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I just found this "The No. 2 and No. 4 picks, currently held by Philadelphia and Minnesota, are said to be available...." It's a little more than half way down the page. https://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.ssf/2010/06/pistons_to_hold_individual_wor.html

But at what cost? What would Philly or Minnesota want for those picks? What would we be willing to give up that would be intriguing to them without us having to take on Brand's salary?

If you want one of those picks you have to take either Brand or Jefferson. period.
 
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And why do the TWolves care what a TV analyst prefers?

I guess Mchale is still secretly running things their? Jefferson does not quite seem to be the same player after his injury. Sounds like they want to resign Milicic who was decent for them, but if he gets a multi year contract will he "bring it". I think Kahn wants another point guard:)
 
Is there any reason the Jazz wouldn't want Jefferson? ...maybe his number suffered having to share the frontcourt with Love but I seem to remember Jefferson being a stud.
 
Is there any reason the Jazz wouldn't want Jefferson? ...maybe his number suffered having to share the frontcourt with Love but I seem to remember Jefferson being a stud.

I like to say he's like Carlos Boozer, just with worse offense and worse defense.
 
Is there any reason the Jazz wouldn't want Jefferson? ...maybe his number suffered having to share the frontcourt with Love but I seem to remember Jefferson being a stud.

Knees. It's also why the TWolves have floated Love, not Jefferson. They can get value for Love, not so much with Jefferson.
 
Ross Siler Tweets:

Hassan Whiteside was a jaw-dropper in conversation, said he struggled in today's workout.

Cole Aldrich said he's measured taller than he did at Chicago combine at pretty much every workout stop.

Jazz seem to have strong comfort level with Aldrich, Monroe, Henry and Udoh at No. 9.
 
Has this already been brought up? I went to nba.com/jazz and it shows "2010 NBA Mock Draft 1.0 - Lottery Results" linked to the Jazz site.

https://www.nba.com/jazz/features/draft2010_mockdraft01.html

I suspect it was done by someone from the Jazz or Locke, not sure, but for Pick #9 it says:

#9 Jazz: well ... as of right now I stick to OUR needs, a big man... ED DAVIS. A little unproven in this reporters opinion, but some scouts are still high on his "upside". Wait till after workouts to get more info on Ed Davis; but he does fill a need, and possesses good athleticism at the 4-spot.

So the OUR Part makes me think it's a Jazz guy doing the Mock Draft. They also have Aldrich and Monroe going 6 and 7.

So maybe that's why they have Ed Davis as their pick.

I know it's a little old, 05/26, but it is on the Jazz' website. Just throwing that out there too.

I forgot to add at the bottom of the page it says this "*the opinions of this article are not necessarily those of the Utah Jazz"
 
More Siler tweets, probably explaining the "jaw-dropping":

Whiteside claimed there's a lot that teams don't know about him. Like what? “That I’m a good guy. That I’m willing to work hard.”

What other schools recruited him besides Marshall? West Virginia, Kentucky, Memphis, UConn, Xavier . . . yet he went to Marshall?

How'd the workout go? “I didn’t think I did that good.” What's the process of working out for teams been like? "Tiring."

One WTF answer after another to reporters. Jazz didn't sit down with Whiteside in Chicago at last month's combine.

Marreese Speights previously had been the gold standard for workout interviews, expressing surprise there was actually a real city in Utah.

Speights famously (at least locally) said he was expecting to see "cows" when he arrived in Salt Lake for workout with the Jazz.

Cole Aldrich on Ostertag comparisons: "I like to think I might be slightly better looking than Greg."

Cole Aldrich: "Coach Sloan is a real tough coach, but that’s awesome." Compared playing for Sloan to playing for Bill Self at Kansas.
 
Did you catch Aldrich's "random fact" that Utah has 147,000 miles of shoreline? Kid is brilliant.

Aldrich was later spotted in the locker room talking with Ostertag about what the best way to dupe the Jazz into picking him was. Greg had a lot of insight and even offered pointers on how he could fool them into giving him a big contract down the road.
 
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