playa-hater wrote:I said I wanted boston to trade up three weeks ago...... And ninety nine percent Said we would not trade up.. Might trade down..Stevens doesn't draft 1st rd picks etc..
I was the only man standing.. Now it hasn't happened yet.. But the idea of trading up is to get a player on a higher tier level.. Getting any pics in the lower twenties gives us a chance to get a player who might contribute next year and be a starter for the years going forward..
Almost impossible to get that with all the late first and second round draft picks.. We don't need any marginal NB.A talent.. trade up and get A potential solid starting level player..
The. Better of Ware Holmes Flipowski Edey all might be there..
I have never been opposed to trading up. I have simply said that it's probably not realistic - based on Brad's history over the past 3 years and based on the history of pretty much every contender over the past 10 or so years.
Out of those 4 bigs, Ware and Flip intrigue me the most. Edey and then Holmes are a tier below them for me.
I'd love it if we somehow got Ware or Flip. I just don't know how realistic it is..
Ware has some Porzingis to him. In terms of the size, being tall..and kind of skinny. Can hit pick n pop 3's. But also catch lobs..rebound, protect the rim, has some pretty good passing/playmaking chops..some solid low post moves, good touch near the basket and in the mid range.
I know people critique Ware about his motor, but honestly I think those criticisms are a bit overblown - I think it might just look like he lacks motor because the way he plays..he looks smooth..makes it look easy in terms of a lot of the plays he makes and flow fluid he moves for a 7-footer. A guy like Clingan, Edey or Holmes, it might look like they have more of a motor, but imo those guys are much less fluid - they often look like they are really laboring up and down the floor and just don't look as natural putting the ball on the floor, shooting it, sliding their feet, etc.
Oh and that entire last paragraph - I'm pretty sure people have described Porzingis like that before.
I said it before in this thread (was awhile ago, like early in the college basketball season, I think) but if Ware really hits and develops nicely, he *could maybe* play a role that is basically the same role as KP played for us this season. I'm not saying Ware would be as good. But the role could be similar (offense - pick n pop 3's, post ups, catch lobs, operate out of the elbow/high post area to either shoot, run DHO, set screens, dribble it into a post up, hit cutters, etc. and defense just be a regular drop coverage big, roaming and protecting the rim) And KP could help to mentor Ware, show him the ropes, teach him some moves, etc.
