The Rockets may have benefitted, in a small way, from the fact that the teams at 2 and 3 are not point guard needy. Charlotte may be willing to drop down to four. If they're not, and want Brandon Miller, maybe Portland is willing to drop down a slot. Either way, I'm offering 4, Martin Jr, and the Clippers pick for 2. The Blazers had interest in Martin last year, FWIW. If I'm Stone, I'm making a deal happen for Scoot. We have the ammo. It's time to get it done.
Charlotte is not moving down 2 to 4…..we definitely could trade with Portland…Dame will be pissed drafting another point guard…he could give Portland our Brooklyn pick, KPJ and Martin for Scoot
Hard to imagine Hornets not wanting Miller and Portland not wanting Miller or Henderson to get a head start on the rebuild Portland might trade back if they prefer a Thompson twin over Miller 4th and some change for LaMelo
Those Teams I don't Believe want another Guard. Negotiations will be happening for months now. We will see, Definitely must trade KJ Martin Jr, Josh Christopher, 20th Pick Tari Eason as a Starter is needed.
Say Charlotte falls in love with Miller and takes him at 2. What does Portland do? To me, that pick goes up for sale, and they'd trade back a pick if they could get a Martin Jr and change.
I am pretty sure that the Blazers take Scoot. They need a young guy who can succeed Dame. Miller is Plan B.
Having watched the NBA too close, don't worry everyone, Rockets are great at Drafting with Lower Picks.
Forget Scoot dropping to 4. Any moron would know you’d just take him at 2 or 3 and trade him rather than pick ****ing Amen.
Lillard is 33.... so they would not mind taking on a younger guard prospect who needs at least 2-3 years to develop further.
I think they take Scoot or trade back for a twin Reddit is all agreeing Hornets should take Henderson no matter what. GSW ****ed up taking Wisemen over Melo for “fit”
Charlotte has been playing LaMelo next to Terry Rozier his entire career Idk why people are so sure they wouldn’t take a guard like Scoot…I’d much rather have Scoot-LaMelo moving forward than Rozier-LaMelo Brandon Miller makes a lot of sense for them too I can see Portland trading the pick to get help for Dame or just taking Scoot or Miller since they could pivot to trading Dame away at any moment as usual, the Rockets got screwed
I am not giving up on WIseman though. Lamelo is very flashy which is a Warrior thing. In hindsight teams would be all over Lamelo and he could at least net a nice player.
unironically, KPJ would be a good fit next to LaMelo. LaMelo is a pass first guard and KPJ can score to his heart's content on that team.
