Outside the Top 4, is this draft weak?

Kind of interesting take, because two of those guys probably won't be the 3rd or 4th pick. It seems like Bender and Brown are tending to go after Ingram and Simmons, but you never know with this stuff.

Ingram and Simmons certainly top 2 but I've seen more than a few mocks/rankings with a different 3-4th prospects.

Using your top 4 for this discussion, I'm guessing either Poeltl or Murray. I forgot to stay at a holiday inn though so I have no clue.

Eh. There is always talent. This draft just isn't a great one to be a mid lottery team, but that usually means you can find good players later on

The idea of the Pels looking to trade down for an extra pick makes the most sense to me, barring a top 3 pick

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Either way wherever we end up picking, our front office will frick up the pick anyway. That is the only certainty.

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This implies there won't be a new FO

I'd wager that there will be a new gm calling the shots

Anyway we could use that pick to pry Cousins from Sacramento? I wonder if they are ready to move on from him. Pick plus Anderson plus someone else? I want boogie next to AD so bad. So so bad.

I'm sure a top 2 pick puts you in play for any team looking to move on from their current star.

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As others have said, there are 2 elite prospects in Simmons and Ingram, then Bender who many think is special, then a mess after that. Dunn and Hield would not be top 5 picks in other draft classes.

If we don't get lucky and we stay at 6, then you will have one of Hield, Dunn, Brown, Bender, or Murray. I think by the time draft rolls around Luwawu won't be a reach at 6 either. You also have other big men options like Ellenson and Poetl

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I disagree to an extent. Put Hield and Dunn in say the 2013 draft and they could possibly go #1.

I think this is actually a fairly deep first round draft.

Ingram, Simmons and Bender have the potential to be superstars and hall of fame players. You don't get 3 of those too often in the draft. Then you have a number of guys that at a minimum should be rotational players as their floor but have all star as their ceiling. Players like Murray, Hield, Dunn, and I would argue Valentine.

Then like usual you have a number of high variance prospects that could develop into something special or never be heard of again in a few years. Guys like Brown, Luwawu, Poetl, Rabb, Labissiere.

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No love for Bender? Dude is athletic af

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Out of sight, out of mind guy.

A lot of people have probably never heard of him because he didn't play college here and he isnt Luwawu lol.

But yeah, guy could end up the best in the class. Or he could bust terribly. Hard to know with a 18 year old Euro baller.

An interesting question is would you take him if we got #3?

Drafting based on potential top 5 are
Ingram
Ben
Bender
Brown
Dunn

Drafting top 5 based on floor

Ben
Ingram
Heild
Dunn
Poeltl

Somewhere in between
Ben
Ingram
Bender
Dunn
Murray

Buddy Hield's tournament run is moving him into Top 3 talk...
You'd think Phoenix, Boston, and Minnesota all have ENOUGH guards, right?
Nope.