DRAFT: #18 [Green] & #31 [Terry] & trade for #36 [Tyler Bey]

[aguiar95]

I have no idea if Poku-man is any good.  But, I will repeat something I’ve said before.  If we are a top 4 team in the west, we won’t be counting on anything from whoever we draft at 18.  If we are counting on such a contribution, we aren’t a top 4 team in the west.

I often read that if we don’t get this off-season right, we risk losing Luka.  Actually we don’t risk anything until 2024 or 2025 when Luka is in the position Giannis is in now coming off his second contract.  To me, high upside should be the order of the day, not what a player can do in the 20/21 season.

I tend to agree and disagree. The are a few rookies to contribute to a playoff team on their first year (Herro/Anunoby). But we can also agree that if we had a Clarke/Thybulle (#20 and #21 on last year's class), they probably would start on our squad and probably have a positive impact (maybe get us to top-4 in the West already, considering we blew a bunch of games and our competition was HOU/OKC/UTA, all teams I feel we would eliminate in a 7-game series). Bad thing is our most needed positions (SF/PF) are also the weakest on this upcomng draft. Our pick shouldn't get more than a 10mpg burn. That's why I'm skyhigh on Hampton developing here.