Yesterday, 07:22 AM
(Yesterday, 07:05 AM)Smitty Wrote: This place would be pretty toxic if that’s how it played out. I personally wouldn’t mind it, even if I would go a different direction...
The closer the draft, the more I’ve felt Sergio de Larrea would be a Maverick.
No opinion on Tre Donaldson, but it makes sense picking another Guard after going Ament at 9. I like Jaden Bradley there, who went at 47. One ahead of the Mavs.
Three years from now, who is Robin and how did we get him? By then, Kyrie isn't that guy. Is Flemings? Burries? I think the best you hope for with either is good third guy, and even that isn't guaranteed.
Cap room in 2028 is a potential way to get that next Robin, but free agency is a bit of a crap shoot and 2028 is a long ways away.
If they take Ament, it tells me they see enough upside to go away from positional need. Even if you don't see the upside as likely, surely most here at least think Ament's ceiling, if fully realized, is high? Isn't the issue with him the likelihood of the ceiling being realized?
I do like the de Larrea pick at 30 if it plays out that way.
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