Jazz FO should know best........
Not sure that we have to get rid of Jefferson or Millsap if we draft Kanter. Fesenko and Okur are also option. Fesenko is already free to go so technically we have an opening.
I also see Kanter as a more athletic Okur that hopefully will grab more rebounds and block more shots..............ie., better defense. May not be that in year one but in 3 or so years it should be possible. He's still pretty young.
I'd prefer Kanter over Knight. If they trade Kanter for a later pick and get Knight or Walker then I'm probably ok with that depending on the particulars. I'll trust the Jazz that they know what kind of team they want, what kind of ball they plan to play (post Sloan) and mold the team in that direction. We'll see what kind of coach Ty becomes. They also have ideas on what players they may be interested in from other teams and who they plan to move. They have much more insight than we do.
I originally thought Dwill2 would be the best case scenario if he fell to #3 with AK probably leaving but after watching the D Locke videos, I'm not so sure. I know he mentioned DW is a 2-legged jumper and it brought back alot of memories of D. Stephenson and how many times his 2-legged dunk attempts got snuffed because it gives defenders time to recover. Looking at those videos, look at how many times Dwill got mauled around the basket because he always wanted to jump off 2 feet. Normally I wouldn't care but it really sticks out on those videos..........granted that is just a sampling.
Either way, I'll be watching it unfold on Thursday night.