We have Toronto’s (top 6 protected) and Charlotte’s picks (lot protected) next year so I’ve been interested enough to follow them both this season. Toronto was/is a popular pick of a team to blow it up via OG and Siakam trades and start a rebuild, but from how they’ve played so far this year they do not look like a bottom 6 team as is.

It’s early in the season but this pick is looking like it could be in the middle sweet spot for a team that is neither top 10 nor bottom six. And I think we benefit from Masai’s stubbornness as he showed last season by not trading Van Vleet or taking some good offers for OG.

Charlotte is a total shitshow and the best I could see for them is maybe fighting for a play-inn spot once they get their abuser back and manage to stay healthy.

I don’t follow college at all so the mock drafts don’t do much for me but having more swings high in the draft is always a good thing. For the more informed of you, where do y’all see the Toronto pick possibly landing and what do y’all think about making both picks versus packaging them for a trade (be it a player or higher draft spot)?