2022 NBA Draft Open Thread

[Texas Chuck]

I mean as long as we're stipulating that trading #13 just to dump Hayward is dumb... agreed.

I mean if you clear $50M, get a future 1st and 4 2nds--that feels like solid value for pick 13 to me. Again operating on the assumption that they have very clear financial constraints and have talked themselves into paying Bridges a fortune(not sure they should but...)

I don't grade on a curve for ownership cheapness.

It;s not a curve. It's what they would be getting. I'm just explaining why they would have done it.

But it doesn't really matter since I just made it up lol.

[Scoot McGroot]

Charlotte has to be getting more. why trade the 13 for a 2025 Milwaukee pick and four second rounders

Where’d you see that? This is very confusing. Like, what is NY paying to include Kemba.

[K_chile22]

Stone must have something on Woj because he's always carrying water

Read on Twitter

[shangrila]

Charlotte has to be getting more. why trade the 13 for a 2025 Milwaukee pick and four second rounders

Where’d you see that? This is very confusing. Like, what is NY paying to include Kemba.

I think they're trading the Milwaukee 1st for the 13, then packaging that and Kemba to the Pistons.

But then again I have no freaking idea so take that with a pile of salt.

[loserX]

Eason is a great fit between Jalen and Jabari.

Yeah, I like this a lot.

Assuming he's not part of a 27-team trade being put together.

[goober]

Kemba getting bought out

[NYG]

Charlotte has to be getting more. why trade the 13 for a 2025 Milwaukee pick and four second rounders

Where’d you see that? This is very confusing. Like, what is NY paying to include Kemba.

Yeah someone please just tell me specifically in detail what the Knicks did. There's all these reporters and they won't tell me! I'm going nuts haha

[BullyKing]

I mean if you clear $50M, get a future 1st and 4 2nds--that feels like solid value for pick 13 to me. Again operating on the assumption that they have very clear financial constraints and have talked themselves into paying Bridges a fortune(not sure they should but...)

I don't grade on a curve for ownership cheapness.

It;s not a curve. It's what they would be getting. I'm just explaining why they would have done it.

But it doesn't really matter since I just made it up lol.

But it's not like Hayward is dead money and it doesn't seem like they'd be doing anything with that cleared $50 million other than making their owner's life easier. So that's why I don't view that as a good move. It's one thing to spend a second or two to clear $5 million to evade the tax. But this is still a lotto pick.

[Devilanche]

Kemba getting bought out

Twice in two season .

[MoneyTalks41890]

I know very little about Jalen Williams. I wonder if there was a concern that he was getting drafted soon after 12?

[Scoot McGroot]

Charlotte has to be getting more. why trade the 13 for a 2025 Milwaukee pick and four second rounders

Where’d you see that? This is very confusing. Like, what is NY paying to include Kemba.

I think they're trading the Milwaukee 1st for the 13, then packaging that and Kemba to the Pistons.

But then again I have no freaking idea so take that with a pile of salt.

But how is NY getting the 13 from Charlotte? Or, if the Milwaukee first goes from Detroit to Charlotte, what is NY doing in this deal to salary dump Kemba?

[goober]

i have an inkling chicago is trading the pick

[zimpy27]

My guess:

#11(Dieng)+Fournier to OKC
#13(Duren)+Kemba to Pistons
DEN23FRP(via OKC)+MIL25FRP(via DET) to CHO
DET23FRP(via OKC) to NYK


- Knicks open $30m capspace to get Brunson
- Det get Duren
- Hornets get 2 future picks for #13
- OKC get Dieng and take Fournier into capspace.

[basketballwacko2]

Charlotte is getting four...count em..FOUR... 2nd round picks as well. What the hell

Reminds me of when they moved Dwight Howard and Mozgov!

[HornetJail]

Where’d you see that? This is very confusing. Like, what is NY paying to include Kemba.

I think they're trading the Milwaukee 1st for the 13, then packaging that and Kemba to the Pistons.

But then again I have no freaking idea so take that with a pile of salt.

But how is NY getting the 13 from Charlotte? Or, if the Milwaukee first goes from Detroit to Charlotte, what is NY doing in this deal to salary dump Kemba?

there are so many questions in this trade, I highly doubt it's complete

[patman66]

How are the Knicks involved?

Maybe they tossed one of the future picks they just got from OKC to Charlotte? I find it hard to believe the Hornets just gave up Duren for that distant Bucks pick alone.

I don't know the trade but I imagine we got a 1st from the Knicks for taking on Kemba, so they can pursue Brunson, and we sent Milwaukee and that 1st for Charlotte for Duren.

you don't get a first for taking on 10 mil expiring

[basketballwacko2]

So if I'm following this correctly, the Knicks just dumped Kemba and added multiple first round picks?

But didn't they trade #11 for those first round picks? I'm very lost at this point.

They can't announce the details until all the picks are in, so there must be later picks involved.

[loserX]

Maybe they tossed one of the future picks they just got from OKC to Charlotte? I find it hard to believe the Hornets just gave up Duren for that distant Bucks pick alone.

I don't know the trade but I imagine we got a 1st from the Knicks for taking on Kemba, so they can pursue Brunson, and we sent Milwaukee and that 1st for Charlotte for Duren.

you don't get a first for taking on 10 mil expiring

Maybe the Knicks are the ones adding (at least some of) all the 2nds that Charlotte is getting?

[R-DAWG]

I think they're trading the Milwaukee 1st for the 13, then packaging that and Kemba to the Pistons.

But then again I have no freaking idea so take that with a pile of salt.

But how is NY getting the 13 from Charlotte? Or, if the Milwaukee first goes from Detroit to Charlotte, what is NY doing in this deal to salary dump Kemba?

there are so many questions in this trade, I highly doubt it's complete

It seems like NY had a trade in place with the Hornets for #13, then Detroit stepped in and NY flipped #13 to them.

[goober]

Woj not tweeting about this pic still hmm