BobbieL wrote:matt131 wrote:My only hope for today: Kings surprise everyone and choose MPJ at #2, we then go through with the rumored deal with New York and end up with the #9 pick. McD doesn't stop there and ends up trading #9/Warren for #4/Chandler. Atlanta doesn't make a deal for #3, drafts JJJ, and then we are able to draft Luka at #4.
if three draft possibilities at 16 (and this means not trading for a veteran ) are
1) Holiday
2) trading up with Knicks using future assets for Young
3) trading up with GRizz, taking Parsons, getting Doncic and using a lot of assets
I would rather have 2 and 3 than 1. One seems like just taking a player based on need.
If Holiday were 6'2", would we all be hating on this selection so much? Isn't the problem with Trae Young his defense and physical profile? How much better a shooter is Trae than Holiday? Is Trae's passing so valuable that we can overlook the defensive deficiency?
I get the Holiday pick. Teams are going to go after little guys in the playoffs, and the only PG in the draft who won't struggle on those switches will be SGA - but that's a few years down the line, after he adds 15 or so pounds.
Do we have Sexton ahead of Holiday on our board? Not sure. None of us prefer Holiday at 16, but I'll withhold judgment, since it looks like he'll be the selection if we don't move up for Trae or Shai - the latter of these seems even less likely, given his ascension up the draft boards.
If we make the pick at #16, we'll make the pick at the #31. If we take Holiday, I hope Bades-Diop is the guy at #31. If we get Zhaire at #16, I hope we take Carter or Khyri at #31.
Young/Booker/Jackson/Bender/Ayton would be a dream on offense and a nightmare on defense. I don't know if any coach would be able to make that work.