Okay so the fact we have to giveaway our 2024 Top 4 protected pick from like 4 years ago, in a horrendous trade that made no sense, is a bit frustrating. But the James Harden BKN trade was a HUGE win. Remember everyone was laughing at is at the mediocre return we got for a 31 year old Harden? Now the Nets are a mess and have to giveaway their pick to us this year, which has a 26%+ chance of being Top 4 atm. What I'm most excited about its that we have TWO kicks at the can for a Top 4 pick. Between ours and BKN's pick, we have a 40% chance at landing at least 1 Top 4 pick this year. That's not bad at all. That Harden to Brooklyn trade really salvaged our draft equity and now if we average out the two trades it's an overall positive at the very least imo.
Not stoked but at least something. I still view it as competition first and draft second. You cannot draft structure, thank the lord we have someone like Udoka. I really wished we can draft coaches and GMs .....that would be something.
I get on Tankathon 2-3 times a day to press the simulate lottery button until we get 2 top 4 picks. Helps me recover from reading all the negative threads.
Stoked that we have a pick coming to us without needing to care about our own. In fact at the time of the trade I was very happy that we're giving up our own picks and getting someone else's. It takes away the option of the team tanking infinitely. A lot of teams mismanage the development of their picks and bandaid the situation by tanking forever. To be able to add a top 10 pick to this impressive squad is such a huge luxury. I don't even care if we keep it or trade it, but I'm excited for what it means for next season.
I wouldn’t say “stoked”. Unlike others I’m not optimistic Brooklyn falls further over the last 20 or so games. Sometimes a coaching change can actually energize teams. We’ll see. I see the rockets and Brooklyn both ending up with like a 27% chance for a top 4 pick. I’m also frankly tired of rookies. I’m just tired. Maybe it’s because we’ve been playing such bad basketball with youngsters for a few seasons now. But I’m sure I’ll get more excited closer to the draft. Regardless, we need to hit on whatever pick we get. With Jalen tanking his value and Tari’s mystery injury we need another ace up our sleeve.
No rookie from this draft is going to have a significant impact next year. If we can trade picks and/or players this should be the year to do it. I wouldn’t trade them just to trade them though. If we can’t make a slash then just take bpa and let them grow from the back of the bench
I am still intrigued because, even though it’s unlikely, it’s still possible that we could come out of the lottery with picks #4 and #8 and that is some serious firepower in a trade. Which brings me to this question: If we want to make a trade on draft day with our picks and need to include Tate, Jock, etc. for salary matching, will we have to wait to consummate that trade or can we do it then and there? Just wondering if since we would be picking up an option on them, does that mean they can’t be moved until August or October or January?
The Summer League performance of whoever we draft this year is going to have a Donte Greene level of impact.
