2018 NBA Draft

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by hayth.james.g

To the point of not trading down, this game is 100% about getting at LEAST two unicorn caliber players together. You could say DSJ has the potential to be one. We need one more.

You won't win a championship in the new NBA without another home run. Swing big, hope to land, and if you do the supporting cast will come to Dallas. I am 100% against piecing together a team that hopes to one day get to the 2nd round.

The point of trading down only applies if there is strong probability that the guy you want is gone and the alternative guy should be where you trade down to.

There have been a few people on this board, not including me, who think Bridges should be our guy at #5. I was merely trying to figure out a possible option that would bring in another asset. If we're selecting him we better have another high pick.
Some of us are really high on Bamba and think he is our guy but that won't mean much if he is selected in the top 4. The idea of trading back would be plan B because there may not be much difference between Bridges and the supposed best option at #5.

TBH, Porter is risky as hell to me and I think I'd consider trading back a few spots if the choice is between him and JJJ. I'm not convinced JJJ has the motor and BBIQ to be anything close to a star.
I think I'd rather have the combination of Bridges and maybe Carter or Knox than either JJJ or Porter but that's just me.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

The point of trading down only applies if there is strong probability that the guy you want is gone and the alternative guy should be where you trade down to.

There have been a few people on this board, not including me, who think Bridges should be our guy at #5. I was merely trying to figure out a possible option that would bring in another asset. If we're selecting him we better have another high pick.
Some of us are really high on Bamba and think he is our guy but that won't mean much if he is selected in the top 4. The idea of trading back would be plan B because there may not be much difference between Bridges and the supposed best option at #5.

TBH, Porter is risky as hell to me and I think I'd consider trading back a few spots if the choice is between him and JJJ. I'm not convinced JJJ has the motor and BBIQ to be anything close to a star.
I think I'd rather have the combination of Bridges and maybe Carter or Knox than either JJJ or Porter but that's just me.

Knox seems like a lock for a solid player at least.
But I have a feeling Porter is going to be healthy and be a beast.

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by SMC0007

Knox seems like a lock for a solid player at least.
But I have a feeling Porter is going to be healthy and be a beast.

Yeah, there seems to be risk in nearly all of the top 8 picks so I guess I shouldn't be overly conservative. I just hope Porter doesn't turn out to be the Harry Giles of this draft and we are stuck with nothing if we take him.

I see draftnet has us taking Jackson with Doncic slipping to 6 and Porter slipping to 8. Young jumped up to 3.

Knox, Bridges and Carter all have low ceilings but damn they just seem like solid picks. But we are definitely in desperation mode when it comes to acquiring a star so we need to take a chance on some of these guys with much higher ceilings even though they do come with risks.