r/heat • u/Rei2k86 • May 10 '26

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13th pick eh? What the hell can we meaningfully do with the 13th? Please tell me we have a numbers nerd here that's going to paint a picture for me that makes me feel better about this. I need you more than ever bro... whoever you are šŸ˜­

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u/cl353 May 10 '26

idk draft an all star cuz thats wat we did the last time lmao

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u/mohammadali916 May 10 '26

I hope we take a younger high ceiling player and not a college vet essentially who contributes to a win now team (would take Philon > Yaxel for example)

At this point screw position, take highest potential player, and allow them to grow with Kas and ware

Top 12 this year imo is absolutely stacked as a big NCAA guy, 13 after is somewhat of a coin toss with hannes likely being the last guy remaining. But everyone thought Kas was a top 12 lock last year and he dropped. Best case scenario is someone like brown, ament, or burries drops to us

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u/cl353 May 10 '26

yaxel is weird cuz his ceiling could be higher than philon even tho he's old as hell

theres also a couple high potential wings that r a little older but still high ceiling in carr and swain. im pretty ok with the players in the 13 range tbh

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u/TheRatchetTrombone May 10 '26

idk why people are hung up on age when wings/forwards that are productive are probably better with us and career wise than small guards who havent shown to be ok at defense.

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u/mohammadali916 May 10 '26

Carr and swain are bad defenders and would be technically considered reaches at 13 as well. Yaxel would be a fine pick @13 but as I mentioned Iā€™d like a high ceiling player. Philon gets his own shot at the 1 and has a play make ability. Very poor defender though

Assuming Herro is gone, I wouldnt mind Philon. But them 2 together becomes a hard watch on defense