Well say we get the 4 pick, and Smart, Porter, and Mclemore are gone

We trade back for the Jazz or the Hawks for two 13-18 kind of picks, and grab guys like Burke to from Michigan to back up point and McDermott or Saric or some quality shooter-type SF

I just don't think there is much of a difference in talent in this draft from pick 5 to pick 20, to be honest.

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Posted by Cap Crunch

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Posted on 3/19/13 at 1:05 pm to danman6336

For starters, I'm not sure those guys go top 3. Playing around with the Chad Ford lottery I'm not sure there are as many other teams that need a SF as badly as we do, so I think he'll still be around by 4 or 5. If we end up with the 6th pick, I'll be worried.

I'm not sure we'll be able to get 2 1st round picks for our 4th round pick. If we could pull that off and get Burke and Zeller or something, I guess that'd be nice, but it seems unlikely.

I'd be fine taking Shabazz otherwise

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 3/19/13 at 1:17 pm to danman6336

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I just don't think there is much of a difference in talent in this draft from pick 5 to pick 20, to be honest.

That's a lot of lumping, especially with Noel on the board. Looking at the 2008 draft class, the guys like Rose, Westbrook, Hibbert that all got their 2nd contracts this season, the only 1st rounders that are with the same team that didn't get a max contract were Batum and Ibaka. That seems to be the script every year, if you're not a max or near max player you're a future trade asset. So if you're drafting a trade asset, draft the most valuable one you can get.

I have reservations about taking Noel too, but it's hard to deny he'd have more trade value than many other prospects taken in the teens.

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