fitzfarm wrote:I think doncic stays at 2 for the kings. I think the steal of the draft and the guy who makes immediately impact is Michael Porter JR.... but if T Young becomes the next Steph Curry, with better court vision he’s going to make a lot of teams look foolish for not taking him. Will Young or Porter slip to 9 ?

Read a few weeks ago that Doncic's people might be letting it known that he will wait a year if he doesnt land with a franchise he likes. Still young enough to make that believable. Kings would be wise to field offers, if thats really the case.

reub wrote:What gets us Doncic at #4? Memphis selects Doncic and we select their choice with our #9. We then trade that #9 pick to them and also our 2019 first round pick for Doncic. I think that it's legal and would get us our man. What do you think?

What if they change the draft rules and HS kids come straight into the NBA draft. We could be giving up an unprotected pick in a draft overflowing with talent. I just don't see a way to make that trade palatable for both sides.

Rinse and repeat next year, and hope then you have the start of a foundation to build a competitive team.

GustavBahler wrote:

fitzfarm wrote:I think doncic stays at 2 for the kings. I think the steal of the draft and the guy who makes immediately impact is Michael Porter JR.... but if T Young becomes the next Steph Curry, with better court vision he’s going to make a lot of teams look foolish for not taking him. Will Young or Porter slip to 9 ?

Read a few weeks ago that Doncic's people might be letting it known that he will wait a year if he doesnt land with a franchise he likes. Still young enough to make that believable. Kings would be wise to field offers, if thats really the case.

True, aren’t KP and Doncic close? We better make sure we are one of the teams he’ll sign with right away.

BRIGGS wrote:If there is ever an NBA/college player you think can gratefully impact NBA games--its worth the picks. Im not sure I would personally do this--- but I understand the mentality. Its a very high price removing the 2019 draft in a year we wont even have KP.

I think KP comes back sooner rather than later. We will be bad, but i don't think top 5 bad.

knicks1248 wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:You’re trading a potential number 1 pick (considering KP could be out the whole season) for not only a European player... but a mere tiny blind hope for said European player. That’s a steep as hell price. I’ll pass.

What #1 pick?

You think Mills and Perry interviewed 11 coaches and hired one of the best available coaches to produce one of the worst records in the NBA next season. What would be the purpose

It's funny how some of you continue to have this loosing mind set, or maybe you have no FAITH in the FO to Produce a winning roster unless it fell out of the sky.

If there's an opportunity to move up in the draft this yr, you better make that move, the idea is to get better ever yr, not flat line your way to the unemployment line

Tell me one thing this front office has done for any fan to have any FAITH that they can produce a winning roster? As soon as Phil was fired S.Mills went out and threw $70 mil at THJ. What has S.Perry done? Traded away Willy. Traded a 2nd round pick for Mudiay who stinks. I like Fiz but he has a year and a half as a head coach and some seem to think he's some great coach. He went 43-39 in the 2016-17 season and went 7-12 in the 2017-18 before being fired 19 games in. Lets not bring up him being an assistant in Miami where they have one of the best young coaches in the game and they built a super team to win the championships. Seems to me like we have a lot of unproven people running the front office and as our head coach. I do think Fiz will be good but not until our new GM and president get him some talent and that's still a big question mark on if they even know how to do that or not.

Few other things, if Michael Porter falls to the nine there is a reason for it and "the steal" won't be without its risks. My take is there is a concern about his back.
Lamenting on Trae if we don't take him? This is tough because there is always a player or two that everyone misses on yet fans set their skulls on fire as if they knew better.
Its easy to pick a couple of names but the fact is you get just one shot at a pick. Nalod does not have "his guy" and at the same time can't be smug about "told ya so" either.

The guys that intrigue me are Wendall Carter and the Bridges of Madison Square.
If Memphis wants to swap picks and if Parsons is useless for THjr then I'd do that. Im not down on Timmy like a lot of you. Fact is Memphis is in win now mode (core of Gasol and Conley and big money tied in them) and if they can find a starter with our pick they get a good deal. If they value a 4th pick as a franchise potential type player then should keep the pick.
Nalod don't trade first round pick next year.
If we are Timmy is a 15ppg scorer with good speed that can light it up on any given night. How valuable is he next to Conley? I'd say he is a better player as a 3rd option on a good team than 1st option with knicks. Logical right?
What I don't know is how bad/good/healthy is Parsons? Healthy he is a very good player. A starter for sure!!! but is he better than one of the bridges? They would be a 4-5th option.
If Parsons is fragile and not to be counted on they are far better with ThJr who is paid AVERAGE for a 2. Its logical as hell for this concept based on Grizz team at this juncture.

If Knicks do this and are making headway our pick next year can always be used for a trade, its an asset we can still use.
All this is based on a super high conviction that at the 4 we get a franchise changing potential talent whom ever it is. There is risk. Memphis takes some off the table for them.
Lets face it, there is a risk that Doncic is not better than THjr? Don't laugh, its the NBA draft and this shyt happens.

TripleThreat wrote:

reub wrote:What gets us Doncic at #4? Memphis selects Doncic and we select their choice with our #9. We then trade that #9 pick to them and also our 2019 first round pick for Doncic. I think that it's legal and would get us our man. What do you think?

A) Violates the Stepien Rule. Illegal trade. Just about every trade scenario in the past month here discussing moving up from 9 to 2 or 4 violates the Stepien Rule.

I don't think that is correct. You can't trade away consecutive future picks. But as long as you HAVE a first round pick in the draft for a particular year (yours or otherwise), you can trade a pick in the next year.

If you trade up for Doncic (using #9), you have a pick in the 2018 draft and can trade your 2019 pick.