Hawks/Spurs/Rockets Draft pick Shuffle

[jbk1234]

I wouldn't trade 4 and 8 in this draft for 1, especially considering one of Castle, Sheppard, or Risacher will likely be there at 4. And Spurs would have no interest in Capela imo

I suspect most scouts, including those employed by the Spurs, have Risacher ranked above Castle and Sheppard. By how much is a fair question, but the other two are projects on one side of the ball or the other.

[wemby]

What would SA give to HOU to move from 4 to 3?

Then SA and ATL can make their Clingan/Risacher swap (assuming WAS takes Sarr, which is likely).
HOU gets Sheppard plus whatever they get from SA.
Everybody’s happy.

1. ATL - Risacher (to SA)
2. WAS - Sarr
3. SA - Clingan (to ATL)
4. HOU - Sheppard

Depends on how the board shapes up. Probably one of Risacher, Sheppard or Castle will be there at 4, so Spurs may not have any interest in moving up at all. And if they do, it'd have to be similar to what the Wizards and Pacers did last year swapping 7 & 8, which is roughly the same caliber of players we're talking this year at 3 & 4. If Rockets want to make a difference, they should target another team, not the Spurs.

The Rockets aren’t targeting anyone. They got dragged into the Spurs/Hawks deal to provide value. Since they certainly didn’t get anything of value in the original post.

That is not the post I replied to.

[wemby]

I wouldn't trade 4 and 8 in this draft for 1, especially considering one of Castle, Sheppard, or Risacher will likely be there at 4. And Spurs would have no interest in Capela imo

I suspect most scouts, including those employed by the Spurs, have Risacher ranked above Castle and Sheppard. By how much is a fair question, but the other two are projects on one side of the ball or the other.

Risacher has a lot of questions in terms of his ultimate upside as he is little more than a spot up shooter offensively. Also, the other 2 have questions (shooting for Castle and playmaking and how his defense translates for Sheppard) but are clearly 2 way players. Everybody has questions in this draft, may end up great or not so much... it's all up in the air.