05-31-2022, 08:54 PM
(05-31-2022, 05:18 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: I know it seems like robbery at face value, but the thing is OKC has the most amount of picks any team has ever had in NBA history. They have 4 in this draft alone, and another 12 in the next 2 years. They have another 20(!!) picks the next 4 years after that.
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They quite literally can field 3 NBA rosters from their picks alone and they only have 15 spots available. History also tells us that a team lead by 20-somethings usually isn't very good at all (usually because a team that young is normally tanking anyways so its a self fulfilling prophecy).
Because of all of that, I figured they'd want to consolidate picks and they would value getting a vet shooter that fills a role next to SGA and getting off of some money.
For any other team a lottery pick is high value and 12 shouldn't be had for something that light, but OKC isn't any other team and they are looking at least another 15 top 10 picks in the next 5 years alone.
In addition to trading up, if I had those assets, I'd start using some as lottery tickets. Take asset poor teams that are close to contention (sound familiar?) and swap some of your current less favorable picks for that teams distant future picks with light protections. Hope that by the time those picks become available, that roster has aged out and has left you with favorable picks that you can use to bolster whoever you are drafting these next few years.