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bleedspeed177 wrote:Good to see AP have a solid game. Hopefully he has a solid month like Dieng did last year and we will have our backup bigs moving forward.

Good, we have our backups, now we just need our starters and we'll be set! That's how most teams are built right? You trade 1st's for bench guys, and 2nd for starters. 2 is a bigger number then 1

alexftbl8181 wrote:

bleedspeed177 wrote:Good to see AP have a solid game. Hopefully he has a solid month like Dieng did last year and we will have our backup bigs moving forward.

Good, we have our backups, now we just need our starters and we'll be set! That's how most teams are built right? You trade 1st's for bench guys, and 2nd for starters. 2 is a bigger number then 1

Good luck drafting a starter after pick 15. It happens, but it is far from a guarantee that pick will be any better than Payne. Cheap backups are still very important for building a team and Dieng and AP have the potential to be great deals for the next 2-3 years. It leaves more cap space to go after the big fish that just don't often come from mid-first round picks and later. As long as they are rotation guys they are good trade chips to land a big fish via trade as well.

I'm not saying Payne is a All Star lock but why do some people here already seem to think he has no future as a starter in the NBA? How can you already say that with such a limited sample size? It's not like he's undersized or has no athleticism, I think he has a great chance of being a quality starter, just wondering what your thoughts are.

BloopOracle wrote:I'm not saying Payne is a All Star lock but why do some people here already seem to think he has no future as a starter in the NBA? How can you already say that with such a limited sample size? It's not like he's undersized or has no athleticism, I think he has a great chance of being a quality starter, just wondering what your thoughts are.

There is definitely a rush to judgment faction here for some reason. Not sure what the dynamics of that are but I agree with you - why do we have to decide right now if he's starter material or not?

Can we just take a minute to appreciate those dunks? Holy cow.

Yeah, Payne's dunks got a little overshadowed by Jordan, but he threw some down with a vengeance last night, and I liked how he seemed to be going at Jordan a bit. The kid has some fire.

SameOldNudityDrew wrote:Can we just take a minute to appreciate those dunks? Holy cow.

Not to mention that block he had on Jordan... WOW!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeufYTG5LuM

Was that Shawn Kemp?

If he wasn't always hunched over and if his jump shot didn't start with the ball dusting the floor, I would be all-in buying this guy's stock.

He needs a solid summer of coaching but as mentioned previously, not sure you can argue giving up a mid to late round pick for a guy who CLEARLY has talent and fits a need for the future of this team.

thedoper wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeufYTG5LuM

Was that Shawn Kemp?

Quite a few commenters on that video were really down on Atlanta trading AP, feels good man!