The Official 2022 NBA Draft Talk Thread

[duckbutta]

Okc has missed two playoffs, you got teams like detroit, magics, kings etc who are consistently in the lottery every year eith no future. Det is doing better finally got weaver great gm ex okc assistant! I dont get this infactuation yall have with okc who are clearly rebuilding for the future by the draft. Its like some of yall would rather them be treadmill team and go .500 . This the 2nd year they been in the lottery in over 12 years. Ive seen a stat that talked about theyre one of the only teams who are consistently not in the top 5. This "hate" is weird.

I don't remember any of the teams you mentioned flat out telling veteran players they traded for who could help them win to go home until they can flip them for another 1st round pick like the Thunder did with Kemba and Hortford. There is being trash and then their is actively not having players even show up in the arena for a game cause you don't even want to take the chance that they teach a young player something that might help you win a game.

I'm also of the mind that Presti is just going to trade these guys again 2 or 3 years from now for picks cause you know...I got to see him NOT do it to believe it.

A treadmill team? What else would they be? It's fukking Oklahoma? Aint no more Durants or Westbrooks or Hardens on the way. A treadmill team in OKC would be a success. If presti actually built a treadmill team in OKC he deservers his flowers and then some.

You phrasing it at "missed two playoffs"...that's not what you did. You actively tried to lose every basketball game you played for two years . Thats like when I tell my wife "i washed dishes on monday" when its Wednesday and we got exactly 3 clean bowels in the whole house

Hinkie aint did yet but he rolling over in his grave at this bullshyt you guys pulling

 

[Loose]

I don't remember any of the teams you mentioned flat out telling veteran players they traded for who could help them win to go home until they can flip them for another 1st round pick like the Thunder did with Kemba and Hortford. There is being trash and then their is actively not having players even show up in the arena for a game cause you don't even want to take the chance that they teach a young player something that might help you win a game.

I'm also of the mind that Presti is just going to trade these guys again 2 or 3 years from now for picks cause you know...I got to see him NOT do it to believe it.

A treadmill team? What else would they be? It's fukking Oklahoma? Aint no more Durants or Westbrooks or Hardens on the way. A treadmill team in OKC would be a success. If presti actually built a treadmill team in OKC he deservers his flowers and then some.

You phrasing it at "missed two playoffs"...that's not what you did. You actively tried to lose every basketball game you played for two years . Thats like when I tell my wife "i washed dishes on monday" when its Wednesday and we got exactly 3 clean bowels in the whole house

Hinkie aint did yet but he rolling over in his grave at this bullshyt you guys pulling

Detroit literally stopped playing blake griffin fukk are you talking about , they just gave up grant for a pick cause he doesnt fit their rebuild. magic blew up their whole roster in order to not be competitive . " a treadmill team" in okc wouldnt be a success, thats not what ownership nor what the gm wants. Imagine being a basketball fan wanting teams to become treadmill teams so u can laugh at thrm losing yearly. Best way for any small market to turn around is through player development via the draft, bucks and phx didnt make the finals without the draft. Celtics built their whole damn team through the lotto. Im done replying to you, cause clearly u got some dumb ass agenda

 

[Box Factory]

Duckbutta really is a WOAT level poster. Always just rambles tthrough these long non sensical posts, doubling down on stupid, and closes it out with a barrage of smileys

Hot takes suck

 

[aceboon]

mans wanted to be in Houston

 

[The D-List Vet]

mans wanted to be in Houston

Paolo gone after his second contract

 

[#1 pick]

I don't remember any of the teams you mentioned flat out telling veteran players they traded for who could help them win to go home until they can flip them for another 1st round pick like the Thunder did with Kemba and Hortford. There is being trash and then their is actively not having players even show up in the arena for a game cause you don't even want to take the chance that they teach a young player something that might help you win a game.

I'm also of the mind that Presti is just going to trade these guys again 2 or 3 years from now for picks cause you know...I got to see him NOT do it to believe it.

A treadmill team? What else would they be? It's fukking Oklahoma? Aint no more Durants or Westbrooks or Hardens on the way. A treadmill team in OKC would be a success. If presti actually built a treadmill team in OKC he deservers his flowers and then some.

You phrasing it at "missed two playoffs"...that's not what you did. You actively tried to lose every basketball game you played for two years . Thats like when I tell my wife "i washed dishes on monday" when its Wednesday and we got exactly 3 clean bowels in the whole house

Hinkie aint did yet but he rolling over in his grave at this bullshyt you guys pulling

I wished the Hawks did that shyt during the Bobby Sura era.

 

[The D-List Vet]

How? Eventually they got to turn all this potential into an actual basketball team that wins games instead of a basketball team that tells Al Hortford to go home so they can lose games.

I don't get the infatuation with OKC or Presti. Dude hasn't done a real trade in years. If you got picks he will do whatever to get them no questions asked. He basically running a ponzi scheme. Stringing out this rebuild forever so he don't actually have to put a winning team on the floor cause that would require him to actually work instead of sending anybody away for a pick and taking anything back for a pick cause he might just flat out tell the player to go home. Cac mediocrity at its best. I can't wait for him to get praised 2 years from now when he trades Shai for 3 1st round picks cause the Thunder accidentally won 39 games and almost made the play in game.

I saw some reports saying he called up the Spurs offering up the number 2 pick. This dude scared to death of drafting an actual franchise player cause it means he can't set the GM role to auto on 2k

If OKC fails to get victor Wembanyama next year then we can start to criticize him.

 

[Easy-E]

I really wanted Mathurin in New Orleans, just like I wanted Vassell.

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Between Dejounte, Devin, Primo, J-Rich, and Tre...not sure how he even gets on the court.

I'm more surprised they got Wesley. He is the freak athlete player in the draft that some team always draft's way to early. That type of player NEVER falls to the spurs.

Well Lonnie did and he is as good as gone so...this probably doesn't work out for San Antonio either.

It's a guard league now. Bigs don't matter anymore

 

[Heavy_Handz]

Jalen Duren will be the best player in this draft.

Johnny Davis.

 

[Brozay]

@tremonthustler1 how do you like Dalen to Bulls? everyone is saying we signed the best undrafted FA - that true?

 

[who_better_than_me]

Paolo gone after his second contract

Dude had this same look all night as sick as he got drafted. He had his eyes set on Houston. The reports were he wanted to play with KPJ or dejournte Murray. He met with Hosuton Multiple times and more than any of there team. He was brushing off Orlando just on wednesdays.

 

[triplehate]

That's dope. He got city ties for real

 

[Brozay]

Dude had this same look all night as sick as he got drafted. He had his eyes set on Houston. The reports were he wanted to play with KPJ or dejournte Murray. He met with Hosuton Multiple times and more than any of there team. He was brushing off Orlando just on wednesdays.

I just heard he never once met with Orlando, that’s wild. He definitely thought he would be in Houston

 

[The D-List Vet]

Dude had this same look all night as sick as he got drafted. He had his eyes set on Houston. The reports were he wanted to play with KPJ or dejournte Murray. He met with Hosuton Multiple times and more than any of there team. He was brushing off Orlando just on wednesdays.

Breh the magic GM had an interview like three days before the draft a reporter asked him why Paolo keeps blowing you guys off? He was visibly angry the reporter was asking him if he is doing his job.