Draft tiers.
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Stifle Tower
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Tiers are pretty much what I have been claiming for weeks - i.e. that there is a top-3 and Exum and Vonleh are at top of the next level down. I'd put Randle at the very bottom of Tier 2, if not in Tier 3. And perhaps the same with Saric. As for McBuckets, I don't think he'll ever be a starter, but he'll be a great 6th man, so no biggie. Would have liked to see the definition of Tier 4. I think Tier 3 should be defined as starters for most of their careers. Tier 4 as backups or starters on weak teams. In that respect, I'd say Trey is kind of in the middle of Tiers 3 and 4. If he can't improve his shooting, he'll be a backup.
I'm not that big on Smart, but I'd be happy with Exum, Vonleh or Gordon. IMO, those three are very close. I LOVE Vonleh, but Gordon probably provides the Jazz with the most flexibility and fits a real position of need. If the Jazz are serious about bringing Tomic over, then drafting Vonleh would mean trading Kanter. Or you just forget about Tomic and keep Vonleh, Favors, Gobert and Kanter. Drafting Gordon also means the Jazz would have a fallback IF Hayward gets an offer that is too big to match.
I'm not that big on Smart, but I'd be happy with Exum, Vonleh or Gordon. IMO, those three are very close. I LOVE Vonleh, but Gordon probably provides the Jazz with the most flexibility and fits a real position of need. If the Jazz are serious about bringing Tomic over, then drafting Vonleh would mean trading Kanter. Or you just forget about Tomic and keep Vonleh, Favors, Gobert and Kanter. Drafting Gordon also means the Jazz would have a fallback IF Hayward gets an offer that is too big to match.
Stifle Tower
Punch Bowl Re-Filler
Yep. It's what has been projected all along. Embiid shot up, while Harrison fell out and decided to stay in school. And I guess Randle fell a tier. Other than that, not a whole lot of surprises from pre-season projections. I guess the only disappointment, if you can call it that, is the top-3 failed to live up to the "god-like" hype that had preceded them. They'll likely be multi-year all-stars, but none scream "superstar." We all saw their warts during the course of the college season.
Well yeah when they are said to the next best prospects since LeBron, it is hard to live up to that kind of hype. It seems like the more years go by the harder and better criticism there is.