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Their biggest asset is the 1st round pick in the upcoming draft. The goal should be to maximize that by biting the bullet and finishing the season with a bottom 3 record. After bringing im another young lottery player this whole franchise can look promosing again rather quickly thanks to Flagg already being here. If they play their cards right that could be our version of Tatum / Brown in Boston.

And then you can still turn one or both of Kyrie / AD into all kinds of draft picks / other young guys who will align with Flagg and the 2026 draftee.

That’s what? 70+ games of being terrible? I‘d certainly aim at that and then try to compete with Flagg, the 2026 draftee and hopefully some of the younger guys can stick around throughout the loooong period where they don’t controle their own draft pick.

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One more thing. 

I wanted to post it during darker times to lighten up the mood but I guess it fits well right now anyways:

It will happen. Another blonde, tall, talented PF/C FROM WÜRZBURG will enter the NBA via the draft in a couple of years. It’s not a joke. He‘s called Hannes Steinbach and is widely regarded as one of the best players in his age class in Europe. Already highly decorated at FIBA youth tournaments, played in the german first division and has now crossed over to play college basketball for Washington.

If one of the picks we can get for AD lands us that guy it would be the ultimate feel good story. Talent-wise he‘s probably a late lottery to late 1st round guy. I don’t know much about him but that would be a fun story and reminder of better days.