Should the OKC Thunder consider making a move to draft Cooper Flagg?
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Nobody in their right mind would trade Cooper Flagg for those picks, and a small "chance" to get a high pick in another draft….there's a solid chance none of those OKC picks ends up even being top-7….Absolutely crazy over-valuation of those OKC picks
Omg a runger memeber whose face matches their voice. I never thought id see the day
The Hornets traded away Shai on draft night , Would not make the same mistake again .
Is Cooper good enough to fetch like 4 first round picks?
Would GM Bill make that trade if he was Charlotte?
Of course not, he'd ridicule the GM that made that trade
If you have what you think is a generational talent, you absolutely can't trade that for future picks. First round picks are overrated…..unless they are very high, and depending on the talent in that draft year.
Not giving up ALL THOSE picks for him.
Funny how you can't stop talking about OKC when you crapped on them FOR YEARS!!
The hypocrisy is par for the course from you guys!
Trade Cooper to the warriors
That’s 4 Championships, Shai, Jaylen Williams, Cooper, Chet and Hartenstein. That’s rings right there!
they're bound to an expensive roster anyway. one year or the next they'll have to let someone go. Chet is already in the second year of his rookie deal, SGA have 2 more seasons before the megamax, they paid harteinstein for 3 seasons, Williams is an all star, Dort could get paid everywhere… they don't have that many years left with a roster that deep once the main guys get paid
If this class was better outside Flagg and Harper and/or Flagg was worse, then I'd think about it a bit if I were the Hornets in this hypothetical scenario ngl
Don’t forget about AJ Dybansta next year
The team picking number 1 would never do this
Dybantsa is a better prospect already than Flagg. Flaggs too slow footed. could he be Luka type maybe but think hes an all star but not top tier
Am I out of my mind to think Cooper Flagg is just like a very solid 3rd option star like a Shawn Marion type?
My God he's right
Thunder are gonna cheap out on a championship team… again.
No one is trading the right to pick CF for any amount of picks. They'd have to trade Chet or JW.
I had this idea when Wemby was drafted. Trade ALL the picks you own for Wemby. Would it be worth?
(Turns out Wemby > 31 total picks lol)
No one would do that trade.
I didn't hate the idea… Only problem is they need a secondary scorer… Flagg not gonna be that day 1
yes they should start tanking, thank you
Moving from 7 to 1 might be a reach, regardless of the amount of draft capital OKC offers, if the team with the first pick thinks Flagg is an all-NBA talent. But, maybe OKC considers trying something similar to move up to the 2nd or 3rd pick since Harper and Bailey are also considered to be prospects that could be worthy of the 1st pick in most drafts. Honestly wouldn’t be shocked if a team took Bailey over Flagg anyways. Surprised. But not shocked.
bill please stop giving them ideas they're already good enough
I wonder if throwing half a treasure chest to keep Harper and Ace Bailey together! Would that be 90% as good as no Cooper flag if a team gets pick 2 or 3
My favorite 2k myleague strat
I'm just not sure Flagg is a Star. He's undersized
OKC picks are gonna suck late 1st rounders all of them
Ima love it when Dylan Harper is the best guard of these Anthony Black Stephon Castle Jalen Suggs Cade Cunningham built guards in a couple years.