2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

the magic drafting a guy with a high floor is a really big deal. i'm glad the board forced them to do it.

giddey to okc whoa

WHOA

feels like it’s a perfect match for both teams

Giddey still such an inexplicable thing to me but so many smart people love it

giddey and poku is just too much

the thunder had every incentive to take a huge upside swing

i'm not sure how he doesn't get eaten alive by nba athletes for, um, several years

and i'm not sure what his huge upside is either

giddey is the most australian looking dude i have ever seen

i just don’t quite see how he’s supposed to handle NBA athleticism but for OKC i think it’s really interesting

apparently the nets traded shamet to the suns for #29 and javon carter

the argt is hes a passing wiz and might be able to shoot, hes got length to make up for his lack of athelticism (see: kyle anderson, good nba defender)

xp re: giddey

yeah that's not a dude you take #6

yeah i think the upside with giddy is that he’s like 80% of lonzo ball

okc has selected shawn mendes

— jason c. (@netw3rk) July 30, 2021

I like that this draft is wild. We haven’t had a wild one in forever

giddey is much more lamelo than lonzo

I’ve just never understood giddey but by all accounts there were multiple GMs that considered him top 6 or 7. I think they’re chasing lamelo but we’ll see.

yeah sorry i meant lamelo

would pay considerable $$$ to look in on the steph/klay/draymond group text right now

warriors are gonna immediately try and trade kuminga right?

lamelo is great but people should stop and think about what 80% of lamelo actually is

Other teams keep picking the players you’d assume the Magic would end up with

i know, we live in crazy times

i hate this pick, there's no reason to believe that the warriors can develop players right now

yeah warriors HAVE to be thinking of him as someone they'll trade

i admire them not wasting picks on low upside “win now” prospects but they’re also basically running two teams at once now and something has to give

i hate this pick, there's no reason to believe that the warriors can develop players right now

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jordan poole is their best story in a while.

what a draft for the magic

v weird draft day so far i love it

poole is.....fine. i wouldn't be taking victory laps.

im good with fine after the other failures.

KINGSSSSSSS

no idea what the point of this is

the kings baby! best to ever do it

Sources: Memphis is picking Ziaire Williams at No. 10.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 30, 2021

this is probably the biggest reach so far

god the kings are hysterical

feels like that trade to 10 is not getting them what they wanted

the grizzlies essentially paid like $40 million or some shit for this pick

This is a CRAZY pick by the Pelicans

Grizzlies whatever

On production and just general vibes, this is a guy who should be in the second round

seems like a guy who was gonna be there at 17….

feel like the grizz just have this archetype of a large skilled wing they are chasing and it's causing them to be a little reckless

Memphis moved up to No. 10 this week, and awaiting the Grizzlies outstanding young core of talent atop team's draft board: Ziaire Williams.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 30, 2021

Truly perplexed by Memphis

hornets def taking kispert

competent hornets front office moves… interesting