If I'm the Sixers, my preferred draft strategy is to get off some money and still draft a player in the VJ/Tre/Ace tier. I'll trade back, but I can't trade back too far. If BRK wants to move all the way up to #3 for Ace Bailey, they're going to need to take Paul George and give me Cam Johnson, in addition to swapping picks. That's a steep price for BRK to pay. Maybe BRK will pay it, maybe they won't. Even then, the Sixers would have to justify dropping a tier in the draft, which isn't great.
More likely, the Sixers just take a guy they like at #3 (probably VJ) and deal with the rest of their roster after the draft.
The easier trade for teams that want to move up is to deal with Charlotte at 4. If VJ goes #3, Charlotte might be willing to move back to #6 or #7. But if Charlotte trades back too far, they'll miss out on Kon as well as VJ. If Charlotte is happy with Maluach, then everything's fine. BRK can get up to #4 for Ace. Charlotte moves back to #8 and takes Maluach (or someone else they like). The Jazz are happy with this too, because it means Tre Johnson falls in their lap.
The thing the Jazz don't want is for Philly to take VJ at 3, for Washington to leapfrog the Jazz and take Tre Johnson at 4, and for the Jazz to be left having to deal with Ace or having to drop a tier for Kon. This is a bitter pill to swallow, unless it turns out that the Jazz actually do love Kon or Fears.
If I'm the Jazz, I'd work a deal with Charlotte to swap picks. If VJ goes at #3, I'd take Tre at #4 and assure Charlotte they can have Kon (or Ace) at #5. Ace then falls to Washington at #6. Brooklyn can go kick rocks.
