Jedzz wrote:If Tre Jones is 90% of Tyus, then they are both worse than JMac who is 110% of what Tyus was here. Why waste the pick on such things has been my mantra. Maybe you'd want to dump Nowell and keep Russell, JMac, Jones...fine. But wait how did Turner end up in there at SG behind the likes of Okogie and behind Culver at SF? Which Turner are we talking about here?MPLSwolves wrote:My dream scenario right now. Not sure how realistic it is, but...
Cleveland falls in love with Wiseman. They want to get a young, elite big to pair with Garland and Sexton. They realize anyone over 25 years old is not part of the timeline and is expendable. They are willing to trade Larry Nance Jr. plus #5 for #1 and James Johnson to get their guy Wiseman... We get the perfect PF to pair with KAT.
At #5, we then go with Isaac Okoro, giving us another hard-nosed defending, Nigerian wing player who many are projecting to be a Jaylen Brown type player in the NBA.
Right off the bat, we pick up an experienced yet relatively young starting PF and another wing player that could turn into an ideal 3&D player.
Our starting lineup could look like: Russell, Beasley, Okoro, Nance Jr., Towns...
Now, we still have 2 draft picks to shore up our bench. At #17, I think we could go Jaylen Smith, the center from Maryland who is a rim protector but also a decent outside shooter. Smith could play next to KAT and Naz Reid while also being able to anchor the defense by himself with a smaller lineup.
Then with our 2nd round pick, we draft Tre Jones and pray that he is 90% as good as his brother.
This would be our depth chart after all this--
PG: Russell, Jones, Nowell
SG: Beasley, Okogie, Turner
SF: Okoro, Culver, Layman
PF: Nance Jr., Hernangomez, Vanderbilt
C: Towns, Reid, Smith
Also not sure I get the drafting of Smith at C if we are already starting to logjam bigs by adding Nancejr to the starting rotation of what was originally a small ball sort of 1-3-1 plan. I can see them having another big on hand compared to this years roster for when opponents demand it. But two more? Hernangomez might be as big as they plan to have outside of Towns or maybe Wiseman pick. I'm just having trouble figuring out this one.
1. Regarding Turner, that's my bad I thought he had one more year in his contract. Thank god he doesn't. Gladly will remove him from the depth chart.
2. As far as JMac, I like him and he is obviously dynamic on the offensive end, but I do not trust him to play big minutes in the NBA... Tyus actually looked like a competent player during pivotal times for us in our playoff run. JMac impressed on a bottom 3 team in the league. With Turner out of the picture, I would obviously revise my post to include JMac, perhaps in between D'Lo and Tre Jones I this scenario (with Norwell replacing Turner's spot, as he is a more natural SG anyways)... Also, I think Russell and Tre Jones could share the court together for some minutes. It would give us a different wrinkle that we don't have, cause we are lacking that floor general in our backcourt.
3. For Smith, I think the Wolves need a rim protector. I'm hopeful that Nance Jr. could be that guy. He certainly can cover multiple positions, including other teams' centers. But we also know that KAT is not the greatest defender in the world and neither is Naz Reid. I don't think investing the #17 overall pick on a big that is known for rim protection is all that ridiculous. Sure, Smith doesn't really work in our shift to small ball, but I think it's important to have diversity in your depth chart in case you do need to pivot. Smith gives us that added wrinkle.
