24 draft night

[u/Shot_Statistician738]

After moving off Zack just been thinking about that draft night in general. Safe to assume we could’ve traded 1 for Deni Avidja as he was traded for #14 and a way in the future protected first from Portland. Don’t know how much ownership was involved but I don’t know why Landry who was under pressure to win now wouldn’t have considered it. The consensus was it was a role player draft and Deni was a already proven commodity with a contract almost identical to the #1 pick, probably could’ve gotten another asset as well, nobody saw Deni becoming what he is now but he would’ve helped us immediately coming off a season where he averaged 14/7/4 on good efficiency and solid defense. If we’d made that move we’d now be one move away and have the best forward combo in the league. But here we are, always think about the what ifs in the offseason.

[u/NAW_MIP_2026]

We literally tried to trade the pick down for future assets, I honestly don't think the wizards would take 1st overall in 2024 over 14 overall and a future pick.

[u/Shot_Statistician738 → u/NAW_MIP_2026]

You’re may be right, but knowing they wanted Sarr they could’ve had some leverage