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

[KillerLeft]

You don't think Hayes has star potential?

Potential, yes! So do others. But, I don't think any of them are nearly as obvious as like a Luka, Zion, etc, and even they were risks, right? 

But, in terms of potential, that's kind of my point. If he's that high on comparative potential, then he'll go high. If he ends up playing 2nd banana behind someone whose skills overlap sooooo much, like Luka, I would think that curtails the potential a bit. Slows it down, at least. Since it's so pricey to get up into that top 5-7 range (even in a year like this where the top picks are a bit cheaper) it just seems like a team motivated to make that move would be doing so because they think he can be their Luka, not a double down on a skillset so similar to their cornerstone. If he falls, SURE! But why blow your wad trying to move up soooo high? 

Maybe I'm just smoking crack though. I didn't like the Kemba stuff at the time, either, but I certainly get it now. That's a decent point. And, I generally agree with your thinking that in a year when so many teams are trying to trade down, possibly going up is the smart move. I get that. 

Idk...just thinking about it all.

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I read that story as the Mavs are chasing stars this summer and doing in lots of different ways.

I think they MUST see someone in the lottery as a "star" (at least potential) if they have a "strong desire" to move up there.

But I could be wrong and maybe they want a star in FA and want into the lottery for a role player like Vassell.

Yeah, that's what I figured you got out of it through the context of your posts. The last sentence was my take away. Not sure which interpretation is correct. It's just interesting how people get different meanings from things.