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I'd take him at #5 for sure. Bring Tomic over, and see what you can get for Kanter and/or Favors. If it doesn't work out, the Jazz have likely only missed out on a pretty good one-way player (take your pick of the other options). If it does work out, the Jazz have a potential franchise Center.
 
I think the play here is to try and move to #2 to get Wiggins... Supposedly Cavs and Bucks both want Parker (makes no sense for Cavs, but they are the Cavs....)

If you can't do that then you take Embiid at #5. I'm sure he'll get past Phili, but no idea on Orl. They seem locked in on a PG... I think they'd take Smart over Embiid. Embiid could be brought along gently here since we have a lot of young frontcourt guys.

I think we could get the 7th or 8th pick if we really wanted to and draft Gordon, Vonleh et al
 
I literally have no idea where Embiid might get drafted now. But I hope he falls to us and the Jazz roll on dat house money.
 
If we draft Embiid, Tellem will do whatever he can to get him out of SLC the first chance he gets. Tellem's a ****ing snake.
 
Lets say the Jazz draft Embiid and he really is Oden 2.0. The Jazz would and should still draft Embiid. I would do everything in my power to trade him asap though. You might be able to trade him for a All-star (Love, Westbrook, Harden, who else?)
 
I can't help but be reminded of Curtis Borchardt. And that makes me nervous. I wish I knew more about Embiid's injury history 'cause he could be great.

Send him to John Stockton's chiropractor Craig Buhler. Embiid would last 15 years.
 
Also, if the Jazz could then trade Kanter for a pick that yields them Aaron Gordon I will be ecstatic.
 
nateboz said:
Lets say the Jazz draft Embiid and he really is Oden 2.0. The Jazz would and should still draft Embiid. I would do everything in my power to trade him asap though. You might be able to trade him for a All-star (Love, Westbrook, Harden, who else?)
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So once you determine he is Oden 2.0 you trade him for an all-star? Makes sense to me.
 
Core4 said:
So once you determine he is Oden 2.0 you trade him for an all-star? Makes sense to me.
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I'm not saying that. That is the worry for the top 5 pickers in this years draft. He is still considered a future franchise changer.
 
Embid will not slip past 3. Even with his broken foot teams will be willing to take a chance on him and will trade up with the Sixers to get him. They won't hesitate and the Sixers will have a bidding war or that spot and I am sure the Sixers will come out on top with the trade.

This does suck though because now it might mean Parker and Wiggins are going 1 and 2 and we are limited to whoever is left over at 2 with a trade with the bucks.
 
nateboz said:
Lets say the Jazz draft Embiid and he really is Oden 2.0. The Jazz would and should still draft Embiid. I would do everything in my power to trade him asap though. You might be able to trade him for a All-star (Love, Westbrook, Harden, who else?)
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Interesting idea to be honest.

Keep Favors. Keep Kanter. Keep Gobert. Bring over Tomic. Don't let getting Embiid change your plans for those guys at all.

Take your time with Embiid. Let him heal. Let him work with NBA strength and conditioning coaches. Let him play limited minutes against backup players and flash some of that incredible potential. Then when teams start looking at making a big deal, all of a sudden Utah is high on the list because they have an asset that is highly desirable. Because there's no way that you'd consider trading a star for little more than the 5th pick in the draft. . . but if Joel Embiid stays healthy for the full season and looks good doing it - well, that's a different story.

Of course, if you trade him and you're wrong. . . that **** hangs over your legacy forever.
 
GVC said:
I'd take him at #5 for sure. Bring Tomic over, and see what you can get for Kanter and/or Favors. If it doesn't work out, the Jazz have likely only missed out on a pretty good one-way player (take your pick of the other options). If it does work out, the Jazz have a potential franchise Center.
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Exactly this. It's worth it.


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NUMBERICA said:
That's not true. Tim Duncan has always been a highly-skilled and versatile C. So let's just say that Embiid is the best C since either Tim Duncan or Shaq (depending on how you view Duncan positionally), 9 championships between them later.
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Valid point. Can't believe I forgot about Duncan.
 
LjJazzman said:
I'm terrified of that because if he really falls to 5 then it means his injury is really bad. Taking a 7 footer with a bad foot, and bad back spells disaster.
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Agreed...the Jazz should have learned their lesson after drafting Curtis "Glassman" Bordchart years ago.
 
Ellis269 said:
Interesting idea to be honest.

Keep Favors. Keep Kanter. Keep Gobert. Bring over Tomic. Don't let getting Embiid change your plans for those guys at all.

Take your time with Embiid. Let him heal. Let him work with NBA strength and conditioning coaches. Let him play limited minutes against backup players and flash some of that incredible potential. Then when teams start looking at making a big deal, all of a sudden Utah is high on the list because they have an asset that is highly desirable. Because there's no way that you'd consider trading a star for little more than the 5th pick in the draft. . . but if Joel Embiid stays healthy for the full season and looks good doing it - well, that's a different story.

Of course, if you trade him and you're wrong. . . that **** hangs over your legacy forever.
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I don't think you could squeeze the minutes Emiid would need to get teams to really bite with a top level player coming back on that trade with all those other guys there. That is interesting though. That would be some Tarzan wild man GMing right there.
 
No way Philly does this... They just tried this with Bynum.
 
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