The more I read the more I think the Cs will trade down

[wiley]

The more I read, the more I believe none of these writers (or anyone here, including myself) has a clue as to what Danny will do.

At the combine, the word put out was that the Celts had no interest in trading #3, but would deal any or all of the other picks.

We supposedly love Brown at the combine.

We supposedly are hot on Bender.  Austin & Danny take a magical mystery tour.

Then we are supposedly hot on Chriss (wuh?).

Now we are supposedly hot on Dunn (Who doesn't want to come here???).

We are going to trade #3 for Okafor.

We are going to trade something else for Noel.

We are going to trade #3 for Butler.

We are going to trade IT (for ?).

We are going to trade Marcus (for ?).

We are going to trade Avery/Jae/Rozier....

We are going to trade down.

We are going to trade up.

Stevens says any trade has to be for someone of significant impact.

And so on.  And so on.

The only thing I am sure of is:  NO ONE HAS A STINKING CLUE!!!

Agreed.

Cousins!!  Cousins is coming!!

[The One]

With Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders stating that Chriss and Brown are at the top of the Cs list I again find myself thinking a trade down may be inevitable. While trading for a start is plan A, and trading for Okafor may be plan B. Plan C to me would be a trade down like I mentioned in a post right after the lottery was determined. 

Current Mocks as of 6/3
       
#3 Cs          Ford Dunn   DX Chriss

#4 Suns       Ford Chriss  DX Bender

#5 T-Wolves Ford Murray  DX Dunn

#6 Pelicans  Ford Bender DX Hield

#7 Nuggets Ford Brown  DX Brown

The biggest observation I have is the total lack of continuity. Typically these two mocks form some sort of consensus and we are surprised on draft night but the differences really highlight what the Nuggets GM stated in a podcast that teams will really very in their top 10 assessments.

Denver is the team that really strikes me as the prime candidate. They like the Cs have picks to spare. They also have a GM who is comfortable with international prospects. I could see him moving up to get Bender and given their current roster Faried seems like a logical guy to move. Along with Bender Murray also seems like an interesting fit next to Mudiay. His elite shooting would pair nicely with Mudiays attacking style and he would be able to play some point next to Gary Harris. If a #3 for #7 and Faired trade happens the Nuggets could potentially role out a small starting 5 with Chandler and Gallinari at the 3/4 opening more post minutes for Jikic and Nurkic.

For the Cs if they make the trade and Denver takes Bender I could see the following lottery play out

#3 Nuggets Bender

#4 Suns Chriss

#5 T-Wolves Dunn

#6 Pelicans Murray

#7 Celtics Brown

Good thinking.  Totally plausible.

[The One]

#3 for #8 and Willie Cauley-Stein.  Dunn would be a great fit for Sacramento, and I think I read Joerger wants Cousins at the #5 (where he belongs).  We get the young rim protector we need, and probably find that one of Chriss or Brown is still available at #8.  Win-win for both teams.

In my greedier versions of this hypothesis, we also send off Young and Hunter (since Sac needs wings) and pick up their 2021 1st.  But I'm fine with just the first paragraph of this post.

Would LOVE this...but it probably won't. 

[The One]

The more I read, the more I believe none of these writers (or anyone here, including myself) has a clue as to what Danny will do.

At the combine, the word put out was that the Celts had no interest in trading #3, but would deal any or all of the other picks.

We supposedly love Brown at the combine.

We supposedly are hot on Bender.  Austin & Danny take a magical mystery tour.

Then we are supposedly hot on Chriss (wuh?).

Now we are supposedly hot on Dunn (Who doesn't want to come here???).

We are going to trade #3 for Okafor.

We are going to trade something else for Noel.

We are going to trade #3 for Butler.

We are going to trade IT (for ?).

We are going to trade Marcus (for ?).

We are going to trade Avery/Jae/Rozier....

We are going to trade down.

We are going to trade up.

Stevens says any trade has to be for someone of significant impact.

And so on.  And so on.

The only thing I am sure of is:  NO ONE HAS A STINKING CLUE!!!

LOL...reminds me of Who's On First.

[colincb]

NO ONE HAS A STINKING CLUE!!!

Wrong!!!

The reason none of the mocks agree is that there's a notorious Joker picking at #3 and no one knows what he's going to do.

[mmmmm]

The more I read, the more I believe none of these writers (or anyone here, including myself) has a clue as to what Danny will do.

At the combine, the word put out was that the Celts had no interest in trading #3, but would deal any or all of the other picks.

We supposedly love Brown at the combine.

We supposedly are hot on Bender.  Austin & Danny take a magical mystery tour.

Then we are supposedly hot on Chriss (wuh?).

Now we are supposedly hot on Dunn (Who doesn't want to come here???).

We are going to trade #3 for Okafor.

We are going to trade something else for Noel.

We are going to trade #3 for Butler.

We are going to trade IT (for ?).

We are going to trade Marcus (for ?).

We are going to trade Avery/Jae/Rozier....

We are going to trade down.

We are going to trade up.

Stevens says any trade has to be for someone of significant impact.

And so on.  And so on.

The only thing I am sure of is:  NO ONE HAS A STINKING CLUE!!!

Agreed.

Cousins!!  Cousins is coming!!

Darn!  I forgot to include the obligatory Cousins rumors!  Thanks!