So this is my prediction on how the offseason will shake out including draft and free agency.
Draft
3rd pick - Jaylen Brown
We take Brown because he has great potential and impressed during the workout. I know we have Crowder but Brown can take Turners minutes off the bench while he develops his shot. We do need a big man but Bender is not the answer and i'll explain why with the next pick.
16th pick - Skal Labissiere
Skal was ranked as going 1 or 2 before the college season but he has fall all the way to late lottery or mid first rounder. I think we take him here because it is a very good high risk/ high reward pick. Skal has all of the tools to be a great player and I don't see Bender as being a better prospect than him. Skal is a better shooter, is more athletic, and can become a defensive anchor so his ceiling could be an KAT type player while Bender's ceiling could be Dirk with great PNR defense.
I know some people think Skal is a bum from his poor showing at Kentucky but I just think the fit was terrible with Calipari. Skal needs a motivator to get him going he's a kid in a foreign country playing a sport against the best with only a few years experience. If Brad can talk with him and figure out what it takes to get him back to his aggressive nature which made him 1 of the top 2 coming out of high school last year he could be the biggest steal of the draft.I mean the kid put up monster stats in the USA vs World game against the best incoming college players. Plus Danny is in love with drafting High School studs (Sully, AB, and MS)
23 pick - Ivica Zubac
Safest draft and stash player there is in my opinion he looks very good on tape and Danny has stated he liked him when he went overseas a few days ago. There is no harm in this pick he's a good young big man project for years to come which could help a lot in the grand scheme of things.
31 pick - Thon Maker
If he falls to the 2nd round which is very likely we'll swoop him up he has the highest potential of anyone you can get at this point of the draft. He was the most athletic big man at the combine but he is a project so the dleague will be needed for him while he tests his skills. But if he can use his amazing athletic ability, put on weight and get better on defense he could be super useful down the line. He already has a pretty good shot and seems like a very good kid from his interviews so I believe he'll have no problem working his butt off to improve.
I won't finish the rest of the draft because most likely they'll be used for draft and stash players who i'm not as familiar on or traded away for future picks or to move up to get these guys.
Offseason signings
KD isn't coming through that door sorry OKC is still very young and very good he'll reup with them.
Only one signing for us and I know it will not be popular but Hassan Whiteside for the 4 yr Max 5 with team option
He's a shoot blocking machine and a very good rebounder. Every bigman we have on the inside gets ran through like toilet paper every night we need an enforcer. We would be like the 2004 pistons getting our Ben Wallace a hot head defender who is a great rebounder.
I know people think we need shooting but IT, AB, and Crowder are good 3 point shooters but AB and Crowder were hurt so our shooting was lacking when we replace them with Smart and Turner. If they stay healthy I see no reason why we need more shooting when most of the time 2 of the 3 will be on the floor with a shooting big (KO, JJ). So it could be improved but it's not gonna kill us unless we start getting hurt.
Our lineup
PG: IT/ Rozier/ Felder??
SG AB/ Smart/ Hunter
SF: Crowder/ Brown/ Young
PF: Jerebko/ Amir/Mickey
C: Whiteside/ KO/ Skal/ Maker?? (might go overseas)
Next season
This team has improved a bit while the Hawks, Toronto, Heat, and Hornets have have dropped a bit from age (Heat/Hawk) and losing players in FA (Horford.Derozan, Batum, Whiteside, Jefferson)
The Pacers and Pistons get better with their young players developing so it might be a competition in the top spots again but this time is for the 2nd through 4th seeds between us, Pacers, and Pistons. 50-55 wins
Our future
Rozier is showing he can play in the NBA. He is so fast, plays great defense and can get to the cup with ease.
Smart is still trying to improve his shot but I think he'll eventually get it because it seems for mental than anything. He showed during the playoffs that he can run the point with some great assists, he showed he can drive the ball and power through the defense, and his defense shined it's brightest locking down Teague to Millsap. He is something special on defense.
We drafted bigs with huge potential and we'll see how they develop. As well as the other young players we currently have Mickey, Hunter,...Young (I want to believe
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Its the long game with them but we have great prospects to look at for awhile.
Now some might still be mad at the Whiteside signing but it's a long term game with us we already have our best players signed for the next few years while we have top draft picks waiting for us thanks to the Nets. Lets say the Nets are the worst team next year with the Lakers and 76ers improving from ingram and Simmons. We would have a top 3 pick almost guranteed once again in another strong draft class with 3 great Pf's with Harry Giles projected #1, Jonathan Isaac and Jayson Tatum. That would fill our need at the 4 for the future and think 3 years down the line to have a lineup of
Rozier
Smart
Brown
Giles
Skal/Maker/ Ivica
If they can reach their potential that's a great lineup that we assembled while competing right now. The future looks bright even though the playoffs made it appear gloomy.
So chins up guys we could have our dynasty for the future while competing in the present aswell.
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