Eddielives

Saw this quote on Twitter and can't believe how bad the Suns screwed up this draft "The Phoenix Suns swapped Jarrett Culver, TJ Warren and the 32nd pick for Cam Johnson and Dario Saric"

Cam Johnson at 11

Shams says we drafted him

You have to be high to take Bruno this high.

I think Hunter is going to be better than a role player. He's got the tools to be much more and I think he'll surprise a lot of people.

I will say this about Hunter vs. Reddish and Culver. When I watch all their highlights, Hunter definitely shows more aggression than the other two. Reddish to me always seemed to be kind of passive and waiting for a play to come to him and Culver just seemed a bit awkward but obviously talented. Hunter is strong, determined, fluid, and might just turn out to be the right pick.

I mean to say how likely is it he's there.

So is it possible Reddish is there at 10?

Quick question about tonight's draft time? It says it starts at 7:00? Is that when the real "drafting" starts or will there be an hour of BS before the actual drafting starts?

Hmm....was it really necessary to give all that for Hunter? Not so sure until I see the name called tonight.

So, it's a for sure thing now. We're getting Culver? or Hunter? I'm so confused lol!

Leftovers for me. Pork chops and sloppy Joes lol! Oh and beer...Sierra Nevada pale ale

The more I research this draft, the more I'm starting to agree with Sothron. It wouldn't even hurt my feelings too bad if we traded every pick for future drafts. Unless we move to #3 and can get Barrett without giving up future picks, I'm just starting to feel kinda meh about anyone making a big difference for us in the rebuilding process from this group.

See this is a fair statement. You're not making any wild, definitive conclusions. There's certainly legitimate suspicions around Jordan and that time and the gambling thing MIGHT very well be an explanation. And it's certainly much harder to hide things in the modern era.

So you tie these two statements about the rich and powerful together and you think you have a true conclusion based on a sound and valid argument? You should really look into logic 101 my friend. You'll learn what a syllogism is and see that your argument above is neither sound nor valid. However it is possible your conclusion is true but it would be by pure happenstance....not logical reasoning.

I know this is just for fun and opinion and all but can we please stop with the Bruno Fernando in the lottery nonsense please? It's like when you're doing a fantasy draft and some guy/gal takes a projected round 5 or later player with their first pick. Come on, get a little serious. So here we go: 8 - De'Andre Hunter....I think our hopes of moving up flame out due to lack of a decent offer/rejections of our offers and we take the interesting but safe pick 10 - Goga Bitadze...I just think the Hawks like his offensive upside especially playing with Trae and improving defensive ability and rim protection 17 - Brandon Clarke...Now I know I've stated I won't think he'll last this long but if he does, I'm in hyperdrive to give this pick to Adam Silver

That definitely is a quote I hope he revisits and revises. It totally got on my nerves too as going way too far. I don't see Trae or Luca getting anything but better and in the long run, they could be viewed as pretty close to even in overall value. Having said that, at the time of the draft last year and after the first month of the past season, it was looking pretty ugly for the Hawks. Thank goodness Trae found his mojo and narrowed that gap considerably and Simmons should own up to that if he hasn't already.

Okay so I think you make some good further points with #1. I never said there wasn't more to the story but Kyrie leaving is what was the death blow in terms of the chain of events happening at the current point in time....no AD and Horford apparently leaving. As for your #2, I know Bill is an easy target for people, especially on this site as mentioning him almost always seems to be a sore spot for people. But Bill acknowledges his often irrational Boston fandom. But he tempers it enough to not bother me in the long run. And there's a reason he's gotten the likes of the president Barrack Obama on his show. Like it or not, he's considered by many, obviously myself included, as a very gifted conversationalist. He has great guests and is MILLIONS times more interesting to listen to than local sports radio with what is the REAL source of biased homerism. Not that you mentioned local talk radio and I realize podcasts are a different format. I'm just saying people tend to be a little biased towards their home teams so that's hardly something to hold against someone and the guy is very smart and often very astute in his overall observations about the NBA. He did write a bestselling book that is highly regarded by even the greats that played the game. And #3 is a comment I'm honestly just confused about. I don't know what you were trying to say there. I even googled some of the lines with no luck. You'll have to clarify.

This is what happens when you build your foundation with a headcase like Kyrie Irving. Like Bill Simmons said on his podcast the other day. Irving was a centerpiece that, once removed, all their current and future plans fell.

Where did Brandon Clark go in this mock?

Well I'm convinced. Don't worry friend. They're not as smart as you and I. When the truth comes out, they'll see we were the wise ones that saw through the charade.....oh and could you pm me the directions on how to fold the most effective tin hat? Mine is all torn up from overuse. Thanks ahead of time.

I'd be shocked if Culver falls to 8

That's cool. We have different opinions. Mine is just the one that is at least attempting to remove hometown bias. If I tainted my outlook in favor of Hawks players then I'm basically part of some good ol' boy system and just looking out for my own. I'm a little more progressive than that.

Key word could. To say RJ is better right now, as was suggested, and be serious about it is to be a serious joke.

Is your last name Jones?