Revived wrote:Cassius wrote:Revived wrote:You don’t think Rockets would still make that same offer to Marks?
They will come with fewer picks. There’s no way they anticipated getting the #3 while fighting for play-in position, and for that reason I don’t really think this is a good idea.
Anybody they could trade for who is worth a #3 pick is going to be very expensive, no matter how flat we think this draft might be. They’re better off keeping the pick and moving one of the younger players along with the rest of the picks that were on the table with Bridges before.
This draft sucks. Even a #3 pick is pretty worthless and Mikal Bridges is likely to be 5x better than even the #1 overall pick of the draft much less the #3 pick imo.
5x better is hyperbole
Mikal Bridges had a peak 3-year (227 game) stretch from age 23 to 25 where he was a 53-39-84 shooter, peaking with one All-Defense team in the final season.
He never made an All Star game, not even as a reserve.
The shooting has declined significantly since:
Two years ago, he dropped to 47% (and this includes his incredible run of 40 burgers after the trade DL).
This past season, he fell further, down into the 43% range.
Even the 2 worst drafts in this millennium (2000 and 2014) had some 1x All stars
2013 had Dipo 2nd (2x AS, 1x all BA, 1x All Defense, steals champ). And hindsight guys in Giannis and Gobert. You could make a decent argument CJ McCollum already had a better career than Bridges will get to.
2000 had KMart, Crawford, and Hedo Turkoglu all in the lottery Late round AS guys Magloire and Redd.
No other draft is really close to producing as little talent as those 2. Bridges wouldn't be the best player in either draft, let alone 5x better.
Your prediction is likely to flop.
