2025 draft thread: THE MAVS SELECT COOPER FLAGG

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Then again, I can't see OKC hanging on to 4 draft picks this year and they may sell off a couple of those.

OKC gets lots of acclaim for gathering extra picks, but roster limits do kill the value of that stash (trading a pick for a player doesn't solve anything, and it's not like they can sell them all for cash either). Right now they would have picks 7, 16, 28, 44 (and 7 is Philly's which is top 6 protected, with a chance Philly tries hard to tank and keep their pick, or gets healthy and turns the pick into the mid-teens by getting to the playoffs in a weak LEastern Conference).

This outcome of the current OKC squad will be interesting. Next summer they have 13 players under contract plus UFA Caruso who they would want to keep. (BTW it's stunning that CHI didn't get any pick for Caruso, given the excess OKC has. What awful negotiating.) And besides the lack of roster spots, are there even any minutes for rookies?

Presti has been here before with a slew of talent, and the result was just a huge fizzle out. This time they again have a lot of nice pieces, but badly need a 2nd star and 3rd star to lift the ceiling, and not sure they really have that player on their roster.