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Chris Paul. Content Warning.
Jordan pool's contract was so bad the Warriors had to pay to get rid of it Warriors got Chris Paul Wizard's got Jordan Poole Ryan Hollins a protected 20 31st and a 2027 second pool makes 130 million the next four years for what dude was unplayable in the playoffs warriors were desperate so they paid the Wizards to take it off their hands in exchange they get Chris Paul for one season to try to win a chip but how good of a fit is CP3 we'll explore that but this is a great sign for Draymond Green he and Jordan pool's relationship never recovered one week ago Dre opted out of his final year to become a free agent he could have left for a team of cap space like the Rockets or the Pistons or maybe done a sign and trade now the dubs are saying we love you please come back we have money for you but that punch video being leaked was the best thing ever for Jordan pool dude was embarrassed everyone felt bad for him during extension talks so the Warriors rewarded him with 130 million bucks like hey about the punch we're really sorry here's generational wealth at the same time it was the worst thing for Draymond he became the number one villain in the NBA before Dylan Brooks took over articles guaranteeing he's gonna leave the dubs the video leaking was a punch to the gut like someone in my own building betrayed me to make me look awful but as the season played out Dre showed why he is a future Hall of Famer and pool melted down round one 12 points a game on 26 percent from three round two eight points on 25 from Deep horrible turnovers Warrior fans turned on him faster than the NBA media turned on Russ but in the middle of the Season everything changed the league got together to gang up on the doves for years they have had the biggest payroll in the NBA their owner Joe lakum will pay whatever it takes to surround Steph clay and Draymond with winning players but now the richest teams have gigantic penalties which is a problem for Draymond because they paid Jordan pool and Andrew Wiggins last year did that mean Draymond was gone not anymore Chris Paul makes 30.8 million but it is off the books next summer so now they can afford to keep the core together it's not guaranteed but a lot more likely but how does Chris Paul fit on the Warriors they have point guard depth already Steph Curry at the one with gp2 and Dante divincenzo backing him up Steph actually played point guard a hundred percent of the time last year in fact the last time he played even a third of his minutes at shooting guard his rookie year with Montana Ellis this is gonna be a huge change unless Chris Paul agrees to come off the bench that would be the perfect scenario leading the second unit as a mature high IQ veteran playing against other backups but would CP accept that role he has never come off the bench before he has always been the man on his team and is one of the most vocal leaders in sports but maybe he wants to win a ring that bad so he's willing to be a sixth man but if not playing point guard isn't actually fair to who Steph is I mean he's not a traditional point guard with how often he plays off the ball with a ton of movement I mean Draymond handles the ball and facilitates a lot on this team and they have had traditional point guards in the past especially with cp's low turnovers there is a world where this works or this entire move could be a trick they could be pulling another D'Angelo Russell back in 2019 Kevin Durant tours in Achilles and decided he was tired of winning championships he'd rather team up with his buddy Kyrie and get back to losing like he did in OKC only in Brooklyn and that plan worked out great but the dubs did a silent trade to bring back Dilo and at the time they said oh we love D'Angelo Russell he fits in great here and then they flipped him at the trade deadline Yahoo just reported Golden State will not wave Chris Paul looking forward to partnering with him on a championship run yeah right this whole thing could be about upping his trade value to then deal him at the deadline which is exactly what they did with Dilo and got back Andrew Wiggins now obviously that kind of trade is not realistic with CP but maybe they're trying to get two or maybe three role players back for death so they start the season with Chris Paul while he is healthy good Shooters around him Chris looks great and they flip him for bench help last time and they had a little depth with Otto Porter and Amanda B Eliza they won a chip not that a team trying to win would love Chris Paul but at least his expiring contract looks good A tanking team like the Pistons or the Rockets who might have vets would offload them to the dubs but the underrated thing about this trade for golden state is Ryan Hollins he's a young guy who doesn't really play but he is a spot on their roster that is now freed up for a veteran minimum player who wants to win a ring it's what they did with the Marcus cousins or David West back in the day they are now replacing Ryan Hollins who doesn't play with some vet who can give them a few minutes if they add that with Death From Another Chris Paul trade later this could be a championship winning move but what about the Wizards they have gotten rid of Bradley Beal and Kristoff porzingis in one week and got zero first round picks how is that possible in a world where Rudy gobert goes for control of six first they got more first for CP than Biel and porzingis combined now that's not technically true because Chris Paul is part of the Bradley Beale trade but it's crazy I feel bad for their fans the plan will be to suck for like five years while picking high in the draft then hopefully forever from now they might have some good young players then they'll have to wait years for them to develop so maybe in like 2033 the Wizards could be a contender it's like the process only worse because the odds of getting a top pick are now horrible imagine the Pistons having the worst record in the NBA last year and picking fifth that's the world the Wizards are living in now they do have a decent backcourt with tyus Jones and Jordan Poole but those guys are decent with stars around them especially tyus Jones best assist to turnover ratio in the NBA but that really matters when you have like a John Morant scoring 30. on his own he's like a decent role player that no one pays attention to but we can finally say the two timeline Warriors are dead they tried to set up the future with the present by drafting like a James Wiseman instead of trading the number two pick and it failed now they dealt a 24 year old Jordan pool for a dude who's 39 in next year's playoffs like uh we think we'd be better with a guy who's almost 40. it's a big risk because pool was actually key when Steph and Clay rested in the regular season pool struggled in the playoffs but could still give you 30 On Any Given night when he was the focal point but this is about winning now which will not work Chris gets hurt a ton at this point and even in his prime he's a different guy in big games if they're depending on him in like a Conference finals history says it will fail that's why I think six-man roll makes sense for CP or flipping him again at the deadline it reminds me of the Lakers when people were like oh la has five Hall of Famers but really it was like old Carmelo Anthony Dwight Howard Ross LeBron A.D oh yeah they're Hall of Famers but at this point the production isn't there but we could see more gigantic trades even if zon Williamson is not dealt on draft night the rumors are getting crazy New Orleans really wants scoot Henderson and a report says Zion could be the guy they deal check it out
By Azeem Taj3 years ago in Earth
NBA Draft 2023. Content Warning.
[Applause] with the first pick in the 2023 NBA draft the San Antonio Spurs select Victor wembanyama France [Applause] second pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Charlotte Hornets select Brandon Miller from the University of Alabama yeah Brandon Miller the SEC player of the year the newcomer of the Year Mitch cupcak the general manager in Charlotte he was in attendance for Miller's season High 41 points with the third pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Portland Trailblazers select scoot Henderson from Marietta Georgia in the NBA g-leagues team ignite with the fourth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Houston Rocket select amen Thompson from Oakland California an overtime Elite Oakland stand up the fifth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Detroit Pistons Pistons select assar Thompson from Oakland California and overtime Elite [Applause] with the sixth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Orlando Magic select Anthony black from the University of Arkansas Anthony black led the with the seventh pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Indiana Pacers select Bilal kulabali from Cordova France bilau Tula Bali of course the teammate of Victor Wen benyama with the eighth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Washington Wizards select Jairus Walker from the University of Houston [Applause] with the ninth pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Utah Jazz Select Taylor Hendricks from UCF [Applause] Taylor Hendricks the first ever player out of UCF to be drafted in the first round and he's actually from Florida he got offers from Miami from Florida from Florida State ultimately he blames his own path choosing UFC and I have a trade to announce as part of a deal to be finalized later the Indiana Pacers are trading to the Washington Wizards the draft rights to Bilal kulabali the seventh pick and the Wizards are trading to the Pacers the draft rights to Jairus Walker the eighth pick [Applause] and with the 10th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Dallas Mavericks select Cason Wallace from the University of Kentucky for 16. with the 11th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Orlando Magic select jet Howard from the University of Michigan foreign with the 12th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Oklahoma City Thunder select Derek Lively II from Duke University Derek Lively the 13th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Toronto Raptors select Grady dick from the University of Kansas the most interesting electric suits in the green room tonight Grady dick from Kansas is on his way to Toronto he's already wearing the Raptors the suit is as electric as is part of a deal to be finalized later the Dallas Mavericks are trading to the Oklahoma City Thunder the draft rights to Cason Wallace the 10th pick and the Thunder are trading to the Mavericks the draft rights to Derrick Lively the second the 12th pick with the 14th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the New Orleans Pelicans select Jordan Hawkins from the University of Connecticut National Champion Jordan Hawkins an emotional moment that he is sharing with his parents with the 15th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Atlanta Hawks select Kobe buffkin from the University of Michigan really one of the best players in the Big Ten the last six weeks of the season with the 16th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Utah Jazz Select chiante George from Baylor University [Applause] chiante George from Baylor headed to the Utah Jazz he scored 506 points last season the second most in a season by a freshman in Baylor history his dad was actually a pro in France and he's come a long way we with the 17th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Los Angeles Lakers select Jalen Hood shafino from Indiana University and what a week for jalenhood shaffino he had his 20th birthday to celebrate on Monday and then three days later he is drafted into the NBA with the 18th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Miami Heat selected Jaime Hawkes Jr from UCLA Jaime Hawkins Jr the senior forward out of UCLA on his way to Eric Spoelstra and the Miami Heat he was with the 19th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Golden State Warriors select Brandon pogemski from Santa Clara University [Applause] Brandon kodinski from Santa Clara when he transferred from Illinois to Santa Clara he really broke out here in the WCC he's only 20. he is so much upside we're going to get back to Brandon in just a minute we're the 20th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Houston Rockets select cam Whitmore from Villanova University another Wildcat heads to the NBA in cam Whitmore he did miss the first few games of the season with thumb surgery but then he said with the 21st pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Brooklyn Nets select Noah Clowney from the University of Alabama Noah Clowney from the University of Alabama The Freshman forward headed to Brooklyn hey 22nd pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Brooklyn Nets select Derek Whitehead from Duke University of the 2022 McDonald's All-American Game he had 13.7 rebound seven assists in that game you could see his coach John Shire enjoying the moment he's not actually here in attendance tonight but Andrea let's 23rd pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Portland Trailblazers select Chris Murray from the University of Iowa Chris Murray uh these this is the Mavericks taking now at 24. with the 24th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Sacramento Kings select Olivier maxons prosper from Montreal Canada the NBA Academy Latin America and Marquette University now in this 2023 NBA draft the Memphis Grizzlies selection Marcus Sasser from the University of Houston [Applause] Marcus Sasser the 26th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Indiana Pacers select Ben Shepherd from Belmont University Ben Shepard with the 27th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Charlotte Hornet selects Nick Smith Jr from the University of Arkansas thank you and emotional moment for Nick Smith Jr for his family with the 28th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Utah Jazz Select Bryce Sensabaugh from the Ohio State University Bryce sentiva the third Ohio State freshman in the last 40 years is headed with the 29th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the Indiana Pacers select Julian Strother from Gonzaga University Julian Strother he's short he scored the 30th pick in the 2023 NBA draft the LA Clippers select Kobe Brown from the University of Missouri [Applause] and that concludes the first round into all the fans especially those here at the Barclays Center the second round of the NBA draft will be conducted by Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum enjoy the rest of the night the first round of the 2023 NBA draft is now complete with Kobe Brown Jay on his way to the Los Angeles Clippers
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