I’m intrigued by the potential upside kira can bring at the 8th pick. If golden state attempts to trade down, who we pick could be affected. Maybe vassel won’t be Available at 8 and Toppin, okonwu or Hayes slides down.

If you compare college stats Harper has similar numbers to kira. I believe they both would contribute the same skill set for us in year one. Harpers negative is he is only 5-10 without shoes and Kira is 6-2. Harper has a long 6-5 wing span at 5-10 the same as Kira at 6-2. Does kira have the potential to be 3/4 As good a ja morant in year 3 or 4? Possibly. Should Frank, dsj, peters, and Harper get a shot to be better than kira and half as good as ja morant next year? Yes...

For this reason if The warriors block us from getting vassel should we pick up Toppin Hayes or okoro at 8. Next trade the 27th 39th pick and cash considerations for picks 10-20. In this range we can add a nesmith Cole bey poku riller or terry.

My best case scenario is vassel at 8 then choosing one of those guys I just mentioned at the 12-20 range.

The odds say that peters frank dsj and Harper can provide us what kira will next year.

How about we load our shooters? Nesmith and vassel. Believe in our 4 pgs to figure it out and be the pg we are looking for in this draft.

At Pick 8 if vassel is not available in order. Okoro Hayes toppin Haliburton

Our Next pick depends if we chose okoro or Hayes. If you pick Hayes the next pick should be nesmith Bey or poku. If you picked okoro it should be Nesmith or Desmond bane.

(The last thing I wish to see is them trying to move up in the draft or trying to trade for an aging hurt star)

The ball is in our court. We have a million picks. We have a team full of role player assets and we have salary considerations. other teams need us. We should not be begging or taking bad deals like we are desperate. They should come to us!

For once I think we are in good shape going forward unless they go for the classic quick fix bad deal play they are known for.

Lastly a championship team like the warriors like vassel. We should also! Is he a stud? No. But he is needed for a contending team. We want to be a contending team in the future so let’s get him now cheap instead 5 years from now when he will cost 25m a season.