Kevin O’Connor's Draft Big Board - Top 5?

[silesian]

Say if Exum and Randle and Gordon were still on board and the Lakers were two slots behind us. They really want Exum over Randle and they know that if the Jazz pick Exum then next team picks gordon and the Lakers are stuck with Randle who they aren't thrilled about. This type of scenario isn't that likely but it would take something like this where there is a team who badly wants a player and he won't be available for sure at their pick. Even with that the Lakers don't really have any get first round picks in a while and there are no interesting players on their team that are realistic to get.

Yep, that's the type of scenario I had in mind. Their guy is on the board and the Jazz think their guy will still be there in 2-5 picks.

 

[Stoked]

I play the ESPN draft lottery machine alot and they have the Jazz narrowed down to basically 4 picks. Very rarely do I get a pick outside these 4 guys. They are: Parker, Embiid, Exum and Randle (no order). Everyonce in a great while I will get a Wiggins or Smart pick but that is the exception not the rule.