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  1. Yeah Houston has run into that issue. They traded away three recent first round players for nothing, and they still have a glut The move only really makes sense if (1) SA is sold on Sheppard and (2) they're confident they'll be good enough next season to where they're comfortable with not having those lotto odds It would make more sense to try and package lesser picks for a swap from 4 or 8 to 3
  2. I took it as trading the pick for Sheppard, not swapping. So the Spurs would have #3, 4, and 8
  3. Vecenie was on today's Russillo pod, by the way 1) Clingan 2) Sarr 3) Sheppard 4) Risacher 5) Buzelis 6) Castle 7) Williams '8) Knecht 9) Carter 10) Salaun 11) Topic 12) Carrington 13) Dillingham 14) Edey 15) Holland
  4. There's a report out that USA could replace Kawhi with Derrick White I've been thinking they'd potentially replace Embiid with Chet or Draymond, and Halliburton with Kyrie or Brunson, but I wonder if they'd go Horford and Jaylen Brown?
  5. The scuttle is that the Atlanta coach likes Clingan. It's known that several teams in the second half of the lotto really want Clingan (including Memphis), so it's possible that this is just Atlanta trying to pump up trade interest in Clingan Vecenie is the best evaluator out of the draft guys imo, and "his guy" this year is Devin Carter, followed by Bub Carrington. He hasn't released a final big board, but has said on pods that Carter might be around #8 and Carrington in the top 10. He loves the guards in this class, and is lukewarm on the wings, who all seem to have various flaws Listening to Duncan/Leroux and they don't understand why anyone would have Clingan or Risacher over Sarr. They view Sarr as Nic Claxton ish on defense, and some mix of Mobley and Wendell Carter Jr on offense. Not great on anything on either side of the ball, but is also at least good at most everything, and doesn't take anything off the table because he's not a shooter you'll just leave alone, and he's relatively switchable on defense. They do note that he's not a great rebounder though for a center. They view that archetype as valuable in today's NBA Most seem to think it's Sheppard to Houston if they can't net a large return in a trade. Not sure if they'd take him over Sarr though if Sarr slips. Many think they want a 2025 unprotected from a likely lotto team.
  6. 1) Risacher- notes that he thinks it's between Risacher and Clingan. They haven't been able to bring Sarr in for a workout yet. They're working out a ton of players, which means they'll potentially have options they're comfortable with if they trade back 2) Sarr- rival teams think this is Risacher or Sarr. Sarr has worked out for Washington and not Atlanta 3) Sheppard- viewed as having a narrow range since both Houston and San Antonio are viewed as liking him at #3 and #4, and the Hawks (in a trade back to #3-#4) and Hornets (at #6) also are viewed as potential landing spots. Houston could trade this pick for a team looking to trade up for Clingan 4) Castle- thinks Castle at #4 (if Risacher and Sheppard are gone) and Dillingham at #8 could be targets at this spots. Also Knecht at #8 5) Buzelis- the league views this as a fit 6) Knecht- draft range is #4-#9 7) Clingan- while Atlanta at #1 could be a landing spot, Houston, SA, Detroit, and Charlotte aren't fits, and teams after those want him, which makes him a prime trade candidate '8) Dillingham- hasn't been able to work out for teams due to an ankle injury he's just now getting over 9) Williams- worked out for every team in the top ten except for Houston 10) Topic- his ACL injury has sunk him a bit. Visits with Portland (7/14), SA (8), Memphis (9), and Utah (10). Team needs to be comfortable with a redshirt year, and he makes sense for teams looking to tank for Flagg 11) Carter- draft range might be #8-#11 12) Saluan 13) Holland- Sacramento has been exploring trade options with this pick 14) Walter
  7. Which "core six" would you be most open to trading?
  8. As a Rockets fan, I hope this is the way San Antonio is thinking
  9. Not a Spurs fan, but it seems to me that they should do their best to find a way to land Sarr. His archetype is an excellent fit with Wemba. If he hits, they have two switchable and rangy rim protectors on defense and two spacing bigs on offense
  10. Sheppard seems to be the mock across the board lately
  11. Now watch The Lobster and Dogtooth I love this movie
  12. Vecenie is pro Reed Sheppard to Houston, in large part due to how well he fits with Amen. Also likes the fit with each of Eason, Sengun, and Whitmore He'd only trade this pick if it's part of a package for a true all-NBA type
  13. This account is annoying, but he makes a good point here. Both are/were draft model darlings
  14. Clingan has shot 52% and 58% from the free throw line Sengun shot around 30% on threes this year, mostly on wide open attempts The team I'd be looking at is Boston, which has five-out spacing at all times (their first three players off the bench can all shoot threes at volume), which just put up statistically the best offensive season ever by some metrics If you draft Clingan because you think he's too good to pass up, then I'd be looking to make a Sabonis type of trade down the line
  15. Thought it was fine. Girl was hot. Probably no need to ever revisit it.
  16. To be clear, my post was justifying him going #1 overall in general in this class, not to Houston at #3 I don't love the Clingan and Sengun pairing. You need to be confident that Sengun can become a spacer from three and that Clingan is just too good/safe to pass on, or you need to feel that you can't win big with Sengun and are looking to trade him for a star (like the Sabonis trade), and view Clingan as his eventual replacement I'm usually "when in doubt, take a wing" since when they don't hit, they're at least holding their trade value better than bigs or guards that don't hit, and there should be a wide variety of flavors of wings at #3, although all of them have some sort of major flaw for picking at that spot. The swing for upside pick there might be Holland. Similar to Amen, if he learns to shoot, he might have all-NBA potential. Castle is in the same boat, although as a guard.
  17. I hate the fit with Sengun, unless you play on eventually trading one of them
  18. His role as something between Walker Kessler and Rudy Gobert is probably the highest floor in this draft. If you just want a bankable player, then he could make sense
  19. The Rockets beat writer mocks Clingan at #3
  20. Funny listening to Chiney talk about a “snub” after her sister got it last time around
  21. He's smaller in stature than FVV He’s got more length than FVV “He’ll get switched to death” What do you think teams will do to Knecht?
  22. The guards who made it are flat out better than her right now. She might be better in two years, but I think the merits argument is less convincing than an “interest” argument
  23. It was dumb from an interest/views perspective. It’s not necessarily a snub though. Nneka’s was worse. It’s similar to Kyrie and Brunson not making it because the men’s team is so loaded, but her probably having less of an argument than those two Funny thing is she would have only seen garbage time minutes.. which would have actually been considerable due to how much better they are than everyone else. So everyone would stay tuned through blowouts so they could catch all of her minutes
  24. I mean, it’s very possible. US women’s is loaded The more I think about it, the more it probably made sense to keep her off. She would have been buried on the bench, and everyone question from the media would have been about her
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