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Wally_West
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by Wally_West » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:59 pm
Indy wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:54 pm
Wally_West wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:30 pm
Indy wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:24 pm
Wally_West wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:19 pm
Will the Suns get a
F from INF?
Jalen Smith was a guy he liked I believe.
last time he gave a huge F, it should have been even bigger. And nearly everyone here at the time called him nuts and a pessimist.
Didn’t he give last year’s draft a F? Looking back, I think we can call that one a solid B.
Like half of us had it as a D or F.
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Lol I was probably one of them. Glad to be wrong.
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by Shabazz » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:59 pm
Tyrell Terry going to Dallas. He would have been nice to grab as well.
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by AmareIsGod » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:00 pm
Superbone wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:57 pm
INFORMER wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:54 pm
Superbone wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:17 pm
Indy wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:08 pm
Superbone wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:59 pm
Let the dust settle. Everybody loves Cam Johnson now.
But I don't think he was the best player available at 11.
He might have been for this team and their plans.
Their plans to be under .500?
Give me a break. And which player exactly would they have drafted that would have put them over .500?
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by INFORMER » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:00 pm
Shabazz wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:34 pm
This is why you don't give up assets to trade a player you can just stretch.
In James Jones we trust
Curse Ryan and Blabby for lowering bar so slow
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by Superbone » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:02 pm
INFORMER wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:59 pm
But I think Jones has proven he prefers likely mediocrity over possible greatness.
Yeah, pretty sure that's on a plaque in his office.
Synchronicity and all that jazz, man.
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by INFORMER » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:04 pm
Superbone wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:57 pm
INFORMER wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:54 pm
Superbone wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:17 pm
Indy wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:08 pm
Superbone wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:59 pm
Let the dust settle. Everybody loves Cam Johnson now.
But I don't think he was the best player available at 11.
He might have been for this team and their plans.
Their plans to be under .500?
Give me a break. And which player exactly would they have drafted that would have put them over .500?
You are the one asserting that Cam Johnson was potentially essential for some grand plan. I'm just pointing out I don't see the fruits of a plan that justifies not trying to get the best player.
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by Split T » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:11 pm
Dallas drafts Tyrell Terry and trades Seth Curry to Philly for Josh Richardson and #36
Curry is who Philly needs next to Simmons
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by Indy » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:13 pm
There is no way Jones' plan last year was the miss the playoffs. So he did everything he could to make them, including taking a bland pick that probably wouldn't disappoint. He didn't achieve his goals, so saying Cam was part of a grand plan, and that plan didn't pan out, seems blindly optimistic.
And this is coming from someone that is very happy Cam is a better fit than most of us expected.
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by Indy » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:15 pm
Superbone wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:02 pm
INFORMER wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:59 pm
But I think Jones has proven he prefers likely mediocrity over possible greatness.
Yeah, pretty sure that's on a plaque in his office.
You disagree that his MO is basically this? He takes the "safe average player" over the "might be great, but could be Bender/Chriss"
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by Indy » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:16 pm
INFORMER wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:00 pm
Curse Ryan and Blabby for lowering bar so slow
indeed. any positive movement is met by us as a godsend.
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by Split T » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:18 pm
I’d still go get a 2nd. Tre Jones and Grant Riller still available. Sam Merril
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by Split T » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:18 pm
INFORMER wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:15 pm
Yep.
That one hurts a bit. All for Ty Jerome
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by Indy » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:19 pm
Split T wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:18 pm
INFORMER wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:15 pm
Yep.
That one hurts a bit. All for Ty Jerome
Such a waste.
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by INFORMER » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:22 pm
Split T wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:18 pm
I’d still go get a 2nd. Tre Jones and Grant Riller still available. Sam Merril
Tre Jones would be a tremendous understudy to Paul.
But the Suns aren't getting another pick. Would have been great to trade back and pick up a high second rounder, but Smith at 10 was solid.
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by Split T » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:28 pm
And the Spurs just took Tre Jones
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by INFORMER » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:29 pm
OF COURSE THEY DID.
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by Wally_West » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:29 pm
Any love for Grant Riler or Markus Howard?
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by INFORMER » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:31 pm
Wally_West wrote: ↑ Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:29 pm
Any love for Grant Riler or Markus Howard?
At this point in the draft, both are great value.
Markus Howard would be great on Dallas or Philly.