2023 NBA Draft Omega Thread

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The_Jamal

Hall of Famer
#811
#811
SLAB said:
Glad you’re as unhappy about this as some. Your takes are usually on the money.
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Yeah, I'm a noted Monte fanboy, but got to call out dumb when it rears it's ugly head. ESPECIALLY in a draft with so many talented wing prospects available and we don't have a FRP next season either. So we better hope Edwards/Queta/Ellis/38 is enough youth infusion, because we aren't going to be getting a top 20 prospect for awhile.
 
sactowndog

sactowndog

All-Star
#814
#814
The_Jamal said:
No, no he didn't.

Sunken cost fallacy on Holmes to it's fullest. You just eat it, you stretch him, you maybe try to rebuild some of his value. You don't attach a FRP to get off a bad contract. It's just horrible horrible process.

Worst move in the Monte era and it's not even close. This isn't Vlade bad, but it's basically one notch above.
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We don’t know for sure who he signs with the cap room
 
KainLear

KainLear

Starter
#815
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206Fan said:
I think youve misinterpreted. They’re a wash because they’re all pretty much equal in talent. The consensus is that this draft is one of the deepest we’ve ever seen.
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I don't think I misinterpreted. Pretty equal in talent in a draft means to me that the level of talent you get will be at most similar, if not a year or 2 away, from being similar to a full-fledged NBA player currently in the league. So if Monte chose to forego this year's rookie and put more of his eggs in free agency, why would that be an issue?
 
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206Fan

All-Star
#824
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KainLear said:
I don't think I misinterpreted. Pretty equal in talent in a draft means to me that the level of talent you get will be at most similar, if not a year or 2 away, from being similar to a full-fledged NBA player currently in the league. So if Monte chose to forego this year's rookie and put more of his eggs in free agency, why would that be an issue?
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Your take is completely wrong. No offense. But everyone pretty much agrees that the players being drafted in the late 1st have a solid chance at becoming NBA starters because this draft has quality AND quantity. There’s a reason why Denver made moves to get more draft picks this year in the late 1st/early 2nd.
 
sactowndog

sactowndog

All-Star
#825
#825
luckytkp said:
I dont like the giving away FRP for salary dump, but I think the logic is there when you look at our salary and contract. Next year is the last year of having both Sabonis and Monk on a friendly contract. If you don't take this window to add a key piece in FA, you will never have the chance after we extend both of them.
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Yes we don’t know who he thinks he can get but if he swings and misses with all those wings on the board it is a big Kangz move.
 
KainLear

KainLear

Starter
#829
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SacTownKid said:
This draft is actually pretty deep, but not superstar laden for sure. Sucks for the Kings to have to use the pick like that in a year where there is talent, but that's probably the only reason why this was possible to begin with.
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I think someone actually said, from the pick orders could be drastically moved around from late lotto to draft #35, 40ish. Before the draft, most of us had TJD targetted, we might still have a shot at him now with our, what, #38 pick?
 
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The_Jamal

Hall of Famer
#836
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sactowndog said:
We don’t know for sure who he signs with the cap room
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Yeah Sactownkid has been trying to get me to buy in for the past year lol.

I get it. Leverage our status as a top 3 team, a super fun ball-movement system where everyone is involved with the offense, rising superstar Fox, baby-Jokic in Domas. COY Mike Brown.

This does put us squarely in play for that Cam Johnson/Grant Williams/PJW tier. Could you get two of them? Naz Reid and one of the RFA guys? Bruce Brown and/or Josh Hart?

I think for this to make sense, you have to go get at least two of those guys. 2 starting quality vets that you could plug right away with the core and fit the age timeline.
 
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206Fan

All-Star
#838
#838
Tetsujin said:
Got a lot of kb02 energy up in here tonight
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That’s what happens when you end up trading your 1st round pick away for…. Cap space. With a likely target being… Kyle freaking Kuzma.

I don’t want to hear anything about Kuzma stunting Keegan’s growth next year when it inevitably happens and we’re stuck wondering why Keegan won’t score 20ppg when he gets a generous 10FGAs each fame.
 
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