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I wonder if Indiana would consider Jabari Parker and Bkn first round pick for Sabonis. I would even and Thunder’s first rd pick and Bembry.

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I agree Heurter and Crabbbe might make a big difference, floor spacing and ballhandling. But we are still weak inside and we lack strength un general, yo have to play really well to overcome that. I still think we improve a little but not enough to make the playoffs. I am happy that Hunter seems a step in the right direction, eager to discover what we have in Reddish and really disapointed because I thought we had something in Bruno and now I think he is a bust.

Did not see the game but seems that Brandon Goodwin played well as backup PG, he is young and played well on summer league, I would consider him ahead of Turner and see what happens

I am and a lot, seems we had one play and teams have figured out how to defend it. I think he will not be near the 20/10 guy we were forecasting.

Wood has been out of some good teams beacuse they were too deep. He is a very serviceable player on Det and is outplaying Thorn Maker. He would have been a starter here and a tremendous fit.

I think people realize how important could be Crabbe on this team. We need floor spacing at the 2nd unit

1 - Record: 33-49 2 - Playoff Prediction: Miss playoffs 3 - All-Stars: None 4 - All-Rookie: Hunter 5 - Leading Scorer - Trae 6 - Fewest minutes among top 10: Bruno I think we improve a little but I would expect a bigger jump next year with more experience on the young players. We need more strength and a defensive Center and seems we are not going to fill those holes this year.

No, but I have rhe lineup that we ahould focus on Young/Huerter/Hunter/Collins/Fernando. Sixyh man: Reddish. All in on player development, that is where we are. Problem is some expected to win this year, cannot be more wrong. Some are disapointed because we still make mistakes, expectations management is called.

Did I said that? I am not counting on this team to make noise inmediately. I think we have a hole at C and we need to fill it. I don't think Bruno is the answer based on what I have seen. I think this team could be in a position of makinf noise un 3-4 years if we are able to retain the players. Same happened to GSW, abd same to Phily. Sorry I don't rhink he is the answer.

I am comparing chances on draft between going to playoff or finishing in top 8 of worst teams, yeah there is a difference.... Considering our need is a C and the best 2 will be top 10 or even top 5. Put a good C on this team and things will change a lot.

I think we have a good young core in Young, Huerter, Reddish, Hunter, Collins and even Fernando. I think we are far from winning and our first and only priority is to develop them and see what we have. If I am Schlenk I would be looking to give 30 min to all of them this season and see what we have, that would be my priority, even at the cost of some wins. If the team is capable to make the playoffs... Hey perhaps we have something special... If the team loose that would be what you can expect on 95% of the situations, we will use the season to develop and evaluate these players and we will complete the team through the draft. I don't have any doubt that we will end on a better position to win a ring if we get a top 5 pick and draft Wiseman and fill the team on 2021 Free agency than if we make the playoffs now and go and overpay for a weak Free Agent class on 2020. I am fine with being at player development one more year. Be patient guys

Well, year 2 of rebuild is still too early, we added some pieces and they have to get used to NBA, still we have major holes, eveything normal forma rebuilding team, making playoffs on year 2 would be an unexpected sucesos, I still think we Will improve to 33-35 range

We already knew we were going to be bad at C. Bruno cannot playa big minutes and we should have invested on a Young big like Looney, Wood, Holmes, Bhirch or others.... just try them. We adquired Damian Jones instead, too soon to give un on him but we do not see much potential there.

Lol I was convinced Reddish would not fall, I am glad he fall to us, I really think he can be special

It is not just luck, it's to find the pieces that fit together and have the flexibility for it. You can nearly plug and play any SF or C at GS because they already have the passing, shooting and defense with Curry, Thompson and Green. Lowry, Green, Kawhi, Siakam also allow a lot of flexibility, anyway FVV, Ibaka, Gasol were fantastic additions. I think Young, Huerter, Hunter and Collins might become also a good fit. If Reddish explodes Young, Reddish, Hunter and Collins might be even better core

I have clear that Bogdanovic, Porter, Lou Williams, Buddy Hield are not better than Trae but... perhaps is better they undervalue our team.

We could take BPA because we did not have a core to keep.When we drafted Young and Huerter only Collins was a keeper and on this draft Young, Huerter and Collins were the keepers on a deep draft loaded with wing players and Centers and not much difference in talent. We could take BPA at our draft position. You could make a case between Garland and Hunter but I think Hunter was a better player for us. Reddish and Fernando were BPA, no doubt. Next draft a decission needs to be done, BPA or fill a need. All depends on how confident we are on our core. In my opinion in a team with only 5 keepers we should still go BPA, of course a big is a clear need.

You draft best player available until you have an idea what you have, Young, Collins and Huerter. Then you still go for BPA but trying to complement what you have, we traded up for elite defense and size on Hunter, and also drafting talent that fits, Reddish. Next step should be to draft BPA on a position of need that fits your style C and Backup PG. Schlenk need to be careful there, if you have to reach for that it would better to draft BPA that fits your style no matter the position. Add the C and PG via FA as you have the cap space to do it. I agree with Schlenk, lot of picks means more chances to get a star, always go for BPA but trying to build a team, they did a wonderful job this year, next year will be much more difficult as there are less holes to cover.

Definately our core for the future is Young, Huerter, Reddish, Hunter and Collins. We clearly lack a Center, we should be targeting one in the draft or FA. Bruno is still not part of oir future but is intriguing going forward. hopefully he is. Turner is not part of this team future. Parker might be if he mixes well with the core. Len is young and has potential, he could be part of this team's future Bembry might also be on the future but he is clearly replaceable. Crabbe, I like him as an offensive spark of the bench I think going forward we might consider Young/? Reddish/Huerter Hunter/? Collins/Parker ?/Len Three holes to fill on the draft/FA

What we are doing is to add young players with potential and get rid of bad contracts. We are aligning the end of all bad contracts with the time this young players will begin to produce enough to be able to win. I think this is a right way to do things. This season the goal is to develop all young players, give them 30 mpg and see what they can do. If you improve but we are still in the lottery I would consider it normal, players take time to develop, produce and win. We will have 2 picks in the lottery and will look to complete the roster with a Center and a Guard. If we make the playoffs with 2 sophomores and 2 rookies playing more than 30 mpg and another rookie with 20-25mpg... hey perhaps we really found a superstar or a superteam, I doubt a team so young ever made the playoffs. Anyway in 2 years we will have all the cap space to decide, we keep improving and trying to find a superstar or we are set and add a FA to be a contender. I think we are doing things right.

We need to play our young guys, Young, Huerter, Hunter, Collins and Reddish need to hit the 30 mpg this season. Bruno needs to play 20 mpg, that should be the goal this season. All in an improvement environment lead by Trae with his stellar play that makes things easier for the rest. Collins should fly around the rim and play sligthly better this season, Huerter, Reddish and Hunter will have his shots from 3 and will help on defense and ball handling. Target is for all of them to play, contribute and improve. All are young players and the goal is to improve. That is what is rebuilding on a right way. They will make mistakes as other rookies and those mistakes will cost wins but winning is still not the target. That is why although I think we will improve the number of wins we will not make the playoffs. Next season we will have 2 picks on the lottery, we draft a C and a backup PG and we are set going forward.

I really hope we have hit a homerun with Hunter because I really like Hayes and Clarke

I am beginning to be nervous about Cam's injury, very nervous, why is taking so much time?

I think he could be a 13ppg, 5rpg, 4 apg, 1 spg guy with slightly better percentages which is great for a 20th year old sophomore