2021 NBA Draft Superthread
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SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Well, Buddy will probably help with that at some point so it might be wise to send him east and get what you can before you are in a Simmons/Sixers scenario. The issue that hasn't seemed to be alleviated since Vlades departure is open business when it comes to players on the block. I will give him credit on the Cuz trade, he didn't let that fester or spill out everywhere and allow it to drag on. It was a quick chop.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
Okay, I can understand that but I've never thought decisions from more than a decade back with a completely different ownership, management, coach etc have any impact on the present. It's like when before a game they show the historical record between two teams spanning 60 years or more. It's interesting but it has no bearing on the game about to be played.
And Hawes and Cousins are pretty much the only "skill-based bigs" the Kings have drafted since 2007. The other bigs they took (only counting guys who ever played in Sacramento) are Jason Thompson, Hassan Whiteside, Thomas Robinson, Willie Cauley-Stein, Georgios Papagiannis, Harry Giles, and Marvin Bagley. I wouldn't consider any of them bigs based around skill. Giles is probably the closest. Most of them I'd call raw and full of potential, even if most of them never lived up to that potential.
And none of them would even enter my mind in terms of drafting or not drafting Sengun. That'd be like passing on Haliburton last year because Tyreke Evans didn't work out as a big ballhandling guard for the Kings. He's not at all similar to Hali just like none of these guys are similar to Sengun. The closest is Cousins who was about the same height but a lot heavier, had a 7'5" wingspan (not sure what Sengun's is but he doesn't appear to have plus length so maybe 7 foot?) and only fell to 5 due to red flags/attitude concerns which turned out to be justified.
The Kings have a horrendous track record for lottery picks, but that doesn't mean anything as far as today's draft goes. And regardless of who they take tonight I hope what started with Haliburton continues and they slowly change the narrative.
King in England
G-League
Guys should I assume there will be spoilers in this thread when the draft starts?
kb02
All-Star
Monte shoulda taken that deal and ran.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Safe to assume. I'll create a non-spoiler thread just to be safe but I'd assume most people are just going to wind up in this thread anyways
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
We have no idea if that deal was actually something he could have run with
SLAB
Hall of Famer
No 22, no deal. I’m with him on that.
Doesn’t mean I’m happy Budward is still around though. Lmao
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Still plenty of time.
kb02
All-Star
For sure, no 22, no deal.
Edit: And I'm totally cool with Buddy being on the roster on opening day and knowing the Kings tried to punt his ass. Dude deserves the pyschological trauma.
Of course we do. Sactowndog told us
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Woj, for what its worth, never ever mentioned the 22nd pick so I'm not sure the deal was as close to being consummated as we all thought it was.
kb02
All-Star
Sure. No one claims they're in the room.
miltonap
Starter
Good. Kyle kuzma and Harrell is really the best we could do for buddy? They would need him way more than we need those two.
So weird that they keep using that shot to hype him up when it was clearly a prayer that got answered. Plenty of legit highlights for Suggs last season
kb02
All-Star
Yea. Like, really? Dude clearly shot a three that went horribly wrong. So wrong that it became a prayer and they're citing that as evidence of his killer-ness.
I was iffy on the Laker deal even if it included #22.
But Westbrook to LA may be the best thing to happen. Buddy was going to be a legit piece playing off LeBron and AD. And he wouldn't completely kill their caproom. But Westbrook, LeBron and AD with bargain basement signings to fill out the roster? They may struggle to be contenders if they can all stay healthy for the season with no spacing and no depth.
But Westbrook to LA may be the best thing to happen. Buddy was going to be a legit piece playing off LeBron and AD. And he wouldn't completely kill their caproom. But Westbrook, LeBron and AD with bargain basement signings to fill out the roster? They may struggle to be contenders if they can all stay healthy for the season with no spacing and no depth.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Would be hilarious if Pelinka got cold feet on the Westbrook deal because of the online reaction and accidentally pulls off a smarter trade instead.
SacTownKid
Hall of Famer
It's continuing now with Bagley though. If not then sure, but it still is apparently an ongoing curse. And they were still all bigs based around the potential to get you production. None were defensive specialists, none were freak athletes outside of Robinson, who really wasn't and was still undersized. He was a 20 and 10 type, nothing more.
