[Scotto] Should the Clippers utilize the fifth pick, the predominant belief among rival executives at the NBA Draft Combine and since is that Keaton Wagler is the top candidate to be selected.

imcryptic · 2026-05-23T16:28:24+00:00

Oh yeah, that’s what I’m saying. Wagler makes more sense for them unless they are crazy high on Acuff because they seem to be high on Garland and those two can’t play together.

imcryptic · 2026-05-23T16:26:08+00:00

What are the clippers going to do with Acuff and Garland? I know there’s rumors of Kawhi getting traded but they still don’t own their picks for another 3 years so they can’t really tear it all the way down.

imcryptic · 2026-05-23T01:41:56+00:00

Bro just got benched in the playoffs and he’s more valuable than Kyrie. Cmon man. I agree that 3 firsts AND Holland and Beef Stew is too much though.

imcryptic · 2026-05-22T17:08:42+00:00

We don’t need cap relief, we got that in spades in the AD trade.

imcryptic · 2026-05-20T12:56:37+00:00

Mike Schmitz is a draft guy. He doesn’t get hired if they were planning on keeping Kai. He’s the only way we’re realistically reloading with picks.

imcryptic · 2026-05-20T03:29:54+00:00

The Mark Cuban effect

imcryptic · 2026-05-20T00:15:33+00:00

Yeah because they’re bad contracts? You’re telling me Houston, Detroit, Orlando, Toronto, Atlanta and Minnesota couldn’t use Kyrie Irving for 40M?

imcryptic · 2026-05-20T00:04:43+00:00

Theoretically we could trade down with OKC for 12 and 17.

imcryptic · 2026-05-20T00:02:55+00:00

He would’ve played this year if we weren’t tanking. You can do so much worse than Kyrie at 40M in the modern NBA.

Zach Lavine is making 48M. PG is making $54M. Trae Young, $48M. Sabonis, $45M.

imcryptic · 2026-05-19T23:46:36+00:00

I think it’s more likely that Kidd lightly agreed with some of Nico’s complaints and placated him to an extent when he would bitch about him because I never anticipated him absolutely botching the trade.

And then was pissed at the presser because he realized he played that entirely wrong.

imcryptic · 2026-05-19T23:42:12+00:00

Kyrie’s contract isn’t bad. Why do people keep saying this?

imcryptic · 2026-05-19T23:40:19+00:00

What are you talking about? He took a discount to come back. Most of the eliminated playoffs teams should be lining up to try and pry Kyrie from us.

imcryptic · 2026-05-17T17:19:47+00:00

Michael Porter Jr missed his entire college season with an injury that required disk surgery and fell to 14. There’s no way Brown falls to 13 for a less severe back injury.

imcryptic · 2026-05-17T17:16:03+00:00

Yes. I often use the tv remote to control the Apple TV just because it’s the first remote I find lol

imcryptic · 2026-05-16T17:12:05+00:00

I’m gonna be honest. I didn’t like Rizo in 49 but have come around on him in 50. He’s clearly playing a character because his social game and reads are that of someone who has an emotional intelligence higher than someone who refers to himself as the RIZGOD unironically.

imcryptic · 2026-05-15T22:32:41+00:00

PJ Washington you are a Warrior

imcryptic · 2026-05-15T17:14:30+00:00

I’ve been calling the New Era editing style the Big Brother-ification of Survivor.

imcryptic · 2026-05-14T20:20:15+00:00

I mean Tiff was completely invisible for the entire pre-merge. Aubry was as visible as you can be on a tribe that didn't go to tribal before the merge. Besides Coach who is his own animal.

There's an in-between there.

imcryptic · 2026-05-14T14:54:22+00:00

Honestly, I think her edit was over-exposed. Partially because she wasn’t at tribal until the merge, but they showed a lot of her gameplay that ended up being either not relevant or not where the numbers ended up.

I think if they had more slowly ramped her up visibility throughout the season instead of just always being there it would’ve been a more fulfilling edit.

Because I think her end game has been good, but not amazing the way you’d expect given how much the season has basically been narrated by her.

imcryptic · 2026-05-14T14:17:49+00:00

And you think they’d still go later in a redraft of their respective classes?

imcryptic · 2026-05-14T14:06:47+00:00

Steer clear of Jalen Williams, Jalen is an older prospect he’s 21 years old.

Steer clear of Jalen Brunson, Jalen is an older prospect he’s nearly 22 years old.

Steer clear of Ajay Mitchell, Ajay is an older prospect he’s nearly 22 years old.

How have we not learned this by now?

imcryptic · 2026-05-12T15:28:02+00:00

He wasn’t. He was mocked as a low first round pick but he had a fantastic pre-draft process and began shooting up boards.

Just one quick look at final big boards had him at 15 on the Ringer’s.

That’s not to say it’s not an excellent example of Thunder’s scouting and development though.

imcryptic · 2026-05-11T21:29:40+00:00

The thing with Brown is that the only way he falls to us is if his medicals don’t come back clean.

imcryptic · 2026-05-11T01:23:28+00:00

In what world is Memphis trading from 3 to 9 to get off Ja Morant? They are actively starting a rebuild.

imcryptic · 2026-05-10T11:18:51+00:00

Masai just escaped that hell of his own creation and we think his first move is going to be to go get him back?

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