Following potential 2015 draftees
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stormkoopacv03
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Myles Turner draft stock has been rising quickly. RealGM forumers think he'll be gone 5-9 range. If he's available at 8, Jazz should trade up for him.
Jazz4ever
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Still a lot of workouts to go. Remember Vonleh rose from like 9 to as high as 4 in some mocks but it was mostly smoke screens. He ended up going 9.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Bigs usually see their draft stock rise. I could see both Turner and Kaminsky off the board by #12. Could even see Philly reach or trade back a few spots to pick one of the two. Embiid may never be healthy enough to play basketball with that injury.
karl malone
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Dream draft/off-season:
1. Trade #12/Burks/Burke to SAC for #6 (Hezonja)
Don't know if SAC does this, but they never seem to be able to fully commit to a rebuild like they should & would still be able to get their big man to pair with Cousins at #12 while picking up a player who is ready to contribute along with another player who, despite his struggles, still has potential. I believe they have the cap space to absorb their contracts, which would free an additional 12ish mil. I would also add 2nd rd picks or even the OKC 1st to make it happen.
2. Trade non-guaranteed contracts to BOS for Wallace & Olynyk
Don't know if BOS is willing to part with Olynyk as there have been reports that they have moved on from trying to sign Love, but they may still do so in order to rid themselves of Wallace's 10 mil expiring contract. I would even throw in the OKC 1st (if not traded to SAC) to get this done, & even tho it would use up the 12ish mil saved in the previous trade (leaving us with our original 10-12 mil in cap space), it would fill our need for a stretch big & add another valuable member to our core of young players.
3. Sign a FA PG willing to come off the bench
With about 10 mil still available to use in FA, we should be able to sign one of Lin or Beverly (or whoever) to a reasonable contract. Beverly may be looking for a starting job, but Lin would likely be willing to come off of the bench & serve as a mentor to Exum. If Dante doesn't improve as expected, Lin would be able to slide into the starting lineup for a playoff push.
Exum/FA PG/Cotton
Hood/Hezonja/Millsap
Hayward/Ingles/Wallace
Favors/Booker
Gobert/Olynyk
I know most would prefer to hang on to Burks & see what he can do before moving on from him, but replacing him with Hezonja would be a much better long-term move as Hezonja has all-star potential while Burks seems relegated to the bench due to our current roster structure & would also avoid any potential minute distribution problems without having to part with one of Ingles/Millsap. This seems to be the best combination of focusing on the long-term, while still giving the team an opportunity to be competitive in the short-term without disrupting team chemistry too much.
Sorry if this doesn't really belong in this this thread, didn't know where else to put it.
TLDR: Move up for Hezonja (by trading #12/Burks/Burke to SAC for #6), trade for Olynyk (by absorbing Wallace's contract), & sign a FA PG
1. Trade #12/Burks/Burke to SAC for #6 (Hezonja)
Don't know if SAC does this, but they never seem to be able to fully commit to a rebuild like they should & would still be able to get their big man to pair with Cousins at #12 while picking up a player who is ready to contribute along with another player who, despite his struggles, still has potential. I believe they have the cap space to absorb their contracts, which would free an additional 12ish mil. I would also add 2nd rd picks or even the OKC 1st to make it happen.
2. Trade non-guaranteed contracts to BOS for Wallace & Olynyk
Don't know if BOS is willing to part with Olynyk as there have been reports that they have moved on from trying to sign Love, but they may still do so in order to rid themselves of Wallace's 10 mil expiring contract. I would even throw in the OKC 1st (if not traded to SAC) to get this done, & even tho it would use up the 12ish mil saved in the previous trade (leaving us with our original 10-12 mil in cap space), it would fill our need for a stretch big & add another valuable member to our core of young players.
3. Sign a FA PG willing to come off the bench
With about 10 mil still available to use in FA, we should be able to sign one of Lin or Beverly (or whoever) to a reasonable contract. Beverly may be looking for a starting job, but Lin would likely be willing to come off of the bench & serve as a mentor to Exum. If Dante doesn't improve as expected, Lin would be able to slide into the starting lineup for a playoff push.
Exum/FA PG/Cotton
Hood/Hezonja/Millsap
Hayward/Ingles/Wallace
Favors/Booker
Gobert/Olynyk
I know most would prefer to hang on to Burks & see what he can do before moving on from him, but replacing him with Hezonja would be a much better long-term move as Hezonja has all-star potential while Burks seems relegated to the bench due to our current roster structure & would also avoid any potential minute distribution problems without having to part with one of Ingles/Millsap. This seems to be the best combination of focusing on the long-term, while still giving the team an opportunity to be competitive in the short-term without disrupting team chemistry too much.
Sorry if this doesn't really belong in this this thread, didn't know where else to put it.
TLDR: Move up for Hezonja (by trading #12/Burks/Burke to SAC for #6), trade for Olynyk (by absorbing Wallace's contract), & sign a FA PG
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Not necessarily, cos another guy should drop if he goes that high, i.e., Stanley Johnson.
To trade up from #12 to #8 would definitely require a future 1st or someone like Hood, Turner's definitely not worth that much to move up to IMO.
he isn't worth a stick/glob of used chewing gum. He should go 2nd round.
karl malone
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Also, if SAC isn't willing to move from #6 to #12, maybe we trade #12/Booker to MIA for #10/McRoberts, as has been suggested, which would likely reduce what we would have to send to SAC to move up to #6. This is all assuming that ORL doesn't draft Hezonja.
Kansas is a college located in Lawrence, Kansas, which is a city.
Also pretty sure he could have gone to college's with much bigger social scenes than KU.
Some guy on twitter said he was rude now that means he is rude cuz some guy on twitter said so.
Indiana worked out both Turner and Kaminsky today. Here are a few tweets regarding it:
When Kaminsky did finish inside for a layup, he was set up nicely by guard T.J. McConnell's drive that drew Turner temporarily away from rim
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Candace Buckner @CandaceDBuckner 20m20 minutes ago
Kaminsky didn't finish inside when around a defender (once blocked by Turner, twice bothered by smaller guards). Looked better on perimeter
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Candace Buckner @CandaceDBuckner 21m21 minutes ago
Rae@Rae_Of_Samshine
We saw Frank Kaminsky come into Wandos with a girl on each arm. He ignored everyone and acted like a jerk. Walked out by himself. #KARMA
So some girl on twitter thinks Frank was rude cuz he was preoccupied with two chicks that he smashed in the club?
dy47
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“Some people say that I’m lazy. Some people say that I don’t work hard all the time, and that’s not true. This year at Kansas it may have come off as lazy because I really didn’t understand some of the things that I was doing, so it caused me to so slow down. When I don’t understand something I slow down to try to get it right. I don’t want to just do anything throw anything out there; I want to be a perfectionist. (I have to) go hard every time, even if I mess up. I’ve learned over the past year in college that if I’m not going hard it’s because I’m thinking, so stop thinking and just play.”
Oubre speaking to Basketball Insiders
Oubre speaking to Basketball Insiders
dy47
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Oubre was one of the most confident pre-draft interviews ever.
— Tony Jones (@Tjonessltrib) June 14, 2015
BTW worth pointing out that Perrin actually said according to all their intel Oubre is a really hard worker. If Quin and the coaching staff think they can work with him, I'm all in on him as well... There are very few prospects in our range that I'd be disappointed for us to draft.
zyzz
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For real, strong source.
Rae
@Rae_Of_SamshineWe saw Frank Kaminsky come into Wandos with a girl on each arm. He ignored everyone and acted like a jerk. Walked out by himself. #KARMA
Translation: "Frank walked into Wandos with two women. He just wanted to get some food without being bothered and didn't want to take selfies with everybody. Also he left them there and walked out by himself apparently and I'm jealous that he is famous and going to make millions of dollars."
Maneesh
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This is not true.