I guess that this is too late, but prior to us trading the first pick, I was hoping for this (and am already laughing at how wrong I was in regards to the draft position of most of these guys, if they were even drafted at all, lol
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Trade #1 – move the first overall selection to the Kings for Sacramento’s picks at 5, 10, and 34.
Trade #2 – send Al Horford to Minnesota for the contract of Nikola “Not Tesla” Pekovic, Jordan Hill, who is then waived before his deal becomes guaranteed, and the 7th pick.
Trade #3 – move the recently acquired 7th selection to the Blazers for Portland’s picks at 15 and 20.
Trade #4 – with the Reggie Jackson experiment having become an abject failure, and if the reports about the Pistons looking to move the 12th pick for an established veteran, are true, who better to lead them than Isaiah Thomas, especially with Detroit moving to a new arena?
Trade #5 – move Avery Bradley to the Thunder for the 21st pick. He’d be a great fit on both ends of the floor next to Westbrook, in my view, and enables them to have a much better guard rotation, I would think, of Westbrook and Bradley starting with Oladipo coming off the bench.
Trade #6 – if Terry Rozier really was the sticking point in the proposed Ibaka trade at the deadline, surely he can fetch Orlando’s picks at 33 and 35, even with the Magic being under new management, right? I’d like to think that that transaction could get done fairly easily, even though, again, I’m probably wrong.
Trade #7 – if reports were true about how Philadelphia was looking to move their second rounders with their primary weakness, injuries notwithstanding, being defense from the guard positions, who better to provide that than Marcus Smart and, to a lesser extent, Jae Crowder (for 36 and 39, btw)?
5. Jonathan Isaac.
10. Justin Patton.
12. Dwayne Bacon.
15. Jawun Evans.
20. Semi Ojeleye.
21. Wesley Iwundu.
33. Nigel Hayes.
34. Deonte Burton.
35. Jacob Wiley.
36. Malcolm Hill.
37. Moses Kingsley.
39. Peter Jok.
53. Xavier Rathan-Mayes.
56. Antonius Cleveland.
Undrafted free agents: Bronson Koenig.
Ahahahaha
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