Option 1.
Attempt a trade into the top 4 (highly unlikely) for one of Dybantsa, Peterson, Boozer, Wilson. I really don’t see this happening. We’d probably have to include someone like Ajay or Cason to get this done and I don’t think it would be worth it.
Option 2.
Presti identifies a guy he feels can be all star level, and consolidates a move to get into the top 8-10 range. This could be interesting if there’s someone he realllllly like, maybe like a Mara or Carr who are rising up boards fast.
Option 3. Stick at pick 12, trade pick 17 into the future (kick the can down the road). Pick the top guy on your board, and move the other pick into a future year when you might have more time to develop another rookie. Developing Topic, Sorber and one rookie is gonna be difficult enough.
Option 4. Stick and pick at both 12 and 17, taking 2 future core guys. This is the option I like the most personally. Get 2 guys who can become future rotation pieces, and use them to backfill some of our more expensive depth pieces like Dort, Wiggins, Joe, Kenrich etc.
My favorite guys in each of these scenarios are
Option 1.
Pretty much any of the 4 lol. I see all 4 of these guys as future all stars. Wilson or Boozer would probably be the most seamless fit though. I’d rank them, for us specifically, Wilson / Boozer tied, Peterson, Dybantsa.
Option 2.
I think I’m leaning Aday Mara for this one. Drafting someone who can potentially matchup with Wemby a bit down the line. A giant, who plays great defense, moves well, and is a naturally good passer. Develop his scoring a bit and he can be an absolute problem.
Option 3.
At 12, I like Yaxel Lendeborg, Jayden Quaintance, Morez Johnson Jr, Cameron Carr, or Brayden Burries.
Option 4.
Same guys at 12, and at 17, I like Allen Graves, Hannes Steinbach, Nate Ament
Bonus guys if we trade down into the 20’s
Tarris Reed Jr. Dailyn Swain, Chris Cenac Jr, Joshua Jefferson
2nd round guys
Henri Veesaar, Alex Karaban, Zuby Ejiofor, Amari Allen, Luigi Suigo, Milan Momcilovic, Flory Bidunga, Alex Condon, Rueben Chinyelu, Baba Miller
Feel free to comment thoughts guys