Draft Day: Round 2

[Klomp]

a 32 2nd?????? Oh well.

And one next year

[KGdaBom]

I will not be surprised at all if we continue trading.

[Rookie-Mistake]

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Seems fair enough. Minnesota will have the worse of DEN/GSW and the worst of IND/MIA/SAS next season.

Not great value imo. Crumbs pretty much.

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[Shaka_Zulu]

Come on Tim Connelly, stop pulling the rug under me lol, here I was investing alot of youtube clips time on Fleming smh lol

[younggunsmn]

I love that trade for Minnesota. Replenishing two seconds at the cost of dropping five slots is great value.

You can never have too many Minotts Millers and Moores.

Minotts and Millers and Moores OH MY!

Who wants to draft a guy with mid 1st round talent or a plug and play backup center anyway.

There are 2nd round draft picks with 1st round value and 2nd round picks that are little better than undrafted free agents.
And we chose 3 of the latter over one of the former.

If he had mid-first round talent, he would have been taken in the first round. He absolutely could pan out, but we are talking about him being passed on thirty times in a thin Kraft; let’s not overstate his value.

Beyond this, the idea that 31 has significant first round value, but 36 is a garbage pick doesn’t add up. The hyperventilation seems kind of silly.

Is it so wrong to decide which players you value and get excited and disappointed with what your team does?
Isn't that what this place is for? Why are people so afraid to be disappointed and quick to buy in to whatever move is made?

IMHO there were 3 guys left who are better than scratch off tickets and 2 of them are centers which we already filled in the 1st round.
Those 3 guys are highly likely to go in the first 4 selections.
And the experts agree that the draft drops off steeply very early in the 2nd round.

We'll see what happens but I'm massively disappointed with what they did in the draft this year.

I'm prepared to be just as disappointed in free agency because I don't like either of the likely outcomes,
which are either overpay or lose for nothing.

[BlacJacMac]

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Seems fair enough. Minnesota will have the worse of DEN/GSW and the worst of IND/MIA/SAS next season.

Not great value imo. Crumbs pretty much.

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They're chips.

We've traded away 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2030. And only have incoming picks in 2026, 2030 and 2031.

[KGdaBom]

a 32 2nd?????? Oh well.

And one next year

Yes and one that's likely to be in the 50s. Deal is looking worse all the time.

[BlacJacMac]

You can never have too many Minotts Millers and Moores.

Minotts and Millers and Moores OH MY!

Who wants to draft a guy with mid 1st round talent or a plug and play backup center anyway.

There are 2nd round draft picks with 1st round value and 2nd round picks that are little better than undrafted free agents.
And we chose 3 of the latter over one of the former.

If he had mid-first round talent, he would have been taken in the first round. He absolutely could pan out, but we are talking about him being passed on thirty times in a thin Kraft; let’s not overstate his value.

Beyond this, the idea that 31 has significant first round value, but 36 is a garbage pick doesn’t add up. The hyperventilation seems kind of silly.

Is it so wrong to decide which players you value and get excited and disappointed with what your team does?
Isn't that what this place is for? Why are people so afraid to be disappointed and quick to buy in to whatever move is made?

IMHO there were 3 guys left who are better than scratch off tickets and 2 of them are centers which we already filled in the 1st round.
Those 3 guys are highly likely to go in the first 4 selections.
And the experts agree that the draft drops off steeply very early in the 2nd round.

We'll see what happens but I'm massively disappointed with what they did in the draft this year.

I'm prepared to be just as disappointed in free agency because I don't like either of the likely outcomes,
which are either overpay or lose for nothing.

Of course its not wrong. But maybe temper it with the small, tiny, infinitesimal chance that you could be mistaken. Maybe just one or two shades of gray in your strict black or white?

[younggunsmn]

Read on Twitter

Seems fair enough. Minnesota will have the worse of DEN/GSW and the worst of IND/MIA/SAS next season.

Not great value imo. Crumbs pretty much.

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Absolute crumbs. Stoked to have 2 picks in the late 50's next year. Just stoked.

[GopherIt!]

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[KGdaBom]

If he had mid-first round talent, he would have been taken in the first round. He absolutely could pan out, but we are talking about him being passed on thirty times in a thin Kraft; let’s not overstate his value.

Beyond this, the idea that 31 has significant first round value, but 36 is a garbage pick doesn’t add up. The hyperventilation seems kind of silly.

Is it so wrong to decide which players you value and get excited and disappointed with what your team does?
Isn't that what this place is for? Why are people so afraid to be disappointed and quick to buy in to whatever move is made?

IMHO there were 3 guys left who are better than scratch off tickets and 2 of them are centers which we already filled in the 1st round.
Those 3 guys are highly likely to go in the first 4 selections.
And the experts agree that the draft drops off steeply very early in the 2nd round.

We'll see what happens but I'm massively disappointed with what they did in the draft this year.

I'm prepared to be just as disappointed in free agency because I don't like either of the likely outcomes,
which are either overpay or lose for nothing.

Of course its not wrong. But maybe temper it with the small, tiny, infinitesimal chance that you could be mistaken. Maybe just one or two shades of gray in your strict black or white?

I fully support YoungGuns in lashing out, but at the same time I am encouraging just a bit of temperance. I really like Joan of Arc. Time will tell.

[Neeva]

a 32 2nd?????? Oh well.

And one next year

Unless Joker or Curry/Butler get injured that one will suck.

[cmoss84]

Starting to believe the overall talent in this draft wasn't that great.

[BlacJacMac]

a 32 2nd?????? Oh well.

And one next year

Unless Joker or Curry/Butler get injured that one will suck.

Then we can trade it with the 2 we got today to move up.

[Klomp]

Starting to believe the overall talent in this draft wasn't that great.

That's largely been the consensus, especially once you get to 40

[Mattya]

I like Thiero, but if we're drafting someone and have to teach them how to shoot anyways, should we just take DInk Pate? He is younger and has rare ball handling for his size.

Those arent the only differences tho, Thiero has very high defensive potential, with slashing and lob ability who you are hoping you can develop as a shooter. About the only thing that Pate can do is rebound and dribble.

[younggunsmn]

If he had mid-first round talent, he would have been taken in the first round. He absolutely could pan out, but we are talking about him being passed on thirty times in a thin Kraft; let’s not overstate his value.

Beyond this, the idea that 31 has significant first round value, but 36 is a garbage pick doesn’t add up. The hyperventilation seems kind of silly.

Is it so wrong to decide which players you value and get excited and disappointed with what your team does?
Isn't that what this place is for? Why are people so afraid to be disappointed and quick to buy in to whatever move is made?

IMHO there were 3 guys left who are better than scratch off tickets and 2 of them are centers which we already filled in the 1st round.
Those 3 guys are highly likely to go in the first 4 selections.
And the experts agree that the draft drops off steeply very early in the 2nd round.

We'll see what happens but I'm massively disappointed with what they did in the draft this year.

I'm prepared to be just as disappointed in free agency because I don't like either of the likely outcomes,
which are either overpay or lose for nothing.

Of course its not wrong. But maybe temper it with the small, tiny, infinitesimal chance that you could be mistaken. Maybe just one or two shades of gray in your strict black or white?

Got it, will just quit stating my opinion because there is a chance it could be wrong.
Sorry thats not the way I'm wired.

My opinions can be surprisingly elastic in life but they only change when my perceptions change.
I'm the odd duck where social pressure makes me dig in even harder.

So say something to change my perceptions if you want to move me from the black into the gray.
Who are we going to pick at 36 and why is he good for this team and better than the players I like?

[TimberKat]

So the DLo trade is turning into how many 2nd round picks now?

2024 second-round pick (via Lakers), 3 second rounds (trade today), 2026 2nd round pick (via Jazz), NAW (sign and trade more second round picks?), and Conley. DLo will be the king of second rounds picks

[Neeva]

And one next year

Unless Joker or Curry/Butler get injured that one will suck.

Then we can trade it with the 2 we got today to move up.

Attach it with Rudy or Randle to get a real second banana

[Neeva]

So the DLo trade is turning into how many 2nd round picks now?

2024 second-round pick (via Lakers), 3 second rounds (trade today), 2026 2nd round pick (via Jazz), NAW (sign and trade more second round picks?), and Conley. DLo will be the king of second rounds picks

DLO king of number 2’s.