Soul Bro

It feels so good to have no bad contracts on our books.

“Source: It was the suit. Orlando passed on Dick because of his lobsta suit.” - @wojespn

Agree. That CBS article about Black is fantastic on this point. Sounds like he’ll out work everyone and do everything he can to ensure his team succeeds.

It's probably been stated, but with Black's drafting, I think the idea of signing Reaves is now off the table. It seems WeltHam are truly taking the homegrown approach to competing for a title.

https://dunkingwithwolves.com/2023/06/19/teams-biggest-threats-sign-naz-reid-from-timberwolves/

Regarding Jett, for those who haven’t seen him, he played SG almost every time I watched UM. His stroke is beautiful, but he often struggled with lateral movement on defense. I think if his defense improves, he could be a strong asset for this team.

I haven’t seen anyone make this reference, or perhaps I missed it, but I see Black as a taller version of Magic Fultz (not pre-injuries Fultz). Similar strengths and weaknesses. If both can learn to shoot, that’d be great, but I’m not holding my breath. I understand the pick and will support it, but I personally wanted Wallace over Black. The other thing that’s interesting to me is that Black is almost the exact opposite of Anthony. Personally, I think Cole has the lowest bb iq on the team and his defense is often awful, so I’m curious whether he’ll be on the team in a year.

This is what I hope to see

WeltHam were fully on the Gradey Dick train until they saw that suit. "We can't do that. We can't trust that guy anymore."

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You mean the sparkling lobsta???

Good thought. Let's see what happens

OKC jumped us for Wallace. Dang it!

Back up a page to see my own thoughts

I think OKC picks Bufkin. They jumped us!

Hollinger (and others) love Black. He was number 5 on Hollinger's board: https://theathletic.com/4520965/2023/05/16/nba-draft-2023-hollinger-top-20-prospects/

In a vacuum, I totally understand the Black pick. All sorts of scouts love his two-way game, bb iq, passing and team-first mentality. On our team, I think his fit is tough, as our outside shooting is rough and he's not a shooter..

Chill, Junkie! I want Scoot in O-Town.

Now the real draft starts... Let's go, Orlando!!!

Watch us go center at #6. Lol. Orlando would melt down.

Scoot's outfit and mouth bling are hilarious to me

Totally agree

I can't help it. I want Bilal with one of our picks, assuming we don't trade for Scoot :)

If we draft a guard, I'm super curious if/who we trade from our roster #lockedin