Trade & Free Agency 2026/2027

[Winter]

Don´t think he´ll start, but he´ll play at least 20 MPG for 82 games, none of this herky jerky rotational mind games BS that Carlisle/Kidd seemed to play with many rookies. You can´t play a rookie 30 MPG for three games/a week,  they average 15 PPG, cause the opposition is soft and then DNP them for two months, cause they not ready for the better players. That´s not the way to develop young players imho. You let them swim, sink and swim again or drown. You don´t let them swim and then sit on the beach for months baking in the sun, while the ocean is right there in front of their noses.

Whether he starts may be determined by who we keep on the roster, but I could see him starting by the end of the season. The coach isn't going to let his best college player linger on the bench.

I do think this second round may very well see one or two of the veterans get moved. Who was it in this forum that said Schmitz seemed way too excited about the second round to just have one mid second-rounder to pick? I thought that same thing.