First round mock with trades

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First round mock with trades 

Post#1 » by Village Idiot » Mon Jun 5, 2023 11:42 am

1. San Antonio - Victor Wembanyama
2. Charlotte - Brandon Miller
3. Orlando - Scoot Henderson

Orlando trades: 6, 11, 36, WCJ, Suggs, Issac - The Blazers move down to get a second lottery pick, a more mobile and switchable C in WCJ, a quality third guard in Suggs and a guy in Issac who fits perfect IF he is able to stay on the court.
Portland trades: 3, 43, Simons, Nurkic - The Magic get their franchise PG by consolidating assets. In many drafts Scoot would be #1

4. OKC - Amen Thompson

OKC trades: 12, Dort, Houston 24 and 26 firsts and 25 pick swap returned - The Rockets move down to 12 to get their picks back from OKC. Dort gives Udoka a defensive oriented culture builder.
Houston trades: 4, Porter Jr., Tate - The Thunder get Amen Thompson, a long, athletic freak whom they can develop

5. Detroit - Cam Whitmore
6. Portland - Jarace Walker
7. Indiana - Tyler Hendricks
8. Washington - Anthony Black
9. Utah - Ausar Thompson
10. San Antonio - Bilal Coulibaly

Atlanta trades: Capela, 15 - Atlanta receives: own picks in return from San Antonio - Atlanta gives the starting job to OO and cuts their tax obligations considerably while getting their picks back from the Spurs
Dallas trades: Bertans, 10 - Dallas receives: Capela, 15 The Mavs get a really solid veteran center in Capela who will protect the rim and catch lobs.
San Antonio trades: Atlanta picks- San Antonio receives: 10, Bertans - Coulibaly is surging up the draft boards. The Spurs nab Wemby's teammate in return for taking on Betans' deal and giving up the Hawks picks.

11. Portland - Derek Lively
12. Houston - GG Jackson
13. Toronto - Cason Wallace
14. New Orleans - Gradey Dick
15. Dallas - Jordan Hawkins
16. Utah - Jalen Hood-Schifino
17. LA Lakers - Kobe Bufkin
18. Miami Heat - Leonard Miller
19. Golden State - Bobi Klintman
20. Houston - Maxwell Lewis
21. Brooklyn - Amari Bailey
22. Brooklyn - Tristan Vukcevic
23. Chicago - Keyonte George
Trade with Portland to settle their pick debt to the Bulls. Chicago also receives pick 36 and $3 million
24. Sacramento - Kris Murray
25. Memphis - Nick Smith
26. Indiana - Noah Clowney
27. Charlotte - Jett Howard
28. Utah - Brandin Podziemski
29. Indiana - Rayan Rupert
30. LA Clippers - Trayce Jackson-Davis
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Re: First round mock with trades 

Post#2 » by Norm2953 » Mon Jun 5, 2023 10:08 pm

Interesting trade with Portland/Orlando, similar in some respects to the 1984 Kiki Vandeweghe
trade when Portland traded 5 guys to get the remaining piece to the 1985 team that was
built around Drexler and Sam Bowie. Big question is whether Scoot will be there at 3

If it works for Orlando, they have Scoot, Simons, Franz, Paolo and a serviceable center in Nurk.

I think Orlando is giving up too much unless they are really sold on Scoot being their PG for the
next 12 years.

Portland has lots of bodies with Dame, Sharpe and Suggs in their BC with Grant, Walker and WCJ/
Lively

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