2024 Draft Prospects

[SleepingHero]

Mavs have the last pick in the draft.  Really long odds that player ever makes it.  My one wish is make a pick that is interesting.  I would also like them to be aggressive in the two way spots.  I think this is one area where they have not been creative at all.

How about going against the grain in the draft?  What about buying a pick late in round 1?  I wonder if a team would just give up a pick for almost nothing?  It appears that doesn't happen much anymore in the first.    If Nico fell in love with someone in the late first, I wonder if they go the other way and trade for a pick.  Unlikely, but still.    I know very little about these prospects, but lets say Kyle Filipkowski falls into the 20's ( I am not sure why he has lost some luster since last year), would he interest you?  He is a pretty skilled 7 footer.  If he can learn to play more on the perimeter, he will have a nice NBA career.

I am 100% convinced the Mavs are going to try and move up from #59 to mid 2nd round. Maybe PHI. Maybe NYK. And they are going to try and snag Bronny James with that pick to begin their Lebron quest. 

There are too many signs to ignore imo. Not only is there the Kyrie connection, but the Mavs coaching staff (Kidd, Dudley), Morris was apart of that 2020 squad too, Lebron is Luka's favorite player. Add in Vogel just being released and had interest in joining Kidd's staff last year, there is a lot of smoke here. 

For Lebron, doesn't it make all the sense for him to go somewhere where he can be a 3rd option and relax?

Only issues I have is defensively Lebron doesn't have much anymore. Maybe that gets better given that he can take a backseat. Does Lebron even want to take a backseat? How will Kyrie do with the added media circus that is Lebron? Lots of questions. 


I haven't looked at the draft at all so there are probably better avenues to take in the draft. But I wouldn't be shocked if this wasn't a primary plan.