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mellow said:
More on the rumored OKC promise to Cameron Payne at #14...

"According to Chad Ford of ESPN.com, there is growing buzz among rival general managers that OKC has made a promise to Murray State point guard Cameron Payne with the 14th overall pick.

It wouldn’t be the first time the Thunder has agreed to an arrangement before the draft. In 2011, there was some chatter that the team promised to select Reggie Jackson with the 24th overall pick. Sure enough, the Thunder selected Reggie Jackson with the 24th overall pick. Last year, the Thunder arranged a deal with Josh Huestis, agreeing to select him 29th overall if he spent the year in the D-League. It was the first ever domestic draft-and-stash."

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Draft him and extort OKC like the 76ers did with Orlando last year. They got a first and second rounder to drop only 2 places in the draft by picking Payton.
 
My issue with Dekker is that he's not that compelling as a 3 and he's not really compelling as a 4 either. He's kind of a Schrempf or a middle-class Rudy Gay.
 
Lyles is a legit 4 and could be a lot like Al Horford if the defense is there. He's not that great out on the floor though, and that's why I like Portis a bit better for the Jazz.
 
Catchall said:
My issue with Dekker is that he's not that compelling as a 3 and he's not really compelling as a 4 either. He's kind of a Schrempf or a middle-class Rudy Gay.
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If he was Schrempf I'd draft him in a second.
 
davidbenoit said:
Completely agree.

I think the Jazz want somebody in that second tier (picks 5-10). Moving up 2-4 spots to get one of the Euros or Johnson is my desired outcome. I'm guessing we would have to give up Burks or Hood.

Best case scenario imo is Turner falling to us. No assets given up and we're in the situation where we can afford to take a risk.
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Unpopular option alert:

I'd trade Hood for the likes of Super Mario and it wouldn't take much to talk me into trading Hood for Johnson.
 
I may be in the minority, but I would trade 12 + Hood + even a future pick to get up to #7 if Hezonja or Porzingis is there.

Detroit is reportedly open to moving #8. They want help right away to make the POs next year. Not sure if we'd be able to deal with them. They will be asking a lot.
 
Assuming the Jazz are going to be patient with the PG situation, they need someone who:

* plays bigger than Hayward
* can defend 4s as well as perimeter players on switches
* can shoot out to the 3-pt line
* can drive all the way to the rim with a good handle and speed
* will crash the boards on both ends
* can move the ball on the perimeter
* does at least some of these things better than Trevor Booker

It's that multi-talented PF that Zach Lowe was writing about. In our range of the draft, I think that probably points to Stanley Johnson, Bobby Portis or *maybe* Dekker or Looney. This would be considering need as well as draft tier. I have to believe the Jazz like Johnson more than people are saying, and they're probably doing deep analysis on Looney.
 
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