If there was a Re-Draft right now. Do you think Queen goes top 5?

Wonder where he ranks in minutes played vs. other rookies.

Top 4 still go top 4. And I'm sure Jazz still value Bailey's long term upside over Queen. Queen is also an older freshman/rookie for his class, already 21 when other rookies are 20. The main reason teams were low on him and probably still are-- is his defense and motor. Same with Fears being a smaller guard. They will have to get to elite offense level while raising their defense to average/good to really hit.

Probably ranks higher than Tre Johnson at 6, Fears about even? Then Demin at 8 has actually been really good and is younger. CMB at 9 has been really good, as good defensively as a rookie as DQ is good offensively. Maluach- still higher long term upside, but he hasn't shown much so far. 11- Coward. He's been really good. 12- Essengue- the fans wish they had Queen or the pick trade.

1- Flagg
2- Harper- still huge upside
3/4- Edcombe , Kon
5/6/7/8/- Coward, Demin, Queen, Fears, Bailey

It does no good dwelling on it but my God why not just draft Queen at 8

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t does no good dwelling on it but my God why not just draft Queen at 8 

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Fears was one of the youngest players in the draft. I know there's alot of hype about the upcoming top 5 rookies but Fears could easily be in those talks and at worst right outside of them.

Hitting on 2 top 10 picks is a miracle and blessing for the Pels regardless if it was the same year or b2b years.

I still like the aggressiveness to get the talents of Fears/ Queen. You have to respect our FO and scouts for going after Queen, Fears, and Bey.

The issue is that you let off the aggression and continue to get complacent with Zion and others.

You made the trade and we still weren't good enough. Now you have to trade Z to recoup your pick + start the rebuild.

All it would take is Z and Herb. That's a minimum of 3 1st and potentially a good bit more. Add Poole to one of those trades if possible this offseason and we are on track.

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who would you give up two lottery picks for?

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Who gave up 2 lottery picks? Last time I checked the most given up was a lottery pick and #23.

Also what kind of lottery picks? I'd trade #13 and #14 for Queen, VJ, Flagg, Kon, Harper, Fears.

I’d still take Kon, Flagg and Edgecombe over Queen but he would be in the 5-7 range for me.

I think Queen would goes 3-5.

If Queen were reclassified and entered into the 2026 draft, I think he probably goes 4-6.

Please nba gods do not let our pick land in the top 3.

The redraft goes

Flagg
Knueppel
Edgecombe
Queen
Harper

As much as I like Harper, his shooting has really been questionable and that was considered a good skillset he had. While Edgecombe started hot, cooled down, and now leveled his shooting. He's the most athletic guard in this draft and he's shown substantial promise.

You just can't get over knueppel's shooting, it's elite. Period.

A very realistic redraft IMO would be:

1. Flagg
2. Kon
3. VJ
4. Harper
5. Queen
6. Fears
7. Tre
8. Bailey

I'd personally go:
#4 Queen
#5-#6 Fears/ Harper tie.

None of the top 4 have been bad enough to get kicked from the top 4. Harper maybe for Queen but he hasn't played bad by any means.

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If Queen were reclassified and entered into the 2026 draft, I think he probably goes 4-6.

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So, he went 13 in a weaker draft and you think he would jump to 4-6 in a much stronger draft? I am not certain he would have gone higher than 13 in 2026. He was a very polarizing player in last year's draft and he would have had to overcome those concerns this year to be considered a lottery pick in 2026.