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Looking at the prospects some more… kinda sucks that it seems clearer that there’s a clear tier of top 8 prospects. Hopefully someone in the top 8 makes a Jalen Smith-esque head scratching move. Looking at you, Wiz…
 
Looking at the prospects some more… kinda sucks that it seems clearer that there’s a clear tier of top 8 prospects. Hopefully someone in the top 8 makes a Jalen Smith-esque head scratching move. Looking at you, Wiz…
I personally don't see it this way at all. I think you really only have your top 4 guys that have real star upside, then the next 8 guys are all likely to be good starter level players, but less likely to be stars.
 
Looking at the prospects some more… kinda sucks that it seems clearer that there’s a clear tier of top 8 prospects. Hopefully someone in the top 8 makes a Jalen Smith-esque head scratching move. Looking at you, Wiz…
Yup Wemby, Scoot, Miller, Hendrix, Amen, Ausar, Cam, Walker are clearly the top 8 on most boards. It feels like anyone other than those 8 is settling even if it's Black or Wallace (or GG for some posters). Hopefully one slides down to us or we can move up without breaking the bank.

I do like Wallace and Black, but not on the same level as the rest.
 
Yup Wemby, Scoot, Miller, Hendrix, Amen, Ausar, Cam, Walker are clearly the top 8 on most boards. It feels like anyone other than those 8 is settling even if it's Black or Wallace (or GG for some posters). Hopefully one slides down to us or we can move up without breaking the bank.

I do like Wallace and Black, but not on the same level as the rest.

I think the Jazz are going to move around in the draft. They have enough assets, flexibility and motivation to go hunt the guys they want, within reason. I would think Whitmore and Walker are pretty obvious Danny Ainge targets.

As for on-ball guards, the Jazz can do well with guys like Keyonte, Kobe and Cason outside of those top 8. Who knows if there's truth to the Jazz liking Hood-Schifino.
 
I think the Jazz are going to move around in the draft. They have enough assets, flexibility and motivation to go hunt the guys they want, within reason. I would think Whitmore and Walker are pretty obvious Danny Ainge targets.

As for on-ball guards, the Jazz can do well with guys like Keyonte, Kobe and Cason outside of those top 8. Who knows if there's truth to the Jazz liking Hood-Schifino.
I hear Tony Jones talk favorably about Hood Schifino to the Jazz, but cannot think of anyone else with a big following pushing him to us. I have a hard time getting a good read on him.
 
Looking at the prospects some more… kinda sucks that it seems clearer that there’s a clear tier of top 8 prospects. Hopefully someone in the top 8 makes a Jalen Smith-esque head scratching move. Looking at you, Wiz…

I don’t really see it this way. I think there is a clear top-9 with Black. The idea of trading up to 8 is you’d get someone in the top-8 and could potentially have your choose of two if a team took Black in the top-7 or reached for someone else.
 
I don’t really see it this way. I think there is a clear top-9 with Black. The idea of trading up to 8 is you’d get someone in the top-8 and could potentially have your choose of two if a team took Black in the top-7 or reached for someone else.
I think when you consider fit that some might push the wing/bigs like Ausar, Cam, Hendricks, and Walker up in a tier or subtier above Black. I think there are some smart folks that also have Black in their top 6 or 7. I just see him as the most likely of the top 9 to be there since the pgs at the top of the draft have some fit concerns so if one team reaches for non-pg it could push everyone back a spot or two.

Like if Houston take Cam and Detroit goes Hendricks or Walker... then what? I think the idea of moving up to 8 for me is a double move... if you can move up to 8 and get a wing then you can hopefully trade up to #10 to grab the pg you want. If Wiz go wing then you have your choice of Black and Wallace... I doubt Dallas takes a pg but who knows who is drafting for them at #10.

So you get the premium wing and a pg.

If the price is high I'm cool taking Black or Wallace at 9 or whatever wing falls and then seeing what is there at 16. I think one of Bufkin, George, Bilal, Miller are there at 16... maybe 2 of them.
 
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