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the knicks have not had a good point guard since the first bush administration

he's a nice player but if he were a star i'm pretty sure we would know that by now

overpaying for second options, it’s what the knicks do

When has that ever stopped the Knicks?
xp lol

take jalen duren and let mitch rob walk? no, that would be too easy

just learning about david roddy, i hope he makes it

i was promised one hundred trades

Roddy is a super super cool player and it would be great for the game if it works

Boom

The Kings are trading No. 37 to the Mavericks for two future second-round picks, source tells ESPN. Dallas is focused on Jaden Hardy with pick.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 24, 2022

perk calling banchero a combo of michael beasley and ben simmons oh no

the heat drafted an international player for the first time in 20 years. i’m all in on jovic after watching 4 mins of his highlights

haha he's definitely a high variance pick

in other news the spurs drafted 2 shooting guards last night with the picks they acquired from trading derrick white and thad young, and at this point it feels like a 2k glitch

i remember thinking all their picks were interesting potential upside plays but also like they might end up with more keldon johnsons, lonnie walkers and devin vassells

that's kind of their type. i went back and looked and since 2016 they've had 10 first rounders. 8 of them have been 6'4" or 6'5" combo guards or wings. the only two that werent were luka samanic (lol, didnt even finish his rookie contract) and now sochan (who im VERY high on, wooooooo)

branham is the only guy ive seen where i can see the scoring upside because he's such a good shooter. primo pick last year still confuses me, and the team is allegedly very high on primo still, like they think he'll be the franchise PG in a few years (which is part of where some of the dejounte trade rumors could've come from)

Wolves got one big ole white boy

i tend to be down on guys who do not want to ball

Every time I see Shaedon Sharpe in an article it mentions his amazing vertical leap, and every time I see that I remember the Blazers drafting Charlie Yelverton in the early 70s and every article about him mentioned his amazing vertical leap. Yelverton lasted one year on the bench of what was still an expansion team, then played in Europe.

that sounds like a you problem...

ahahaha i have my doubts about sharpe though, but mostly because i have no idea how to project him based on his limited run.

if he's as dynamic an athlete and scorer as people say he is then i think it was prob a no brainer pick for them

mike schmitz who obv just got hired by the blazers wrote the little scouting blurb for espn on sharpe, kinda interesting to read now

Outlook: This latest viewing was a reminder of just how physically talented and skilled Sharpe truly is, and there's a real argument to be made that he's the best perimeter prospect in this 2022 class, should he opt to enter and stay in the draft. Depending on what you think of prospects like Jabari Smith, Chet Holmgren, Paolo Banchero and Jaden Ivey, you could make a case that he has as much long-term upside as anyone, especially with NBA teams clamoring for perimeter players who can create offense for themselves and others at all 3 levels. While I mentioned players like Anthony Edwards and Jalen Green in our Sharpe deep dive, Paul George is a name that came to mind when watching Sharpe practice. While George is clearly much taller (6-9 to Sharpe's 6-6) and more wing than guard, Sharpe is that smooth and skilled of a scorer with the potential to develop into a reliable playmaker and defender like George has. They also have a similar on-court demeanor. With all that in mind, Sharpe is truly one of the most fascinating prospects in this draft because of his immense talent yet the act that we've never truly seen him in a competitive setting with several do-or-die possessions. Even so, I wouldn't be surprised to see Sharpe ultimately go in the top-5 of the 2022 NBA draft should he opt to stay in as it'll be incredibly difficult for teams who have seen him in person to pass on his combination of physical tools and talent on the perimeter. -- Mike Schmitz

looks like the hawks doubled down on the great shooter/shady defense strategy with AJ Griffin

I'm just saying that 'amazing vertical leaping ability' is a pretty marginal NBA skill. Same thing for 'off the charts athleticism', which all the articles also say about Sharpe. Basically, the people writing these articles don't know what else to say because what else can you say about a guy who's played so little?

I'm just saying that 'amazing vertical leaping ability' is a pretty marginal NBA skill. Same thing for 'off the charts athleticism'

well, i don't think is true. most NBA players are obv exceptional athletes, but if you're "off the charts" even by those standards that still matters. ja morant, anthony edwards, early westbrook, early lebron are all guys that come to mind as unusually athletic players whose athleticism matters (or mattered) greatly in terms of being great basketball players. of course you need a certain level of skill and effort and all that but if you can jump higher than all of your opponents that gives you a huge advantage in basketball

yeah, thats p key. if they're teachable, they can do things that other players cant.

looks like the hawks doubled down on the great shooter/shady defense strategy with AJ Griffin

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im not surprised he fell that low and i guess if you plan on moving heurter, itd be helpful to have a guy who can shoot, but i think thats all griffin can do. his defense wasnt just shaky, it was awful. he'll be a bench shooter if he cant fully rehab from all the injuries he's had.

yeah not holding out much hope for the kid

the guy who fell that i cant believe is ej liddell, he was projected in the 20s, maybe even teens, but went 41 to new orleans. undersized PF, but a good weak-side defender and had developed outside range. got some millsap to his game.

good luck

“Rob Pelinka says he and Davin Ham have had multiple meetings with Russell Westbrook and have been honest about Russ' role on the team and that he needs to be a defense-first player.”

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— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) June 24, 2022

lmao excellent photo choice

yeah re shaedon sharpe he was the #1 prospect for next years draft before he reclassified, seems like a pretty good risk at 7 to me

indiana should have gone after him, they need someone with upside

as someone who doesn't follow this closely at all, are nba cap/draft pick/contract shenanigans the most complicated in sports?

it's crazy to me how everyone is always dealing six future draft picks, half of them protected, in a three-team trade, so they can buy out the actual player they receive

also that despite all this the lakers are still stuck with russ

i dont follow the other sports enough to really know what is most complicated but it does seem like the nba is

seems like a pretty good risk at 7 to me

I don't disagree. The most heartening thing I've read about Sharpe so far is that Dame watched all the guys who worked out for the Blazers and he was enthused about picking him. I presume the private work-out and personal interviews for the team contained a lot more info about him, his abilities and his mindset than anyone in the media has access to. All the media types can analyze is what's out in public.

the nfl has some weird stuff with all of the contract restructuring you can do to move money around, but the nba is probably still much more complex than that.

always assumed it's a little more loosey goosey in the other leagues bc the rosters are so much larger so there needs to be wiggle room for the 40 guys on the team nobody knows about

in baseball you can’t even trade normal draft picks (‘competitive balance’ picks are an exception)

thats crazy trading draft picks is so sweet the fans go wild for it

nba is definitely overly complex with the roster rules, a bunch of it is old rules that had a purpose at one point but might no longer that have ossified and accumulated

baseball draft is way more of a crapshoot than nba anyway 1st round picks wouldnt be worth as much there

The situation between the Nets and Kyrie Irving is getting acrimonious, per @wojespn on NBA Today.

— Evan Sidery (@esidery) June 24, 2022

that’s a shame

sending light and love

wild

Pistons have presented Jaden Ivey with jerseys of his grandfather, father and mother, all of whom have played in Detroit professionally.

Ivey is tearing up

— James Edwards III (@JLEdwardsIII) June 24, 2022

i don't think the NBA is any more or less complex than other leagues when it comes to roster rules -- the rules about service time and minor league options and trigger deadlines in MLB are far more complex than the two way system in the NBA -- but putting protections on picks is unique to the NBA. part of that is because the other sports don't have lotteries so you're dealing w/ an extra level of uncertainty w/ future NBA picks, but i think it also is done to purposefully facilitate transactions which is overall a net positive for the league even if it becomes overly complex a lot of the time. in baseball you have prospects driving most transactions but the NBA doesn't have that element, instead picks are the currency and allowing teams to protect picks obviously makes them feel more comfortable about trading (and also receiving) picks

the crazy thing about the NBA to me is that teams are seemingly allowed -- if they can -- to invent new ways to structure contracts and protect picks... like the rules are not already set out. it's kind of a wild west where if you and the other team agree on a way to protect the pick then the league will agree to it. thinking of i.e. daryl morey inventing the reverse protection in trading kyle lowry to the raptors. also daryl inventing the poison pill w/ the jeremy lin offer sheet

I read that Kyrie has a list of teams to which he will accept a sign and trade, a list that includes the Sixers and I'm just trying to imagine the look on Harden's face if that somehow happened.

the list of teams that want to trade for him got to be a lot shorter

who is going to put up with kyrie at this point that is also not a desperate loser of a franchise