2024 NBA DRAFT THREAD 5

[WuTang_CMB]

9th pick + Kennard for Poeltl + 19th + 31st pick from Vecenie’s mock podcast

Raps take Salaun with 9th pick. Yay or nay?

awful deal

[grant101]

9th pick + Kennard for Poeltl + 19th + 31st pick from Vecenie’s mock podcast

Raps take Salaun with 9th pick. Yay or nay?

awful deal

Like "fire the GM" bad. Then using the pick on Salaun is icing on the turd cake

[billy_hoyle]

9th pick + Kennard for Poeltl + 19th + 31st pick from Vecenie’s mock podcast

Raps take Salaun with 9th pick. Yay or nay?

awful deal

Like "fire the GM" bad. Then using the pick on Salaun is icing on the turd cake

Masai tried to trade up frantically for Giannis. Consider my interest in Salaun peaked if he trades all that to move up 10 spots in this draft.

[RoteSchroder]

9th pick + Kennard for Poeltl + 19th + 31st pick from Vecenie’s mock podcast

Raps take Salaun with 9th pick. Yay or nay?

Poeltl + 19th + 31st for a bust and a bench player..hmm, I'm gonna have to pass on that

Kennard's also not a great fit with Dick here. Team is in need of high quality players with near-star level impact, not role players.

This draft is deep, not top heavy, meaning that the separation between #9 and 19 isn't that large, unless you're going for someone with potentially elite traits (e.g. Edey). But there's also a major risk in trading numerous assets for a player that ppl think may not be able to hang in the NBA.

Also, if Poeltl = 9th, that means you're practically giving up two late 1sts for Luke freaking Kennard. Terrible.

[Dalek]

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Adem Bona is a great athlete and looks so strong, but he is like 6'8 and only got 6 boards in college. I was tracking him because I thought he would be great the past year, but he stagnated or played worse in a lot of areas despite the increased role.

6'8.25 barefoot with 7'3.75 wingspan. So basically 6'10 in shoes and long. Size not the problem. Rebounding is definitely a red flag but at least he hits 70% of free throws which is always an issue with bigs.

I don't know about him. I believe the defense but he has no touch on offense and limited passing and is really mechanical movement wise. I can't really think of bruiser type comps in this modern NBA.

[RoteSchroder]

awful deal

Like "fire the GM" bad. Then using the pick on Salaun is icing on the turd cake

Masai tried to trade up frantically for Giannis. Consider my interest in Salaun peaked if he trades all that to move up 10 spots in this draft.

Giannis's pre-draft scouting report:
- versatile defender and shot blocker
- great finisher at the rim
- great slasher
- good handles and court vision

Saluan's scouting report:
- sucks at basketball, can't rebound, can't defend, can't finish, can't shot create, low efficiency, non-existent playmaker
- doesn't know how to move his feet, should probably stay out of sports

dis gunna end well

[Dalek]

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If I am not mistaken this means he did a workout for spot 10, 14, 15, 17,19 and 21.

Personally, I think Lakers need him the most. AD is their best C then it is a list of meh frontcourt guys like Jaxson Hayes, Christian Wood and Jarred Vanderbilt. Edey can screen and roll with LBJ feeding him. It just makes sense for a team looking to win now and needing a back-up C.

[SpezNc]

9th pick + Kennard for Poeltl + 19th + 31st pick from Vecenie’s mock podcast

Raps take Salaun with 9th pick. Yay or nay?

awful deal

Maybe I misunderstood (as English is my second language) but I think they were Memphis when they did that mock deal and considered it a value deal for the Grizzlies .

Originally they wanted to do with OKC but in the end conclude there was no reason for OKC to do that. Then tried Orlando and again no reason for Orlando to do it. They pull the trigger with the raptors.

The other guy was also questioning if Raptors gave enough for the #9 pick but Sam said don’t forget pick #19 is included.

I have fun watching those mock but it’s really content to generate content. There is no real value or insight behind.

[XTC]

How much would it take to buy a mid to late 2nd?

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Kid is the definition of a pest.

He's a type of player a contender would pick up and all the lottery teams are wondering why they didn't draft him. Kid is a dawg.

[BoyzNTheHood]

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[Grew]

Starting to feel like a year where something like Collier, Edey and Ware all go 16,17,18. All those guys blow up and we curse the rigged coin toss.

Then next year we finally draft someone to be that young star beside Scottie.

[OAKLEY_2]

Starting to feel like a year where something like Collier, Edey and Ware all go 16,17,18. All those guys blow up and we curse the rigged coin toss.

Then next year we finally draft someone to be that young star beside Scottie.

Well the sim just gave me Bub Carrington and Jonathan Mogbo at 91 plus per cent so...

Or

Ware at 87 percent and Nunez at 95+ per cent so we are not going to be without good prospects at 19. I do not have faith that Tyler Smith, Kyshawn George translate.

Edey was at 51 per cent and Da Ron Holmes 45 per cent. Double whammy as double big draft might not happen.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

Cody Williams is intriguing , especially if he falls. I'd consider moving up to draft him in that scenario. He seems like a fit at SF, 3 & D guy with the potential to be more with added weight

[WuTang_CMB]

9th pick + Kennard for Poeltl + 19th + 31st pick from Vecenie’s mock podcast

Raps take Salaun with 9th pick. Yay or nay?

awful deal

Maybe I misunderstood (as English is my second language) but I think they were Memphis when they did that mock deal and considered it a value deal for the Grizzlies .

Originally they wanted to do with OKC but in the end conclude there was no reason for OKC to do that. Then tried Orlando and again no reason for Orlando to do it. They pull the trigger with the raptors.

The other guy was also questioning if Raptors gave enough for the #9 pick but Sam said don’t forget pick #19 is included.

I have fun watching those mock but it’s really content to generate content. There is no real value or insight behind.

They tried to make a fair deal for both. Toronto aint doing that

[WuTang_CMB]

Sam on raps draft
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hello-and-welcome/id1748711418?i=1000658758114

[SpezNc]

awful deal

Maybe I misunderstood (as English is my second language) but I think they were Memphis when they did that mock deal and considered it a value deal for the Grizzlies .

Originally they wanted to do with OKC but in the end conclude there was no reason for OKC to do that. Then tried Orlando and again no reason for Orlando to do it. They pull the trigger with the raptors.

The other guy was also questioning if Raptors gave enough for the #9 pick but Sam said don’t forget pick #19 is included.

I have fun watching those mock but it’s really content to generate content. There is no real value or insight behind.

They tried to make a fair deal for both. Toronto aint doing that

Yeah of course they wanted to make a fair deal but my argument was that they were trying to trade the Memphis pick to drop down . And at some point Toronto come up. They were under the impression it was a fair deal but they didn’t pass that much time debating Toronto’s perspective. Especially after passing a lot of time to come up with a trade with OKC and Orlando with no success. At some point they had to mock a trade and move on. I don’t think including pick #31 was necessary in that trade.

Value for value I think next year draft could be a better opportunity to trade Poeltl.

Another mock trade they come up in another video was 19+31 for 24-25-38

I would do that in a heartbeat !

[Raptorfan2012]

Some of you all trying to squeeze out more picks this draft - pretty sure the Raptors do not want more 2024 picks (just from listening to their interviews and also them trading that bottom pick to the Jazz earlier).

[WuTang_CMB]

Maybe I misunderstood (as English is my second language) but I think they were Memphis when they did that mock deal and considered it a value deal for the Grizzlies .

Originally they wanted to do with OKC but in the end conclude there was no reason for OKC to do that. Then tried Orlando and again no reason for Orlando to do it. They pull the trigger with the raptors.

The other guy was also questioning if Raptors gave enough for the #9 pick but Sam said don’t forget pick #19 is included.

I have fun watching those mock but it’s really content to generate content. There is no real value or insight behind.

They tried to make a fair deal for both. Toronto aint doing that

Yeah of course they wanted to make a fair deal but my argument was that they were trying to trade the Memphis pick to drop down . And at some point Toronto come up. They were under the impression it was a fair deal but they didn’t pass that much time debating Toronto’s perspective]. Especially after passing a lot of time to come up with a trade with OKC and Orlando with no success. At some point they had to mock a trade and move on. I don’t think including pick #31 was necessary in that trade.

Value for value I think next year draft could be a better opportunity to trade Poeltl.

Another mock trade they come up in another video was 19+31 for 24-25-38

I would do that in a heartbeat !

It wasn't, that's where they misfired. They were doing deals fair for both sides not just Mem (to your original response). I'm not even a huge Poeltl fan but TOR wouldn't entertain that, especially in a draft like this.

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