Some teams holding mid-first-round picks have expressed interest in forward Darius Bazley and he could go earlier than projected, Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today tweets. A McDonald’s All-American, Bazley didn’t go to college and instead spent the year preparing for the draft.
We have more draft nuggets:
- The Thunder are engaged in trade talk with teams to move back in first round from the No. 21 pick, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets.
- The Bulls didn’t shop shooting guard Zach LaVine when they explored ways to move up in the lottery, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune tweets. Chicago wound up holding onto the No. 7 pick and selecting North Carolina point guard Coby White. LaVine has three years and $58.5MM remaining on his contract.
- The Suns’ selection of North Carolina power forward Cameron Johnson at No. 11 after trading down from the No. 6 pick earlier in the day was the surprise of the lottery. According to SInow’s Jake Fischer, it was an even bigger surprise due to injury concerns. Several teams red-flagged Johnson out of the first round due to his history of ailments on both hips (Twitter link).
- The Sixers are trying to move up from the No. 24 pick, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer tweets. They’re hoping to snag either UNC small forward Nassir Little or USC shooting guard Kevin Porter Jr. and could wind up with one of them even if they don’t make a deal, Pompey adds.
The Bulls have been “rebuilding” for three years now and aren’t any closer. They should have traded Markannen and Carter for no.1 pick, LaVine and Porter for no.2, Valentine and 2020, 2021 1st rounders for no.3, Felicio for no.4, and no. 7 and Dunn for no.5.
Makes sense to everyone except Garpax. You need superstars to win anything in the NBA, and the Bulls don’t have any. It’ll be another 10 or 15 years of this nonsense before they get lucky and draft one. Bulls are officially the Washington Generals.
So if it makes sense to everyone that you need stars to win, then why would the Pelicans trade away Zion for two non stars? Why would the Grizzlies trade Morant for two non stars? It’s as if you completely ignore the concept that other teams would need to accept these ridiculous proposals.
I was kidding towards the end, but the first sentence I think. GarPax are taking the safe/easy route, and unless a couple players become allstars out of nowhere, I don’t see them becoming any better than a 6th seed team.
I would be thrilled with a 6 seed at this point. Unfortunately I’m not holding out hope.
Suns botched yet another draft. Got a stick of gum and used tape for the 6th pick then pooched the 11th pick. And dumped a good player for pocket money so $arver can get his Mercedes fixed and buy a BigMac from McDonalds.
Is it weird that the Bears drafted Kevin White 7th overall as well? Hopefully not an omen.
Suns have officially become a laughing stock. What a joke and mess this is. Next season will be worse.
The Suns make it really hard to be a fan…