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I think Tre Johnson is going to be a star. I would trade s future pick to try and get him at 4.

Also, if we keep Z, I would make a serious run at Luke Kornet. Major upgrade over Kelly O. Floor spacer and some shot blocking.

Also love Rashard Fleming as a sleeper later in the first if for some reason we move back.

That sucked. Straight up seemed like it was rigged to protect the more valuable franchises. I still think you can get a good player at 7 and I think there is a chance you could package the Indy pick and maybe something else to trade up to 4... maybe 3.

At 7, I like Kasparas or Queen. Kasparas has size, craft, and shows some elite passing. He can also play off the ball when/if Z is point.
Queen has dominated at every age group coming up. He is really smooth snd fun to watch. Also w/ Queen you could run the double big lineup you experimented with towards end of season.

Ideally Tre Johnson drops to a spot you could go get him without giving up too much.

Yeah cool an nhl franchise. A sport on ice that no one in Louisiana can play.

Maybe its the IQ of the fanbase?

If the Pels land 3-5 I could see them packaging that + Indy pick and another future 1st to move up to get Harper.

A team like Charlotte or Washington may not want another young guard.

I love Edgecombe. I think he is a defensive leaning Ant like athlete. He might actually be faster. Kid is a blur in the open court. I saw him play twice in person and every play he is active ....swiping at ballhandlers going for tip dunks.

I agree Harper is the perfect fit. I also like the fact he has a nola connection ...his mom played ball at UNO.

I think Flagg is going to be a really good 2nd or 3rd player on a championship caliber team but I think his handle needs a lot of work. He might prove me wrong. It's hard to bet against a guy with his work ethic.

I keep going back and forth on Tre and Queen. I have a feeling 1 of them will hit but no idea which.

Outside of the top guys... I love the kid Flemming. Big athletic and can shoot.

Sleepers: I like the French guy Beringer. Big athletic...looks like a player.

Deep sleeper... somehow I watched a lot of highlights of the massive Aussie Rocco. Ben Pfeifer has a great Youtube breakdown of his highlights. Kid is raw but there aren't many guys 7'-3"+ that move like that.

Galactic Inquisitor sounds like a klan scientologist.

GOPTiger is correct. You don't trade a guy like Zion with the potential to be a star for a couple of maybes. Especially when you are a struggling small market and you have him on a great contract for 3 more years... his prime years. Almost no star player when they are young. Almost never happens outside of TD and Kareem.

Even if Zion was healthy they need more talent to compete. They need to hit this draft pick. If somehow they land Flagg you would still want to see him next to Zion.

Regardless of all those points. Why do you all want to start over and tank for 3-4 years to maybe get a star so you can be good in 5 years? This city only supports a winner, if we do that there is a good chance we lose the team.

Zion needs to work on his gather and spot up 3's. Defenders know once he gathers its game over and so they are all targeting his pick up. I would say at least 1/3 of his turnovers are on the gather. He needs to develop ways to protect his gather and shield the ball.

Spot up 3's seems to be more of a mental hurdle. Same with free throws. He has excellent touch but it's all focus and confidence. Just attempting 2-3 3 pointers a game will just make him infinitely harder to guard. It is also a way for him to generate easy uncontested points. Defenders will not extend to guard him out there...so that's an easy 6-9 points a night right there.

Nah I believe Trey can be a 2nd or 3rd guy on a championship team. He also compliments Z extremely well.

I kinda love the idea of Z kicking it out to two 6'-10" athletes that can shoot in Trey and Ace.

I don't think it's much of a jump. There is a reason why he is on his 5th team in 3 yrs. I am just surprised he looks worse than he did in college.

Harper is the 2nd best player in the draft today, but I would be surprised if VJ is the 2nd best player in 3 years.