2020 Draft Day Discussion

UNCNYC · Post #101 » by **UNCNYC** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:42 pm

I just thought of a great idea. We should talk about everything else other than the draft. Then when other teams come to our board talking about our #3 pick we can seem like the cool guys and talk about things like recipes etc... and say Oh yeah, we did take that Ball guy. We were Wisemen to do so.

Braggins · Post #102 » by **Braggins** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:53 pm

James Gatz wrote:
Braggins wrote:
DY_nasty wrote:

Read on Twitter

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That wasn't bad honestly, but ummm, basketball is definitely where his future is at.

Honestly way way better than I expected.

It's no Lonzo tho

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

James Gatz · Post #103 » by **James Gatz** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:07 pm

UNCNYC wrote:I just thought of a great idea. We should talk about everything else other than the draft. Then when other teams come to our board talking about our #3 pick we can seem like the cool guys and talk about things like recipes etc... and say Oh yeah, we did take that Ball guy. We were Wisemen to do so.

Sorry everyone UNCNYC is my favorite poster here.

UNCNYC · Post #104 » by **UNCNYC** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:20 pm

James Gatz wrote:
UNCNYC wrote:I just thought of a great idea. We should talk about everything else other than the draft. Then when other teams come to our board talking about our #3 pick we can seem like the cool guys and talk about things like recipes etc... and say Oh yeah, we did take that Ball guy. We were Wisemen to do so.

Sorry everyone UNCNYC is my favorite poster here.

Awww you're just saying that because I am friends with a lot of awesonme guys (ESPECIALLY YOU) who's team have the 3rd pick. After the draft I will go back to being, Hey thats that "NYC YOU OWE ME" guy isn't it lmao.

UNCNYC · Post #105 » by **UNCNYC** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:26 pm

Darn. its so hard finding something to do to waste time before draft day. I guess I will call my Grandparents and see if they have that 5 bucks they owe me.

LofJ · Post #106 » by **LofJ** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:36 pm

The song and dance the Celtics do every year about trading for this or that player or pick annoys me greatly, I imagine I'm not alone.

Hornet Mania · Post #107 » by **Hornet Mania** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:48 pm

LofJ wrote:The song and dance the Celtics do every year about trading for this or that player or pick annoys me greatly, I imagine I'm not alone.

Danny Ainge wins the woulda coulda shoulda draft every year.

GiggitySmalls · Post #108 » by **GiggitySmalls** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:53 pm

DY_nasty wrote:

Read on Twitter

help

Is that music or slick talking?

LofJ · Post #109 » by **LofJ** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:59 pm

MugzZo wrote:
DY_nasty wrote:

Read on Twitter

help
Is that music or slick talking?

Hamilton was both and it's freaking amazing.

UNCNYC · Post #110 » by **UNCNYC** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:27 pm

If we have a good draft I might treat myself to the watch I been wanting all year lol. Its a gumball watch so it would make me feel like a kid in a candy store the way I been feeling all day.

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JMAC3 · Post #111 » by **JMAC3** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:30 pm

Hornet Mania wrote:
LofJ wrote:The song and dance the Celtics do every year about trading for this or that player or pick annoys me greatly, I imagine I'm not alone.

Danny Ainge wins the woulda coulda shoulda draft every year.

Apparently Ainge offered 14 and (26 or 30) to the Cavs for 5. Lol that is such a bad offer.

I don't know if all of you play in a fantasy basketball league or football league, but Ainge is the guy who just sends horrible trades over and over again just hoping somebody will accept one. And if you call them out on it their like "well make a counter". So you want me to do all the work and actually make a real offer? nah I am good.

Sorry Rant is over.

GiggitySmalls · Post #112 » by **GiggitySmalls** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:41 pm

LofJ wrote:
MugzZo wrote:
DY_nasty wrote:

Read on Twitter

help
Is that music or slick talking?

Hamilton was both and it's freaking amazing.

Hamilton was pretty good. Probably better than Anthony Edwards.

Post #113 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:56 pm

Thought this was interesting JG, but didn't want to bog down the other thread - so i copied it here:

James Gatz wrote:Tier 1
Ball

Tier 2
Hayes
Okongwu
Edwards

Tier 3
Vassell
Okoro

Tier 4
Poku
Wiseman
Maxey
Williams

So you are saying you'd rather draft anyone of those 7 players before drafting Wiseman? And 9 players if you actually have Maxey and Williams above him in your tier #4?

You are THAT down on Wiseman?

Hornet Mania · Post #114 » by **Hornet Mania** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:56 pm

JMAC3 wrote:
Hornet Mania wrote:
LofJ wrote:The song and dance the Celtics do every year about trading for this or that player or pick annoys me greatly, I imagine I'm not alone.

Danny Ainge wins the woulda coulda shoulda draft every year.

Apparently Ainge offered 14 and (26 or 30) to the Cavs for 5. Lol that is such a bad offer.

I don't know if all of you play in a fantasy basketball league or football league, but Ainge is the guy who just sends horrible trades over and over again just hoping somebody will accept one. And if you call them out on it their like "well make a counter". So you want me to do all the work and actually make a real offer? nah I am good.

Sorry Rant is over.

No need to apologize, I totally feel you. I expect that's the same sort of offer we got for the Frank pick. For some reason the media always assumes we turned down the Nets/Kings pick(s) but more likely it was a four picks in the 20s, that's just his style.

For fantasy trades I call those offers The Moron Test. They're just trying to see if I'm a fool, they aren't being serious.

DY_nasty · Post #115 » by **DY_nasty** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:00 pm

Bad lateral speed and bad footwork aren't the same thing fwiw

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #116 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:06 pm

BigSlam wrote:Thought this was interesting JG, but didn't want to bog down the other thread - so i copied it here:

James Gatz wrote:Tier 1
Ball

Tier 2
Hayes
Okongwu
Edwards

Tier 3
Vassell
Okoro

Tier 4
Poku
Wiseman
Maxey
Williams

So you are saying you'd rather draft anyone of those 7 players before drafting Wiseman? And 9 players if you actually have Maxey and Williams above him in your tier #4?

You are THAT down on Wiseman?

Not to speak for JG, but that's roughly about how I feel about Wiseman. I'm more down on Hayes than that and I'm not sure about Okoro, but I expect Wiseman's NBA impact to be pretty limited.

UNCNYC · Post #117 » by **UNCNYC** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:12 pm

Hey guys I apologize. I have some bad news. As you know I am your bootleg GM. Unfortunately someone recorded me showing up to the draft this morning, and because of what I was driving and the way they saw me tending to my hair they assumed I was a BALLER and that I was going to choose BALL. So the hat is out of the bag. Here is the footage they caught of me going to work

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Post #118 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:15 pm

More likely - we draft Ball or we trade for Westbrook?

Vanderbilt_Grad · Post #119 » by **Vanderbilt_Grad** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:23 pm

yosemiteben wrote:More likely - we draft Ball or we trade for Westbrook?

Neither. We are getting Edwards. He has the shortest thread here therefore will be the pick.

Also he's the only one Rickey B hasn't linked us to.

W_HAMILTON · Post #120 » by **W_HAMILTON** » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:26 pm

I'm such a filthy casual now that I'm lucky I even happened to remember that the draft was tonight. I feel like we are almost in a pretty good spot no matter what happens? I haven't been down in the details of how the draft has played out over the past few months, so I'm still operating on the assumption that there is basically a "big three," which means we should get at least one of those guys. I think I'd prefer that Wiseman guy because he seems like a great fit. My next choice would be Edwards, not because I particularly like him or know much about him, but it seems like he was projected to go #1 for awhile there, so if we got him, it's like we got #1 talent. I don't like the Ball people at all, but a lot of others believe the hype with this guy, so if we end up with him, I'll be optimistic and hope they are right.

The only thing that makes me nervous is that we might trade someone that I like or trade down and select some player that I haven't heard much about. I think that is the only thing that would make tonight a disappointment for me, but again, I don't know nearly as much as I used to about the NBA or even our team (sadly), so I would defer to everyone else as to whether such deals would be good or not.

It seems like we go into tonight with a lot of hope as a franchise, and that isn't something we've had a lot of through the years, so cheers to that!