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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
He's trying to keep his shooting elbow in, which is a fine, but he's leaning his whole body in a strange way to do it.
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Its just not fluid... it looks like there is a small hitch/hesitation in there. Black kinda has a similar klunkiness.
 
OKC was also rumored to be trying to move up from 12 (using future picks), so that makes it more likely that Toronto is the team that promised Bilal.
 
It's possible the Jazz have a deal on the table with Orlando, where Orlando trades back from 6 to 9. Their target would probably be Hendricks or Dick at 9. Jazz would be targeting Whitmore or Walker at 6. Jazz would probably have to give up 16 in that deal, but maybe they can do something else where they get 11 from Orlando or 10 from Dallas. That would enable them to nab the guard of their choice, whoever that ends up being.

It's sounding like the Jazz are prepared to lose both Clarkson and Horton-Tucker. Pick 16 may be too late to get any of the guards they'd want...unless they want Nick Smith. If I were the Jazz, I'd be just as intrigued with Bilal as I am Anthony Black. Bilal has shown some three-level ability and really nice defensive flashes.
 
Barlowe (Locked on Draft) had a former Pelicans executive and he said he thinks the Thunder love Bilal and may look to move up to draft him.

I think it's pretty clear Orlando at 11 is another big Bilal spot, hell maybe Utah at 9 is, but I think that would be his absolute ceiling unless OKC tries to move up to get him beyond Utah.
 
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