Alex

Are the Jazz a minor league basketball team for the other 29 organizations? Good young players just cannot be in Utah it seems like. Like what is their plan? Acquire as many picks as possible, hit on a few, trade those guys away in 2 years, and do it all over?

Pelicans were 13 games better last season and have gotten better. Atlanta is slightly worse off or at the very best, equal to last season. New Orleans could win 50 plus games, but the western conference is a lot tougher so they could be around 45 wins. If Atlanta wins 5 more and New Orleans wins 5 less than last year, they are still 3 games better.

I guess he should have been talking to more teams about a trade instead of forcing his son onto the Lakers.

I don’t think this organization has a clue what their plan is. They are fooling themselves if they think they can compete. They have little draft capital and nothing significant of their own. This is the definition of a treadmill.

So the Lakers GM/coach just agreed on a 2 year deal worth 104 million dollars. Is this the pay cut his cult followers were talking about? Will this allow the Lakers any flexibility?

Aside from Boston being the best team in the league by a wide margin, the lack of three point shooting by Dallas was why they lost. He doesn’t have much trend left on his tires, but I think he can still provide spurts of semi-vintage Klay. No matter how much he has struggled you still have to respect his shot. This could potentially open up so much more in the Dallas offense.

Yep I totally agree. They definitely got worse from last season after winning the title the year prior. They’ve got zero depth as it was and now can’t afford to keep one on their starters around. At this point it’s a challenge to field an NBA roster for Denver. Their starting 5 was hands down the best in the league. Inserting whoever into KCP’s spot is a downgrade, but it’s still probably a top 8ish starting unit now. Unless they find gold with an unknown bench piece or two they are in trouble.

I was glad when he left Ohio State a year early. Was always a pain for Michigan State to deal with. Kid was a bucket better and got better every single season. There’s no doubt he can score the basketball at this level. I don’t remember much about him on the defensive end, but I also aren’t watching Ohio State games either. My opinion of him is that he’s a gifted scorer, but doesn’t wow you necessarily. He can score in a variety of ways and before you know it he’s got 16 points and was very quiet about it. His playing style is very comparable to a guy like PJ Washington or Eric Paschall. Not saying he’s either one of them, but just similar offensive styles.

Hartenstein is an overpay, but the Thunder were really lacking another big man. Especially when the bean pole was on the bench. I like this signing for the Thunder a lot. Their biggest weakness was just solved and the western conference is wide open.

Neither of those picks will be be lottery selections. Be lucky if either are top 20. Nance is good enough, but not bad enough either. He’s likely gone next season or as soon as the Hawks are allowed to trade him.

Honestly have never heard of either of the top two picks.

Didn’t see one created so figured I’d make one. Long time everyone!

Let the kid come in and play. There is already a lead guy on the team and some other talented players. This sort of thing relieves some pressure right off the bat. Play as many minutes as possible and focus on the strengths first and foremost. Try not to beat down too much on areas that need improvements.

This class reminds me of the 2013 draft. It was a pretty big mystery as to who was going to be number 1. That was the first hint that it was a weak class. That’s the Anthony Bennett draft I am talking about. Oladipo went number 2 and he’s been good, but the class was saved by Giannis and later on, Gobert.

Dalton Knecht