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DevinHarriswillstart · 07-17-2022, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JustJay

You know who else was bad at recruiting players? Michael Jordan.

They drafted one of the best of all time Scottie Pippen, so he didn't need to? That's why choking on the 2020 draft was such a big deal.

We might be champions had we drafted Bey or Bane. For sure Bane.

tap2390 · 07-17-2022, 08:37 PM

There's an alternative universe where our closing 5 is:

Luka
Maxey
Bane
DFS
Wood

Zeus · 07-17-2022, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tap2390

There's an alternative universe where our closing 5 is:

Luka
Maxey
Bane
DFS
Wood

Rings... Not 1, not 2, not 3...... Unfortunately in the current universe there is a good chance that not one of the 3 players picked will still be on the team in less than 12 months from now.

Zeus · 07-17-2022, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

They drafted one of the best of all time Scottie Pippen, so he didn't need to? That's why choking on the 2020 draft was such a big deal.

We might be champions had we drafted Bey or Bane. For sure Bane.

Bingo!

tap2390 · 07-17-2022, 08:41 PM

This is going to be very unpopular. Our best chance to contend is Luka gets 'hurt' and we have one of the worst records in the league, securing a top 10 pick next season.

MFFL · 07-17-2022, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

We might be champions had we drafted Bey or Bane. For sure Bane.

If you really want to feel bad, we could have had BOTH

BPo001 · 07-18-2022, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by MFFL

If you really want to feel bad, we could have had BOTH

How could we have both? We picked 18 and 31. I assume you meant we could have drafted both that year?

Bey went 19 and Bane 30.

MFFL · 07-18-2022, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BPo001

How could we have both? We picked 18 and 31. I assume you meant we could have drafted both that year?

Bey went 19 and Bane 30.

We had the 36th pick as well. We could have easily moved the 30th and 36th pick to get 29 or 30

tap2390 · 07-18-2022, 09:01 AM

Fingers crossed for Josh Green. He'll never reach his original Jaylen Brown ceiling, but hopefully he can be a poor mans Iggy.

SMC0007 · 07-18-2022, 09:35 AM

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Fingers crossed for Josh Green. He'll never reach his original Jaylen Brown ceiling, but hopefully he can be a poor mans Iggy.

Poor man's something. For sure. Right now it's poor man's Justin Anderson

. At least he's a cut above Shan Foster!

https://youtu.be/nk0aQg0p6Bw

BPo001 · 07-18-2022, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by MFFL

We had the 36th pick as well. We could have easily moved the 30th and 36th pick to get 29 or 30

Not saying that we couldn?t have made a trade to move up, but to say it?s a sure thing is a little ridiculous. Who says Memphis would have traded with us to move down a spot?

MFFL · 07-18-2022, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by BPo001

Not saying that we couldn?t have made a trade to move up, but to say it?s a sure thing is a little ridiculous. Who says Memphis would have traded with us to move down a spot?

Its also a little ridiculous to assume that SOMEONE at the end of the first round wouldn't take two high second round picks

BPo001 · 07-18-2022, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MFFL

Its also a little ridiculous to assume that SOMEONE at the end of the first round wouldn't take two high second round picks

I just don?t think you can come out and say we could have had both players when it requires a trade with another team.

Would another team have traded a late first for 2 high 2nds? Probably. It doesn?t matter now. There were 3 guys available who would have been difference makers, and the FO picked another guy who looks like a fringe NBA player.

mac222b · 07-18-2022, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BPo001

Not saying that we couldn?t have made a trade to move up, but to say it?s a sure thing is a little ridiculous. Who says Memphis would have traded with us to move down a spot?

I think Memphis leapfrogged us for Bane. They traded one pick in front of us. Could be that the other team called us and we called their bluff. And lost. Or they had Bane and TT and other guys still in the board in the same tier and were content taking whoever was left.

JustJay · 07-18-2022, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

They drafted one of the best of all time Scottie Pippen, so he didn't need to? That's why choking on the 2020 draft was such a big deal.

We might be champions had we drafted Bey or Bane. For sure Bane.

Exactly, blame the front office for constantly screwing up, not Luka.

DevinHarriswillstart · 07-18-2022, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JustJay

Exactly, blame the front office for constantly screwing up, not Luka.

Nobody is blaming Luka, but if he wants a second star to play with, then he can certainly participate in the process more.

JustJay · 07-18-2022, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Nobody is blaming Luka, but if he wants a second star to play with, then he can certainly participate in the process more.

If anything that star that Luka made friends with would try to convince Luka to join their team. Luka making friends is not landing us a 2nd star in Dallas. Nothing will other than draft/trade. We are terrible in free agency.

Dtownsfinest · 07-21-2022, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

They drafted one of the best of all time Scottie Pippen, so he didn't need to? That's why choking on the 2020 draft was such a big deal.

We might be champions had we drafted Bey or Bane. For sure Bane.

I mean there were so many options to chose from....all of them could start for us.