It was a little more complicated than that. Suns wanted Nash for the 4th overall and Bryant Reeves. That's a massive ask when trading a point guard you just upgraded on and had only drafted 6 months prior.
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It was a little more complicated than that. Suns wanted Nash for the 4th overall and Bryant Reeves. That's a massive ask when trading a point guard you just upgraded on and had only drafted 6 months prior.
Grizzlies had #3 and took Shareef, so no issues there. They had pick #22 and took Roy Rogers. Not sure if they felt they could sit and wait for Nash there or whether they were not able to move up to grab him.
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i was talking about his draft year. i should not have stated it as a fact though. let's call it an opinion.
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if we had taken nash instead of shareef that would have been one of the craziest (and obviously in retrospect correct) instances of reaching for a hometown kid ever
i mean, not just reef look at the other guys who were younger, were more distinguished going into the draft, and good in the league much faster that you’re leaving on the board: ray allen, starbury, antoine walker, freakin’ kobe
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Reef was a freshman. Pretty sure only Kobe was a HS kid. Others were also FR or So in college.
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Nash was a SR. Mid 90’s was when college kids came out much earlier than before. Used to be JR’s would come out then it went down to So and then FR and HS. Kids needed development.
Plus the game in the 90’s was more in the paint. And this very physical.
I think a trade up from the Rogers pick was more logical. Not sure what Van could have given to the holders of pick 13/14 to swap picks.
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First you're going to have to predict a handful of 18-20 year old players becoming impact players at the level of around Pettersson/Hughes over the next few seasons. If that doesn't pan out, you need to predict the teams yet to be taken 1st round lotto picks will pan out as such.
Unless you're lucky enough to land a Connor Bedard this isn't really something you can put a timeline on.
Agreed. I mean if Jake and OJ panned out but Petey/hughes didn’t Canucks are no where. Best case was a Hamhuis or maybe a Tuch but that doesn’t take you into PO consistently. So cbj turning sillinger or Johnson into something isn’t as impactful as if Fantilli/Lindstrom/Jiricek hit.
CBJ really, don’t think they see PO til like 2027 if those kids get close to where they hope they get. But very hard to guess.
I dunno, I just watch the Canucks. Have a kid and work life is insane, not going to waste my life watching CBJ lol
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We’re not going to even speculate on this. If there’s a credible report then we can discuss it. As it stands, the source of the rumour comes from an account that’s lied on Twitter for views before.
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Columbus built their arena on a former prison site where hundreds of people had died in a fire. It sure seems like that franchise is cursed. There’s plenty of articles around the internet suggesting that the arena district has long had some weird vibes around it.
Besides the terrible run of hockey stories — they already have had major tragedies like 13 year old Brittanie Cecil passing away from a slap shot that went into the stands, to Matiss Kivlenieks passing away at a team party from a stray firework.
This would just be another sad chapter in their team’s history. Hope it’s not true.
Besides the terrible run of hockey stories — they already have had major tragedies like 13 year old Brittanie Cecil passing away from a slap shot that went into the stands, to Matiss Kivlenieks passing away at a team party from a stray firework.
This would just be another sad chapter in their team’s history. Hope it’s not true.
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Jackets confirmed his passing. Rip
Devastating. What an absolute tragedy. Triggered by the memories of what happened to Luc Bourdon, but compounded by the thoughts of his young family.
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Rest In Peace Johnny Gaudreau
It's been confirmed. Absolutely awful. This is the same feeling I had when Luc passed. I don't know what to say.
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