A little bummed with didn't get top 2. But 3 is about where I laid my expectations. At least we weren't Detroit lmao
I see chances of OKC picking Paolo. They have a defensive team, a passing PG, no scoring bigs....a guy like him would fit very well there.
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2022/5...ft-2022-instant-first-round-picks-final-order Paolo-Chet-Jabari https://www.tankathon.com/mock_draft Chet-Jabari-Paolo
I don’t get why Chet to Orlando seems obvious… Chet, Bamba, Carter are all similar. obviously personally I think Chet is many tiers a different player and you take bpa at 1…. but is not Banchero the better choice for them?
In before Magic pick Jabari 1st and Presti does weird **** and goes with Mathurin or something. No seriously, top 3 is perfectly fine ans there's a world where we end up picking the best player at 3. Happened often enough
I wanted Smith or Chet, but at the end of the day, we’re probably taking an elite big prospect to pair with Green. That’s a win.
Both Orlando and the Thunder, they still need a guy who theoretically could became the alpha playmaker. That would be Chet and Paolo. Some people project Jabari to add some of that, but there is no expectation of him developing that. There is so much time between now and the draft, so they just have to see what happens. So here is the real question, which team would you target to move up with the #17 pick and say Wood/Tate/etc.? Only targets that I see are Wizards and Knicks. Pelicans don't seem likely to trade back from #8.
I don't see OKC passing on a dude that has been compared in a way to their franchise player of yesteryear
Perkins been showing us love since last year with big upping kpj and saying we should get Jalen green.
