2024 NBA Draft Thread

[shopson67]

He helped himself at the draft combine and at the Klutch sports day. He could go early to mid 2nd round.

The Suns only have their 1st (#22) this year and are interested. I don't believe they can buy picks being over the 2nd apron, so he could even go 1st round if they're serious.

 

[The Q]

The Suns only have their 1st (#22) this year and are interested. I don't believe they can buy picks being over the 2nd apron, so he could even go 1st round if they're serious.

They could trade down, multiple times

 

[shopson67]

If they didn’t flatten the cap it would be 40m more today and things would be fine and back to normal

I'm not so sure. The aggressive teams would still spend to and beyond their limits whenever possible.

 

[shopson67]

They could trade down, multiple times

Sure, good point.

 

[The Q]

I'm not so sure. The aggressive teams would still spend to and beyond their limits whenever possible.

So?

You’d still have the second apron

It would just be a better, more appropriate number

 

[shopson67]

Damn the draft just got crushed by some surprising returnees and bubble guys who probably should’ve stayed in

I'm surprised Judah Mintz didn't go back. I doubt he gets drafted and he's only 20.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Well, he will definitely get his... paychecks, whether still employed or not.

Yes he will.

Good for him

Real class fucking guy

 

[DJ Fieri]

They could trade down, multiple times

That part.

 

[shopson67]

So?

You’d still have the second apron

It would just be a better, more appropriate number

It would just unbalance the league quicker. I don't think any of these teams have remorse until they're stuck.

 

[shopson67]

Yes he will.

Good for him

Real class fucking guy

Lesson learned; don't overpay someone to make them change their mind. If they say no, move on.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Lesson learned; don't overpay someone to make them change their mind. If they say no, move on.

Don't disagree.

But Monty is fine being known as a POS for the rest of his career.

Dollars don't mean everything.

 

[eaglesnut]

I don't think that would reset anything. Irresponsible teams would max everything out for those few years chasing rings.

If you told the Suns owner no cap for a few years, he's signing everyone until they force him to stop.

He would give out non-guaranteed contracts to balance the risk.

 

[eaglesnut]

It would just unbalance the league quicker. I don't think any of these teams have remorse until they're stuck.

It is unbalanced. Just how the league wants it so they can hype certain teams. I'm talking about fixing the league.

 

[The Q]

I don't think that would reset anything. Irresponsible teams would max everything out for those few years chasing rings.

If you told the Suns owner no cap for a few years, he's signing everyone until they force him to stop.

It would make things better

 

[shopson67]

It is unbalanced. Just how the league wants it so they can hype certain teams. I'm talking about fixing the league.

The purpose of these rules is to balance the league, to get more parity.

 

[shopson67]

It would make things better

Doesn't really matter at this point.

 

[eaglesnut]

The purpose of these rules is to balance the league, to get more parity.

Instead of doing that they broke the league. Which is what the discussion was about.

You can't just put 5 good players together that fit, you have to have the singular star that gets the calls so the league can hype them in their hype machine. Their hype machine is more important to them than parity, balance, depth, quality, the sport itself, etc.

 

[shopson67]

Instead of doing that they broke the league. Which is what the discussion was about.

You can't just put 5 good players together that fit, you have to have the singular star that gets the calls so the league can hype them in their hype machine. Their hype machine is more important to them than parity, balance, depth, quality, the sport itself, etc.

They're just giving strength to their salary cap. Wealthy teams were able to spend far beyond the cap previously, creating an unfair advantage.

The Lakers are one of those spendy teams, so sure it would be easier to lift those limits. Doesn't make it best for the league and more limited franchises.

 

[The Q]

They're just giving strength to their salary cap. Wealthy teams were able to spend far beyond the cap previously, creating an unfair advantage.

The Lakers are one of those spendy teams, so sure it would be easier to lift those limits. Doesn't make it best for the league and more limited franchises.

The cap didn’t even keep up with inflation

Terrible job by everyone

 

[shopson67]

The cap didn’t even keep up with inflation

Terrible job by everyone

Separate issue, but sure.