blkexec wrote:I see it different. Thought it was very classy by Wally. He went in on Halliburton and it shocked me. It seemed a little out of character. Maybe 🤔 his wife said you should apologize, but I’m not going to speculate. Classy by Wally to say that.

I agree. While I think this story is dumb, I think letting this simmer is dumber. Say sorry, move on. What, did people want Wally to give him a thumbs down and tell him to STFU?

We ****ed up badly not drafting him, so I’m sure that’s where he was coming from.

(We just got poor value with Obi, at least with the way he has been used by the Knicks. What was supposed to happen, drafting a PF when you already have an all-star PF?)

VDesai wrote:2020 was a really, realy bad draft. We actually got one of the best players in Toppin. Imagine you actually did draft a PG and you took Killian Hayes over Haliburton. I think Toppin is easily still one of the best 10 players in that draft, but just stuck in a situation here where he can't get minutes behind Julius.

Obi proved he can put up numbers when he’s got the minutes and the right role. But with Randle as a 35mpg+ player for the foreseeable future, it might be a good idea from a value standpoint to trade him sooner than later.

He’s more valuable to another team now because they get 1.5 years of him at rookie contract rate.

I’d be pretty upset if I were the Pistons and Hayes, but they moved on fast - it hasn’t stopped them from picking more and more PG-types (Cunningham and Ivey - and trading for Burks).