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Getting aggressive in the Draft this year

Depends on how much Utah believes in the player they're trying to move up for. After this year, Utah isn't likely to be picking this high for years, so if they have a chance to move up for someone with star potential, this would be the time to do it.

but would that be worth it if we traded Burke, Burks, and Hood? Then we would have no bench. One of the reasons we didn't win a title 15 years ago is because we didn't have enough support. I just don't know if it would be worth it to move up.
 
If there was a can't miss guy in this year's draft I would move anyone not named Hayward, Favors, Gobert, or Hood to get him. And I would move Hayward or Hood if that can't miss prospect was in their position and it would create a logjam, and I would move Favors if it were a Shaq/LeBron level talent.

That said, from what I have read there isn't a prospect like that and team chemistry makes as big a difference as talent to win the whole thing (witness Malone's Lakers who should have steam-rolled everyone, but their chemistry was **** thanks to Kobe "I have to be the man" Bryant). I would not want to break up those 4 if I could help it. And frankly, the way we played at the end together as a team I could take this list further into the roster to include Burks (jury still out how he will fit in with the current group chemistry-wise), Booker, and Jingles, who all are more than serviceable and add to the locker-room and bench camaraderie.

I would prefer to try to find someone in free agency or through a trade that can help us now, or stack out chips waiting for the trade deadline with a few very specific targets. Imagine if we are able to go 24-17 up to the deadline (or thereabouts) and then pick up an impact player who can shore up a few holes for us. Then we go 31-10 the rest of the way (or 30-12, whatever) and storm the NBA putting ourselves in the thick of it. We could end at 55-27 and be playing the best ball of the season for us. Would not be a stretch to get out of the west at that record with some momentum.
 
I would maybe package Exum & our pick for D'Angelo-- but that's about it. Even with that, I would be incredibly hesitant, and I'd need to be sure that D'Angelo would project as a good defender in this league. Definitely no one in this draft I want that badly. Justise will probably be pretty awesome though. Loved watching him play in college.
 
Well, some of these players have to be there at 12. I'm just saying that if both are there, and this opportunity were to present itself, I'd say go for it.
 
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