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Danny Abdia's Race to the Top

Chance theory: Where will Danny Abdia go in the 2020 draft?

Chicago and Cleveland, who will pick 4-5 in the upcoming draft, look like the most likely targets for the Israeli forward. Atlanta, where it looks like he could fit alongside Trey Young, may see him drop off the board before Torah arrives in sixth place. Who needs what and when should start biting nails?

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Eran Soroka

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Steph Kerry came to the broadcast with the WNBA T-shirt that read "We're All in Rayona Taylor." Along with him remains on screen the man who started last season as his partner in the back line and moved to the Minnesota Timberwolves, DiAngelo Russell. They both realized that the best picks in the 2020 draft would be theirs - that is, if the Warriors at all wanted to use that pick. Then the fortunes fell: Russell overtook Kerry and was left with the first pick in the draft to be held on October 16th.

So what does all this say about Danny Abdia? That Golden State, which Omri Caspi at least thought their style probably suited him best, would probably go in a different direction and take Anthony Edwards or Lamello Ball, one of the top two guards in the draft, if she could not find a partner to trade; And Atlanta, where they are trying to build a duplication of the Warriors' success, may see him come off the board even before Trey Young, in sixth place, knows who his future partner is.

Even before the surgeries, there is one more thing that needs to be said: All the numbers presented here regarding contracts and salary ceilings are correct today. The league is facing a big revenue loss due to the Corona and even earlier, that story with Daryl Murray and China. So theoretically, those numbers could go down as well. 

And now, let's dive into the lottery, and see who chooses where and what she needs.

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1. Minnesota Timberwolves: Third time in seven years

Professional: No team has gone through a crazy turnaround in the middle of the season like it did to Minnesota last February. Most of the team’s roster has changed, and star Carl Anthony Towns, who was selected first in the 2015 draft, has accepted his good friend Diangelo Russell, who was selected one place after him, as a partner. However, due to a long injury of Towns the two barely had time to play together. Everything in the team will go through guard Russell and chin sniper Towns Towns, and everyone else will have to line up alongside them and match them.

Meanwhile, Russell has already managed to arrange for Wolves the third No. 1 pick in the last seven drafts. The last time it happened, they took Towns. A year earlier they had taken Andrew Wiggins, who ironically left the Wolves ... for Russell to arrive.

Financially: The two stars Towns and Russell are signed for the long term and will earn $ 57 million together next season - the team may have money to spend. Another problem is that the group is up for sale these days, with the owner for the past 25 years, Glenn Taylor, interested in finding buyers who will keep the group in town.

Israeli point: Omri Caspi played there a few weeks after recovering from a hand injury that caused him to be cut from New Orleans, and let's not talk about that.

Why is it good for Abdia? New manager Gerson Rosas and young coach Ryan Saunders are aided by former Euroleague stars, Pablo Frigioni and David Venterpol, in the positions of assistant coaches, and it can not hurt. If the friendship between Russell and Towns is also successfully expressed on the pitch, it will be interesting to be part of such a team.

Why is it bad for Abdia? The two stars will probably want to share the offensive wealth mostly among themselves. The city is pretty boring and cold and has made headlines in recent months mostly because of the George Floyd tragedy. The club has no tradition of success - they have qualified for the playoffs once since 2005.

Headlines if selected: Dancing with Wolves, Wolf Wolf, Adam Wolf, Wolf Knights.

Chance of this happening: low to zero. The Wolves will mostly be thinking about what will suit them best in the back line, Edwards' explosiveness that will give them potential for a trio that makes 75-80 points per evening with Russell and Towns, or Lamello Ball's game management that will allow Russell to return to play in position 2, as he did alongside Kerry at Golden State.

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2. Golden State Warriors: Auction

Professional: The team that reached five consecutive finals and won three championships, had to compromise on a relegation season for promotion. Steph Kerry broke his arm after a week, his duo partner Clay Thompson sat out all season due to a torn ligament in his knee, and it quickly became clear that this season will serve as a transition season where players will be tested to fill the squad next season, with Warriors coach Steve Kerr planning to rejoin the championship. With or without this draft pick.

If another team is really eager to catch whoever stays with Lemlo, Edwards and James Weissman, and is willing to give the Warriors a player to complete the puzzle for them immediately, then Larry, the dog adopted by owner Joe Jacob and named after the Championship Cup, will start to smell more Goblet.

Economic: All of the Warriors' key players are locked up at least until the summer of 2022, with a cumulative $ 300 million for the next two years. Meaning: Unless they find a way and / or desire to give up one of the big stars - Kerry, Thompson or Drymond Green - or Wiggins who arrived in the middle of the current season, the Warriors will only be able to settle for cheap players. In addition, returning fans to chairs is critical to the club that just opened in the summer of 2019 a shiny new hall for a billion and a half dollars. Meanwhile, the Warriors reportedly raised a quarter of a billion dollars from the high-tech community in the San Francisco area to continue day-to-day operations.

Israeli point: Omri Caspi played a season there, which was hysterical in terms of the NBA in Israel, and then a moment before the first playoff in which he was supposed to play, due to an ankle injury and a rare combination of circumstances, which caused a collective sigh of disappointment from the building to the Golden Gate Bridge. Caspi and Steve Kerr have remained friends and have complimented each other ever since, but have the people of Israel forgotten?

Why is it good for Abdia? Danny is already used to yellow and blue, to cosmopolitan and vibrant beach towns, to high-class basketball clubs and the pressure to take a championship; He is mentally due no less than any other player in his draft. And after Caspi we have an open account with the Warriors, which only Danny can close.

Why is it bad for Abdia? If Abdia does not score from the outside and the penalty is good enough and stable, he may find himself deep on the bench, waiting for Garbage Time. The Warriors have no time to waste on trials next season.

Titles if chosen: Warrior, Weapons, Golden Bridge, Splash Brader, Beautiful in San Francisco on the Water.

Chances are it will: The Warriors mostly seem to be trying to pass that choice on to another team. If she stays with them, Edwards may become the third Splash Brother, or they will try to quickly turn Weissman into the second Chris Bush. If they swap specific picks with the Bulls and drop to fourth place (did anyone say Kwon Lonnie's trade and No. 2 pick on Wendell Carter Jr. or Lori Markanen? Hmm), Abdia's chances of becoming a Warrior will suddenly look much better.

3. Charlotte Hornets: Who's coming to dance with me?

Professional: A very big dissonance exists between the man who heads this club - and this man is Michael Jordan - and one of the least attractive teams in the league in the last decade, one that travels between the center of the table and the bottom. And perhaps this gap is also related to Jordan himself: how can one develop into a star rank in Charlotte, when the best-known man in the club will always be the boss, and we all saw in "The Last Dance" how much his aspiration for perfectionism could hurt those around him? Still, some young players, including Terry Roger, Devonta Graham and PJ Washington, are giving some hope.

By the way, after "The Last Dance", it's pretty symbolic that the Hornets got a better choice from their position for the first time since 1992, the year Jordan and Citrus Tim conquered the world, and the Hornets took the opportunity to pick Draft Center who became a star - Alonzo Morning. Jordan himself, it will be recalled, was elected in third place. So this is a reassuring message for anyone who chooses Jordan in the same place: NO !!! pressure!!!! Friends !!!!

Financially: Even if Frenchman Nicola Batum - who is a bit reminiscent of Abdia in his style of play, earns a third of the Hornets' salary cap next season - decides to exercise the option on his contract, the Wasps will still have money to spend. The question is who will want to come, after all it is not a big city, a big market or an attractive destination for free players.

Israeli point: General manager Mitch Kopczak was one of the stars of the Washington Bolts after the championship season, in the late 70s, came to a showcase game in Israel against Maccabi Tel Aviv… and lost.

Why is it good for Abdia? Industrial quiet, away from the spotlight, and coach James Borgo, from the San Antonio production house, is considered a good and thorough coach.

Why is it bad for Abdia? The ball stays with the two guards most of the time, what the team really needs is a boost under the basket, and again, you will try to exceed MJ's expectations when he does not hesitate to lower your confidence if you made a mistake.

Titles if chosen: hovering and stinging, in the shadow of Jordan, Michael's baby, Queen's Sabbath, Ken told him.

Chances are it's going to happen: If Weissman stays in the area, will the Hornets get their first serious chin since Morning? (Sorry, Bismak in Yombo, did not mean to offend). If not, and Edwards will already be taken by another team, Okongwa from USC can also upgrade them defensively in that position. Abdia will probably be saved from the cruel fate.

4. Chicago Bulls: A new beginning

Professional: A group at a crossroads. No club was in the headlines during Corona's break as the team from Ghost Town, thanks to the docu "last dance", and after the leap clouds sank in merchandising, casual and new basketball fans wondering what the Bulls are doing today were surprised to find that about nothing. But owner Jerry Rainsdorf is still there trying to restore the old crown when he appoints a new management - the president is former player Arturas Karnishovas, who was defeated with Lithuania by Jordan and Pippin in the 1992 Olympic semi-finals, and general manager is Canadian Mark Aversley, a former Nike and Raptors senior and the first African-American in the job. Coach Jim Boylen was sacked after a mediocre two-and-a-half years, and the stars are exciting ring champion Zack Lavin and Finland forward Lori Markanen.

Economic: Assuming forward Auto Porter doesn't give up $ 28 million so quickly, the Bulls probably won't be able to significantly strengthen in the free market with total salaries of $ 106 million for next season - which will require them to be as creative as cheap players and smart draft pick. If that's not enough, owner Rainsdorf, who also owns the Chicago White Sox, told USA TODAY that he lost a nine-figure sum during the Corona vacation.

Israeli point: Guard Tomasz Saturansky led Nano Ginzburg's Czech Republic to sixth place in the last World Cup in China, one place above the US team.

Why is it good for Abdia? The Bulls had a load in Abdia 's creative forward positions last season, but out of the four main players Who were there - Porter, Thad Young (the only player on the squad over the age of 30), Chandler Hutchison and Denzel Valentine who is finishing a contract - no one is in the long-term plans.With a European president and as one of the first teams to bring a European to a senior role in rotation The 90s with Tony Kokoch, it could be that the team will go on an international aroma this time too.

Why is it bad for Abdia? The team will probably already have a coach until the moment of selection, so at the moment it is impossible to know who will come; Ghost Town is not a simple place with a basketball heritage It's possible to win, which is sometimes more of a burden than an advantage. Assuming Porter stays there, he could lock in position 3 for the upcoming season.

Headlines if selected: Injury Bull, Bull Bull, No Block Bull, Vidney City, Battle Wind.

Chances are it will happen: The Bulls were one of the teams that expressed great interest in the loss during the season, however, the management has changed since then, so it is difficult to assess at the moment How much the situation has changed. If Edwards (who the Bulls don’t need with Zack Levine), Lamello and Weissman are already off the board by this point, Abdia may be taken here.

5. Cleveland Cavaliers: Someone to speak Hebrew with

Professional: Two years after LeBron James left Ohio for the second time, the team seems to be taking direction and entrusting its fate to two guards playing in a similar style, Colin Sexton and Darius Garland, and to league rebounds king Andre Drummond who arrived from Detroit just a month before the break, and player Experienced face Kevin Love, last remnant of the 2016 champion. Where will this compound go? It is not clear. But an intelligent winger probably can’t hurt, and a month or two before the break showed promising sparks and a genuine desire not to return to the lottery in the coming years.

Financially: The team is currently stifled in terms of salary cap, with a $ 110 million financial commitment next season for 11 players, which will allow it to add only players on low contracts, for example the Rockies.

Israeli point: point? More like Morse code. Liron Fanan, a former players 'agent, the daughter of the late Moni Fanan, serves on the Cubs' management as a liaison between the senior team and the Development League team. David Blatt reached the 2015 finals with the Cubs, where he lost to Golden State, and was fired about six months later when Tyrone Lou replaced him and took a championship with LeBron. Omri Caspi arrived at the Cubs just before the league went on strike in June 2011 on a trade for Herzliya for three minutes Jage Hickson, and Omri's tenure in Cleveland was about as fun as that of Hickson in Herzliya.

Why is it good for Abdia? A club with relatively no expectations and with the potential to develop, an Israeli presence in the management that will help it adapt.

Why is it bad for Abdia? Two guards who are not fans of delivery to say the least, and a difficult competition for minutes in his positions from two players, 27-year-old Larry Nance Jr. who can play in positions 3 to 5 and 25-year-old Turkish winger Chadi Osman, who won long-term contracts in Da Club. We do not have enough trouble with the Turks anyway?

Titles if chosen: Cleveland, the Cub following him, crossing the Cub, Knights on his part.

Chances are it's going to happen: The Cubs according to ESPN are going to take Abdia in fifth place, though Obi-Wan of Dayton may fit no less, as Kevin Love's replacement and future successor. If the Bulls give up, Edwards does not stay on the board for some strange reason and Topin is already taken, Danny will be able to start imagining himself wearing gold and burgundy.

6. The Atlanta Hawks: Golden State East?

Professional: Rising stock. A very young team, with very young stars, led by Trey Young, a coordinator who throws from the ranges of Steph Kerry and Damian Lillard as often as people blink. Around him there is a team that is still forming, most of him between the ages of 20 and 23, including the addition of Houston Clint Capella's inside player - who did not get to play due to injury and the corona. The young and promising coach is Lloyd Pierce, who is also a prominent voice in the fight for black rights. Manager Travis Schlenk was brought in from Golden State and is trying to build the team around Young according to the Kerry model.

Economically: The Hawks are one of the only teams to have a lot of money to spend in the summer, subject to what is expected with the financial losses expected to hit the salary cap - they are only committed to $ 59 million next season, and can take advantage of the credit line to sign a quality player.

Israeli point: Owner Tony Ressler, owner of a large investment company, was born into a Jewish family, and is married to Jamie Gretz, a Jewish TV star, who represented the team in the draft in hopes of good luck.

Why is it good for Abdia? A team with patience on the one hand, and that needs another player with delivery ability on the other hand. You can let Abdia try and rub and make mistakes, and if he succeeds, he may be part of one of the most promising teams in the league.

Why is it bad for Abdia? The Hawks are not usually a successful club in terms of players coming from Europe, and you know, not every team that promises, certainly if the model is a team that has taken 3 championships and reached 5 consecutive finals, also holds.

Titles if selected: Hawk's Eye, Trey's Boyfriend, Ad Hook, Hook Whip.

Chances are it's going to happen: If the Bulls and the Cubs give up, Trey Young will probably have a friend who will teach him to say "What are you throwing out of the logo, are you crazy?" In Hebrew.

7. Detroit Pistons: He has Casey

Professional: Another group in transition. Start last season with a trio of veterans - Derrick Rose the coordinator, and inside players Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond. But Griffin ended the season with a knee injury, Drummond is sent to Cleveland and Rose may leave and clear the way for young players like forward / center Christian Wood, forward Sico Domboia and winger Luke Kenard and Bruce Brown surrounding them, and around Griffin, Cayevier will build the team with no choice The new.

Financial: Money will be - The Pistons only have $ 73 million in salaries for next season. Only that like other teams on the list, Detroit is not an attractive destination for prominent free agents - it has not been like that in better days either. Griffin and Domboia are the only players with a contract for the 2021/22 season, so Detroit can plan ahead.

Israeli Point: Vice President Arne Talem, one of the most famous agents in NBA history, is a member of a Jewish family and a member of the Jewish Hall of Fame of Philadelphia and Southern California.

Why is it good for Abdia? Coach Casey is looking for players who will take this team forward to a better future. Domboya, Kenard and Ukrainian forward Svitoslav (my grandfather) Mikhailuk showed sparks last season, and Abdia can join this bunch.

Why is it bad for Abdia? A city not particularly touristy for Israelis to come, and many other young people to compete with for minutes.

Titles if selected: Replace engine, gearbox, growth engine, new driver, SUV.

Chances are it's going to happen: If Abdia stays available, Detroit will probably go for it. In one of the Pistons' blogs, just this week they decided that Detroit should go on a losing streak "for the swag and the ability to make the game."

8. The New York Knicks: The Tom Days

Professional: The saying about lemons and lemonade didn't really reach Madison Square Garden. In the most famous city in America, in the most famous hall in the world, is a team from Jaja'at that for the last 20 years has been the most failed club in the league, under the management of a terrible owner, James Dolan, who fires coaches fast, intervenes in professional decisions and does not let the grass grow. Despite this there are some promising young players, led by winger R.J. Barrett and center Mitchell Robinson, and this summer a new coach and big name, Tom Thibodeau, who previously coached Chicago and Minnesota, was laid to rest. For the "positive" lead, the Knicks who finished the season in sixth place from the end dived two places back.

Financial: The Knicks will likely have money to spend next season unless all players who have a contract option realize it. Over the summer, management was replaced, with senior professional authority being Leon Rose, one of the most famous player agents in recent decades in the NBA, in the hope that his good interpersonal skills would help build an attractive team, and he brought with him an impressive managerial and professional team. The Knicks, in general, are not short of money. They lack basketball.

Israeli point: New President Rose was Caspi's agent in the past and is a member of the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame; Blatt served as an advisor to the previous management, until his contract expired and was not renewed last April; There are some Israelis in New York, they say.

Why is it good for Abdia? The biggest stage in the league, a slew of money from merchandising and sponsorships, and professionally they lack a player of his kind.

Why is it bad for Abdia? The new coach Thibodeau is known as impatient for young people and as one who tends to grind the bones of his players to the core in hard training next to which building the pyramids in Egypt is a summer camp. The owner, as mentioned, is terrible. Also, talented and promising players from him have already received contempt whistles when selected by the Knicks fans, and / or collapsed below the expectations of returning the failed club to legitimacy. Very little success with European players.

Headlines if selected: The New York Knicks, big in the apple, will first take Manhattan, Madison Square Gardeny.

Chances are it will happen: do not build on it. The Knicks had hoped for a high pick to open up the new era, but it was about as successful for them as that goal with Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and Zion Williamson in New York uniforms. In any case, Abdia has gained quite a bit of attention in the local media, and if he remains available, perhaps the new boss will want another Israeli under his wings.

9. The rest of the lottery: if and when

At this stage of the draft we will probably already analyze Abdia's suitability for his new team, but if for some reason he still remains on the board…

In ninth place is Washington , a team that took last season the Japanese Roy Hachimura playing in position 4, with Troy Brown, with 15.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in a bubble, stands out as their man in position 3. Phoenix , which almost entered the playoffs, picks a tenth and they will look for an experienced player who should not develop. 3-4 positions are jammed to Allah with Kelly Ubera Jr., Mikael Bridges and Cameron Johnson, while Dario Sharich can also play as a forward and opens up defenses.

In 11th place comes San Antonio, which has a certain fondness for international players and a method of play that Danny can thrive on. Sacramento picks 12 and has in positions 3-4 experienced two Serbs, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Nemanja Bielitsa. However, the two senior Serbs in the management, manager Vladi Dibatz and his deputy Paja Stojakovic, have left. In 13th place will be the New Orleans Pelicans and they are still trying to find a coach right now, so the draft is less of a priority. Memphis, which was left out of the playoffs at the last minute, will see the 14th pick go to the Boston Celtics due to a trade from the past.

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