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Elizah Huge said:
HH of all people should know that pick could end up being anything. That pick would have been 20 this year. Sign me up for that. It’s likely going to be the lesser of OKC’s and LAC’s first which could easily end up in the teens.

Plus like Ellis said it gives us multiple teams to root extra hard against which is an added bonus. Worst case scenario happens and our pick ends up in the top-10 we have a top-10 pick and another pick in the mid-teens to early 20’s.
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You should wait to see what the protections are before declaring the upside of what it could be. It’s not simple… I didn’t want to go into it but here we go…

OKC owns Denver’s pick in 2027 top5 protected through 2029. So the pick they just got may roll into 2030 or amend the prior protections or be unprotected in 2029… or they have to wait until the league year rolls over so it can trickle in to 2030… and then the trade would be announced.

OKC is very detailed when it comes to this ****. So there very well could be protections on where that pick could land and it could convert into several seconds if it happens that the pick hits certain protections. Depending on how good the Denver pick is they got for 2029 and if they managed to amend protections… it would likely have some potential affects on how lightly or I lightly the 2024 pick is protected. There has been no specific reporting in this that I’ve seen yet… trades are reported this time of year and often completed after July 1st when the next year opens up. I’ve not heard this deal is complete yet. The chances that every team in that group misses the playoffs is slim… the chances that pick is not lotto protected or has some protections is slim… unless they got some serious considerations in the pick Denver sent.

So there are a lot of moving parts here. It may not be simple at all. If the upside is moving up 8 spots or so in a year then I’m just going to take the pick this year. Finding a contributor or two in this draft is critical. At least one of these picks likely does not pan out… I’m going to take the swings now in a draft I know I like. Whether or not the draft is good or bad next year is a question… so far looks bad… I understand that can change… what I know is this draft looks really good and I really like some of the guys that will be around at 28 this year.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I think some of you are going to be in for a rude awakening on draft night when Black goes top-8 and Wallace falls to the late lottery.
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Rude awakening? That's what I hope happens lol. I would love black to be off the board and for us to pick Wallace at 16.
 
Elizah Huge said:
When one player is so much better in your mind that it’s not even close I would be surprised one went way higher than the other. That’s just me though I guess.
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Did someone say one is so much better than the other?
I said with all the stats involved I lean to Wallace. Not that he is way better.
 
cowhide said:
So right now I am feeling: #9 Walker or Hendericks #16 Best PG available JHS, Bufkin or Wallace,
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And another one. I think this is the board consensus.

Go for a bigger dude first and take a point guard second
 
I love the play both sides of it stance lol. You say you don’t like Black to be on that side and of Black goes top-8 you’re happy because someone better slides down. You can’t lose with that take.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I love the play both sides of it stance lol. You say you don’t like Black to be on that side and of Black goes top-8 you’re happy because someone better slides down. You can’t lose with that take.
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But it makes complete sense. I don't want to draft black. (True).
I will be happy if he guess top 8 because they would mean we can't draft black. (Also true)

Is there a player you don't want the jazz to draft and would you be happy if that player went top 8?
 
fishonjazz said:
But it makes complete sense. I don't want to draft black. (True).
I will be happy if he guess top 8 because they would mean we can't draft black. (Also true)

Is there a player you don't want the jazz to draft and would you be happy if that player went top 8?
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Of course but none of them are realistic and if one of them did I would wonder where I went wrong on my evaluation.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Of course but none of them are realistic and if one of them did I would wonder where I went wrong on my evaluation.
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Ya, I just don't care about being right about where guys are picked.
Also never predicted anything about where black will be picked. I think he probably goes in the top eight. I want that.
I remember hoping that exum would go top 4 but sadly he didn't.

Also hoped jimmer would go top 11 and thankfully he did.
 
fishonjazz said:
Ya, I just don't care about being right about where guys are picked.
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It’s not where they’re picked it’s how good a player they’re going to be as well. Black is going to be really ****ing good and I hope it’s on our team. I will be super bummed if he goes before us. I would take him over just about anyone in the 4-12 range besides Amen and Cam.
 
Elizah Huge said:
It’s not where they’re picked it’s how good a player they’re going to be as well. Black is going to be really ****ing good and I hope it’s on our team. I will be super bummed if he goes before us. I would take him over just about anyone in the 4-12 range besides Amen and Cam.
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Ya I know that. We feel differently about him. Hence the difference in where we hope he gets picked. It's ok.
 
Elizah Huge said:
It’s not where they’re picked it’s how good a player they’re going to be as well. Black is going to be really ****ing good and I hope it’s on our team. I will be super bummed if he goes before us. I would take him over just about anyone in the 4-12 range besides Amen and Cam.
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Dude, Fish is calling out your incessant need to be right. It's a super obvious and annoying insecurity. Take it is as constructive feedback and learn from it. You will be much happier if you can clear this hurdle. Not trying to flex on you. We all have annoying personality traits. Just not so obvious as yours. Let this be a lesson.
 
Everyone just needs to get prepared for us passing on Hendricks for NSJ and passing on Cason at 16 for GG. Once you come to terms with that any other outcome looks great.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Let’s say Black could shoot as well as Cason or Bufkin.. I think we could all agree he’s easily top 5 in this draft?

Who says no?
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Cason’s not much better so if you think him being as good of a shooter as Cason would make him top-5 you should have him in your top-5.
 
Hearsky said:
Dude, Fish is calling out your incessant need to be right. It's a super obvious and annoying insecurity. Take it is as constructive feedback and learn from it. You will be much happier if you can clear this hurdle. Not trying to flex on you. We all have annoying personality traits. Just not so obvious as yours. Let this be a lesson.
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I know you have a hard on for me. I think 90% of your posts are in response to mine or directly tagging me to talk ****. Once you get over this hurdle you’d be happier and could possibly add some substance to the board.
 
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