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The franchise doesn’t want the optics of trading them to a bad team for scraps, which is obviously the only options they’ve had for some time now. I don’t envy Landry’s position at all. He’s stick between a boulder and a jail cell door.

I‘m glad he’s going back to being a defense-first role player, where he’s elite. As a mid 1st option for a dumpster fire franchise his metrics fell off a cliff and was quickly becoming irrelevant.

I feel like I’m back in third grade: If Johnny had 18 apples, ate two, saved 5, and gave 1 to Suzzy…

He might as well be speaking Chinese to me. Wtf does all this mean

The Bridges trade is interesting. OG is the better fit IMO, his metrics were stupid with the Knicks, but his injury history, dough, and desire to play there obviously loom large. Bridges and Brunson aren’t strangers to playing off the ball but neither would enjoy it. It will be a fascinating juxtaposition of how Trae and DJ “meshed” after two seasons. Bridges will have to revert back to the defender he was in Phoenix but I think they’ll make it work pretty well off the bat. Not “5 FRPs well” but pretty well lol.

Tre Jones had team-leading, eye-popping efficiency for an awful squad: He’s a criminally unknown player.

I’d appreciate it if anyone has this article:

I always want the best combination of positional size, passing, and defensive versatility, whoever he may be. Shooting is key, obviously, but it’s fleeting by nature: the other three qualities show up every night. I wouldn’t call any of the top 6 Celtics pure, full variance range shooters. Porzingis close, Tatum developed pretty close, but they’re no Hauser or Pritchard. They got them mfers up tho.

One thing is for certain: 10 years from now we all gonna be in our reclining chairs moving goalposts, digging into our agenda trenches, arguing, and taking victory laps about how the guys we love and hate in this draft turn out My college player intelligence is super limited, international non-existant, so I always look forward to the Jay Bilas commentary and comparisons on draft night. Pelton’s Top 2 were mine all along: Sheppard projects as an average-defending Mark Price lite. I have no idea of Clingan’s offensive ceiling, likely not creative or modernized, but defensively he seems to be Gobert lite.

Landry on 92.9 now, noting notable of course. He did confirm Sarr declined the workout, his agent gave an explanation, and danced around the question of “untouchable” players, leaning towards there aren’t any.

57 wins then getting James Worthy? Godd@mn. Definately some fishy sh%t going down in the lottery’s early years, throw the infamous Knicks draft in there.

I can’t subscribe to setting the bar low for a #1 pick either, regardless of draft class consensus. Chet, Jaquez,, Podziemski, Wallace, and Lively all popped out the gate with Amen Thompson, Jackson-Davis, and Brandon Miller all showing great promise by the end of their campaigns. Hell, AJ shot brilliantly as a rook before being nixed for strange/ unknown reasons. If the Hawks actually select, he better be a stud and show it quickly. He’s coming to a “vet laden” team, no excuses for Quinn not to get immediate payback on investment. He’s had 100+ games to showcase poor defensive coaching and inability to foster a fit between two super talented guards, it’s time for him to actually earn some of that handsome salary.

I must’ve worded it wrong/ you misunderstood. What teams had the most wins the year prior to winning the #1 pick?

I’m sure this question has been asked and answered but I missed it. I know the Bulls had 45 wins (+3 the next season) and Cavs had 33 wins when they selected Rose and Wiggins #1, respectively. Is 36 wins by the Hawks the second most ever in the lottery era?

At least this draft has intrigue at #1 and beyond, we have some entertainment/ hope/ worry/ anticipation leading up to it. The most excitement we’ve had in some time was the AJ buzzer-beater week eons ago.