Number of Kyler tweets on Cs, Bender, Sixers Trade

[ederson]

You can't really compare like that. There is no guarantee that Bender will up his production if he's given more playing time (let alone him getting as good as the above-mentioned guys in two years). The thing Gasol, Mirotic and Porzingis all had in common when they were drafted was, that they were more developed basketball players compared to Bender today. You kind of knew what you were going to get, whereas Bender is a huge question mark.
Not to even mention that Gasol, Mirotic and Porzingis all played in a much tougher league than the one in Israel, where Bender can't even get playing time

The common opinion here is that acb is not that much better than Israeli league.... I gave up saying that there is a huge difference between the two leagues...... obviously actually following european basketball doesn`t offer any extra knowledge

[ssspence]

I didn't like this:

Kyler: Bender not the top guy on Boston's board... they are very high on Jaylen Brown and Marquese Chriss

Not a fan of either one.

So is Kyler suggesting that both Jaylen Brown and Marquese Chriss are individually "a lot more" valuable than Jahlil Okafor? 

Fascinating.

A bird in the hand.... Okafor is certainly safer, but I don't think it's hard to imagine how Chriss could be the more dominant NBA player.

I agree with your previous post about posturing. I don't think Philly can command more than #3 for Okafor in their current position, and they indeed might have to throw in Covington to make the move. But it's not like anything should be taken as real between now and the draft.... it's all calculated bull**** being managed and "leaked" by the teams with a desired result until the last minute.

Back in February we reported offered a package built around the Brooklyn pick for Okafor and Philly turned us down.   This was when the pick still had the potential to land top 2.

Just a few months later with the pick locked out of the top 2, if this guy's opinion is accurate, we not only wouldn't trade #3 for Okafor, but we'd want more? 

Yeah, ok.

Allegedly. Regardless, it makes no difference. Who is going to pay more for Okafor than the #3 pick? Hint: no one.

Maybe.  Maybe not.   Again, people seem to always forget that draft picks aren't the only way of acquiring players.

About as frequently as they belittle the value of draft picks (going back to my bird in the hand comment). I'm not forgetting the Sixers could trade JO for an existing NBA player or two. I'm doubting that Okafor's value on the trade market would exceed that of the #3 pick in the draft.

[celticsclay]

Back in February, we didn't have the #3 pick.

Yea I am not sure the exact timeliness but I thought at that point we would end up in the 5th slow at best with the Suns and twolves passing the nets (since those teams had incentives to tank). At that point our draft could have really easily ended up as 6th 7th or 5th.