Sam Devine
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A legal trade framework the Thunder can execute on draft night to trade up for a top prospect: OKC receives: Cam Boozer (No. 3 overall), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Santi Aldama Grizzlies receive: Chet Holmgren, Nos. 12 + 17 overall, Future 1st-round picks
Sam Quinn’s (@SamQuinnCBS) hypothetical draft trade: Bulls receive: • No. 5 pick • No. 12 pick • No. 17 pick • Salary filler (via LAC) Grizzlies receive: • No. 4 pick • 2+ First-Round picks (via OKC) Thunder receive: • No. 3 pick Clippers receive: • Jalen Williams
“Teams drafting at #1 and #2 are giving him a very hard look.” Feels more and more like the only reason Boozer could potentially end up with the Grizzlies are the roster fits of the two teams picking ahead of them. But do the Wizards or the Jazz throw that out the window?
The analytics people in every NBA front office have Cameron Boozer as the No. 1 player in the draft, and he’s expected to receive serious consideration for the No. 1 or No. 2 pick, per @DraftExpress “I think he’s going to be a 20-and-10 guy from day one, and I think he’s even going to make a run, potentially, at being an All-Star as a rookie.” 😳
The Nuggets are expected to trade Cameron Johnson or Christian Braun, per @TimBontemps “The Nuggets have never been big spenders, which is why the belief around the league is that Cameron Johnson (on an expiring $23 million deal) or Christian Braun (on a five-year, $125 million extension signed in the fall) is likely to be moved to create enough room to give Watson something in the per-year range of those players.” (Via espn.com/nba/story/_/id…)
JUST IN: NBA passes new anti-tanking rules, including placing the worst 3 teams in a “relegation zone”, where they earn a smaller chance at the No. 1 pick. Teams in the bottom 3 have the same chance at the No. 1 pick as the No. 9 and 10 play-in seeds. Wow. (via ESPN)
Mark Cuban on the NBA: “If the league went from 48 minutes down to 40, it would change the NBA for the better” (via @FOS)
A realistic framework for what the Grizzlies could receive in a Ja Morant trade this offseason: Magic receive: Morant, No. 32 overall, 2030 1st returned from Desmond Bane trade Grizzlies receive: Jalen Suggs, Jonathan Isaac, Goga Bitadze
