Official Speculation Thread (Pt.LIII "Lottery/Draft"Edition)

[Smooth_E]

What are your thoughts on tyreke Evans everyone? Would you take him at the right price? Or want no part of him?

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Always admired Tyreke's skill set for his size. A 6-6 PG is definitely a luxury to have. I believe his problem in SAC was that he couldn't be as ball-dominant as he wanted to be because of Cousins' touches as well as Thornton and Thomas. For the right price, most definitely (my opinion).

Fun fact, I believe he said growing up that the Magic (TMac years) was his favorite team to watch. I believe that was in an interview in SLAM magazine.

[Smooth_E]

Interesting wiretap, Burke passed up being represented by LeBron's agency. Now half of me wants to say that it's a testament to his character to not automatically be enamored by a big name like Noel was. The other half of me is saying it means nothing and really he just made a choice

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Can't blame him. You have to take care of family first.

[OrlChamps2030]

Pay Tyreke less than what OJ Mayo got?? Not gonna happen lol. OJ was coming off of two pretty bad years. Tyreke is coming off of a very good year.

I would pay Tyreke what AA is making. On this team in our current situation? Maybe not. But Tyreke is 4 years younger and is putting up better stats across the board with better efficiency in less minutes. Not to mention Tyreke played with a bunch of ball hogs while AA was on the worst team in the league that was just begging for a vet to step up. Tyreke's 18.1 PER versus AA's 13.0 PER kinda says it all. On this team with the direction we are going giving out another long-term deal isn't ideal. But I would definitely be surprised if Tyreke doesn't get AA money as a RFA.

[Smooth_E]

What are your thoughts on tyreke Evans everyone? Would you take him at the right price? Or want no part of him?

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Stay the heck away. OMG what a team cancer, black hole and poster child for inefficiency and terrible shot selection.

No offense and I'm in no way likening the two, but most people said the same about Kobe before too. Just saying, a change of scenery may help the kid.

[Smooth_E]

Pay Tyreke less than what OJ Mayo got?? Not gonna happen lol. OJ was coming off of two pretty bad years. Tyreke is coming off of a very good year.

I would pay Tyreke what AA is making. Tyreke is 4 years younger and is putting up better stats across the board with better efficiency in less minutes. Not to mention Tyreke played with a bunch of ball hogs while AA was on the worst team in the league that was just begging for a vet to step up. Tyreke's 18.1 PER versus AA's 13.0 PER kinda says it all. On this team with the direction we are going giving out another long-term deal isn't ideal. But I would definitely be surprised if Tyreke doesn't get AA money as a RFA.

Very good points.

[KillMonger]

Someone tell me how Mclemore is better than pope? I think he's just as good as Mclemore am I right?

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[Noonskadoodle]

Someone tell me how Mclemore is better than pope? I think he's just as good as Mclemore am I right?

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KCP > McLemore

Been saying it for awhile.

Can't get anybody else to agree with me on that it seems, but we will see.

[Reverse_Angle]

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I would pay Tyreke what AA is making.
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In the very least. That guy is just waiting to go **** all once he gets out of Sac-Town.

[Skin]

Pay Tyreke less than what OJ Mayo got?? Not gonna happen lol. OJ was coming off of two pretty bad years. Tyreke is coming off of a very good year.

I would pay Tyreke what AA is making. On this team in our current situation? Maybe not. But Tyreke is 4 years younger and is putting up better stats across the board with better efficiency in less minutes. Not to mention Tyreke played with a bunch of ball hogs while AA was on the worst team in the league that was just begging for a vet to step up. Tyreke's 18.1 PER versus AA's 13.0 PER kinda says it all. On this team with the direction we are going giving out another long-term deal isn't ideal. But I would definitely be surprised if Tyreke doesn't get AA money as a RFA.

Here's the thing that people need to understand about Afflalo. The expectations of him to come in and become our next superstar were unfair. That's not what he is or what he ever will be. People were hoping for the next T-Mac for goodness sake. Afflalo is a mid-level player and gets paid like a mid-level player. Not a max player. So having to live up to the expectations of a max player were unfair from the start. He came to a team dearth of talent and his numbers suffered because of it. He's a guy who is effective when he can pick his shots. But he is not a volume scorer by nature. He's a #3 option or #4 option on a good team. Sure on certain nights he can be more than that, but not consistently. The reason why his efficiency numbers were down was because he was in an increased role this year. Maybe he learns from it or maybe he just needs a strong cast around him again.

But either way, unless he is traded (which I don't see realistically happening), then Tyreke Evans is not coming here. Evans is a below average PG and better suited as a combo guard. There's just no money for him, no spot for him and I don't think his prima donna attitude is a fit for what we're trying to build. This isn't a "me" team.

[Noonskadoodle]

A list of the 61 players participating at the NBA Combine in Chicago May 16-17

Participant List
Steven Adams Pittsburgh
Lorenzo Brown North Carolina State
Reggie Bullock North Carolina
Trey Burke Michigan
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Georgia
Isaiah Canaan Murray State
Jackie Carmichael Illinois State
Michael Carter-Williams Syracuse
Allen Crabbe California
Seth Curry Duke
Brandon Davies BYU
Dewayne Dedmon Southern California
Gorgui Dieng Louisville
James Ennis Long Beach State
Carrick Felix Arizona State
Jamaal Franklin San Diego State
Rudy Gobert Cholet (France)
Archie Goodwin Kentucky
Erick Green Virginia Tech
Tim Hardaway Jr. Michigan
Solomon Hill Arizona
Richard Howell North Carolina State
Colton Iverson Colorado State
Pierre Jackson Baylor
Grant Jerrett Arizona
Myck Kabongo Texas
Kenny Kadji Miami
Ryan Kelly Duke
Shane Larkin Miami
Ricky Ledo Providence
Alex Len Maryland
C.J. Leslie North Carolina State
Trevor Mbakwe Minnesota
Ray McCallum Detroit
CJ McCollum Lehigh
Ben McLemore Kansas
Tony Mitchell North Texas
Shabazz Muhammad UCLA
Erik Murphy Florida
Mike Muscala Bucknell
Nerlens Noel Kentucky
Victor Oladipo Indiana
Kelly Olynyk Gonzaga
Brandon Paul Illinois
Norvel Pelle Los Angeles College Preparatory Academy
Mason Plumlee Duke
Otto Porter Jr. Georgetown
Phil Pressey Missouri
Glen Rice Jr. Georgia Tech/ Rio Grande Valley (D-League)
Andre Roberson Colorado
Dennis Schroeder New Yorker Phantoms (Germany)
Peyton Siva Louisville
Tony Snell New Mexico
James Southerland Syracuse
Adonis Thomas Memphis
Deshaun Thomas Ohio State
Jeff Withey Kansas
Nate Wolters South Dakota State
B.J. Young Arkansas
Cody Zeller Indiana


Top-100 Players Not Attending/Not Invited/Unable to Attend
#3 Anthony Bennett UNLV (Injured)
#19 Sergey Karasev Triumph (Russia)
#22 Dario Saric Cibona (Croatia)
#23 Giannis Adetokunbo Filathlitikos (Greece)
#28 Lucas Nogueira Estudiantes (Spain)
#32 Mouhammadou Jaiteh Boulogne (France)
#35 Livio Jean-Charles ASVEL (France)
#41 Nemanja Nedovic Lietuvos Rytas (Lithuania)
#42 Alex Abrines Barcelona (Spain)
#45 Bojan Dubljevic Valencia (Spain)
#46 Michael Snaer Florida State
#51 Marko Todorovic Barcelona (Spain)
#52 Vander Blue Marquette
#60 Robert Covington Tennessee State
#66 Joffrey Lauvergne Partizan (Serbia)
#67 Jamelle Hagins Delaware
#71 Augusto Cesar Lima Unicaja Malaga (Spain)
#73 Jack Cooley Notre Dame
#74 Philipp Neumann Bamberg (Germany)
#75 Rodney Williams Minnesota
#77 Zeke Marshall Akron
#78 Matthew Dellavedova St. Mary's
#80 Anthony Marshall UNLV
#82 Christian Watford Indiana
#83 Oleksandr Lypovyy BC Donetsk (Ukraine)
#85 Elijah Johnson Kansas
#86 Arsalan Kazemi Oregon
#87 D.J. Stephens Memphis
#88 Khalif Wyatt Temple
#89 Alex Oriakhi Missouri
#90 Amath M'Baye Oklahoma
#91 Louis Labeyrie Paris (France)
#92 Elias Harris Gonzaga
#93 Vitalis Chikoko Trier (Germany)
#94 Laurence Bowers Missouri
#95 Daniel Theis Ulm (Germany)
#96 Joan Sastre Cajasol Sevilla (Spain)
#97 Walter Tavares Gran Canaria (Spain)
#98 Raul Neto San Sebastian (Spain)
#100 Travis Releford Kansas

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[tranjSAIC]

The lottery is gambling.

Your right the lottery is a gamble but I rather gamble right now while we are trying to rebuild and get assets. We aren't quite ready for signing players and making a run yet in my book.

[G-Heel]

The lottery is gambling.

Your right the lottery is a gamble but I rather gamble right now while we are trying to rebuild and get assets. We aren't quite ready for signing players and making a run yet in my book.

Why even bother to arguing with BMP? He repeats things over and over and nothing will change his mind. It's like arguing with the TV, and that TV plays the same program over and over again.

[Def Swami]

Ricky Ledo going to the combine

[TheMagicOne]

I think no matter who we pick (Noel, McLemore, Olidipo or Burke) we will get a good to solid rotation player with maybe star potential. We still have to develop them no matter which one we get.

[Def Swami]

This seems an odd fit on the court and a challenge financially, but we pass it along anyway.

Darren Wolfson of ESPN 1500 tweets he has “heard from multiple angles” that new Minnesota GM Flip Saunders is interested in free agent O.J. Mayo.

That would be the same Mayo the Mavericks really didn’t want back — and he didn’t want to be back, so he’s opting to become a free agent. Mayo’s up and down performances game to game drove coach Rick Carlisle crazy. And he faded badly last season — in his final 21 games he averaged 9.3 points on 39.9 percent shooting from the field, 33.3 percent on three-pointers.

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[Catledge]

The lottery is gambling.

Your right the lottery is a gamble but I rather gamble right now while we are trying to rebuild and get assets. We aren't quite ready for signing players and making a run yet in my book.

These next two years are exactly the time to sign players because our cap space will get used up when we have to extend Vooch and Harris in 2015 and Harkless in 2016.

[Catledge]

This seems an odd fit on the court and a challenge financially, but we pass it along anyway.

Darren Wolfson of ESPN 1500 tweets he has “heard from multiple angles” that new Minnesota GM Flip Saunders is interested in free agent O.J. Mayo.

That would be the same Mayo the Mavericks really didn’t want back — and he didn’t want to be back, so he’s opting to become a free agent. Mayo’s up and down performances game to game drove coach Rick Carlisle crazy. And he faded badly last season — in his final 21 games he averaged 9.3 points on 39.9 percent shooting from the field, 33.3 percent on three-pointers.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... um=twitter

Further evidence that there is still a market for medium-quality vets on medium-sized deals. This is why AA, Meer, and BBD should each return either a pick or a decent young player with Harkless/Harris potential.

[tranjSAIC]

The lottery is gambling.

Your right the lottery is a gamble but I rather gamble right now while we are trying to rebuild and get assets. We aren't quite ready for signing players and making a run yet in my book.

Why even bother to arguing with BMP? He repeats things over and over and nothing will change his mind. It's like arguing with the TV, and that TV plays the same program over and over again.

lol, your right. Glad our GM doesn't think like him. BMP is like Otis Smith's long lost son.

[tranjSAIC]

This seems an odd fit on the court and a challenge financially, but we pass it along anyway.

Darren Wolfson of ESPN 1500 tweets he has “heard from multiple angles” that new Minnesota GM Flip Saunders is interested in free agent O.J. Mayo.

That would be the same Mayo the Mavericks really didn’t want back — and he didn’t want to be back, so he’s opting to become a free agent. Mayo’s up and down performances game to game drove coach Rick Carlisle crazy. And he faded badly last season — in his final 21 games he averaged 9.3 points on 39.9 percent shooting from the field, 33.3 percent on three-pointers.

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That's definitely bad news for us. I was really hoping we can unload Afflalo for their lotto pick

[tiderulz]

This seems an odd fit on the court and a challenge financially, but we pass it along anyway.

Darren Wolfson of ESPN 1500 tweets he has “heard from multiple angles” that new Minnesota GM Flip Saunders is interested in free agent O.J. Mayo.

That would be the same Mayo the Mavericks really didn’t want back — and he didn’t want to be back, so he’s opting to become a free agent. Mayo’s up and down performances game to game drove coach Rick Carlisle crazy. And he faded badly last season — in his final 21 games he averaged 9.3 points on 39.9 percent shooting from the field, 33.3 percent on three-pointers.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... um=twitter

Further evidence that there is still a market for medium-quality vets on medium-sized deals. This is why AA, Meer, and BBD should each return either a pick or a decent young player with Harkless/Harris potential.

except that I doubt Mayo gets more than about $5mil/yr or so, about the MLE. AA/Nelson each make $2-3mil more than that.