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This thread is pretty trollish. I guess it's slow, so maybe it's OK to bring up the idea and get some reactions, but to say things are heating up...

Probably not, but maybe it could be helpful to swap rookie contract guys. Anthony Black is the guy who I like the most on this list. Getting a guy who can play perimeter defender with some hope that he can develop more could be a good idea if the price is right

Yes, but if 3 random people have the same trade idea, then it's inevitable.

I was listening to the game theory podcast* and it was actually pretty interesting. They were discussing trade targets and specifically guys who are still on their rookie deals in what they were calling, "second draft" guys. I've heard that term used differently, but for the sake of this...

In all sincerity good for you, that sounds pretty great. FWIW, the few people I know who have basketball courts in their homes are really great people. It's just hard for me to fathom being able to afford something like that. I just looked it up and I make well above the middle class income...

I'm expecting him to look lost and very uncomfortable on the court and playing at NBA speeds. I would also not blame him for looking hesitant after the type of injury he had. His injury was pretty horrific.

Very good news for Keandre, but very bad news for the rest of us. He was hired on as a scout for an NBA team and won't be doing hoop collective anymore. View: https://youtu.be/8kDXMS-CcBQ?si=CKHaCOFaZ8IFqOAt

Do you really call "hoops" "rings" down under? Now I know what it feels like for English people to hear us call their "football" "soccer"

There is a difference between hoping/ thinking something is possible vs expecting something to happen. I don't think it's fair to Hendricks to expect him to be improved.

Going off of memory from the places I've lived and based off of driving through relatively similar middle class neighborhoods: - Michigan - 1 out of 10 houses - Ohio - 2 out of 10 houses - California - 1 out of 10 houses - Colorado - 2 out of 10 houses - Utah - 3 out of 10 houses - Indiana - 4...

Having a basketball court in your house does seem a little excessive, not saying I wouldn't love to have it. I know a few people here that have an indoor court in their house and it makes me roll my eyes a little when I hear about it. I mean, good for them though.

I don't think that Hendricks was limited by his body in his rookie year. For me it looked like it was almost entirely skill and processing. I'm not sure how much his injury allowed him to work on skill and the processing stuff feels like he just need game reps.

I don't understand the Taylor Hendricks responses, unless they are referring to games played or something and then he would be the obvious answer. I don't think it's fair to expect Hendricks to be very good coming off of a huge injury.

It's probably true.

The Lakers pick is 2027, but yes, I've imagined Minnesota or Cleveland winning the lottery, but we didn't have a pick to swap. Absolutely the worst case scenario.

This time last year I thought the 25 draft was deeper in top end talent than 26. I don't think that is true anymore, but goes to show that you really don't know until they start playing games.

We are currently projected to win 18 games. I don't even think it's possible for an off ball player who is only an average defender to have the type of impact you are concerned about. If we lose our pick it will be a combination of things, but the most likely would be that one or more of our...

Oh good. I have an autographed picture of Oscar from the summer league game I went to. That thing is trending towards priceless.

To be a little more clear his contract is up at the end of the 28/29 seasons, none of our rookies this year or next year will need to be paid before then. It would be a good problem to have if our other rookie contract players are good enough to demand contracts large enough we would be worried...

Cody is super easy because he had the furthest to go. Hopefully it is Keyonte. Keyonte should be making a 3rd year jump and if he doesn't we probably have to move on. We probably need to see a jump from Hendricks as well, but that's a little hard to expect after his injury. Basically we...