a defense honest by getting to the rim. I don't want a player you HAVE to run sets for to get him open looks like Redick or Korver.

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I would not be upset if we drafted Hield at 5/6, I just would question if that was the best use of our best asset left to keep AD. TBW posted an article today examining different cap space scenarios, and if AD doesn't make the all NBA team, and you dump everyone that's dumpable (Gordon/Ryno/Tyrke/Ajinca), like a new GM might, then you'd have $35 million in cap space which might be enough to add Bazemore and Barnes which would let Hield slide into his ideal role of 6th man scorer.

Jrue/Frazier
Bazemore/Hield
Barnes/QPon/Babbitt
AD/Cunningham
Asik

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I don't think Demps can pull that off, but I bet Travis Schlenk could. Hield would make the most sense as the pick in that situation as well. If you're adding Bazemore and Barnes and getting QPon back, something like Valentine and Taurean Prince all of a sudden becomes more redundant than Hield so you're not getting the same value out of a 2 for 1 talent addition with the trade back as you'd get taking Hield.