Pre Draft Discussion

[bwgood77]

McD coming on ESPN after the break!

\What did he talk about?

This must have aired 48 hours ago.....and he said his usual "We will leave people in suspense the next 72 hours...we've narrowed it down to 5 players...4 we worked out (and named them) and Doncic..who we've been paying close attention to.....we think sometimes there are drafts where there might not even be a clear cut guy at the top, but this year we feel any of these 5 would be a worthy choice and we just hope we pick the right one"

Then they asked him if he had considered trading it....and he said his usual "Less likely than likely and we have had conversations and would consider it for a number of players if they were solid contributors, young, under control, healthy, fit in with our team...and with all those caveats that makes the list very small and we haven't had any traction on anything....so the overwhelming odds are is that we keep and make the pick"

Or something like that.

[Kerrsed]

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[Kerrsed]

I hope the Clippers draft him ahead of us.

I have the Clippers taking Sexton. Holiday will still be on the board by the time we pick........unless we trade up.

[MrMiyagi]

Don’t be surprised tomorrow if “with the first pick in the 2018 NBA draft the Phoenix Suns select Jaren Jackson Jr. from Michigan State University”

I give it a 20-25% shot. He fits well, better than Ayton and McDonough feels him

It would certainly be a surprise. I wouldn't be as disappointed as most though. I think he'll be a stud.

Honestly, the only pick that would upset me is someone like Grayson Allen.

[Kerrsed]

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[Kerrsed]

This must have aired 48 hours ago.....and he said his usual "We will leave people in suspense the next 72 hours...we've narrowed it down to 5 players...4 we worked out (and named them) and Doncic..who we've been paying close attention to.....we think sometimes there are drafts where there might not even be a clear cut guy at the top, but this year we feel any of these 5 would be a worthy choice and we just hope we pick the right one"

What if it was live and McD has his day wrong and ends up sleeping through the start of the draft, missing our time limit and allowing 11 teams to draft before us before waking up??!?!?!?!?!?

[MrMiyagi]

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I hope 16 and 31 are getting packaged to move up.

[MrMiyagi]

This must have aired 48 hours ago.....and he said his usual "We will leave people in suspense the next 72 hours...we've narrowed it down to 5 players...4 we worked out (and named them) and Doncic..who we've been paying close attention to.....we think sometimes there are drafts where there might not even be a clear cut guy at the top, but this year we feel any of these 5 would be a worthy choice and we just hope we pick the right one"

What if it was live and McD has his day wrong and ends up sleeping through the start of the draft, missing our time limit and allowing 11 teams to draft before us before waking up??!?!?!?!?!?

Does McD sleep? I thought he just plugs in.

[bwgood77]

I hope the Clippers draft him ahead of us.

I have the Clippers taking Sexton. Holiday will still be on the board by the time we pick........unless we trade up.

Doing the mock, I have a hard time seeing one of the top 3 point guards not falling to 15 or 16. But I guess Cleveland could take one. Mikal Bridges just makes so much sense there to me, and could work immediately with LeBron if they somehow could keep him. Their D is terrible.

Well, never mind...as I just typed the above a guy came on tv and said they are looking at exactly the top 3 playmakers lol and named Shai, Trae and Sexton. My bad.

[Revived]

Don’t be surprised tomorrow if “with the first pick in the 2018 NBA draft the Phoenix Suns select Jaren Jackson Jr. from Michigan State University”

I give it a 20-25% shot. He fits well, better than Ayton and McDonough feels him

There's probably a better chance of the Kings going with Grayson Allen at #2 overall than of the Suns doing that.

[lilfishi22]

Don’t be surprised tomorrow if “with the first pick in the 2018 NBA draft the Phoenix Suns select Jaren Jackson Jr. from Michigan State University”

I give it a 20-25% shot. He fits well, better than Ayton and McDonough feels him

It would certainly be a surprise. I wouldn't be as disappointed as most though. I think he'll be a stud.

I'd be disappointed we didn't trade down for him. JJJr at #1 is a stretch

[Revived]

I hope the Clippers draft him ahead of us.

I have the Clippers taking Sexton. Holiday will still be on the board by the time we pick........unless we trade up.

Holliday is a huge reach at #16 imo. And I think he will struggle in the NBA as well. I hate that the Suns continue to this rubbish practice of drafting players who have brothers in the NBA regardless of if they are talented or not.

If Holliday is really who they want, they should trade down with Atlanta to #19 and pick up #30 in the process and then use #19 to take Holliday. They can probably trade down to the mid 20s for Holliday as well.

He's projected to go #24 in the current draft.net mock draft.

[bwgood77]

This must have aired 48 hours ago.....and he said his usual "We will leave people in suspense the next 72 hours...we've narrowed it down to 5 players...4 we worked out (and named them) and Doncic..who we've been paying close attention to.....we think sometimes there are drafts where there might not even be a clear cut guy at the top, but this year we feel any of these 5 would be a worthy choice and we just hope we pick the right one"

What if it was live and McD has his day wrong and ends up sleeping through the start of the draft, missing our time limit and allowing 11 teams to draft before us before waking up??!?!?!?!?!?

I've already gone through the daydream of us not making our pick in time. Not being THAT late though.

[lilfishi22]

I hope the Clippers draft him ahead of us.

I have the Clippers taking Sexton. Holiday will still be on the board by the time we pick........unless we trade up.

Holliday is a huge reach at #16 imo. And I think he will struggle in the NBA as well. I hate that the Suns continue to this rubbish practice of drafting players who have brothers in the NBA regardless of if they are talented or not.

If Holliday is really who they want, they should trade down with Atlanta to #19 and pick up #30 in the process and then use #19 to take Holliday. They can probably trade down to the mid 20s for Holliday as well.

He's projected to go #24 in the current draft.net mock draft.

Liangelo #1
Holiday #16
Kostas Antetokounmpo #31
Karem Kanter # 59

Drafted them before they're off the board!!!

[Kerrsed]

I hope the Clippers draft him ahead of us.

I have the Clippers taking Sexton. Holiday will still be on the board by the time we pick........unless we trade up.

Holliday is a huge reach at #16 imo. And I think he will struggle in the NBA as well. I hate that the Suns continue to this rubbish practice of drafting players who have brothers in the NBA regardless of if they are talented or not.

If Holliday is really who they want, they should trade down with Atlanta to #19 and pick up #30 in the process and then use #19 to take Holliday. They can probably trade down to the mid 20s for Holliday as well.

He's projected to go #24 in the current draft.net mock draft.

draft.net is trash. Tankathon has surpassed them in only a year, which shows how sad draft.net really was.

[Revived]

I have the Clippers taking Sexton. Holiday will still be on the board by the time we pick........unless we trade up.

Holliday is a huge reach at #16 imo. And I think he will struggle in the NBA as well. I hate that the Suns continue to this rubbish practice of drafting players who have brothers in the NBA regardless of if they are talented or not.

If Holliday is really who they want, they should trade down with Atlanta to #19 and pick up #30 in the process and then use #19 to take Holliday. They can probably trade down to the mid 20s for Holliday as well.

He's projected to go #24 in the current draft.net mock draft.

draft.net is trash. Tankathon has surpassed them in only a year, which shows how sad draft.net really was.

Tankathon has Holliday as the 35th best prospect!

[AtheJ415]

If Robert Williams is there when we pick, do we take him?

There is really only 1 scenario where I can see it and it is if the teams before us all go 15/15 ahead of us, leaving no PGs or wings and just Holiday v. Williams. Williams is BPA in that grouping imo, but even then I am not sure.

[Kerrsed]

Holliday is a huge reach at #16 imo. And I think he will struggle in the NBA as well. I hate that the Suns continue to this rubbish practice of drafting players who have brothers in the NBA regardless of if they are talented or not.

If Holliday is really who they want, they should trade down with Atlanta to #19 and pick up #30 in the process and then use #19 to take Holliday. They can probably trade down to the mid 20s for Holliday as well.

He's projected to go #24 in the current draft.net mock draft.

draft.net is trash. Tankathon has surpassed them in only a year, which shows how sad draft.net really was.

Tankathon has Holliday as the 35th best prospect!

And going #16.

[Kerrsed]

I hope the Clippers draft him ahead of us.

I have the Clippers taking Sexton. Holiday will still be on the board by the time we pick........unless we trade up.

Doing the mock, I have a hard time seeing one of the top 3 point guards not falling to 15 or 16. But I guess Cleveland could take one. Mikal Bridges just makes so much sense there to me, and could work immediately with LeBron if they somehow could keep him. Their D is terrible.

Well, never mind...as I just typed the above a guy came on tv and said they are looking at exactly the top 3 playmakers lol and named Shai, Trae and Sexton. My bad.

This is what mine currently is:

[Revived]

draft.net is trash. Tankathon has surpassed them in only a year, which shows how sad draft.net really was.

Tankathon has Holliday as the 35th best prospect!

And going #16.

Yeah because he's worked out twice for the Suns and is the only prospect to do so (at least with publicly known info).

Even they agree that he's a prospect that's at best a 2nd rd guy. I wouldn't hate the pick at #31 but ideally he's a guy we should take at #59 if available.