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Pre-Workout Draft Board |
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Siz
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Before the
draft workouts start, before the final date
to withdraw their names from the draft, I've
put together my preliminary draft board.
Let me explain how I set up my board.
Instead of ranking players 1-50, I broke
them out into 5 groups (Franchise Players,
All-Stars, Solid Starters, Bench
Contributors, and 10th-12th men). The way
you would use the board is a combination of
drafting upon need and best player
available. Before you move on to the
"All-Star" category, you make sure that all
"Franchise Players" are gone. Then, you
would need to evaluate the players in the
"AS" category, and pick based on both need
and best player available. Hopefully that
makes sense.
A few other notes. Position is placed in
parenthesis as a number following their
name. Players with an "I" next to their name
means they have some injury concerns, and
might be holding back their stock. Players
with a "U" have a fair amount of upside that
means they could easily move up into a
higher category (however, I feel that it is
unlikely).
I'll admit I haven't watched a lot of these
guys as much as I would have liked, but
based on what I've seen and read, here is
how I would rank them:
Franchise Players:
Derrick Rose (1)
Michael Beasley (4)
All-Stars
OJ Mayo (1.5)
Danilo Gallinari (3)
Anthony Randolph (4) U
Jerryd Bayless (1)
Kevin Love (4)
Joe Alexander (3)
Solid Starters
Brook Lopez (5) U
Eric Gordon (2) U
Darrell Arthur (4)
DJ Augustin (1)
Russell Westbrook (1)
Bill Walker (3) IU
Chris Douglas-Roberts (2)
Nicolas Batum (3) U
Donte Greene (3)
Chase Budinger (2)
Brandon Rush (2)
JJ Hickson (4)
Ty Lawson (1)
Bench Contributers
DeAndre Jordan (5) U
Marreese Speights (5) U
JaVale McGee (5)
Robin Lopez (5) U
Kosta Koufos (5) U
Roy Hibbert (5)
Serge Ibaka (4) U
DeVon Hardin (5) IU
Jason Thompson (4)
DJ White (4)
Mario Chalmers (1)
Richard Hendrix (4.5)
Ryan Anderson (4)
Joey Dorsey (4.5)
10th-12th Men
Ante Tomic (5) U
Courtney Lee (2)
Wayne Ellington (2)
Lu Richard Mbah a Moute (3) U
Nathan Jawai (5) U
John Riek (5) U
Danny Green (3)
Trent Plaisted (4)
Alexis Ajinca (4)
Davon Jefferson (3)
Shaun Foster (2)
Victor Claver (3)
Omri Casspi (3)
JR Giddens (2)
Rudy Mbemba (1) U
So, what does it all mean for the Jazz?
Based on my list, the Jazz are picking 23rd,
and there are 21 "starter" quality players
in the draft. I think that a few of the next
group of players could slide up based on
potential, so there is a good chance the
Jazz could end up with a guy like a Chris
Douglas-Roberts or Nicolas Batum type
player. I don't think any of the bigs I like
in that range will be available, so the Jazz
could draft for need instead of taking the
best player available at that point, and
could end up with Robin Lopez, DeVon Hardin
or Roy Hibbert. Of the three bigs, Robin
Lopez is most likely to be gone by the time
the Jazz pick, and Hardin most likely to be
available in the 2nd round.
As far as guys in the 2nd round that I think
we could target would include Hardin if he
is available (although we'd likely have to
move up to get him), Joey Dorsey (a Millsap
like player) or Jason Thompson. Rudy Mbemba
as a 3rd point, energy type guy might be
interesting, especially if we can leave him
overseas and retain his rights for a while.
All in all this seems to be a 2-man draft at
the top, with a fairly deep first round. I
wouldn't be surprised to see quite a bit of
movement as there are a lot of kids with
potential in the draft. Should be a fun and
interesting draft night.
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