05-21-2022, 10:03 AM
(05-20-2022, 10:56 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: I´m fairly in the camp of adding another late 1st round pick. My idea was Saric + Suns pick (30th) into our TPE. I assume they will pay Ayton, which means Saric needs to go, who has only a year left and just had another surgery. That way we could have drafted an additional player, sort of a BPA + PF/C package.
But of course the Thunder already own that pick.
I wonder how long the league and the NBAPA will allow Presti to continue The Extra Process, just because he once drafted Durant, Westbrook and Harden. They have three veteran players under contract in SGA, Favors and Muscala and will likely dump two of them this summer. That means they´ll literally have 14 players on rookie contracts.
Also as good a player as SGA is, if you tolerate this BS for three years, you have no competitive spirit.
I love the draft and uncovering under the radar prospects, but I would be against picking up another first. Unless the real prize was an overpaid veteran player who can help now. This team may already have plans for the two way guys in Moses Wright and even Eugene O, who was hurt. I think both guys should probably deserve closer looks. I also have my eye on a few later second round guys or undrafted guys who will interest me if we have an open two way.
Another first round guy I like in our range is Kennedy Chandler, but maybe another smallish point guard is the last thing we need. He looks like he has something though. Although it seems like if you are a big who can't move or a small guard, you are red meat to good teams to go after. Chandler looks pretty solid on D for his size though.