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2nd post ever! I personally like Ben the most overall. I don't think he's Lebron, I think he'll very much be his own player. However, I think Bender or Skal will end up going first. Gms just don't pass up 7 footers that can shoot with skill these days.
A guy the Jazz could take a look at who I think would be late 1st round atm is Deng Adel from Louisville. Strong chance he climbs in my opinion though. 6'7, great defender, strong, is a slasher but can shoot the 3 as well. He's a really smart player. Going to surprise a lot of people
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2nd post ever! I personally like Ben the most overall. I don't think he's Lebron, I think he'll very much be his own player. However, I think Bender or Skal will end up going first. Gms just don't pass up 7 footers that can shoot with skill these days.
A guy the Jazz could take a look at who I think would be late 1st round atm is Deng Adel from Louisville. Strong chance he climbs in my opinion though. 6'7, great defender, strong, is a slasher but can shoot the 3 as well. He's a really smart player. Going to surprise a lot of people
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Veddy interesting, I thought I was going to be the first person to post something like that (about Bender being able to overtake Simmons spot) Jamal Murray could pass him too.
Deng Adel's not bad pick to crash the 1st round at all, he'd be our 3rd Aussie. I hate to generalize, but there seems to be quite the pipeline of Australian-Sudanese basketball talent making its way to the NBA, most of the highly touted ones look very legit IMO . Stands to reason Deng could benefit from the Ray Smith injury. I like him better than some of these older SF's mocked in the late 1st round, like Jake Layman, and Troy Williams.
If he shoots it well from 3, which he's more than capable of doing, I could certainly see him near the first round. He'd fit well on this roster too I like Timothe Luwawu better, Adel could very well be a better fit though - been waiting for an over-sized SF to get drafted here for years.
Drafting Simmons would be best. Just trade Lyles as fast as possible for something. Have Simmons back-up Favors for 2 years (that is how long he will have left on his contract once Simmons is drafted). Re-evaluate once Favors is up for a contract to either move on with Simmons or stick with Favors with Simmons as his back-up.
Adel? Srsly?
He will likely climb to being Louisville's best player on their trash team. He could possibly make it to first round but he's nothing special.
lol... fail.2nd post ever! I personally like Ben the most overall. I don't think he's Lebron, I think he'll very much be his own player. However, I think Bender or Skal will end up going first. Gms just don't pass up 7 footers that can shoot with skill these days.
A guy the Jazz could take a look at who I think would be late 1st round atm is Deng Adel from Louisville. Strong chance he climbs in my opinion though. 6'7, great defender, strong, is a slasher but can shoot the 3 as well. He's a really smart player. Going to surprise a lot of people
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Bender so far with modest numbers in Israel. Playing about 13 minutes a game. Of course though this is a professional league playing against grown men. Interesting to see if his numbers go up as the year goes along. Then again if they think he is headed to NBA after this season what incentive do they have to play him much.
Great plan.
Let's hope the FO is reading this thread.
20 Hours til the season starts. Final preseason mock. the colored #'s are tiers.
1 - Skal Labissiere 7'0 PF/C - Kentucky
2 - Brandon Ingram 6'10 SF - Duke
3 - Jamal Murray 6'5" PG/SG - Kentucky
4 - Dragan Bender 7'0 PF/SF - Maccabi Tel Aviv
5 - Ben Simmons 6'9½" SF/PF - LSU
6 - Jaylen Brown 6'6" SG - Cal
7 - Kris Dunn 6'4" PG - Providence
8 - Cheick Diallo 6'9" PF - Kansas
9 - Malik Newman 6'3½" SG/PG - Mississippi St.
10 - Henry Ellenson 6'10 PF - Marquette
11 - Stephen Zimmerman 7'0 PF/C - UNLV
12 - Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk 6'7" SG - Kansas
13 - Jonathan Jeanne 7'2" C - France
14 - Zhou Qi 7'2" C - China
15 - Ivan Rabb 6'10" - Cal
16 - Isaiah Briscoe 6'3" PG/SG - Kentucky
17 - Jakob Poeltl 7'1" C - Utah
18 - Furkan Korkmaz 6'7" SG - Turkey
19 - Timothe Luwawu 6'7" SF/SG - France
20 - Diamond Stone 6'10" PF/C - Maryland
21 - Damian Jones 7' PF/C - Vanderbilt
22 - Demetrius Jackson 6'1" PG - Notre Dame
23 - Dwayne Bacon 6'6" SG/SF - FSU
24 - Antonio Blakeney 6'4" SG - LSU
25 - Vasilis Charalampopoulos 6'8" SF - Greece
26 - Taurean Prince 6'8" - SF - Baylor
27 - Derryck Thornton 6'1" PG - Duke
28 - Tyler Ulis 5'9" PG - Kentucky
29 - Domantas Sabonis 6'10" PF - Gonzaga
30 - Melo Trimble 6'2" PG - Maryland
Honorable mention list instead of a 2nd round..
Caris LaVert - SG - Michigan
Ivica Zubac - C - Croatia
Malik Pope - PF/SF - SDSU
Jalen Adams - PG - UConn
Nigel Hayes - PF - Wisconsin
Tim Quarterman - PG/SG - LSU
Aleksander Vezenkov - PF - Cyprus
Alpha Kaba - PF - France
Buddy Hield - SG - Oklahoma
Marcus Lee - PF - Kentucky
Justin Jackson - SG - UNC
Thomas Bryant - PF - Indiana
Troy Williams - SF - Indiana
James Blackmon - SG - Indiana
Jalen Brunson - PG - Villanova
Allonzo Trier - SG - Arizona
Deng Adel - SF - Louisville
Theo Pinson - SF - UNC
Wade Baldwin - PG - Vanderbilt
Daniel Hamilton - SG - UConn
Grayson Allen - SG - Duke
Edin Atic - SG - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Perry Dozier- PG/SG - South Carolina
Isaia Coordinier - SG - France
Brown should be in the 2nd tier.
Dunn a bit too high.
Ellenson a bit too high.
Diallo a bit too high
Rabb a bit too low.
Not sure who else I move up.
Yeah.
Mykhailiuk is probably too high. He seems primed for a major bounce-back campaign, reportedly added 20lbs of muscle.
For a variety of reasons(Injuries/Weight loss) Ellenson is a wildcard right now, He shouldn't be beneath Diamond Stone on any mocks though.. I don't know how NBAdarft deduced that.. If Ellenson shoots 3's, grabs rebounds and showcases his handle, he will get drafted near the lottery.
I've gone back and forth on Diallo - I've settled on him being very low risk, he might not ever be all that skilled, I think he can avoid the pitfalls of Tyrus Thomas and Bismack Biyombo though, he's no one trick pony. I think he'll somehow be very productive..
I could see an NBA team viewing him as a great change of pace off the bench, he's very raw, but there's aspects of his game that are ready to contribute.
Ultimately Rabb's probably a better long term project. I don't think all the international players in that mock will declare this year, probably just one of Zhou Qi or Jonathan Jeanne, which would bump Rabb into the lottery.
Yeah.
Mykhailiuk is probably too high. He seems primed for a major bounce-back campaign, reportedly added 20lbs of muscle.
For a variety of reasons(Injuries/Weight loss) Ellenson is a wildcard right now, He shouldn't be beneath Diamond Stone on any mocks though.. I don't know how NBAdarft deduced that.. If Ellenson shoots 3's, grabs rebounds and showcases his handle, he will get drafted near the lottery.
I've gone back and forth on Diallo - I've settled on him being very low risk, he might not ever be all that skilled, I think he can avoid the pitfalls of Tyrus Thomas and Bismack Biyombo though, he's no one trick pony. I think he'll somehow be very productive..
I could see an NBA team viewing him as a great change of pace off the bench, he's very raw, but there's aspects of his game that are ready to contribute.
Ultimately Rabb's probably a better long term project. It's a safe bet that those international players listed, won't all declare this year.. probably just one of Zhou Qi or Jonathan Jeanne, which would bump Rabb up a spot into the lottery.
You forgetting nigel hayes?