basketballwacko2 wrote:Grang33r wrote:Pacers Forever wrote:I also don’t like giving up 3 draft picks. Would rather give up Brown and Nwora plus a first and second pick from this upcoming draft.
The two first round picks in 2024 (assuming thats 2 of the picks) don't worry me at all. Honestly couldn't careless about them. The draft is weaker and
the Pacers have two players in Walker and Sheppard who can't even sniff the court now. Can't imagine how crowded that bench would be and how tough it would be to break through next year. Hitting on Nembhard and having 2 first last year, really makes those picks expendable.
Walker seems like a guy who might get increased playing time as the season rolls on this season but Sheppard probably will be a player to watch for next season to work on getting some extra time.
That's because Walker should have stayed in College and Sheppard should have been a 2nd round pick.
After reading a bit last night on the rules for draft picks,... this might be the first time in the NBA that the league allows not protections, but conditional draft picks, like 'Indy will convey their 1st round picks in 2024. If Siakam resigns with Indy, then Indy will also convey their 1st round pick 2027. If Siakam does not resign with Indy, then Toronto will convey to Indy their first round pick in 2026, 15-30 protected.'
According to an really nice article in The Ringer, with interviews with Presti and Morey, they both believe that with the changing value landscape in the NBA, the league must allow these types of conditions moving forward. Both of them had tried to use these types of conditions over the last 2 - 3 years. According to the interviews, the league did not reject the premise at all, but determined that they were not appropriate in the structure of the proposed deals. These types of conditions would seem to make a ton of sense in this particular deal?
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/3/17/22335035/nba-trade-deadline-first-pick-protectionIf it happens, we will eventually see the terms,... but hopefully, there is something like this on the table?
(or I might just be clutching at straws to be able to wrap my head around this?.... 8/ )