2020 nba offseason draft free agency etc

lol nice

That bulls dubs deal would be amazing

trading a decent young player to move up 2 spots in a draft everyone hates would be a very bulls thing to do

listening to local talk radio, our local guy from the athletic was on...sounds like the steam is anthony edwards now

wolves take him at #1 now no question

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, November 18, 2020 8:33 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

called it

who knows, locally everyone is like gersson rosas is some kinda new age analytics wheeler dealer process guy so it could be a smokescreen, but i haven't seen a whole lot of evidence that any of his supposed draft acumen as of yet

smart move for the wolves to trade andrew wiggins and replace him with anthony wiggins, i mean anthony edwards

i've always thought the wolves would eventually settle on edwards. lamelo and wiseman just don't make sense given their roster

dumb franchises do dumb stuff, such as giving up a first round pick to acquire d'angelo russell and sign him to a huge extension and then taking a SG who would prefer to play in the NFL so he can do disrespectful dances at no 1 bcuz you can't draft a PG

edwards shot 40% last year, not great for someone with elite athleticism, granted he was a freshman taking a ton of shots for a team without much talent, but still youd like to see someone whos primary merit is physical dominance be physically dominant, especially in college where he had a bigger advantage

all the scouting says he has a low bb iq game which makes sense if he doesnt like basketball

mb someone just needs to convince him that dunking on guys and yelling and flexing is disrespectful

breaking ankles also very disrespectful

I was surprised to see how bad everyone's stats were in that breakdown CAD posted (thx CAD!)

its a bad draft the best player will prob be taken 14th which iirc matt a said months ago

lmao

https://i.imgur.com/m3T6uvU.png

what a coincidence that the celtics have the 14th pick

haa someones got their head on a swivel over here

celtics trying to put something together for harden without giving up tatum or brown? hes obvs an amazing player but harden in boston has very high train wreck potential imho

The Celtics keep searching for trade pathways to get into the top three of tonight's NBA Draft, league sources say. 10-ish hours left to find one ...

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) November 18, 2020

also seems like philly cld just pull the trigger on a simmons swap and beat anything the celtics want to offer

maybe theres some non harden player theyre after tho idk

It feels like no one is talking about the Wolves trading down for some reason. Are they that in love with LaMelo or Edwards?

also seems like philly cld just pull the trigger on a simmons swap and beat anything the celtics want to offer

― lag∞n, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 18:36 (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is my preferred outcome in the East for entertainment purposes, sign up JJ Redick again too

it makes a lot of sense, and moreys there now so not sure why it hasnt happened

Because Morey is there maybe? If the Fertitta beef is real

yeah cld be

it was rumored that the houston organization in general was maybe not real thrilled that daryl told everyone he was going to take a year off and spend time with his kids and then had a new job within 5 days.

i could see them being mad at him for a number of reasons, however i think they should try to be mature about this

Anthony Edwards reminds me of JR Rider. The eyeball test is there, he has the talent that could fit exactly in a scorer role but he’s pretty much a walking red flag.

max kellerman making a good case for halliburton at no. 1, basically that you go broke trying to imagine that there's a true number one superstar in a draft where there isn't one, so go for a more sure thing player with a lower ceiling and higher floor

eh, i dislike that line of thinking. there's going to be at least one really good player in the draft. the wolves don't have all this existing talent where they can start picking high-end glue guys.

if you want to pick that type of guy then trade down imho

yeah bad teams need to be making high risk high reward moves. just like hoisting is the most likely way to win a game as a big underdog, so it is for the draft

that said, anthony edwards surely isn't their only high risk option

feel like the celtics wanna move into the top 10 to draft one of the centers

if you want to pick that type of guy then trade down imho

― lag∞n, Wednesday, November 18, 2020 3:03 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

haven’t the wolves been trying to trade down for months to no avail?

feel like the celtics wanna move into the top 10 to draft one of the centers

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, November 18, 2020 3:29 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i wish this were true, i kind of think they are still devaluing centers.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/seandeveney/2020/11/14/boston-celtics-are-not-as-focused-on-center-upgrades-as-you-are/

not the best reporting, mostly posting for that url

btw, if you're not watching the draft tonight, maybe watch this
https://www.amazon.com/Nuyorican-B%C3%A1squet-Raymond-Dalmau/dp/B08B1K5ZG8

there are a lot of ways to approach the draft and I'm sure the Wolves will find the worst one

i bet the celtics try and get okongwu if he starts slipping

TODAY IS THE DAY THAT...

THE BOSTON CELTICS WILL DRAFT ONKYEKA OKONGWU IN THE 2020 NBA DRAFT pic.twitter.com/2W8O7GmFzm

— WELCOME ONYEKA TO BOSTON (@yooFury) November 18, 2020

onkyeka is seriously ripped and jacked

maybe i'm being too literal but i feel like bam exposed the major hole in the celtics roster in the ECF and this is the one guy in the draft ppl see in that vein

thats totally reasonable imo, also just generally their center rotation got completely wrecked all playoffs, have no particular idea how the celtics are thinking about it tho

Zach Lowe discussing Celtics/Hayward on The Jump:

"For a possible trade, I would keep my my eye on Indiana. ... For free agency, Atlanta has been rumored. I'm not sure if that's a stalking horse. I'd keep my eye on Charlotte."

Added "everything is on the table." pic.twitter.com/qM7FvdlMfK

— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) November 18, 2020

another solution to the center issue cld be.... myles turner tho

i don't really understand what gordon heyward is up to -- windhorst was throwing out cleveland as a possible destination. i don't understand why he wouldn't just opt in and play this year out before going into a better FA market next year

a trade to the hawks w/ the understanding that he will re-sign there isn't crazy to me since they theoretically have a future... but charlotte and cleveland? what on earth

maybe doesnt want to risk yet again another injury