mrhockey89 wrote:monster, Flip said on the Funkadelic today that he believes there are about...19? (I only partially heard) guys in this draft that can be regular rotation guys and mentioned he thinks it's a very strong draft. Based on those comments, I think it's a given we plan on keeping our pick, and it's also a given that Flip, if he trades Love, will be targeting more early picks.
I haven't listened to the Funkadelic, but I read on another board about Flip's comment about the 19 guys. There is a lot of talk about why Flip picked the number 19, and some questions whether this is signaling a deal with Chicago, since the Bulls have the 16th and 19th picks this year. It likely means something...19 is just too random a number to pick. I see Flip as being a master of the smokescreen, and that's why he mentioned 19...to get other clubs thinking we are working on a deal with Chicago. I think Flip would love to get the #1 pick, or his guy Olynyk plus a barrage of picks. It can't hurt to send a subtle message to Boston and Cleveland that there might be something going on with the Bulls.
I hope Flip was just trying to rile everyone up with the 19 comment. I really am not keen on a deal with the Bulls unless they can get ahold of a very good player or a top 8 pick from a third team.
I'm not a fan of the potential Bulls deal we've read about and I doubt Cleveland would give up their #1 pick. So I think the relatively realistic deals would be a deal with the Celtics that would include their #6 pick and Olynyk or a deal with Golden State that would include Klay Thompson and David Lee. I'd do the Golden State deal, but I'm not sure I'd to the Celtic deal -- depending on who's available at #6.
I've gone back and forth and I'm now come to the conclusion that we will likely keep Love next season. I don't think Flip put himself in the head coach slot to preside over a rebuilding roster. I think he intends to take one last shot at making the Love-Rubio thing work.
I also see us drafting Harris, Stauskus, McDermott or LaVine at #13. If it were up to me, LaVine would be my choice and Stauskus a close second. But I suspect that Flip would lean towards Harris or maybe Stauskus. Given Flip's statements about the need for more two-way players, I think he'd opt for Harris over any of these others. I can't begin to predict what Flip will do if Harris, Stauskus, McDermott and Harris are all off the board when we're on the clock at #13.
Not sure why you're all for GS Lip as I'm definitely for the Boston route with 6,17, olynyk, and 1 or 2 of brooklyns firsts for Love (plus barea or martin if we could get either in).
#6 - Vonleh/Randle
#13 v- Lavine
#17 - McDaniels
I'd be very happy with those picks
Rubio/ vet pg not named Barea/ Lavine
Martin/Budinger/Lavine
Brewer/Shabazz/Mcdaniels/LRMAM/Hummel
Randle/vet/LRMAM/Olynyk
Dieng/Pekovic/Olynyk/Turiaf
May not be a playoff team this next year, but we'd likely have 2 lottery picks next year to add onto a very nice core.
Rubio,,Dieng,Olynyk,Shabazz would be the core with randle,lavine,mcdaniels possibly becoming a part of it. If we added the right pieces that'd be a great team to watch in 2-3 years.
