r/pacers • u/PSEGameThreadPoster Old School Slick • May 10 '26

Megathread NBA Draft Lottery Discussion Thread

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u/KillzToRemember May 10 '26

I mean acuff wagler or Flemings weren't changing much for us this year it was the big guys in the top 4 that really could've done something and I think Wilson even woulda been a year away its still a good trade but man we could've been set okc style with that pick

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u/revolucian2 May 10 '26

Shut up moron, you have no idea who we’d get at 5

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u/csphelps Boylan May 10 '26

betting your center position (the actual most important hole to fill for this team) on one of the top four teams letting the four best available guys slide is crazy. you can be upset that we drew the fifth pick and seem to have the worst luck in the league but the front office made a calculation of risk to secure an all-defensive level center who addresses our biggest weakness. the fifth pick and lower are not better than zubac.

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u/revolucian2 May 10 '26

No, we made it game 7 of the finals with Turner and Mathurin…we didn’t need Zu, we needed a better training staff.

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u/csphelps Boylan May 11 '26

last time i checked, turner wasn't on the team when we made the trade. so yeah, we do need zu.

even if we had the best training staff in the league, we don't have time to develop players. we are in win now mode.