Draft Thread 2018: LA Has The #25 & #47 Overall Picks... And #39 Now

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    Tra Holder, 6'1", G, Arizona State, Senior. That 6'1" might be a little friendly. He's more of a small shooting guard than a point guard. He's not particularly efficient, but can heat up quickly. Solid handles and legitimate quickness, but not explsoive. Best case scenario he's Andrew Goudelock, but I don't know if he can even get that hot.



    Nick King, 6'7", G/F, Middle Tennessee, Senior. This is an interesting story. King grew up in Memphis and committed to Memphis out of high school as a 4-star recruit. He couldn't get off the bench so he transferred to Alabama. He got a lung infection and missed most of his junior year. He ends up Middle Tennessee and just crushes the mid-major level. He went from averaging 6/4 and coming off the bench to 21/8 as a starter and won POY for his conference. He's a very good shooter and sort of an undersized PF prospect. Here is an article on him. The video is a little older, it's hard to find videos of Middle Tennessee.



    Theo Pinson, 6'6", F, UNC, Senior. Pinson is a do-it-all type of player. He's got good length and solid athleticism. He averaged 10/6.5/5 with more than a steal and half a block a game. His game sort of reminds me of Xavier Henry a bit: pretty good at a lot of things, not a good shooter, great athlete, ultimately... underwhelming. He's a smart player and has some veteran savvy to him. He could be an excellent G-Leaguer.
     
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    Robinson and Tony Carr would he a nice draft haul for me.
     
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    huerter or divicenzo for me
     
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    I'm warming to a Robinson/Shamet draft.
     
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    I like those guys too.. But I'm preparing themselves to possibly be gone. Heck robinson might too doe :/

    Wouldn't mind that.

    Then I think unfortunately the right move would be package 25,47,Zu/Bryant if not both if you have to and a future pick or two to get rid of Deng lol.

    Think if PG and Lebron do come Deng has to go now and will open up room for randle/another quality option to add to the squad. Beg Lopez to come back, sign for a stretch 4 type of cheap signee, Caruso has been improving slowly but surely. Maybe try to buy a 2nd rounder.
     
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    That'd be a great move for them and some team like Atlanta or Memphis could really use two 1sts.
     
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    Hypothetically speaking.. How far up does 25,47,Hart,Zu get you?
     
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    Lottery somewhere, maybe even top 10. A lot of lottery picks dont end up as good as Hart and you still get two more picks?
     
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    Oh yeah I definitely feel you. Was just curious on how far up it gets you say if we absolutely love Doncic for example and they believe he's a great backup plan incase of no George or make him the sixth man shooter that could be great.

    Just random draft speculating haha. Dont crucify me.
     
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    I wasn't judging at all. Personally, I wouldn't make that move. I think there's some solid pieces that will be available at 25 for us.
     
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    Yeah, it definitely would be risky. But hey we've made risky moves before it the past haha.

    Who are you taking if huerter, Divi and Robinson are all gone?
     
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    I wasn’t a fan of Robinson after watching videos of him. He’s even more raw than Kostas imo.
     
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    He could be the new bynum type of investment.
     
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    If all three are gone there'll be a solid wing there probably. Someone like Khyri Thomas, Jacob Evans, or Jerome Robinson will likely be available. I'd be fine with any of them. Spellman is interesting too although his skill set is a little redundant with Thomas Bryant.
     
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    But with 2 or 3 times the upside of Kostas. Robinson is an absolutely unique athlete if he's available at 25 and if he can shoot, he is an absolute steal.
     
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    If Bamba doesn't fall to Chicago @7, then I really hope they move up to get him...cause if they don't, I think they go Robinson @22... Which then would tempt me to move up to 19 in making a deal with ATL.
     
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    I'm not that married to Robinson. If he's gone, that means someone will slide to us at 25 that'll be really talented.
     
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    still seems like we've worked out a lot more guys for the late pick/undrafted camp invites than we have for the 25th, right?

    that simons kid looks like fultz in his empty gym routine. though i think he's a bit smaller. but perhaps less mentally fragile?
     
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