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Part of what makes offenses that use a big as the main hub work is having elite shooting around the playmaking big. Draymond obviously had two all time greats in Steph and Klay, Jokic has Murray and MPJ. There's so much time between now and draft day, that outside of Flagg and a couple others, I haven't really watched many of the prospects in this class (which looks to be very deep). I doubt we'd pick two guys in the top 10 that are essentially the same position, but taking a guy that can fill it up from deep would be easy to justify.
And a lot of those guys are expected to be shooters, but bigger shooters, not SGs. Having a guy that is 6'6-6'10 is WAY more valuable as a shooter (like Klay and MPJ that you mentioned) than a SG. How many 6'5 guys do you want to put around Wemby? Are you really going to draft to have Wemby+Sochan+ three 6'5 guys? We are weakest at PF and SF right now, and there are multiple guys that project to be good at those positions that can shoot.
We need that length WAY more than we need a backup to Vassell. If we just want a SG shooter, we can go sign Lonnie anytime.
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You mentioned Traore and I really like his game. I know we all expect Castle to be our PG, but I think if you have a chance to pick him, he'd be really hard to pass up. Lightning quick first step that reminds me of a taller Tony Parker.
Castle is flexible enough to be able to play 1-3, imo. I agree that Traore has star or superstar potential and if he's there, you gotta consider it.
I think Castle will be a great connective piece, but not sure he is going to be an All-Star/top 50 player. We gotta hope his ceiling is bigger, stronger Jrue Holiday. But even if he does get to Jrue level, we still need a 2nd All-NBA level guy and I think Traore can be that. I don't think Devin or Castle can be that. Jrue was never All-NBA.
Spurs need that #2 player, and I really hope we get lucky and get it in this draft.
Vegas has Brooklyn, Detroit, Portland, Washington all at 22.5 or worse. Then Charlotte, Utah, Chicago, Toronto at 27.5-30.5. Then Spurs/Hawks at 35.5 for 9th/10th. I think that Toronto could be better than that (if they want to be) with a soft schedule and an intelligently built roster. Chicago's roster is kind of a mess, but are they 9 games worse trading Caruso and DeMar for LaVine, Matas, and Giddey in a bad conference? IDK, but I bet White and Ayo both continue to get better.
All that said, if Hawks end at 6th worse and Spurs are 8th worse, we have a 58% shot at a top 4 pick. If it is 9th and 10th, it is a 34% at a top 4 pick. 8&9 is a 46% shot at top 4.
So lets hope that Trae hates Jalen Johnson and blows that **** up.
