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I mostly love this idea, but I'd rather go for Peyton Watson or Tari Eason over Keon Ellis personally and have Dort at the POA and either Watson or Eason at the wing. I feel like we could get a S&T done with Houston for Eason pretty easily, considering they already have a ton of talented young players on their roster and could get a valuable First for trading Eason.

Granted, doing that would be a bit of an "all in" move alongside drafting this year's First, trading the '31 for Dort and an OKC pick.

That said, if we can still do it by then, I'd love to draft Morez Johnson Jr. at #23 after securing Mara first with the OKC pick. Recreate that Double Big frontcourt from Michigan and swap in Eason or Watson at the 3 in lieu of Lendeborg.

 

that’s what that 4th quarter was in the Heat/Wizard game

 

This morning I heard a replay of a guy who was there for Wilt’s 100 point game. I’d heard the interview years ago. Originally I thought “man, what a hater” as the guy basically said the game was a farce and they forced Wilt the ball, made dumb fouls and even the other team helped him get the record. Now, I completely get it.

If that guy watched what we saw last night then he was 100% correct and my apologies to him.

 

Same group of media types calling our championship a Mickey Mouse ring want us to respect this.

 

….. and 100% that was NOT the way Kobe got his 80 OR his 60 in his last game. Those weren’t bogus either.

 

After last night, I wouldn't be at all surprised if we see someone beat Wilt's record in the next few years doing exactly what Bam did to get to 83 and what Wilt apparently did in his 100 point game.

Kinda makes me feel ill thinking about that though...

 

I'd flip those assignments. Dort has about 20 pounds on Watson despite being 4 inches shorter. Watson is better defending guards and lankier wings than he is guarding the bigger wings, whereas Dort's whole thing is the physicality.

As for Eason, I think Jabari Smith might end up being the guy that becomes available rather than Eason. They can slide KD to the 4 and start Eason who's both the better spot-up shooter and perimeter defender IMO. Jabari has a more expansive offensive game IMO, but I'm not sure they need that as much around the Amen/KD/Sengun trio. I saw someone on Reddit propose Vando + 2 firsts for Jabari, which I thought was interesting. Udoka is one of the few coaches that might actually want to play Vando significant minutes since he's obsessed with defense. Jabari would slot in as our starting 4 and be something like a more mobile Rui.

 

wizards seemed to at least be trying their best to stop him. they were triple teaming him at the end

but not much they can do when the heat kept fouling in the backcourt to get the ball back

 

You bring up a fair point on Dort and Watson. Still I have a really hard time seeing Dort at the 4 considering his height is 6'4", even with his physicality. He's way more of a natural 2 or 3 IMO.

I think Eason's probably easier to flip due to his RFA status and his health issues could be a potential point of concern for Houston re-signing him long term. But I certainly wouldn't say no to us trading for Jabari Smith Jr.

That said, if we do go after Dort on Draft Night in the way that Showtime and I have been speculating, we'd only have one remaining First left afterwards to trade- which is another reason I could see Eason being an easier target for us than Jabari; he's likely got a lower price tag from Houston.

 

Lakers were losing to Toronto by 18 points in second quarter when Kobe set his record,our best second player in the game was... awesome Smush lol
Bam yesterday played entire second half and was substituted only for last minute after he got 83 points.
So congrats on your record,but it wasn't good

 

f*** Heat Culture.

 

see that’s the s*** I didn’t like. The fouling in the backcourt. If it’s gonna happen let it happen. But in the flow of the game. Not like that. This was a force.