TheBlackCzar wrote:closg00 wrote:Fears had the 3rd fastest sprint time at the combine, a Fears/Sorber draft would make me very happy
This why I think Fears is the guy... Consiglierie you need to relax.... Trading out of a draft that has about 40 good prospects makes no sense whatsoever....
Fears has an elite skill, which is getting to the rim, and that is a very good skill to have for our team.... Even if he turned into Monte Ellis, that would definitely be a foolish pick to not use..... Fears is underrated because he needs to improve his jumper which has good form, and he's lightweight, 2 easily fixable issues..... Honestly think Fears could be Gil-like......
I'm not trading out of the draft. Not sure why people keep saying that. We have the 18th pick, AND I'm suggesting we trade down OR out. I lean OUT with the 6 slot, not with 18 and the 2nd.
I can't help but the get the vibe that you guys are all failing the marshmellow test. We just got smashed into the teeth, pushed out of the tier 1 AND tier 2 zone of prospects, but you still want your marshmellow and so you're pressing to get the next best prospect on your board to fill some particularly niche, not facing the fact that we lost our shot this year, period. We lost it. Other than blind dumb luck of the Jokic/Giannis/SGA variety, we aren't getting a catalyst player from this class, we're getting another Bub/Guggs/Cheaney, best case scenario Deni/Rip Hamilton guy from this class. That's nice and all, but that also aint contending for ----, let alone winning anything. We MIGHT be able to get a 4th guy on a great team with this pick, if we're lucky.
Considering we already have pick 18 a 2nd, and a pile of interesting but limited prospects, we can play with those options to trade up if we wish, but we can't get into the zone to get the fattest pieces of the cake w/all that frosting in this draft. It aint happening. i see this every year with fan bases, post draft, or post lottery, trying that cope, to deal with the fact that they got kicked in the ---'s, rationalizing the reality into the "maybe this will be just fine" or, "you know, Tre's awesome too," etc.
I get it, but am i crazy or need to calm down because I think there's more value in getting more lottery balls for '26, than there is taking a known 3rd tier option in '25? Ummm, no. The questions are:
#1 Is that even an option in the minds of the brain trust (I'd say no, they might trade down, I very much doubt they trade out).
#2 If it is an option (which it probably isn't), is there any way to acquire a high value enough draft pick/pick swap+ pick to even achieve this objective (and even this, I can only say maybe).
The fair criticism of my idea is obviously, #1: What team is doing this, and what protections would they demand to do it? #2 Do you even think it's worth talking about if there's no way the FO would do it in the first place (and I'm almost but not quite in agreement with #2 argument).
In the end I want to plant my flag that this should be a consideration, not that it must be, and not that its even a consideration for the FO brain trust itself. I think the most likely option that would please me, is trading the 6 for a mid '25 first, and a '26 top 3 protected first. Something like that, might be something they'd look at (w/say, no protections in '27 if it doesn't convey in '26 or whatever).
In the end I think there's an 85% chance we just make the pick at slot, probably a 10% chance we trade up or down, and a 5% chance at best we trade out with 6 (probably more like 3%).
I’ve mentioned him before, he is my dark horse pick for steal of the draft, we need a player like this.
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