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  1. 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.
  2. I hate the fit with Sengun, unless you play on eventually trading one of them
  3. 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
  4. The Rockets beat writer mocks Clingan at #3
  5. Funny listening to Chiney talk about a “snub” after her sister got it last time around
  6. 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?
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. The bigger snub was Nneka last time around
  11. Probably not
  12. I don’t think knecht is under consideration at #3. Maybe if Houston trades down with Memphis
  13. He’ll defend point in a similar fashion to FVV, while logging a lot of stocks On offense, he’ll play a similar role to White, and he potentially could be one of the best shooters in the league
  14. He’s three years older than Sheppard, and would be a sub par defender as a wing
  15. Watching the game last night, I was wondering if Derrick White could be the comp for Reed Sheppard, but looking at measurables, Reed just doesn't have nearly the wingspan It's more like "plays like Derrick White (but maybe an even better shooter), at a slightly larger than Fred VanVleet size" Is that archetype worth the #3 pick in this draft for Houston?
  16. The first case schedule means you really need to cake care of the divisional games, unless you're ready to beat the other returning #1s at a high clip That 3 game stretch at the end of the season is rough. Need to go into that stretch with a comfortable lead in the division to where going 2-2 over the last four still wins it for you
  17. Fud

    2024 NFL DRAFT

    I think McKay is still heavily influential*, and while we'll never find out, I bet he was the primary voice that was instrumental in spiking Belichick * he's now overseeing all of Blank's sporting interests including the Falcons. He's Blank's Wormtongue https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/falcons-make-cosmetic-changes-to-rich-mckays-title-and-official-duties And while Atlanta ended up making a very strong head coaching hire, the personnel side is still entrenched and proceeded to make the most batshit crazy top ten pick we've seen
  18. I don't know where to start with this post
  19. I'm guessing that Ime is going to prefer Castle
  20. Yet, he's an extremely impactful player The issue is more about his awkward fit with Sengun than any sort of testing
  21. Fud

    2024 NFL DRAFT

    I thought Rich McKay was the primary influence for everything there, including Belichick getting spiked
  22. If you take a straight average of Givony, Vecenie, and Hollinger, here's the rankings 1) Sarr 2) Clingan 3) Topic 4) Castle 5) Sheppard 6) Holland 7) Buzelis '8) Risacher 9) Dillingham (pretty big tier break) 10) Knecht 11) Williams 12) Filippowski 13) Collier 14) Carter
  23. Stone is posturing that he'd only trade the pick if it were for great value, as he should be doing. What they actually prefer is speculation. Ime presumably wants a vet, but he likely understands that a marginal vet isn't worth trading the #3 pick for. Tildo wants to win right now, but I think he listens to Stone when Stone says the value isn't there The whole league knows that Mitchell won't re-sign with Cleveland. He'll be a huge free agent who'll end up at a destination city. Cleveland should recoup some assets a year early and try to see if they can get Garland right. Houston could really use plus shooting, and some of the best players in this draft are either bad shooters (Holland, Castle, Clingan) or not as good current as their profiles suggest they should be (Matas, Williams, etc) I think Sarr is probably gone by pick three, but I don't think Risacher by any means is a lock to be gone. I'm also not sure if he'd even be the pick for Houston Sheppard is an elite shooter who's a play-maker both on offense and defense, but he's also a small body who'd get hunted defensively If Houston stays at three, there's about a half a dozen directions I could see them going. The one guy who doesn't make sense to me is Dillingham. I could see Ime falling in love with Castle or Holland, despite their shooting issues Can Houston please steal one of the elite shooting coaches (Fred Vinson, Chip Engelland, etc)?
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