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I hope we think different about this come Christmas.

Is it telling that the Spurs passed on Hali too?

We're going to regret this...sigh...

We picked the only one not in there..haha. Let’s go Jalen Smith!

Want to remain optimistic, but it would be good to know if we had a clear plan... I've been on record with my frustration with the backup pg spot for the past several years. I was hoping Hayes/Haliburton could put an end to that madness. Maybe we think Payne is the future?

Couldn't we have traded down to #15-20 and picked Smith there? Nobody seemed to think he would go this high. Jones seems to draft good players but doesn't seem to know what spot they "should" be drafted at, so he doesn't use our draft assets maximally.

I get the feeling we had guys higher than him, but didn't think they would be there so already made a promise.

I don't dislike Smith. I just loved Haliburton.

Smith was a top 10 mocked player for most of draft season. It’s not really the reach ppl think it is.

Indy wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:18 pm

I get the feeling we had guys higher than him, but didn't think they would be there so already made a promise.

That would just be a dumb thing to do.

I like having Smith. My question is what could have we added by trading down.

Shabazz wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:19 pm

I don't dislike Smith. I just loved Haliburton.

Good way to phrase it. I wouldn’t have passed on Haliburton for Smith either.

Vladimir_Taltos wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:14 pm

Split T wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:10 pm

We picked an ok player...how underwhelming...just...FFFFFF....sigh...

Everyone said that about Cam Johnson too.

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:18 pm

Couldn't we have traded down to #15-20 and picked Smith there? Nobody seemed to think he would go this high. Jones seems to draft good players but doesn't seem to know what spot they "should" be drafted at, so he doesn't use our draft assets maximally.

THat only matters if you know your guy will be there at 15 and the team at 15 wants their guy at 10 (plus willing to pay more for it).

We didn’t pick Smith all that high, I think Pelicans would have taken him at 13. I’m only upset we passed on Hali

Ring_Wanted wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:20 pm

I like having Smith. My question is what could have we added by trading down.

Is James Jones too lazy to trade down? Or is he too scared?

iLLmatic wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:22 pm

Ring_Wanted wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:20 pm

I like having Smith. My question is what could have we added by trading down.

Is James Jones too lazy to trade down? Or is he too scared?

He traded down last year.

Indy wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:23 pm

iLLmatic wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:22 pm

Ring_Wanted wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:20 pm

I like having Smith. My question is what could have we added by trading down.

Is James Jones too lazy to trade down? Or is he too scared?

He traded down last year.

Great point.

carey wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:20 pm

Shabazz wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:19 pm

I don't dislike Smith. I just loved Haliburton.

Good way to phrase it. I wouldn’t have passed on Haliburton for Smith either.

That's exactly how I feel and how I felt last year.

In 5 years it'll be interesting to see if I still like Clarke and Haliburton more than Johnson and Smith.

We really need to find that PG to sit behind Paul though.