If the Jazz see a player at the top of the draft they like, then yes, they'll offer a lot, including next year's first, or the Golden State 1st in 2017.
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If the Jazz see a player at the top of the draft they like, then yes, they'll offer a lot, including next year's first, or the Golden State 1st in 2017.
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Meh. I'm just not that sold on Jabari.
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Problem is that those picks are not very valuable considering we dont know where they will land.
Next years first could be 10 or later..... golden state pick could be in the 20's.
A team with a top 3 pick this year would not want to give it to us for picks that might not be any good
jope
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It's fairly likely that we will be bottom feeders again next year, regardless of who we draft. A 5th and 7th(?) pick, with kanter to Philly for 3? How much is too much?
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Hotdog
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Our next year's unprotected 1st should have really high value. I don't see why it should be so impossible to move up. I can see a top 3 team not valuing Jabari the same as us. Packaging the 5th, the 23rd, and our next year's unprotected 1st would be quite the hall for a team. It's actually pretty risky for the Jazz. I'd do it, but I'm not even sure the Jazz would. As far as it looks, we could be terrible again. A few injuries could guarantee that.
Doublea
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You gotta at least throw a top 3protection on it.... I'm not sure how much better we'll be.
Coach Ellis
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This ^
Top 3 protected, I'd look at that deal. They have enough young assets and draft picks that it's worth investing some picks in a move up. They jumped up 5 spots to land Burke last year and then traded back up for Gobert.
I'm pretty sure that DL is working the phones trying to move up into the top three. I wouldn't trade up with Orlando, just let the chips fall at that point and draft your best player at 5. I actually think that Milwaukee might be a suitable trade partner because Jabari is redundant with Gianni's in the fold. They could afford to fall back a few spots, pick up another quality asset, see who is still there between Embiid, Exum, Vonleh and Randle and pick a better fit for their team at 5 instead of reaching at 2 if they have questions about Parker or Embiid.
I wouldn't do that package for any player except maybe Wiggins. All the guys are very good but not one of these players make me think this guy is going to be a top 5 player in the NBA. Some of these guys might be top 10 or 15 but they have a ways to go and may never get there. This is a deep draft and potentially a great class but all the top guys are 18 and 19 years old. I just don't see the greatest like when I looked at MJ, Lebron, Durrant, D. Robinson, Malone, Hakeem, Barkley, Bird, Magic, Shaq, Duncan, etc. Wiggins and Embiid (healthy) have the best shot but they still haven't proven they are on the level of those guys.
I remember seeing Bird in college against Arkansas and he just lit them up. I only had to see that one game and I knew he was going to be great. Same with Magic and MJ. There was no doubt in my mind. I never saw Malone until he got to the pros but his rookie season, I remember saying this guy is a man amongst boys (if he shoots his FTs).
When I watched these kids this year the only guy I was drooling over was Embiid.. then as the season went on I started liking Wiggins a lot but the "red flag" for me with Wiggins is he seems to have the Derrick Favors personality. Nice guy but really quiet. Now if you had Wiggins athleticism in Parker or Smarts mentality then you would be talking about him as the clear census #1 pick. Everyone knew Shaq was going to be number 1. Bird and Magic would have gone one and two without any discuss but who should be one and who should be two.
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akirac73
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Who would be dumb enough to make that trade then? Why would a team give up a top three pick this season (in a fairly strong draft) for a top 3 protected pick next year? Makes no sense at all. You want to swing for the fences you gotta be willing to strike out.
Doublea
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Because no team is dumb enough to trade unprotected picks (besides NY and GS), especially when you know you're going to be in the lottery. Top 3 protected is a pretty good deal.