The Rebel wrote:NuggetsWY wrote:The Rebel wrote:http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/246224/Wolves-Expected-To-Pursue-Jrue-Holiday-George-Hill-Jeff-Teague
Twolves open to trading the 7th pick as well now. So that means the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th pick have all been rumored to be available this summer already. I know people say this is a great draft, but they have said the same thing for many years including last year, and I would say teams are showing they are not thrilled with some of the prospects.
I know Giles and Annouby both had injury problems, but prior to this year were rumored to be potential top 5 picks, but there were supposed to be a lot more good talent this year and it just does not seem to be true.
Teams like to say "great draft" because it gets the fans excited.
I think though this one isn't "great" in terms of potential superstars. Many players are talked about that way, but Fultz and Jackson seem like the only extremely likely to overachieve IMO.
I think teams are willing to trade down because the next 15 or so picks are relatively close in value.
Actually Fultz and Jackson are not that likely to overachieve either, both reportedly are great prospects but they both have big holes in their games. With Fultz reportedly being rather lackadaisical and Jackson's shot. Most see the best prospect as being Ball, but the reports of him showing up to his Lakers workout out of shape is a terrible sign. The draft this one reminds me of is the 2014 draft, especially with the projected number 1 overall pick being Wiggins who was thought to have the same issues as Fultz. While there are some good players from that draft, it was not nearly as good as was hyped prior to it. It could be argued that we ended up with 2 of the top 6 or 7 players from that draft picking 16th and 19th, and 2 of those that are better than Harris and Nurkic have been injury prone. I hope to hell we do not overpay to move up, and still like the idea of moving down and collecting a couple of prospects.
I saw part of one game with Ball. He seemed disinterested and his shot is terrible. I think he'll have trouble getting it off in the NBA.
Hard to argue with your view of the 2014 draft for sure. Moving up or not isn't real important to me. Please don't tell Skywalker but I'm sold on Anunoby (with a year of seasoning on the bench similar to Hernangomez). If he's not available at 13, they I'd be happy to trade down for 2 picks, especially if one is below #20 and the other is between #21 & #33 or so.
