Indiana Pacers Draft Pick Watch Thread

Matches Malone · Post #1101 » by **Matches Malone** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:43 pm

Tyrell Terry has been the dream for me for the last several months. I think that dream can go out the window now with our pick positioning now lol.

Badgerlander · Post #1102 » by **Badgerlander** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:59 pm

emunney wrote:Who's going to take Pokusevski? I hope we would if he's there. Really a stand-out talent wise. You get to like #8 and it already looks like a very worthy risk to me.

Yeah I’ve kind of felt like he goes too 10 all along and Lewis goes 10-16ish

WeekapaugGroove · Post #1103 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:30 pm

Matches Malone wrote:Tyrell Terry has been the dream for me for the last several months. I think that dream can go out the window now with our pick positioning now lol.

He's all over the place on mocks but I feel like some team in the teens ends up snagging him simply because shooters are so valuable.

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Badgerlander · Post #1104 » by **Badgerlander** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:30 pm

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emunney · Post #1105 » by **emunney** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:41 pm

Badgerlander wrote:
emunney wrote:Who's going to take Pokusevski? I hope we would if he's there. Really a stand-out talent wise. You get to like #8 and it already looks like a very worthy risk to me.

Yeah I’ve kind of felt like he goes too 10 all along and Lewis goes 10-16ish

Seems like he should, but then again where did Bol go last year, 41? IIRC I had him 3.

tedbrogen · Post #1106 » by **tedbrogen** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:16 pm

jakecronus8 wrote:I’d like to focus more on who we can get for the expirings of Ersan, DJ, and that pick rather than who we might draft.

That's the sensible win now move. Ersan's NG is pretty valuable to any team looking to shed money or even to a contender who would be able to use a stretch four with old man YMCA game.

ShootingtheJ · Post #1107 » by **ShootingtheJ** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:11 pm

tedbrogen wrote:
jakecronus8 wrote:I’d like to focus more on who we can get for the expirings of Ersan, DJ, and that pick rather than who we might draft.

That's the sensible win now move. Ersan's NG is pretty valuable to any team looking to shed money or even to a contender who would be able to use a stretch four with old man YMCA game.

Unfortunately, you can't do those deals anymore where you trade a NG contract and the other team cuts him. Now the option has to be exercised to trade the player.

emunney · Post #1108 » by **emunney** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:19 pm

Matches Malone wrote:Tyrell Terry has been the dream for me for the last several months. I think that dream can go out the window now with our pick positioning now lol.

I wouldn't rule out anybody. Drafts like these are always incredibly fluid.

tedbrogen · Post #1109 » by **tedbrogen** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 10:29 pm

ShootingtheJ wrote:
tedbrogen wrote:
jakecronus8 wrote:I’d like to focus more on who we can get for the expirings of Ersan, DJ, and that pick rather than who we might draft.

That's the sensible win now move. Ersan's NG is pretty valuable to any team looking to shed money or even to a contender who would be able to use a stretch four with old man YMCA game.

Unfortunately, you can't do those deals anymore where you trade a NG contract and the other team cuts him. Now the option has to be exercised to trade the player.

Damn. Then Ersan is getting released unless some team really wants a stretch four and is willing to take one year of DJ to get him. Picking up DJ's option is looking really bad then. Hope they don't have to move the pick just to get rid of him to stay under the tax.

Badgerlander · Post #1110 » by **Badgerlander** » Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:28 pm

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Think this kid is firmly in our wheelhouse at 24

LuessiT · Post #1111 » by **LuessiT** » Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:14 pm

emunney wrote:
Badgerlander wrote:
emunney wrote:Who's going to take Pokusevski? I hope we would if he's there. Really a stand-out talent wise. You get to like #8 and it already looks like a very worthy risk to me.

Yeah I’ve kind of felt like he goes too 10 all along and Lewis goes 10-16ish

Seems like he should, but then again where did Bol go last year, 41? IIRC I had him 3.

I mean we weren't in interviews or workouts which apparently went bad but it still was silly he went this late.

BuildingBucks · Post #1112 » by **BuildingBucks** » Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:24 pm

Kira Lewis Jr is the obvious pick for me if he doesn't move up boards from now until draft day. Some other names I like a lot, Elijah Hughes, Tyrell Terry, Skylar Mays, Josh Green.

Unlikely to fall but lottery players I love:
Aaron Nesmith
Cole Anthony
Devin Vassell
Tyrese Maxey

The Wet Whistle · Post #1113 » by **The Wet Whistle** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:22 am

Guys that could potentially be @24 that I've narrowed down my personal preference list to:

Tyrell Terry
Poku
Yam
Jalen Smith
Bane

Would have to do quite a bit of physical development with Poku and tweak the shot with Yam but both are crazy intriguing long term.

That said I'm expecting we trade the pick to clear $ one last year before supermax

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Matches Malone · Post #1114 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:30 am

If the Bucks can somehow come away with any of Tyrell Terry, Tyrese Maxey, or Kira Lewis at pick #24, I'll be a happy man. Josh Green intrigues me as well.

BuildingBucks · Post #1115 » by **BuildingBucks** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:30 pm

If Kira Lewis Jr is taken before pick 24 I'd be tempted to go for the high upside pick in Jaden McDaniels. The two way potential on him is higher than anyone you'll find that late.

Post #1116 » by **ReasonablySober** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:33 pm

BuildingBucks wrote:If Kira Lewis Jr is taken before pick 24 I'd be tempted to go for the high upside pick in Jaden McDaniels. The two way potential on him is higher than anyone you'll find that late.

That's who the Ringer has going to Milwaukee. I'd be fine with that though I don't see him contributing for a couple years.

BuildingBucks · Post #1117 » by **BuildingBucks** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:46 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
BuildingBucks wrote:If Kira Lewis Jr is taken before pick 24 I'd be tempted to go for the high upside pick in Jaden McDaniels. The two way potential on him is higher than anyone you'll find that late.

That's who the Ringer has going to Milwaukee. I'd be fine with that though I don't see him contributing for a couple years.

He'd be getting a lot of G League minutes for a while but the upside is easy to spot. So smooth with the ball at 6'10, great athlete, some impressive defensive plays. See flashes of a top 5 pick. But very flawed with his basketball IQ and being so thin, still it might be worth the risk.

jakecronus8 · Post #1118 » by **jakecronus8** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:54 pm

If you’re going pure upside you could certainly do a lot worse than McDaniels. That push jumper worries me though. Needs a lot of work.

Fotis St · Post #1119 » by **Fotis St** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:20 pm

This kid Ramsey is athletic he shot the 3 well 42% with 5.2 3PA and it looks he plays the game with passion. He reminded a bit of Leandro Barbosa and maybe Covinghton. On the watch list for #24

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coolhandluke121 · Post #1120 » by **coolhandluke121** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:51 pm

tedbrogen wrote:
ShootingtheJ wrote:

Unfortunately, you can't do those deals anymore where you trade a NG contract and the other team cuts him. Now the option has to be exercised to trade the player.

Damn. Then Ersan is getting released unless some team really wants a stretch four and is willing to take one year of DJ to get him. Picking up DJ's option is looking really bad then. Hope they don't have to move the pick just to get rid of him to stay under the tax.

With the current revenue state, I seriously doubt any team is taking Ersan at his current salary, let alone paying DJ for the right to pay him. He is all but guaranteed to be cut IMO and will probably get the minimum - maybe from the Bucks, but I think they prioritize Marvin ahead of him.

Using a first to unload DJ would be an extraordinary move and would absolutely suck. However, these are extraordinary times that absolutely suck. I think we have to dramatically adjust all off-season expectations. Negative money is probably twice as bad as usual. Free agents will probably command about half as much on the open market. It would have been a terrible market even without the pandemic, simply because teams spent so much last summer and because the NBA keeps making the luxury tax more and more prohibitive with each CBA.

I would be pretty happy with Josh Green. I'm not into pigeon-holing the pick into being a shooter. Why would a team with the best record in the NBA that already has its top 8 players under contract and has a good chance of re-signing their 9th and 10th man (Pat/Marvin) draft for need? If there is a good shooter who also happens to be ready to crack the rotation on a team that could have won 70 games had they been trying to, how on earth does he fall to #24? You know what you're getting with Green and you know it will have some value to you in the NBA eventually (replacing Wes's defense down the road while having the size to guard tall wings and having some potential to become a serviceable shooter).