Psubs wrote:PhilBlackson wrote:Been telling ya'll that Johnson (check receipts and Williams, maybe even Barnes) would still be excellent hauls for a tank and its top 7-8, not just 5 and tbh I like those 2 right now more than Mobley (aka bigger Bosh).
Which all the more reason why this 9th place or die trying race is annoying. Trade Kyle asap!
They are starting to play teams under .500.
Whether you like it or not, the Raptors are not bad, so you can lean towards being terrible. They are mediocre, that can lean towards being good if they sort out the C position. I still see them around 5 or 6 seed in the East like before the season starts.
Just have them scout players in the 16-20 range. Like in this past draft, find the Tyrese Maxey, Saddiq Bey, Precious Achiuwa.
I wouldn't mind trading down and nabbing 2 players!
1 and done gambles: Josh Christopher, Kai Jones, BJ Boston (could be high risk like Pokusevski)
Upper Classmen: Jay Huff (Senior), Ron Harper Jr (Junior), Franz Wagner (Sophomore)
I think he'll be able to shoot a higher % from 3 as he shoots FT's at 85.7% on 4.2 attempts per game. He's put up 10+ points in EVERY game and in the games that he's not shot well he's been able to get at least 4 FT attempts.
http://www.tankathon.com/players/josh-christopher
With his strength finishing with contact and good handles, who's to say he's not James Harden 2.0 who played 2 years at ASU.
Yeah in our most likely landing spot of 7-9th place finish Christopher and Bouknight (who fits our mgmts multi year prospect profile lol) are the 2 most intriguing to me. I would say Barnes too but I think some team will snatch him up sometime just outside the top 8 or so.
To put it another way, Christopher is player I hope we pick at this point but Bouknight is the one I'd most expect us to draft. We just have to hope with the range we're in that we start connecting on slightly higher ceiling picks like MIA did with Bam and Herro. But even them I feel like they don't have a true superstar but more so all-stars (which obviously won't complain about).
I just wish we would tank a bit more to have a shot at a notch up like Cade, Kuminga or Green (who imo have the potentials to be either very highlevel all stars to possibly superstar)...I would never hope for any of our guys to seriously get hurt but won't lie this is definitely a season I wouldn't mind a couple weeks of Lowry being out with elbow issues lol or few guys in the starting lineup get some asymptomatic covid at different stretches of the season....nothing bad but just help the cause. Don't remind me of being a horrible person, I have no shame, I just want minor setbacks with no real issues. Just this team could really take one step back to take two forward is all I'm getting at.
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