LOL Even the Mocks hate the Hornets

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No more reaching for draft picks. Our pick should be Kon, no questions asked. The guy fills our most important need, and that's shooting. No reason to get fancy and do something stupid. Just pick the best spot up shooter in the draft

[frankw]

Draft day is upon us....

Which bust we drafting tonight boys?

[WUnderhill]

1 hour ago, scratched said:

No more reaching for draft picks. Our pick should be Kon, no questions asked. The guy fills our most important need, and that's shooting. No reason to get fancy and do something stupid. Just pick the best spot up shooter in the draft

Pray to god we don’t take the next Jon Scheyer/Kyle Singler/etc. with the #4 overall pick. The league has plenty of mid-athlete 3pt shooters that can’t defend superior athletes, we don’t need to waste a top 5 draft pick on one. 

[WUnderhill]

40 minutes ago, frankw said:

Draft day is upon us....

Which bust we drafting tonight boys?

Fingers crossed for Ace Bailey. Him not doing any workouts could be a huge blessing in disguise for us if he falls out of the top 3. Hope the team doesn’t mess it up.

[ForJimmy]

20 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

Fingers crossed for Ace Bailey. Him not doing any workouts could be a huge blessing in disguise for us if he falls out of the top 3. Hope the team doesn’t mess it up.

I kind of want Edgecomb to make it to 4. Bailey seems like a bit of an ego case IMO. Regardless we will draft a future MVP and trade him away. It’s tradition. 

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48 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

Fingers crossed for Ace Bailey. Him not doing any workouts could be a huge blessing in disguise for us if he falls out of the top 3. Hope the team doesn’t mess it up.

 

57 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

Pray to god we don’t take the next Jon Scheyer/Kyle Singler/etc. with the #4 overall pick. The league has plenty of mid-athlete 3pt shooters that can’t defend superior athletes, we don’t need to waste a top 5 draft pick on one. 

You comparing this guy to Singler and Scheyer is all I need to know about your opinion. He is the best fit for our team right now, I don't think that can be argued. Should we pick him at #4? That can be argued, as I think we could trade back a few picks to get him. With that being said, I think we trade back in the 6-8 range and pick Kon. 

[frankw]

1 hour ago, WUnderhill said:

Fingers crossed for Ace Bailey. Him not doing any workouts could be a huge blessing in disguise for us if he falls out of the top 3. Hope the team doesn’t mess it up.

At this point I just want someone that can bring some juice and energy. I'll take a young playmaker with an ego who can back it up production wise on the basketball court over the project player duds we've been drafting.

[carpanfan96]

53 minutes ago, scratched said:

 

You comparing this guy to Singler and Scheyer is all I need to know about your opinion. He is the best fit for our team right now, I don't think that can be argued. Should we pick him at #4? That can be argued, as I think we could trade back a few picks to get him. With that being said, I think we trade back in the 6-8 range and pick Kon. 

If they traded back it's for maluach. The interest in kon is wildly overstated. It's either Bailey or VJ at 3 or a trade back for Maluach. 

[ForJimmy]

32 minutes ago, frankw said:

At this point I just want someone that can bring some juice and energy. I'll take a young playmaker with an ego who can back it up production wise on the basketball court over the project player duds we've been drafting.

I guess to make it more clear, Bailey doesn’t want to play for Charlotte. He declined a pre draft visit and has a list of teams he wants to play for. Just not ideal for a young team that lacks winning culture right now. I’d prefer to trade with another team if it’s there and the compensation is right. Trying to force a young man to take millions of dollars to play for us seems like a bad idea. 

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2 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

If they traded back it's for maluach. The interest in kon is wildly overstated. It's either Bailey or VJ at 3 or a trade back for Maluach. 

I'd take that bet... We pick 4th and VJ won't be available at 4 in my opinion. If he is, then we pick him. 

[frankw]

5 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

I guess to make it more clear, Bailey doesn’t want to play for Charlotte. He declined a pre draft visit and has a list of teams he wants to play for. Just not ideal for a young team that lacks winning culture right now. I’d prefer to trade with another team if it’s there and the compensation is right. Trying to force a young man to take millions of dollars to play for us seems like a bad idea. 

Yeah I've heard about the declined visits. Ultimately I think that's just young guys being immature but it ultimately doesn't amount to anything because odds are likely even if it isn't the Hornets he's going to a team that isn't in a great situation regardless. And at the end of the day money talks. But to be clear I'm open to different options. I just don't want another raw long term project.

[ForJimmy]

4 minutes ago, scratched said:

I'd take that bet... We pick 4th and VJ won't be available at 4 in my opinion. If he is, then we pick him. 

I'd rather have Kon.  Williams can be our big.  Maluach is an offensive liability and we need offense badly.  Ball PG, Kon SG, Miller SF, Williams C, and Bridges can hold down PF until Salaun is ready.  I'd prefer to move on from Bridges due to his off court issues, but I doubt that happens.  

[ForJimmy]

2 minutes ago, frankw said:

Yeah I've heard about the declined visits. Ultimately I think that's just young guys being immature but it ultimately doesn't amount to anything because odds are likely even if it isn't the Hornets he's going to a team that isn't in a great situation regardless. And at the end of the day money talks. But to be clear I'm open to different options. I just don't want another raw long term project.

We definitely need someone that can contribute right away.  If Bailey comes here and is all in then I'm good with it.  He is probably the 3rd most talented player in the draft.  

[HeelsPanthersCanes]

18 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

until Salaun is ready 

While we're at it, hopefully this is the year Morrisson and Kidd-Gilchrist finally pan out.