2023 DRAFT: Mavs take Lively, OMP, sign Mike Miles to 2-way, sign Jordan Walker

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3 guys mocked around 10 in Hendricks, Black and Dick.  Best I can tell, everyone else is 2-Way/G-League material with exception of:

Maxwell Lewis is a Sophomore SF projected late first
Emoni Bates is a Sophomore SF projected mid/late second
Charles Bediako is a Sophomore C from Canada projected late second.

Note all are sophomores.  Lewis and Bates are essentially long armed shooters.  Bediako is a rim rolling big who rebounds and blocks shots.  All three make some sense in the area where they are projected.  If you end up with 28, you might get Lewis or Charlotte has tons of seconds they might use to trade up and you take Bates and Bediako.  Same if you end up with 31 (Detroit rumor that no one likes).  

BTW, the Bojan/THJ rumor came up on the NBA Front Office podcast.  FWIW, they thought it was something they could see both teams doing.  I like Bojan for the next couple of years, but man.  I really hope there is something more coming back than this.  As I said elsewhere, I can see THJ and 16 (Dallas ends up with 28 and 31) or even better THJ and 28 without 31 coming back (Dallas ends up with 16).  But, 10 seems like a lot for the spread in value between Bojan and THJ.  Love the O.  Hate his age and lack of D.

I have no idea what consists of a draft workout.  Do they all workout?   Is it somethings just a get to know meeting?   Maybe they are overrated.  But I will be mightily disappointed if we find out after the draft that Dallas didn't have the majority of the prospects visit in the 6 to 20 range.   

It does appear they brought in a lot of probably undrafted guys.   Might be tough to bring in second rounders when you lack a late first or any second round picks.