Post by eja117 on Jun 17, 2017 20:52:51 GMT -5
You trade down from 2 to 4 or 5 and maybe even again down to 7 and send a nice note to Ainge that says "Thanks for showing me how valuable the 2nd most wanted player in the draft was."
You take a decent chance on Ball slipping to 4 or 5. You end up taking either him or the guy that outplayed him (D Fox) or a Tatum, Dennis Smith, or J Isaac.
You block the Celtics from getting everything they wanted. You possibly block the Sixers from getting what they wanted.
Only down side is the Celts get stuck with Fultz but it looked like that from the get go.
Then you call up P George next year and say "Yeah. We got a good pg to pass to you and picked up extra picks. Why yes we do think Brandon Ingram can play some PF from time to time. Yeah, you, him, Nance, and Randle are a pretty good front court. Yeah Fox, Clarkson, and D Russ are a pretty good back court, but we aren't done adding talent."
Sorta makes too much sense for a young team with no picks next year.
You take a decent chance on Ball slipping to 4 or 5. You end up taking either him or the guy that outplayed him (D Fox) or a Tatum, Dennis Smith, or J Isaac.
You block the Celtics from getting everything they wanted. You possibly block the Sixers from getting what they wanted.
Only down side is the Celts get stuck with Fultz but it looked like that from the get go.
Then you call up P George next year and say "Yeah. We got a good pg to pass to you and picked up extra picks. Why yes we do think Brandon Ingram can play some PF from time to time. Yeah, you, him, Nance, and Randle are a pretty good front court. Yeah Fox, Clarkson, and D Russ are a pretty good back court, but we aren't done adding talent."
Sorta makes too much sense for a young team with no picks next year.
