Portland drafting the 7-footer from UConn

[JonathanW]

Am I the only one who immediately thought "bet on him being hurt a lot"?
Past top 6 7-foot draft picks by Portland:
Walton
Bowie
Oden

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Don't overlook the Portland sleeper bet: Goes to jail at some point.

 

[FurdTerguson]

And whoever was drafted right after him will be a superstar

 

[UKAlum84]

Im starting to believe that basketball has become a purely speculative sport.

Some of the draft picks got to make me wonder.

 

[Titpwhami2014]

And whoever was drafted right after him will be a superstar

Rob Dillingham!

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Im starting to believe that basketball has become a purely speculative sport.

Some of the draft picks got to make me wonder.

It's a historically weak draft, so a lot of teams were literally using draft picks for future moves or to not have to pay salary. Lot of posturing going on last night, when only 2-3 of these guys will be stars (maybe), and another handful might make it more than 5-6 years.

 

[PopesReignOverCardinals]

It's a historically weak draft, so a lot of teams were literally using draft picks for future moves or to not have to pay salary. Lot of posturing going on last night, when only 2-3 of these guys will be stars (maybe), and another handful might make it more than 5-6 years.

It's weak at the top regarding potential superstars, but there are actually a lot of good players in this draft. If your team needs "elite role players", then you could get them in this draft. Somebody will need to step up to be great though.

 

[BlueBomb]

And BTW, when did freakin' France become an elite basketball factory?

 

[LineSkiCat14]

It's weak at the top regarding potential superstars, but there are actually a lot of good players in this draft. If your team needs "elite role players", then you could get them in this draft. Somebody will need to step up to be great though.

Problem is, good luck finding who they are. And there's just too many teams who aren't good enough to be looking at "role players". They need pieces to win games now and save their jobs.

 

[PopesReignOverCardinals]

Problem is, good luck finding who they are. And there's just too many teams who aren't good enough to be looking at "role players". They need pieces to win games now and save their jobs.

Isn't that every draft beyond the top few picks though?

 

[Someguywhodoesntlikeyou]

he’s Zach Collins redux.

 

[kywildcats8]

Wonder what signal Portland is sending to DeAndre Ayton ????