06-21-2026, 09:23 AM
(06-21-2026, 07:34 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: The other thing I don't get is this: IF Mara is the target, why would OKC even be worried about trading up? I reeeeeaaaaaalllly don't think he's in danger of getting picked before 12, especially if he gets by ATL (he will, I bet). My guess is that their target is someone else...like Burries.
To your point - on the Locked On network wide draft, Dallas moved back for 12/17/I-Joe and OKC picked Burries.
To point people are making about 17 not necessarily being available, there are tons of things that could happen instead. There is unwinding the future pick swap. There is Topic. There is PJ for something (the dream is Cason Wallace).
To the point of ATL taking the player OKC might want, that was why I was advocating trading up to 8 (and swapping Gafford for Risacher). It wasn't necessarily to pick the second worst guard at 8. It was to get the pick that might be more valuable to OKC in a trade-back.