smackeddog wrote:Hell no, he's a fraction of the player he was with the Hawks

crzymdups wrote:Hell yes.

Yeah, I'm thinking the Raptors are definitely willing to do it too. Kyle Lowry, Serge Ibaka and Patrick Patterson are all free agents they are looking to re-sign, which could cost them in excess of $70 million per year to retain. With Demarre Derozan and Jonas Valencuinas in tow on a $103 million cap, they'd easily exceed the cap and end up with a luxury tax bill that could be unprecedented. So I definitely think the Raptors will dump Carroll this season for that pick and possibly a little more if a team were willing to do it. The only competition for that offer might be the Nets who have a phletora of money available and no one to take it. And considering their pick situation moving forward, it makes too much sense for them not to be interested in this type of deal.

VCoug wrote:Definitely. This is a pretty deep draft; totally worth it to get more picks.

Do you have any prospect in mind that you'd target in the early 20s range?

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

VCoug wrote:Definitely. This is a pretty deep draft; totally worth it to get more picks.

Do you have any prospect in mind that you'd target in the early 20s range?

I'm going off of DraftExpress' mock. They have OG Anunoby going 17th; if he drops a couple of spots to 21 I definitely pick him up. If he's gone I'd be looking at Justin Jackson or Luke Kennard. Harry Giles is also a possibility, currently ranked 18th, but we'd have to have done a ****load of work on him beforehand.

I should mention that I know nothing about any of the international guys.

To be honest, I only know of the guys projected to be lottery picks but have become interested in how things may shape up in the 2nd half of the first round. There are so many teams with multiple picks now that I suspect one would be inclined to move a pick in return for immediate help. We've got a lot of veterans that might be able to sway those teams into making a deal but I have no idea who I'd want. I think from what I've seen on Draftexpress, Jackson and Kennard are a start. I'm not nearly as intrigued by Anounby or Giles.

Terrence Furgeson has intrigued me most though. I'd draft him and bring him along slowly, then stash him in the D-League for a year. Once his body fills out and he gets acclimated to the speed of the game I think his floor could be Justin Holiday in his 2nd season.

Ferguson is an American playing overseas? That always makes me nervous; I wanted nothing to do with Jennings or Mudiay when they were drafted. I like Anunoby because he's supposed to be a very good defender and if he can improve his jumper (a risk since he's only shooting 58% on FT) he could be really valuable. Giles hasn't done anything this year but he's had several bad knee injuries that he's recovering from. He might never amount to anything but he's worth a shot with a late 1st rounder.