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3 hours ago, GamecockSmitty4 said:

I would love to see us make a play for Brandon Ingram somehow with our pick (+ Miles?). You could slide BM to the 2 and Ingram to the 3 and slide them both down in smaller lineups. 

He's from NC.

 

But he also wants a lot of money. I'm not paying him the max which is what he would want.

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12 hours ago, GamecockSmitty4 said:

I would love to see us make a play for Brandon Ingram somehow with our pick (+ Miles?). You could slide BM to the 2 and Ingram to the 3 and slide them both down in smaller lineups. 

Don’t like Brandon here…why?

He is talented but never really changes any games and isn’t a guy I would label hard working.  He is extremely average.

Miles Bridges is much better.  Which naturally means we will trade him away for peanuts 

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Right now seems like the rumors are tying us to Knecht and Castle, possibly even with a trade up for Castle. Two very very different prospects with two huge question marks. I guess you could argue they both are elite at something and that is at least something to consider. I really like Knecht as a scorer but then our defense at both guard spots would be horrendous. 
 

For the record, I am buying stock into Cody Williams. 

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I'll take Knecht - i'm completely out on Castle, 5th in points and  5th rebounds on his Uconn starting 5 and 2nd in turnovers.

Knecht has an NBA frame and an NBA skillset - you can find rangy hustle defenders at any point in the draft/UDFA. Very few players come into the league scoring at all 3 levels like knecht. I also like his ability to finish at the rim/elevate.

But yeah... on ball defense is awful.

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Ill worry about us losing in the finals once we get there. However I totally agree about the concern.

Personally I think asking your superstar player to defend is important for any winning team, and that starts with Lamelo. Knecht or no knecht, Lamelo needs to step up on that side of the ball.

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10 minutes ago, Stingray3030 said:

Man I hope they don't trade up - what for?  Horrible draft this year.  Just take the best available and wait till next year.

I tend to agree…appears they want Sheppard based on what I heard on the Hornets Lock On podcast, although they also mentioned they might want Castle as the Spurs appear to like him.

If the Hawks were to draft Clingan (rumors they might just do that) we could have Sarr or Ricarcher fall to us.  Damn would be nice.

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