05-20-2023, 05:33 PM
Now that we got our pick, I'd be pretty happy with keeping it and drafting whoever's left (assuming top-4 is Vic/Scoot/Amen/Miller) at #10 and not trading down. I think everyone of them has something to add to our squad that would be awesome (I rank them as the follow):
1) Cam Whitmore (PF): Great athlete that I envision being the 3rd option behind Luka/Kyrie. Very good at absorbing contact and quick to shake bigger bodies.
2) Ausar Thompson (SF): Elite athleticism that could cover our SF position long-term and be a plus defender, also his playmaking skills are pretty decent already.
3) Taylor Hendricks (PF): Good vertical leaper and shot blocker that shot 40% from deep this season. Could also be a small-ball 5.
4) Cason Wallace (PG): Excellent help defender and great on-ball that played on and off the ball at Kentucky.
5) Jarace Walker (PF): Nice lateral movement to defend in isolation and great body already.
6) Anthony Black (SF): Great playmaking skill and the best on-ball defender on the draft.
I know we need to fill the PF/C void, but trading down or out I feel is such a downgrade/waste of talent in this excelent class. These 6 guys will be difference makers.
IMO we need to find players that we wouldn't be sending picks (just old fillers like Hardaway/Bertans/Bullock/Kleber/McGee) for (Harris/Valanciunas/Nurkic/Gafford) to help short-term but don't give up on the long-term.
1) Cam Whitmore (PF): Great athlete that I envision being the 3rd option behind Luka/Kyrie. Very good at absorbing contact and quick to shake bigger bodies.
2) Ausar Thompson (SF): Elite athleticism that could cover our SF position long-term and be a plus defender, also his playmaking skills are pretty decent already.
3) Taylor Hendricks (PF): Good vertical leaper and shot blocker that shot 40% from deep this season. Could also be a small-ball 5.
4) Cason Wallace (PG): Excellent help defender and great on-ball that played on and off the ball at Kentucky.
5) Jarace Walker (PF): Nice lateral movement to defend in isolation and great body already.
6) Anthony Black (SF): Great playmaking skill and the best on-ball defender on the draft.
I know we need to fill the PF/C void, but trading down or out I feel is such a downgrade/waste of talent in this excelent class. These 6 guys will be difference makers.
IMO we need to find players that we wouldn't be sending picks (just old fillers like Hardaway/Bertans/Bullock/Kleber/McGee) for (Harris/Valanciunas/Nurkic/Gafford) to help short-term but don't give up on the long-term.
We just paid a whole lot of money to a guy that went 9-29 (31%) on FG and 3-20 (15%) 3-pt% in both our win or go home elimination games last couple of playoffs. SMH