06-09-2020, 03:39 AM
Interesting article where the playoff teams draft one player off of the non-playoff teams:
https://theathletic.com/1856045/2020/06/...ble-teams/
Here are the Picks:
Washington: Curry
Phoenix: Trae Young
San Antonio: KAT
Sacramento: Draymond Green
New Orleans: Kevin Love
Portland: Mitchell Robinson
Orlando: Zach LaVine
Brooklyn: Markkanen
Memphis: Porter Jr.
Dallas: John Collins
Philly: D'Angelo Russell
Indiana: Wiggins
Houston: Christian Wood
OKC: Luke Kennard
Miami: Devonte Graham
Utah: Malik Beasley
Denver: Miles Bridges
Boston: Capela
Clippers: Tristan Thompson
Toronto: Kevin Huerter
Lakers: Collin Sexton
Obviously there aren't too many current all-stars in an exercise like this. But there are some interesting names in terms of roster building off of bad teams. The names that stood out to me were OPJ, Kennard and Christian Wood.
OPJ and Kennard get lots of mentions around here. OPJ was the first defensive wing off the board. When he's been healthy in the past he's a very nice compliment to what we have. He's crazy over-paid and it would be challenging to trade for him this off season. But, he might be a good add in 21 assuming we have Hardaway money left after retaining...Hardaway.
Kennard is attractive because he's restricted. Such a deal would be like obtaining Noel (hopefully without the hot dogs). You can trade for him this off season knowing what he counts against the cap in 21. The asking price doesn't seem high because of his injury history. I realize the writer here passed on Wood and drafted Collins. In the real world, Wood is an unrestricted FA and Collins is a very expensive get.
https://theathletic.com/1856045/2020/06/...ble-teams/
Here are the Picks:
Washington: Curry
Phoenix: Trae Young
San Antonio: KAT
Sacramento: Draymond Green
New Orleans: Kevin Love
Portland: Mitchell Robinson
Orlando: Zach LaVine
Brooklyn: Markkanen
Memphis: Porter Jr.
Dallas: John Collins
Philly: D'Angelo Russell
Indiana: Wiggins
Houston: Christian Wood
OKC: Luke Kennard
Miami: Devonte Graham
Utah: Malik Beasley
Denver: Miles Bridges
Boston: Capela
Clippers: Tristan Thompson
Toronto: Kevin Huerter
Lakers: Collin Sexton
Obviously there aren't too many current all-stars in an exercise like this. But there are some interesting names in terms of roster building off of bad teams. The names that stood out to me were OPJ, Kennard and Christian Wood.
OPJ and Kennard get lots of mentions around here. OPJ was the first defensive wing off the board. When he's been healthy in the past he's a very nice compliment to what we have. He's crazy over-paid and it would be challenging to trade for him this off season. But, he might be a good add in 21 assuming we have Hardaway money left after retaining...Hardaway.
Kennard is attractive because he's restricted. Such a deal would be like obtaining Noel (hopefully without the hot dogs). You can trade for him this off season knowing what he counts against the cap in 21. The asking price doesn't seem high because of his injury history. I realize the writer here passed on Wood and drafted Collins. In the real world, Wood is an unrestricted FA and Collins is a very expensive get.