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I see so many people suggesting to trade down in the draft. But from my limited knowledge of sports drafts, trading down rarely, if ever, works out for the team that trades down. There are numerous success stories of teams that traded up (the most recent of which was Dallas trading up to get Doncic... ask Atl how they feel about their franchise right now). Can someone point out at least one occasion where a team struck gold trading down from a near top position in a draft?

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I’ve been preaching to sell the high draft pick to the highest bidder, and pick up Devin Vassell for a few months now. He will be a cornerstone for the dubs next evolutionary step. I’m tired of warriors attempts to turn bad defenders in to passable ones, I’d ready to see if the system can turn a good defender in to a great one and I think Devin Vassell has the potential to be all NBA defense I’m 3 years . Let’s face it dreymond is great defender, but even he needs help on that end! The other player I’d love the duds to look at is Jalen Smith , reminds me of Spicy P has the potential be impactful on both ends of the court

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Unless the Warriors' brain trust knows a secret they are telling no one, their pick will be "none of the above." High draft picks, and the financial commitment that come with them, are designed for teams who need a reason for fans to get excited, unless, of course, it is someone like Zion or Shaq or Tim Duncan. When the top few picks are only "roll-the-dice" good, then a rational team will play the odds and trade down, resulting in lower costs and increasing the value of their intelligence/scouting, allowing them to pick up a Siakam or Klay or Draymond a little further down the draft order.

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There's plenty of guys who can make an impact next year, who also have big long term upside: Killian Hayes, Devin Vassell, Onkongwu, Okoro. They'd all need some improvement throughout year, but all could be rotation guys on a contention team, and maybe playing key minutes. Vassell in particular is someone who can play right away as a dangerous shooter and great defender. The things he needs to get better at: his handle, and filling out...are typically the things that most players add easiest in the NBA.

Lamelo should probably round into a good shooter. He's shiftier than Lonzo on his handle and has a higher slashing/scoring potentiel. He's got the size and instincts to be a good versatile defender. I just think he's a year away, and probably better suited to going to a bad team where he can dominate the ball and figure things out.

Edwards isn't really good at anything. We've already got Andrew Wiggins who's a picture perfect body type who is an inefficient scorer and bad defender. Let's work on turning him into a winning ballplayer and let someone else waste their time on Edwards.

Wiseman also could play playoff minutes in certain matchups. He's got a pro body right now, and is a really good athlete. I just don't think he's got the upside of an All-NBA Center. So its hard to spend a high pick on a somwhat limited archtype.

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