If the top 7 prospects are gone, what do you do?
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twslam07
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If I was forced to draft a player at #8 and those 7 were gone, I would probably take Luwawu as well. He's probably the player that I would look at and say he has that potential to be the Curry, Thompson, Drummond, etc. of the draft (not saying as good, I'm just saying he has the potential to be the bargain of the draft). I have the same feeling about Valentine as well just because he is so skilled.
Having said that, I still haven't voted because I'm still tussling with the choice of taking Luwawu or trading the pick.
We're clearly on the same page in this draft, basically this would be my answer as well. I tentatively have Dunn and Brown above Luwawu, though I haven't completely made up my mind yet on who I like the most between those three. Chriss looks better and better the more I watch of him and I still rate Labissiere very highly. The wild card for me is Thon Maker who I haven't seen enough of so I don't know yet whether I would consider him at 8 or not. My gut though is that he'll be picked in the 20s and that's a fair spot for someone with his potential/uncertainty.
Should probably go after Wade Baldwin. You look for his floor, and it's still SG with secondary playmaking, shooting and plus defense, who is also a one-man fast break.
Starting to think, that maybe he should be the target anyway. If Kings can grab him later in the draft, while acquiring later picks to take fliers on a few other players, that would be an ideal scenario. Thing is he looks like perfect PG to put next to Giannis, so he might not make it out of top-10.
Scal and Chriss are not going to be good players until their second contracts. Luwawu is labeled 3&D guy and really inconsistent in both areas. D. Davis doesn't have skills to play any position other than center. Poeltl doesn't have enough athleticism to play PF.
Valentine is not good shooting on the move, so he'll have to be secondary ballhandler, who is a defensive liability.
Starting to think, that maybe he should be the target anyway. If Kings can grab him later in the draft, while acquiring later picks to take fliers on a few other players, that would be an ideal scenario. Thing is he looks like perfect PG to put next to Giannis, so he might not make it out of top-10.
Scal and Chriss are not going to be good players until their second contracts. Luwawu is labeled 3&D guy and really inconsistent in both areas. D. Davis doesn't have skills to play any position other than center. Poeltl doesn't have enough athleticism to play PF.
Valentine is not good shooting on the move, so he'll have to be secondary ballhandler, who is a defensive liability.
biltalent
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As you said I think Luwawu, Brown and Dunn are pretty close and I can see arguments either way. They have their weaknesses but they all are exactly what I like in prospects. Great physical tools (size, strength, explosiveness), high potential on defense and developing offense. Looking back, those kind of players rarely bust. I hope someone else takes Murray and/or Hield because I'm not sure about them.
The fact that we have a need for a young PG or defensive wing should make them an easy choice for us.
If he stays at 14 like DX projects him I agree with you. But I honestly doubt it. He should rise during individual workouts. His combination of athleticism and shooting will probably move him up draftboards very quickly.
LPKingsFan
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Well, given the lottery outcome and looking at DX's latest mock (knowing, of course, that a lot can change in the next month), this scenario could very well be the decision Vlade and company face.
kingsboi
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My list today is going to vary come draft day due to the number of workouts all these players will be apart of. Some will boost their draft status and some will drop, happens every draft. As of right now, if all those are off the board, my list goes Poeltl, Luwawu and Valentine in no specific order.
Bricklayer
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Any news on whether Tanveer Bhullar has declared yet???
Glenn
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I think this draft is filled with people from 3 onward that could evolve to be great or at least very useable and there will be a few like we tend to pick. I haven't been overly interested in the highlight videos and the like as no one jumped out at me. I figure by 8 we will just have to be lucky. I hope we pick for need as BPA at that position, this year makes little sense. We should check back in 5 years and see who is doing well.
He chose to go to China to avoid even the slightest possibility of being picked by Sacramento Kings, at least that's what Chad Ford thinks.
Every year draft is filed with exciting players, but on average picks 7-14 produce 1 all-star, 1 borderline all-star, 2 solid starters, 2 benchers and 2 deep benchers/complete busts. Let's go win the talent lottery!
Glenn
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Any chance of a Hall of Famer?
Looking at draft boards I would like that trade- this draft has a lot of guys who are really close, if the premise is that the "top-7" are gone than I don't see a huge difference between drafting 8 and 13:
Poetl, Sabonis, Chriss, Davis, Korkmaz, Skal, Valentine, Ellenson, Luwawu, Baldwin... I can see arguments for each one of those guys- and at least some of them will be there at 13.
And while it might not be the best draft it is pretty deep:
If you look at nbadraft.net- Baldwin, Maker, Bembry, Ulis, Demetrius Jackson and Isaiah Cousins will be available at 28.
If you look at draftexpress than- Bembry, Dejounte Murray, Maker and Malachi Richardson are avialable.
In any case you can draft a nice prospect there.
Hoovtrain
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Would be thrilled if it went down this way
http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/nba-mock-draft-lottery-selections.html/2/
http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/nba-mock-draft-lottery-selections.html/2/
KingsFanSince85
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Crazy question, but why does Chad Ford believe he'd want to avoid that?
