re: Pels want to move to top of draft, BI to be “aggressively” shopped per Stein

I’m cool with Duren + top 5 pick for BI + picks.


But that puts a lot of pressure on that 5th pick if it’s Dillingham, Sheppard, etc. to be that PG of the future. And with Willie’s track record with rookies, it’s kind of risky.

I still think a lineup of:

CJ
Trey
Herb
Z
Duren

Is better than

CJ
BI
Herb
Z
Val


In fact, it’s hard to imagine the lineup with Duren NOT being better. On paper, the lineup with BI and JV SHOULD be the better unit but statistics proved this just isn’t true. That group didn’t fit together. The group with Duren will and not just because Duren is a center Willie will actually use but because of the spacing with Trey. And if you hit on Shep or DHam then you’ve got Z, a rim protector for the future and your PG of the future.