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I started to put this in the regular season thread but it's time to put last year in the rear view mirror. They lucked into #2 in the lotto and if they don't take Harper and do some stupid shit instead, I'm going to lose my shit.

Biggest needs: outside shooting and outside shooting, size and muscle on the front line, and more vets who have been there done that.

I could take or leave KD. I have faith that they won't overpay for him. If it's Vassell, Barnes and 14 plus some second rounders, fine. I'd honestly be more upset about losing Barnes than Vassell. Barnes was fantastic last year. But they can't trade Sochan in the package. Not because I think that he's ever going to become a reliable shooter or even competent, but look at the west over the next 5 years and they need someone who can match up defensively one on one against guys like SGA and Jalen Williams at OKC and Luka in LA and Ant in Minnesota. Between Sochan and Castle, they have two very, very good on ball perimeter defenders. I think Harper can be a plus defender too. Fox isn't a shut down guy, but he's capable enough that he's not going to get hunted every possession.

I'll have some more thoughts on the draft in the next few days. If they don't move 14 (and my hunch is that they will for a similar package they got for Dillingham last year), I'd like them to target Rasheer Fleming or Cedric Coward. If Queen were to fall that far down, then he'd be my favorite but I don't think he lasts that long. I haven't seen enough of Essengue, Collin Murray-Boyles, or Asa Newell to have an opinion. I see Carter Bryant mocked to them a bit, but his shooting makes me nervous. Same thing about Demin, but I like his upside a bit more than Bryant's as a creator. But I'm not sure they need more shot creation with Harper assumingly coming on board. Sorber's injury scares me. 

I think this is going to be a wild ass off season. Too many owners will look around, see that the league has had 7 different champions in 7 years, see how the Pacers made the finals, and say, "why not us?" I'm expecting the Spurs to not get caught up in the frenzy and stay the course. There's going to be a lot of action and nobody outside of Brooklyn has real cap to play with.  Teams are trying to avoid the apron penalties like the plague. At the end of the summer, there are going to be some bargains and good deals to be had. There are just too many dumb owners/GMs and bad contracts out there. So I hope they're patient with whatever they do. I also hope they hire some veteran coaches to put around Mitch.

GSG

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None of the draft or KD ribble-rabble even matters.

If Marvel movies have taught me anything about the mysteries of the Far East, once Wemby is back from Kamar-Taj with his new Dr. Strange powers, the league is doomed.

7'4" Zen-Mode Alien about to wreck shop.

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His body is well enough for long distance international flights. That's a good sign, clot-wise, isn't it?

Please someone assure me he will be fully healthy for his entire career.

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2 hours ago, chainsaw said:

Please someone assure me he will be fully healthy for his entire career.

Like - going forward? Because he hasn't exactly been healthy for his first 2 seasons. 

49 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Not sure validity but saw the Suns were asking for #2 and Castle for a package involving Durant.

I thought it was #2 or Castle. But they aren't going to get either. I'm with Mitch - I wouldn't even give up Sochan.

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16 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Yeah. I don't want his clots to be career-ending

Spurs ain’t saying shit, but the some dude said it should be okay going forward. He’s pre-law.
 

 

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3 minutes ago, hornfan785 said:

I like what I've been seeing from Sochan's workouts this off-season. 

 

Sochan's main problem in these workout vids is that he doesn't look good with his shirt off. 

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1 hour ago, hornfan785 said:

I like what I've been seeing from Sochan's workouts this off-season. 

 

Hey that's my high school.

Bitchass coach cut me at tryouts.

Then again I wasn't 3% of even Sochan.

And I also looked terrible with my shirt off.

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4 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

No thanks on Durant. Dude comes in and demands a bunch of dumb shit(Bradley Beal trade) then hits the eject button ASAP.

I think he knows he's well past his prime and can't dictate terms anymore, wherever he ends up

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15 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

Hey that's my high school.

Bitchass coach cut me at tryouts.

Then again I wasn't 3% of even Sochan.

And I also looked terrible with my shirt off.

Samesies. Class of '91. What about you? (Maybe we've already figured this out about each other but I'm losing brain cells by the day.)

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Had a nightmare last night where I was announcing the NBA draft with Mark Jones and accidentally said Ace Bailey instead of Harper for the Spurs pick. The next 30 minutes of the dream was me running for my life and having to move my family to Antartica. 

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After checking out the physical stats behind the teams that made it deep this year, I'm fully on board with drafting Harper.

 

The lanky, long, floor dominating wing player doesn't really seem to exist often in today's league. 

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6 hours ago, BurgleBro said:

After checking out the physical stats behind the teams that made it deep this year, I'm fully on board with drafting Harper.

 

The lanky, long, floor dominating wing player doesn't really seem to exist often in today's league. 

Such as?

Indy: Siakam

OKC:  Williams

Knicks:  OG 

Minny:  McDaniels

I mean there's way more examples of wing players, what do you mean?  And I'm on board with Harper too especially since he's grown 1.5 inches and has long arms.

 

 

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24 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Such as?

Indy: Siakam

OKC:  Williams

Knicks:  OG 

Minny:  McDaniels

I mean there's way more examples of wing players, what do you mean?  And I'm on board with Harper too especially since he's grown 1.5 inches and has long arms.

 

 

The game isn't based on that position anymore.  Winning 10 years ago you needed a Kawhi or Durant size wing.  They mostly  use 6 5 combo guards at 3 perimeter positions it seems. 

Williams on OKC isn't the lanky long wing I was mentioning. 

 

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