re: Who would the Pels have picked at 10 if the Memphis Trade didn't happen?

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Pre draft, we (as a collective) seemed to want.

Moody
Giddey
Wagner
Mitchell
Murphy
Kispert

Then the draft came,
Moody, Wagner, Mitchell, and Giddey all went.

I think majority still wanted Kispert or murphy at that point. Vast majority did not want Williams because those other two were known shooters.

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I think you're correct here outside of Mitchell. He got a decent amount of hate and I remember in the draft thread the board hated on the Kings for that pick. Granted it didn't seem to fill their biggest need but they very well could have known they were willing to dish Haliburton if Mitchell worked out. I doubt it, but he was obviously very high on their draft board to take him with the amount of guards they had.