You want a deep dive into a very fun under the radar team with pop potential while potentially being on the cusp of last all at the same time? You got it. Josh, I don’t know you well, but I’ve grown accustom to your team as I swam in baseball nerd land for a couple of hours looking at this squad. This 100% will be the longest of all of the PP’s due to Josh’ mix of youth and talent. He has uniqueness on his team that the casual fan wouldn’t know about. Look, I graded him out at 8th in hitting, 8th in pitching, and ultimately 8th overall. So, I don’t mean to tell you that the baseball-theology we are about to discuss changes those projections, but it will reveal some dynasty beauty from Josh.

Let’s start with a fun one. The Orix Buffalo’s star outfielder hit for a .327 average, 467 RBI, and 133 home runs in just 7 years in Japan. Masataka Yoshida. Yoshida is a household name in Japan and may one day be in the US. Shohei Ohtani has now made it some-what cool to be of Asian descent and be a pitcher in the big leagues (I.e Kodai Senga), but a position player always gets an unwarranted amount of skepticism when coming over to play in the US. Take Shogo Akiyama for example, he was the first Japanese player to EVER play for the Cincinnati Reds. The concerns ran-amuck always focused around catch-up to the speed of the game (pitching), the talent of the game, and the lack of power provided. Quite honestly every single concern came to fruition on the field for Akiyama. Can Masataka Yoshida be different? Well, sit back and buckle in, and listen to these mlb.com batting projections for Yoshi. They have projected Yoshida to have a .388 xOBP (expected on base percentage). If you don’t know what a good xOBP is well you do now. That projection lands him SECOND OVERALL in OBP just behind the OBP king in Juan Soto. His projects OPS (on base + slugging) you ask? Oh just a .867 xOPS good for top 10 in all of the league. Oh and batting average…hold on to your seatbelt. They have projected Yoshida to hot .298, second highest to Luis Arraez last years AL batting champion. I did not know they felt this type of way about Masataka Yoshida, but if I’m Josh I’m not complaining. Josh if you get yourself a player that nears any of those metrics you have struck gold. The Red Sox garnered some flack from the league at large due to how much they committed to Yoshi, 5 years $90 ($18 mil. AAV). It wasn’t all Yoshi’s fault, the Red Sox elected to skip out on resigning Boegarts and sent Jeter Downs off the 40-man to add Yoshida. Jeter Downs was a large part of the Mookie Betts trade so a lot was going on with the Yoshi signing. xOBP .388 / xOPS .867 / xBA .298 ……………….

The face of baseball in 2023? At least for gamers this is somewhat true. Jazz Chisholm will be the face of MLB the Show in 2023 and a hot commodity for Josh this season. Jazz has already garnered trade inquiry from multiple teams this off-season and is poised to make another large step this coming season. Injuries set Chisholm back last season but he looks to out all of that behind him in his ‘cover year.’ He only hits for a career .305 OBP but he has been a guy that provides speed and power. Jazz will be a player to watch with the new rules being implemented and how they help his running game. He has stolen 37 bags in his 205 big-league games and that should only increase this season. A wrinkle to his game this year will be making the transition to center field as he was vocal to Marlins GM, Kim Ng, over the off-season about making the translation from in field to outfield if the team needed. In the most Jazz way ever he also announced that he will win a Gold Glove in center, never lacking confidence. But I’m many ways Jazz needs to show consistency at the plate this season and on the field. A deep look into Jazz and his AB’s: Jazz is seeing less and less fastballs as his career goes on — from around 55% in 2020 to just about 50% in 2022. Jazz bangs fastballs. Of his 34 career homers, 22 of them came via the fastball. But interestingly enough, he has only EVER hit 2 home runs off of an “off speed” pitch. That distinction is basically speaking to the changeup and the splitter (fork, screw also involved). His xBA against an off-speed pitch last year was just .202 and his put away percentage was 28% on both the aforementioned off-speed pitch and the ‘breaking’ pitches (curveball, slider). He has to learn how to bang the off-speed and breaking balls to be a complete star hitter in this league. When he did play last year —- he average 4 FTP/g, so I guess he’s doing just fine.

Oneil Cruz is a star in the making. But he has to fix his chase rate and his strikeout rate in 2023. He’s a boom or bust hitter right now, and Josh needs him to be a power+average hitter. This is why his FTP/g last year was just 2.8. He’s much better than that and I would bank on him maturing in those areas over the next couple of years.

Strider the reliever. This is a cheat code for Josh as long as Spencer Strider can stay reliever eligible. I wonder if we aren’t in for a Fantrax rude awakening when some of these players lose position eligibility. Strider is obviously the greatest reliever of all time right now if that’s what he’s going to be. He’s a starter who may throw 150 innings this year at a Cy Young rate. Great reliever material. StRIDE it while you can.

Speaking of Cy Young…what about Cy Young runner-up Dylan Cease of the Chicago White Sox leading this rotation!? He’s a stud. And that will not change. His running mate, Michale Kopech, on the other hand has a lot to live up to. He’s got a lot of life on his ball but he has to hone in the skills to get guys out on a consistent basis. Kopech is a boom-bust candidate for me this year.

The Milwaukee CLOSERS unite. It will interesting to see what Devin Williams looks like with an entire season of work as the everyday closer in Milwaukee. He worked at a 4.3 FTP/g last year which is top tier closer material. Josh Hader, the old Brewers closer, worked at a 4.4 FTP/g last year and actually could improve on this number as he spiraled a little late. Josh has really good closers who will work as 2 of the top 5 closers in the game in my opinion.

Josh, you have a ton working for you as a dynasty club. This year may not be your year, but why not have all of the stars align and prove me wrong? If Yoshi is the projections, Chaz takes the step, Kopech becomes Cease, and Oneil Cruz adds patience you could seriously sneak up on a lot of teams. I say 8th overall, prove me wrong!

Mitch will very likely finish outside of the playoffs (3-8) in both of the first two seasons of the dynasty era. I know I am projecting a little to far ahead but the path for this outcome, outside of Luke and Mark plummeting, will likely take shape. He will have a chance at chasing Luke (5-6) who faces the top seeded Kyle this week while Mitch has the bye week (alec). But, if he does he only has bragging rights on finishing 7th back-to-back years in that scenario and would miss the playoffs by just one spot once more. So tank for a top 3 pick next year and rebuild, right? No. Mitch doesn’t hold his 23’ pick in the mystery of when/where/how that pick landed in Alec’s lap (maybe a further investigation would suffice). We really can’t put our finger on how the records show that Alec has it. We believe it was in a trade but we don’t really know for sure…

Anyway. Mitch is in an very peculiar spot. He has mountain movers in Embiid & Giannis but only prototypes elsewhere.

Prototype 1: The Support ling Star

-this list only really holds one player: Jalen Brunson (24/game). Brunson is a great supporting star to the Mountain Movers but he is alone in the support boat.

The Future Stars:

-This list is long. I think that’s both good and bad. Mathurin (13.45), Poole (16), Vassal (19), OG (20), Ayo (12), Stewart?, Smith Jr. (13.65), Holmgren. You never can have enough Supporting Stars but I do believe you can have to many Future Stars. Especially when your trying to compete now as Mitch has been. This is kind of his achilles heel. Mitch only has 4 players who average 20 or better. For comparison, Luke just one spot ahead of him, has 10 players that fit this bill. And Luke isn’t exactly the gold standard. There is just to much mediocre play in the thick of his weekly lineups. The stars will shine but his week is predominantly decided by these 6 players. Are they close to averaging 20+ that week or mid-teens? Take week 4 as an example of this: 908.50 to 835.50 Mitch defeats Eric: Giannis was banged up (21 total points that week) // Embiid had 182.50!! Durant had 147!! Brunson had 100! Almost no supporting cast though. Eric had 6 INJ tags that week and the scenario worked out for the win. But it had to be done by the play of the Mountain Movers and Supporting Star.

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My questions:
1) You’ve kept the big stars through the early struggles (Embiid, Giannis Brunson), do you see yourself keeping these guys and working a rebuke through the draft (3 1st round picks over the next 2 years) or what are you looking at to improve the current roster? 2) You also have a strong young core (Mathurin, Holmgren, Smith Jr., Anunoby), is this a run-it-back type young core or would you look to deal a couple of them for a star at the deadline? 3) are you looking to push to the 6th seed and make the playoffs or stay at the 8th seed and squire the 3rd overall draft pick in 23’?

His responses: “Losing this week will probably push us into gearing up for next season…. But not so fast on trading big names, more likely to move Math, and Smith Jr. I think Embiid, and Giannis have a lot of tread left on the tires.”

I believe he is right about the mountain movers. I know that he has regretted the Durant trade. But, even in that one it wasn’t a bad load to get back now that he is pursuing a rebrand. He gave away a supporting star in McCollum in that one that kind of solidified his standing. He does currently hold the 4th best draft spot (luke) heading into 23’ but I’d actually like to see Mitch do the heavy listing of the rebrand on the active roster side rather than through the draft. He had to much star power to not and his draft selection isn’t predicated on his record or seeding. So, why not do all of the rebranding this season? Work the trade market, specifically to those who aren’t in the playoff hunt (colt, Alec, maybe Luke 😎) and see if you can’t form a reliable set of supporting cast members and unload your young assets as he alluded to in his responses. Trade away Smith jr. (Albeit a trade low scenario) and a Benn Mathurin who is beloved in this league. He was in talks just yesterday to acquire a star in Ja Morant.

Mitch could move both of Luke’s picks (23’ and 24’ 1st) and all of his tour. Assets for 2-3 supporting stars or mountain movers. Ja Morant, Trae Young, Harden, LBJ, Harden, Ayton, Butler. Big names on a team already with a few mountain movers. I know he wants to compete NOW. This is the closest thing to that. Go get crazy on the trade market. Make some fine tuning moves along with grabbing a few big names and turn a rebuke into a right-now-relevant team. Can’t wait to see it!

“Pick up players who score points. Trade for players who score more points than your players. Keep picking up players who score points.”

This was Dallas‘s eloquent response when asked about his strategy to stay relevant. One can’t really argue with the results though. Dallas ranks 4th in total transactions made this season (41 – behind Eric, Alex, and Luke). He has always ranked T5 in this category. He doesn’t normally shop on the trade market though. He’s a tough negotiator and probably the 2nd hardest player to trade with (Kyle being by far and away the most difficult). If my count is correct — Dallas has made 2 trades over the span of the Dynasty style tied for the least (kyle) compared to 18 (luke the) which is the most over that 2 year span. Dallas currently has a league high of 8 players that he began the season with. He values his guys normally higher than most. But, once again? Who can blame him? It normally works out for him. Last year was a bit of a question mark…until it wasn’t..! He slid into 6th after Mitch had a stronghold on it for most of the season. A lack of roster management by Mitch let Dallas get hot…then boiling…then EN FUEGO. In a league wide vote heading I got he 22’ playoffs he was unanimously voted as the team no one wanted to face. Then, If all of that wasn’t enough, they made a swap for stars (in the fairest trade of all time) with DeRozan going to the Approved (they were tied on January 30th). This all but solidified Dallas as a serious contender that would go on to win it all.

Dallas has mastered the mid-level exception type of player when it comes to our league. Not that they actually are those players but they may be the equivalent in the dynasty. Bobby Portis (really… averaging 20), Brook Lopez, Josh Hart, Dinwiddie). All of these players are V boring. But boring has got him to 7-3, along with his star studded top tier players in Luka Doncic and The Joker. He also has been scored against the most this season (8,917) while ranking 2nd in Points For.

The more you look at his team the more it just makes basketball sense. He finds consistent production over a long period of time and leaves room for a WW spot to play with 5-7 times a week.

Probably the best fantasy player in the league with his championship background and consistency.

Next year I got this. I’m building something. If I could just get healthy. I’m tanking. Wait, no I’m not. I’m tanking again. Watch I’ll win it all next year. Mr. 3 transaction Jackson (2021-22). Livin on a dream. I’ve got 5 picks what are you going to do about it? F you!

It’s something like this. The dream world of a almost but normally not almost kinda-ALmost relevant fantasy team. Ok but for real. Alec is almost ready. His team is bound to be good in the next 6 to 1 years. He has 6 draft selections in 23’ and 5 of them are 1st and ALmost all of them are high value picks. Alec drafted P. Banchero, D. Daniels, and J. Sochan who all are still currently rostered in his team. He could have 9 picks over the 22-23’ and 23-24’ seasons on his roster in the future. Do I think that will happen? No. But the draft capital is absolutely insane. And I’m my opinion this is what makes the dynasty format so sweet. Alec l, if he remained healthy, really could have competed this year. Between weeks 3 & 4 Alec made a conscious decision to see what he had. Could he compete? He was actually competing without trying (or that was his normal involvement? Idk) but it was happening. Right away he lost Banchero and a couple other big name players on his roster and he quickly reverted back to tanking.

Luke has heavily sought after Trae Young and I’ve heard rumblings of other teams looking at FVV, Desmond Bane, and Lauri Markkanen. But it seems like the only player he’d really like to move on is Gary Trent Jr. (He averages 13 points…).

So the really only thing that matters is this:

Victor Wembanyama

Scoot Henderson

Amen Thompson

Nick Smith Jr.

Can Whitmore

They might as well all be added to Alec and his ALready young roster.

My questions: 1) At one point early on you were committed to tanking, then you were all in on competing for a short stent, and now you are back to tanking. With that short span of really competitive play, do you think you are a top 3 team next season with your current roster and your record FOUR 1st round picks next season (basically all high picks) heading into next years campaign? Explain in full

His answer:
I have five first round picks actually. I don’t know if I can win a regular season title next year, but I do think I’ll make the playoffs, and we all know anything can happen then.

ALready but not yet!

Mark has competed from the very moment he entered this league. Must be something in the Kwiatkowski household water. They have a knack for fantasy relevance. Last year he entered the playoffs with a bye. This year he is currently sitting in the 6th seed tied with Luke at 4-6 and they both look likely to improve to 5-6 after this weeks wins over Brent and Mitch respectively. When asked about the age/stage of his team (relatively old) and his current 6th seed he said, “Making the playoffs is my worry this year. Don’t care about seeding.”

How is Luke getting these quotes you ask? Because people actually filled out the form unlike you!

I told you. Like the title of this edition of the I.T.D — he’s a shark by name and by trade. He just wants to win. He isn’t worried about the age or stage of his roster — he only concerns himself with making the playoffs and seeing what happens. this is a wise assessment because we have already seen THREE 6th seeds make the playoffs and go on to win it all. (Insert a proposition from the commissioner to have the highest payout go to regular season champ and no money to runner up).

3) Of the 3 current big stars (harden, James, Mitchell) who would you be most willing to deal at the deadline?

“I would be willing on trading any of those three but Mitchell is the guy I think would get the most value in a trade”

I agree —Mitchell would be a star who would pull a serious offer to land. Although, in his current state, he is very balanced across the board and doesn’t have the space to take on a 3 for 1. It’s a Kwiatkowski thing.

Big shoes to fill. The old Colt had a large reputation. One as big as a nuke trade set off at 1am after to much aqua vitae.

I like the new Colt! The injury bug does too. he has sustained a consonant set of INJ tags throughout his tenure with the Dynasty. To this point he said, “disappointed in injuries happening at inconvenient times.” No one said it would be easy finding your legs in the greatest fantasy basketball league in history, but this hasn’t helped his journey. Colt, aka ‘Pain. Suffering.,’ hasn’t been afraid to deal assets to help improve his roster that is centered around Ja Morant, KPJ, Time Lord, and Bol Bol (included is the best trade he has ever made *link) who he acquired ALL of them via trade. Don’t ever question his zeal to make his team better via trade. He also acquired J. Ivey via the first pick of the 22’ draft. He also passed up on young star P. Banchero to get him.

So where does Colt see his team now that he is 1-9 with what seemed to be a roster that could be closer to .500 at the end of the year?

“I like my roster but I’m looking to get rid of a couple guys when the draft comes around. I’m fine with my spots and not willing to overpay for a top 3 pick. Alec would be difficult.”

When asked how he felt about his roster, the disappointment of 1-9, and if he will look to jump up in the draft as his highest pick this coming year in the draft is 5th. He currently holds Mark and Dallas’ picks. Eric holds his 23’ pick.

I don’t think this edition of I.T.D would be complete without examining his past trades:

Rozier / Kuzma to Eric for Okadipo (WW) & Robert Williams. —- trade grade: B —- I don’t mind this trade at all. He gets better over the long haul with what I’d call win-now fringe guys moving off his roster and a centerpiece in Williams coming over (barring health).

Trade — he acquired Levert, Bol Bol, and 2 2nd (23’ & 24’) trade grade: B+ —- another solid trade especially with the addition of Bol Bol and his breakout season.

Trade — THIS IS A GOOD TRADE — he acquired K. Murray for J. Hart. Trade grade: A+ — that’s what I’m talking about!

Not what I’m talking about: Dlo for Tate // KPJ & J. Allen for Sexton & Draymond // Aaron Gordon for Eric’s 23’ 1st (with Alec). // TRADE if he drafted Banchero this is t a problem but Murray, J. Smith jr. Is better than Ivey.

All in all — Colt is a large benefit to this league. Zach and Colt Duke were a sore spot to a great league and we more than welcome Contuzenburg.

This season has gone, for some, exactly as planned. draft well / use the wire when needed / make trades to push toward the championship. Rinse and repeat. However, even those who are following said plan, do not execute it the exact same way. Take Kyle and Auk for as an example of how different contenders go about business in different ways. Kyle usually has his phone off the hook and is watching his Cats & Co. take the top seed along with a zero in the loss column. But…not the ‘Auk Files.’ Auk shoots trades over faster than Luke on his wedding night. Auk on his Auk File Strategy — “I get great joy of making opposing team GMs take the time out of their scouting to open their phone, look at trade, and decline.”

Kyle declined the interview request on his trade strategy, consistent with his unplugged mentality, but why have a strategy when you are 10-0?

Auk is not quite 10-0. But, he does sit at 7-3 and is currently sitting in the 4th playoff spot. He is tied with Dallas at 7-3 but trails him by over 1,000 fantasy points. When asked how he can sure up his mid-to-high playoff spot he said: “I need Middleton to get back or close to ‘22 levels and steph to be healthy and I’ll have a chance, still need 1-2 pieces though.” It’s not looking likely that the former will be an easy thing to accomplish while the latter is a sure thing in Steph Curry. Who could be those 1-2 pieces he could add? Maybe they were on his roster (Tre Jones, Capela, A. Simons, and FVV) in which he traded a heavy load to receive Bam and John Collins (both are not rostered on his team anymore) on 10/30 2022. In Auk’s view this is the worst trade he’s ever made. But nevertheless, who could he look to add? I believe the answer is fellow Auk File employee to Julius Randle in Jalen Brunson (who was involved in the fairest trade in league history). Brunson is housed on a non-playoff team (Mitch) but has been excellent in his new digs. He is averaging 23.40/per game and would fit in nicely. Mitch like Brunson though. Who can blame him? What if Auk sent sharp shooter Khris Middleton (who will find himself again once he isn’t injured), Aaron Gordon (averaging 21 and ranked 73), Klay Thompson ( who already found himself again) plus Auk’s 23’ 2nd and 24’ 2nd. YES it is a load for Brunson (23.40 / ranked 26). But he is ranked 24th overall. He immediately becomes the 3rd best player on a championship contending team. And I believe that package does a lot for Mitch. He adds 3 pieces who are very respected NBA talents and 2 of them when right are the best shooters in the NBA bar-none. Leave Auk Files behind just one time and go get a guy for what he’s actually worth.

Eric / Mark / Kyle

None of these owners are easy to make a trade with. None. In some instances it is response time per text (RTPT) in Kyle’s case, but for the Kwiatkowski’s it is due to the log jam of success. This success that they have acquired is irrefutable, but the path they have taken to get there poses one large gap. That gap is the trade market. Eric, who seems to be the eager beaver in every tweeted player made available, has almost an impossible time making his team better due to the age/stage of his players. You don’t dangle LBJ, AD, Beal, Harden, Vucevic, Irving, Porzingis, Lowry, Nurkic (TO NAME A FEW) to lower half teams who are looking to stockpile draft picks and young assets. It is both why they are in the playoff hunt and why they can’t make the team any better than it already is. Eric has dangled Robert Williams, Porzingis, AD in a multitude of reported deals but one thing remains the same with each opponents decline “they get hurt to much” or “they are to old to fit my timeline.” This log jam is both celebrated and frustrating for teams trying to improve come playoff time and for Eric this isn’t his first Log Jam season!

The Contenders:

Dallas, Kyle, & Auk:

These teams are the clear favorite to finish in the top 3rd of our league come playoff time. Both Kyle and Auk will advance to 5-0 by Monday and Dallas will fall to 3-2 (only because he played Kyle). Auk’s team comes as a surprise though and I believe his team is the most likely of the bunch to fall out of the first 3 seeds due to his PF (points for). He had scored 3,504 points so far which ranks 4th in our league and Mark is a close competitor in this regard at 3,461 PF. Kyle seems to be the leagues favorite but all 3 teams have been engaged in some preliminary trade talks — looking to send young talent for one more premiere player to help them make a push toward the summit.

The 2’s is Who’s? Idk

Eric, Mark, Mitch,

All three of these teams are 2-2. I, personally, don’t love the roster construction of any of these teams. Not that the talent isn’t found when perusing through these rosters but the longevity surely isn’t. If My Man Mitch set his lineup every night he may actually be 3-1 and if Eric didn’t have the hospital on speed dial his team could have a better record as well. Marks team is admittedly pretty good but the age factor will be a large part of his teams successes and failures.

Rest, will be a huge part of marks season in my opinion as some of his veteran players have been banged up this season and LBJ is old. Eric had the depth, Mitch had the stars, and Mark had the supporting cast to all be serious players in this years playoffs. But I truly think Eric and Mitch are a couple of losses away from rebranding via trade. Eric still has zero draft picks in the first round through 25’.

To Be, Or Not To Be’s

Luke, Alec, Brent, Colt

Do they compete and wire there way into 6th place or should they tank for WEMBY? Alec, for one thought he was en route to a tank job as beautiful as a SCWARBOMB until his young studs started to truly perform. He quickly retooled his complimentary pieces around PB, dame, Cade, and THE Lauri Markkanen and just as he had his roster ready to compete Pauolo and Cade both went down with an injury inhibiting his newly trusted process. I am not sure where he will go next and I don’t believe he is quite sure either. 0-5 may make that a little bit more clear. Luke is trying to compete but his team isn’t good enough even after making offseason deals that gave him much needed balance. Alec and Luke hold 5 23’ 1st round picks which is encouraging. They have acquired J. Smith, PB, Davion Mitchell, and Cade Cunningham in recent drafts. They will look to continue this trend and potentially battle for Wemby. As for Colt and Brent, the storyline isn’t the same. Brent was set to retool and conquer the league with his many young acquisitions last season including; A. Edwards, J. Brown, Booker, and S. Barnes (to name a few). He is set to potentially win this week and improve to 2-3 but this isn’t where he saw himself coming into the season (at least I don’t think so). Colt… Colt has been brutally attacked by the injury bug. LaMelo (x2) being the headliner for that camp. He also has made some trades that haven’t fully panned out over the last year (Booker, DLO). If his team is healthy, they are better than. 1-3 record as it stands. He is set to beat Eric this week and improve to 2-3 even with LaMelo out.

The RFA draft is coming in just 13 days (July 1st @ 10a) which means if your reading this you need to know the format. So below will spell out every single aspect to the draft that you’ll need to know:

•each player has an 8 hour window to make a pick/move the pick

•if you do not select within the 8 hour window you FORFEIT your pick

•you may select any non-rostered player or a rookie in this years NBA draft

•the draft timer starts everyday at 10a and stops every night at 10p — meaning you won’t have to make a pick over night but the person making the pick doesn’t have to stay up through the night to make the pick

Thoughts on the draft:

Harken back to about January 15th where I (Luke) told everyone that picks would become far more valuable come draft day than they were at that point in the season. Well, we are about to find out if this is true or not come July 1st. But, the very fact that the 1st pick was traded for the 3rd, 6th, and 9th is a good start as teams are already beginning to process who and where they want to pick. Luke offered Mitch a similar package for Mitch’s 4th and 5th 1st round picks for the #1 overall pick and Mitch declined.

Speaking of trades involving picks, let’s revisit some of these style trades that went on during the season:

Mark: Russ, JJJ, FVV

Mitch: 22’ 1st(Colt), 22 1st (Mark) – resulted in the 4th and 5th picks and still has it

Luke: Tatum, Bane

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Fred VanVleet

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R. Gobert & 22’ 1st (Kyle’s) Auk received the 7th overall pick from Luke here & still has it

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Brogdon & 2021 1st (Luke receiving) Luke moved this pick

For

Ja Morant (Colt receiving)

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KAT / 2022 2nd Kyle still has this pick and is the 1st pick in the 2nd round (pick 11)

For

Ja Morant
Jaylen Brown
2022 1st Luke moved this pick

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Tyrese Haliburton

For

1st overall pick was DECLINED by Kyle

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MPJ & 2 1st round picks

For

B. Simmons was DECLINED by Luke

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Needless to say, picks played a huge part in the 21-22’ season and 12 of the picks that will be made in this years draft started as another owners pick.

Roster management will be the next big discussion as Mitch (4), Luke (5), and Alec (3) all have more than 2 picks currently. Where do they find roster spots for these players and how much will they impact the “now?”