I don’t think I like that. They traded 38 and 39 for 2 future second round picks. 38 and 39 are in the top third of the second round. Do we even know if the future second rounders will be that high? They probably won’t. I guess NBA is different in that maybe you are ok swapping for future picks of comparable value, but 38 and 39 are not just any seconds — they were somewhat high seconds.
Also Semi played 284 regular season and 38 playoff games, all for playoff caliber teams, he was a great result for the 37th pick
Well really we replace Grant with Porzingis ( a huge upgrade) and Marcus with those, also could still be a Prtichard trade, or a Brogdon trade to come.
right, it’s just that it is Smart + 35 for all that shit. You may have said that before.
That and replenishing all the second round picks they had previously traded.
That and they truly had almost no second-round picks going forward and this solves that issue. As CD points out above seconds can be valuable in facilitating sign-and-trades and the like.
He was on my short list for #35 as one-and-done McDonald’s All-American possessing athletic tools you can’t teach and lacking basketball skills you can.
I don’t have a great head for this. So at one point they had 34 and 39, which they turned into Walsh at 38 and a future second. I think I would have rather they picked at 34 and at 39 — probably Walsh anyway though you can’t assume it. I am skeptical the future 2d will be as good as a 34. Maybe it will. But jeez — a 34 and 39 gives you two lottery tickets to get better right now.
If you collect a bunch of second rounders that let you trade for someone who will definitely make you better right now then they are more valuable than lottery tickets.
My understanding from most is that the minute those second round picks are made, they tend to have little value for anything. But they're used as ballast for trades, and Boston just was lacking that for future trades. They're more useful as material for trades that can improve the team. Better they be used to get actual players, than lottery tickets.
So they turned 34 and 39 into Walsh and 2 future 2nds.
Sure, but they already had accumulated three. It’s basically giving up 34 for one more. I guess we will see what they do with all those picks.
The final four MOP is probably about to go undrafted. Almost a completely different sport at times. Hard to figure.
Russillo was gushing about sanogo at the draft combine. He has value. He's strong as a bull. His shot isn't beautiful, but it started going in more as the season went on. If he can be a pick and pop guy, his rebounding and positional post defense will play.
I kind of thought he would be good for Phoenix. But they don’t have a late pick.
I think they were picking for someone else. They traded.
Yeah, ESPN goofed the announcement. I think they said he would go to Washington but they must have been confused about the Beal trade.
Seriously? Why would you say this? NBA and NFL draft are where I make a lot of my profits year after year.
Walsh will slide into 1 of the 3 two-ways.
Pritchard was the last time Boston drafted a 1st. I doubt they use the Golden State pick for the draft. That pick & all the seconds Brad collected tonight are trade fodder for NBA players. Tonight was the 4th time (5th if you count the SA swap) Brad has moved a 1st Round pick over the last 24 months (he's also traded ~10 2nds in that time span). Not sure you need any more evidence than that.
This is true. The new CBA also made some changes that make signing second round picks easier, and also changes I guess that make it easier to keep them if you get lucky and they are good
The NBA Draft Night is a laughably poor production. Between the baseball hats, stilted interviews, lack of knowledge from the commentators, Shams/Woj muzzle, lack of trade updates & draft tracking miscues. The league needs to overhaul it.
As I mentioned earlier in the thread the issue is that while teams may have “agreed” to a trade it actually hasn’t been finalized, typically due to timing and salary cap reasons, and in many cases the trade itself won’t actually be completed until after the start of the new league year in July. They’ve looked into ways to fix this but there is no clear cut alternative that wouldn’t also introduce its own set of problems.
Brad even joked in the presser that maybe he'll eventually draft someone in the first round.
