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[Zeus]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Looks like we are getting Bojan. I mean if the smoking Cuban says it, go ahead and book it.

Wayback fun machine:
- pick Mitchell in 2017
- Still get Luka in 2018
- Get Bojan in 2019 FA period with the dry powder we thought we would use on Giannis
- 2020 - trade pick 36 to move up one spot to 30th pick to select Desmond Bane after picking Tyrese Maxey at 18.

Current team: Mitchell, Luka, Maxey, Bojan and Bane with other pieces around them. Could flip either Maxey or Mitchell for a high quality 2 way big if necessary. Of course in this wayback machine hypothetical we never make the disastrous KP trade giving up all the draft capital. We would now be a championship contending team with 2 All NBA level players and able to flip draft picks for key pieces around the edges.

[saclare]

Originally Posted by Zeus

Wayback fun machine:
- pick Mitchell in 2017
- Still get Luka in 2018
- Get Bojan in 2019 FA period with the dry powder we thought we would use on Giannis
- 2020 - trade pick 36 to move up one spot to 30th pick to select Desmond Bane after picking Tyrese Maxey at 18.

Current team: Mitchell, Luka, Maxey, Bojan and Bane with other pieces around them. Could flip either Maxey or Mitchell for a high quality 2 way big if necessary. Of course in this wayback machine hypothetical we never make the disastrous KP trade giving up all the draft capital. We would now be a championship contending team with 2 All NBA level players and able to flip draft picks for key pieces around the edges.

Fun exercise, but no way the team could be in position to draft Luka given how good Mitchell was his rookie year. Kinda like draft Giannis and you don't get Luka.

Edit: I mean, we barely got him straight up and that was due to 4 teams ahead being supremely boneheaded including one willing to trade his rights to us for Trae

[Zeus]

Originally Posted by saclare

Fun exercise, but no way the team could be in position to draft Luka given how good Mitchell was his rookie year. Kinda like draft Giannis and you don't get Luka.

Edit: I mean, we barely got him straight up and that was due to 4 teams ahead being supremely boneheaded including one willing to trade his rights to us for Trae

It's a fair point. Ironically the Jazz went from 51 wins the year before Mitchell to 48 wins his rookie year. The bottom line is you never know.