My top 5 list is probably
Cade
Mobley
Suggs
Green
Kuminga
If Kum keeps falling. Zaire seems like a stock riser.
I need to see more late top 10. From 6-10 is pretty interchangeable in a good way
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It's a cool draft in that even a bunch of guys that I didn't list there in my top dozen would be cool pickups that I can easily imagine as good, productive NBA players. Bones Hyland, David Johnson, David Duke, Ben Mathurin, JT Thor, Jared Butler, James Bouknight, Deuce McBride, etc.
Not everyone, only people I’d like not to post anymore. I disagree with you at times and haven’t tried to bet squat.
Trying to weed out the trolls, but I’m willing to sacrifice myself posting on here if I have to. I guess you could call me Iron Man, or maybe Batman. Not the hero we need, but the one we deserve.
Moody with a 28/4/2/2/1 game tonight on 9/15 shooting, 5/8 from 3, 0 turnovers, 2 fouls. 5/6 from the line also. Really strong defense.
He's so good. So glad I had him top 8 before the season and he's only proven me more and more right.
I really been falling in love with Scottie Barnes as a prospect and as a culture setter with us. Dude is a nutcase and oozes potential as a 3/4 and a small ball 5
I love him both as an on-ball defender and as a passer.
Sadly he just cannot score the ball like, at all, whatsoever. Can't finish at a high evel, can't shoot at all, can't shoot FTs.
He kind of reminds me of Lonzo just like, what if instead of being 6'6 and a coward you're 6'9 and can't jump?
I’m officially on the Mobley bandwagon. I’d be content with him and anyone in the top 5.
Find me an example in recent NBA history where a team traded up from 8, 9, 10, etc into the top tier of prospects. It doesnt happen. You could offer 8 and 3 or 4 future 1sts and no team would trade you Mobley or Cade. It just doesnt happen. Only reason Dallas got Luka is because he fell to 3 and Atlanta liked Trae and they only moved back to 5.
If you want a Mobley or a Cade, you better get a top 3 pick. In the NBA, you cant move up from 8, 9, or 10 to the top tier - no matter how much you give up. Its not like the NFL draft
Moody, then Springer, as the #1 and #2 options.
I rate Moody very highly, and while I don't think Springer has quite the ceiling that some other guys in the top end of the draft have, I do think he's got some pretty enticing higher end outcomes, particularly leveraging his strength, with a fairly high defensive ceiling as well.
Yeah, why talk about reality?
Hypothetically, lets trade Hart for Giannis!! I mean, nothing said here is meant to be taken seriously or pass knowledge on to anyone else. Lets just say whatever!!!
What about four picks and Lonzo Ball! Ha-HA! Take that, Mac!
I'll need to watch a bit more. Just wonder if he can create his own offense with more variety. Mostly seems like he finds where the defense is lacking and moves off ball well, which isn't a bad thing. Just wonder how much more his game can provide.
Lol yea I didn't get that response. Top 5 golden boys will be hard to get in this draft. The quicker Pelicans fans understand that, the faster folks will be fine with treating this season as a "developing" one and being a seller at the trade deadline. From an asset standpoint, and even if we decide to keep the pick, grabbing a top 5 pick in this class is pure gold.
Haha fair enough. Also Moody is the perfect piece next to Zion Ingram and Kira. He’s 6’6” with a 7 foot wingspan and athletic so should be a great defender, and he’s an absolute sharp shooter and doesn’t need the ball in his hand to be effective and will open the paint for Zion to drive. Great fit
It would be sick to end up with a top 5 pick cause I like Cunningham, Suggs, Mobley, Green, and Kuminga could all be franchise changing type of players. But their are many big time players after those 5. Then with the Lakers pick get LSU?s Cam Thomas to be a beast scorer off the bench. I just love how he?s such a lethal scorer and never gets too up or down. He?s a stone cold killer that shows zero emotion. He would be a perfect replacement for JJ
C: Adams, Hayes
PF: Zion, Hernangomez, Melli
SF: BI, Hart
SG: Green, NAW, Thomas
PG: Ball or Bledsoe (have to move one of them to open up Kira’s minutes) Kira
I would rather trade Ball, but if we can’t I may just have to pay him. We would have to move a couple guards. Mobley would be ideal with someone like Thomas. That would be a home run 1st round
This is true but some people are good scorers in college and trash in the nba, same for defense. What I’m saying is he has the tools. And sure some hyper athletes are trash at defense but it doesn’t hurt. If you have player A and player B and they both have the same body and instincts but player B is more explosive then give me B
Oh for sure, but I was just kind of ribbing you. Like, talking about how good someone could be on defense and absolutely having a good frame for it and good physical tools helps, but you should also mention how good they actually are on defense as well, y'know? No big deal.
Trade Lonzo, our 1st, and the Lakers 1st to Cleveland for their unprotected 1st and hope it ends up in the top 5. They need a bigger point guard to play with Sexton cause I don’t see the Sexland backcourt working as it’s too small. Then they can bring Garland off the bench. They could use 2 firsts in a deep draft more than us as we are already one of the youngest teams in the league. That way we could play however we want and hope Cleveland falls apart. I really want Cade or Green more than any other player. Green is the best 2 guard in the draft and that’s the position we need the most IMO
C: Adams, Hayes
PF: Zion, Billy
SF: BI, Hart
SG: Green, NAW
PG: Bledsoe, Kira
Then we could sign a decent veteran 4 that would be beneficial for Zion to learn from.
You don’t do this before the draft and hope it ends up in the top 5, sure it could but the pelicans pick could also luck out and win the lottery for the first pick, if that happened and we traded it before the draft I don’t think I could root for this team anymore. Now say the cavs gets like the 4th pick and we get the 6th I’d be fine with giving up our first and the Lakers first to move up 2 spots but as long as we land in the top 6 I’m happy regardless.
Right now we’re tied with the thunder for the 8th pick and Cleveland has the 6th
We only have the Lakers pick if it's in the top 8 anyway, right? Then becomes unprotected next year.
Well with tonight’s loss we are in sole possession of the 8th pick
Getting closer to those chaos odd picks 5-7th.
Man... We are gonna end up with 11-14th pick again. This season is nothing short of complete frustration.
We're not quite bad enough to finish as low as we'd like. But we'll still be in a spot to take someone...
Oh wait. Nevermind. If Mac's hearing right, we ain't keeping the pick short of us actually winning the lottery top 4 slot. And even then, if it isn't #1 or #2, we'd just trade it for Beal.
Your best hope for keeping the pick is it being a pick that doesnt really have any value in a trade. Because it is by far the best asset we have to improve our team this summer and Griff is going to be very aggressive this upcoming year. Missing the playoffs for three straight years is not an option - and adding another 19 yr old does not help you accomplish that goal.
But I guess there is a world where the Pels land 13 or 14 and nobody really covets that pick enough to give him a good player for it. But if they can get a Covington, the way Portland did for their pick this year, Griff does that 100 out of 100 times this summer over adding another 19 yr old to this squad. And if he can package this years pick with future picks to add a REAL difference maker, he does that 101 out of 100 times
If that is his intent, he will waste the pick in desperation. Portland gave up 2 1sts and Ariza for Covington and there is no way I would do something like that for a player like him. I can see Griffin doing something like that when he strikes out on a big fish.
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