I think he’ll do something very similar to what he did with the Knicks and Clippers with a lot of those pick, where he may very well hold onto a lot of them, but essentially suspend the pick, and keep it as an option for the future by trading them for future picks

This is a young team with already lots of talent, and it be very premature to jump the gun and flip some of these assets for a vet they might not even need

Here’s my opinion, which doesn’t mean much. This trade deadline or in the off-season bertans will get moved. Next year he’s an expiring, so maybe easier to flip in the summer. Then you have lindy and Sarr as 2 way guys that I think will be let go, and lastly we may get a couple of moves like we saw with JRE where we flip some of the end of the bench guys for future picks to clear up spots. With all that being said I think we keep most of our picks and maybe package a couple to move up a few spots. We have seen that when presti has his eyes on a guy, he isn’t scared to trade up, but sometimes they may want more that he feels it’s worth (like I believe we were rumored to be trying to get up even higher than 10 last year, but it was steeper and he made a deal to get cason, who we can all agree is working out perfectly) , but as far as trading for a big star I don’t see it. There’s only few guys that I think really make sense as far as age and scheme for us, and they won’t be available lol. Bam, Barnes, maybe like a JJJ. So I think we keep them convert who we can to two way and keep the luxury of having future depth until something that is absolutely perfect for us comes up

I wouldn’t mind trading 1 rn for an unprotected/slightly protected 3-4 years down the line. I feel when you are a championship contender, having these assets will help you retool everytime.

Kick the can down the road for endless lottery refills.

1. Get Massive Jacked Center

2. Make Chet eat more and turn him into a Massive Jacked Center

3.OKC literally becomes the Monstars from Space Jam.

4. ???

5. PROFIT

Going after JDubs brother

He’s gonna draft someone who will be good enough NOW to play meaningful minutes, while still having the upside to grow.

The guy will be good enough to where fans are gonna start asking “will he end up replacing X in the rotation.”

My guess is a forward and he’s gonna compete with Kenrich/Ous/JWill to come in as a 7th man forward. Hopefully he starts by being a good learner and allows himself to be mentored by Kenrich. He’ll be a good rebounder and defender and he’ll end up getting solid rotation minutes.

Cooper Flagg in this role to start his career would be crazy, then eventually crack the starting lineup replacing Giddey/Dort.

trade some and then look to draft some 3-4yr college “NBA ready” guys who can contribute right away for cheap (e.g. Christian Braun, Herb Jones, Ochai Agbaji; Keegan Murray, Jalen Williams himself, etc)