2018 NBA Draft Thread

[spearsy23]

Wonder why they passed on Melton

Because he was drafted before they picked?

It takes a 15 second google search. Try it next time.

Diallo - 45
Melton - 46

...diallo was traded for after he'd already been picked.

[dakomish23]

Because he was drafted before they picked?

It takes a 15 second google search. Try it next time.

Diallo - 45
Melton - 46

...diallo was traded for after he'd already been picked.

Yeah. To the Thunder.

Or do you think the pick was made and Presti had no intentions to acquire it when it was made?

[spearsy23]

It takes a 15 second google search. Try it next time.

Diallo - 45
Melton - 46

...diallo was traded for after he'd already been picked.

Yeah. To the Thunder.

Or do you think the pick was made and Presti had no intentions to acquire it when it was made?

The pick wasn't traded, diallo was. Like the trade was broken 45 minutes after he was picked, it's pretty clear presti twas targeting diallo not pick 45.

[dakomish23]

...diallo was traded for after he'd already been picked.

Yeah. To the Thunder.

Or do you think the pick was made and Presti had no intentions to acquire it when it was made?

The pick wasn't traded, diallo was. Like the trade was broken 45 minutes after he was picked, it's pretty clear presti twas targeting diallo not pick 45.

So why wasn’t he targeting Melton?

That’s the purpose of the original post.

[spearsy23]

Yeah. To the Thunder.

Or do you think the pick was made and Presti had no intentions to acquire it when it was made?

The pick wasn't traded, diallo was. Like the trade was broken 45 minutes after he was picked, it's pretty clear presti twas targeting diallo not pick 45.

So why wasn’t he targeting Melton?

That’s the purpose of the original post.

Well then asking was asinine, it takes two parties to complete a trade. maybe Houston had no interest, maybe presti thinks diallo is a better prospect, maybe Melton slept with presti's wife. I mean, are we really asking why presti didn't trade for a guy picked in the late second round that there's no indication was available?

More likely, as your original question implied, you didn't realize Melton was drafted before presti made a pick.