05-20-2023, 07:47 PM
(05-20-2023, 05:33 PM)HAguiar95 Wrote: Now that we got our pick, I'd be pretty happy with keeping it and drafting whoever's left (assuming top-4 is Vic/Scoot/Amen/Miller) at #10 and not trading down. I think everyone of them has something to add to our squad that would be awesome (I rank them as the follow):
1) Cam Whitmore (PF): Great athlete that I envision being the 3rd option behind Luka/Kyrie. Very good at absorbing contact and quick to shake bigger bodies.
2) Ausar Thompson (SF): Elite athleticism that could cover our SF position long-term and be a plus defender, also his playmaking skills are pretty decent already.
3) Taylor Hendricks (PF): Good vertical leaper and shot blocker that shot 40% from deep this season. Could also be a small-ball 5.
4) Cason Wallace (PG): Excellent help defender and great on-ball that played on and off the ball at Kentucky.
5) Jarace Walker (PF): Nice lateral movement to defend in isolation and great body already.
6) Anthony Black (SF): Great playmaking skill and the best on-ball defender on the draft.
I know we need to fill the PF/C void, but trading down or out I feel is such a downgrade/waste of talent in this excelent class. These 6 guys will be difference makers.
IMO we need to find players that we wouldn't be sending picks (just old fillers like Hardaway/Bertans/Bullock/Kleber/McGee) for (Harris/Valanciunas/Nurkic/Gafford) to help short-term but don't give up on the long-term.
I think that’s a nice description of each of them. If we are willing to consider Wallace (some aren’t), then #10 if a nice spot to be.
Do you give Nico any credit for what he did with Hardy. The kid showed no discernible ability from deep. Now he’s a 40% shooter from 3 in the NBA. I’m really torn. If I absolutely know the kid who drops to #10 was going to be a stud, I’m with you. Alternatively, if Hardy wasn’t a fluke of luck, might we give Nico a little rope to see if he can find someone just as good as the guy who falls to 10 AND accomplish some other things simultaneously?