2014 Draft Discussion

[Yeah...THAT Guy]

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As a Bucks fan. If we take Embiid , do we trade Sanders? Of so id like a



Sanders to OKC for Perkins,Lamb, 1 of their 1sts this year, then obv release Perkins



Didnt check $ or anything like that.

I'd imagine that we would wait until Larry has some decent trade value again before trading him. Embiid probably won't be ready to play 30+ minutes a game from the get go anyways.

I think we'll decide between Embiid and Exum if Wiggins is the first pick. I'll be happy with either.

[da ThRONe]

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Cleveland would say no to that because 1 year of Kevin Love isn't worth all of that.


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I think it'll be a situation where they will require Love to opt in only for that final year like Chris Paul did with the Clippers. I won't say Cleveland is desperate, but you have to start taking your chances at some point.

[Kashanova]

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I'd love to see the Heat draft Shabazz Napier.

[brahmagoul]

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I feel like the Cavaliers getting No. 1 is a reward for them having to draft first last year. lol. This could be a franchise-changing pick like LeBron in 2003. I say that because the current roster has so much more potential than the one in '03.

As a Cleveland fan, I just went nuts at my desk at work when they weren't at No. 9.

[TripleCrown9]

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Prepare yourself for the mock drafts

Spoiler

1. Cleveland- Jabari Parker
2. Milwaukee- Andrew Wiggins
3. 76ers- Joel Embiid
4. Magic- Julius Randle
5. Jazz- Dante Exum
6. Celtics- Aaron Gordon
7. Lakers- Marcus Smart
8. Kings- Noah Vonleh
9. Hornets- Doug McDermott
10. 76ers- Gary Harris
11. Nuggets- Zach LaVine
12. Magic- Tyler Ennis
13. TWolves- James Young
14. Suns- Adriean Payne
15. Hawks- Dario Saric
16. Bulls- TJ Warren
17. Celtics- Nik Stauskas
18. Suns- Rodney Hood
19. Bulls- Elfrid Payton
20. Raptors- K.J. McDaniels
21. Thunder- Cleanthony Early
22. Grizzlies- P.J. Hairston
23. Jazz- Kyle Anderson
24. Hornets- C.J. Wilcox
25. Rockets- Jerami Grant
26. Heat- Jusuf Nurkic
27. Suns- Shabazz Napier
28. Clippers- Jordan Adams
29. Thunder- Clint Capela
30. Spurs- Mitch McGary

[OSUFan_88]

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I think it'll be a situation where they will require Love to opt in only for that final year like Chris Paul did with the Clippers. I won't say Cleveland is desperate, but you have to start taking your chances at some point.

That's literally throwing away assets though. Unless the Cavs have a handshake deal with LeBron, Love isn't staying. And that's ****ing stupid to trade the #1 pick in the best draft in a decade for a one year rental.

That's not taking a chance. It's just stupid.

As for Wiggins being Green...I mean, I guess I can see it, because Wiggins doesn't attack the rim like he should, and he can fall in love with his jumper. Wiggins has better skills, but Wiggins is a danger. He could be a pretty sizeable bust.

[MattUM]

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I'd love to see the Heat draft Shabazz Napier.

Don't think we really need another small point guard. With Chalmers and Cole, if we got another point guard, it would have to be a big combo guard who can shoot 3s. We need to get bigger on the perimeter.

I'm hoping for Kyle Anderson the most. My #2 would be Capela. Also interested in Jordan Adams and CJ Wilcox...I'd rank Napier with these two.

[JODYE]

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You could say that about any top tier prospect of the last decade. The last no-brainer "can't miss" prospect was LeBron and guys like that are once in a generation.

From a tools and potential perspective, you have to take Wiggins at #1.

And I still think Parker is the most likely to be a bust, assuming Embiid stays healthy.

[Sportsbuck]

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I'm loving it. Just wish we had a top 3 pick to get Parker or Wiggins then the QC would really be on fire with the name change and culture change. I hope we can somehow get either Smart or Napier for the backup point. If we can get a solid three and get rid of MKG life would be grande.

MKG would be fine at the 3 if we had a scorer at the 2. We need to get rid of/bump down the bench Gerald Henderson and things will be dandy.

We are in desperate need of scoring and perimeter shooting so I'm anxious to see how things work out. Rodney Hood is a guy that has gotten some pub for us.

[Kashanova]

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Don't think we really need another small point guard. With Chalmers and Cole, if we got another point guard, it would have to be a big combo guard who can shoot 3s. We need to get bigger on the perimeter.

I'm hoping for Kyle Anderson the most. My #2 would be Capela. Also interested in Jordan Adams and CJ Wilcox...I'd rank Napier with these two.

In a perfect world, Chalmers isn't on this team next year.

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[Majingir]

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Prepare yourself for the mock drafts

I'm surprised basically every single mock draft has Raptors drafting a SG or SF. Sure,Ross wasn't great in the playoffs,but he's still young. And still wasn't entirely terrible considering he was a 2nd year player entering his first starting season,and going up against Joe Johnson(a guy who's been a NBA starter every single season since Ross was 9). Last thing Raptors need at SF or SG is another young player. A veteran backup who could even start on occasion is what they need at SF/SG.

There's way more available backup SF/SG in free agency than backup Cs, which is really why I hope they'd draft Jusuf Nurkic.

[MattUM]

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In a perfect world, Chalmers isn't on this team next year.

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I think we should keep him tbh. But if he leaves, Napier would be a good fit.

[da ThRONe]

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That's literally throwing away assets though. Unless the Cavs have a handshake deal with LeBron, Love isn't staying. And that's ****ing stupid to trade the #1 pick in the best draft in a decade for a one year rental.

That's not taking a chance. It's just stupid.

As for Wiggins being Green...I mean, I guess I can see it, because Wiggins doesn't attack the rim like he should, and he can fall in love with his jumper. Wiggins has better skills, but Wiggins is a danger. He could be a pretty sizeable bust.

Again the "handshake" deal will be with Love not LeBron. Even if LeBron doesn't go back to Cleveland you can still have a damn good team with Love, Irving, re-sign Deng and Hawes put together a deal for a guy like Aaron Afflalo in the weak East. That is a team that can make a push for the Eastern Conference finals.


If Cleveland prefer to be patient and want to gamble on the lottery again that certainly isn't a bad approach. The top end of this draft is very special IMO. However I know Dan Gilbert wants to win now not later. I'm usually against rushed rebuilds, but that again is a team that has enough top end talent and depth to make deep playoff runs for the next 3-4 years at least.

[cavsfan2]

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Wiggins will be a better pro than college player imo. I watched a lot of Kansas games and the trend I noticed was that most of Wiggins bad games came against zones. He won't see many zones once he gets to the nba.

[roadman]

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If Wiggins fell to the Bucks, I'd be elated, if the Bucks select, I'll be more elated.

Wiggins and the Greak Freak, nice.