S83 Town Hall 12

[Mike Lowry]

Who rises or falls in the draft?
Who makes a fit pick?
Who takes best player available?
Who do you think might trade their pick?

Rules: 1 point if you give thoughtful answers, which I will award after the timer ends for responses. The timer ends for responses at the moment the corresponding week's Sim is run.

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Due: Due by the deadline for sim 12

[WigNosy]

Who rises or falls in the draft?
Who makes a fit pick?
Who takes best player available?
Who do you think might trade their pick?

Rules: 1 point if you give thoughtful answers, which I will award after the timer ends for responses. The timer ends for responses at the moment the corresponding week's Sim is run.

Note: Use approximately 5 sentences as your bare minimum for 1 point. If you write 3 long, complex sentences, you'll still get a point. If you write 5, 3 word sentences, you will not get a point. Don't @ me.

Due: Due by the deadline for sim 12

Boy, you're stirring the pot, aren't you? I will say I don't think Alvin Robertson (currently #3 in the mocks) stays there... generally you don't see a blue-potential picked before a purple-potential (or a green before a blue) unless there is some obvious, fatal flaw in the higher-potential player... or unless your name is Frank Johnson. In fact, I think Robertson is actually the guy that could fall the farthest, maybe down to pick #10 or so. I think the three purples go first, followed by Barkley and then I think given the fact that we still have teams that need bigs ... and there are only a couple of bigs in the draft... Sam Bowie and Kevin Willis go next (maybe not in that order). That leaves Robertson in a clump with three other point guards (Fleming, Humphries, and Young) - Humphries and Young are close to Alvin in defense and much more developed in Handles/Passing while Fleming's offense is ahead of Robertson's... a team that's going to draft Robertson has to be patient and wait several years for him to develop, and I don't think teams at the top of the draft (which have been losing for a while) will have that patience. And that's if they don't already have a point guard and want Tony Campbell. So I could definitely see a world in which Robertson falls.

The team I could see going for "fit" over "talent" would be the Rockets, but only because 78# is known for zagging when everyone else is zigging... also because the Rockets have two excellent offensive talents (Bird and Birdsong) and can try to find a piece that fits based on something other than offense. I think the Hawks take the "best player available" mostly because they don't have anyone on their roster that I see as a certain long-term franchise cornerstone at a particular position... Roundfield is too old, Kellogg could easily slide from SF to PF, Harper and Ehlo are still too raw. They need talent and don't have to be picky about where it fits.

Most likely to make a trade? It's the Nuggets. They have three late picks and I suspect they'll either try to package those picks to move up in the draft or they'll decide there are not three players on the board they like so they'll draft the guys they do like and move the other pick (or picks) for known quantities and let other teams get players that the Nuggets don't think fit with them.

[Mike Lowry]

I would bet Barkley jumps to 3rd and Stockton falls, maybe a long way.
It certainly opens the door for a team needing a floor general, like the Kings or Blazers to trade into the top 5 and lock him in for the long term.
What doesn't make a ton of sense is the Hawks or Mavericks to select him after having drafted Derek Harper and Doc Rivers respectively in the last draft.
The Knicks appear to be set with Johnny Moore, so the Rockets or Pacers might win.
If I was them I would try to work a pick swap as soon as the lottery drops, and move into that 4 or 5 spot.
But that's all speculation.
I think I seen enough of the Spurs to know they will take the best player available even though that likely creates a hell of a jam in the backcourt.
Won't be surprised to see them trade for a big before making their pick.

[BigDaddyd8720]

Who rises or falls in the draft?
I wouldn't be surprised if Barkley rises a couple of spots. Suns could be the team that doesn't take the pretty purple player and grabs barkley to give them stability at the PF spot

Who makes a fit pick?
Celtics taking Hakeem is answer here. Pairing him with Ralph Sampson could wreak havoc on the league when they are both entering their prime.

Who takes best player available?
The Spurs take the best player available. Obviously MJ is the one everyone wants but if it were a different draft class, I think the spurs would stay away from to grab a guard first.

Who do you think might trade their pick?
I could see the Clipper either trading out or back in the 1st round. Their team is already pretty solid so they could be convinced to trade their pick for a more win now player to get them to being a consistent playoff team.

[Mike Lowry]

@WigNosy
@Mike Lowry
@BigDaddyd8720
+1 point