Well, no....
Hachimura and Fernando early on were that well thought of
And many analysts feel much can happen between about 6 and 24 - its all very even.
read: nobody knows who will go where
So.....
what do we think about the hypothetical of dealing #3 for 8 and 10?
No serious site had Hachimura and Fernando that high. Not one. Only nbadraft.net, which is not worth taking seriously. And they had this during the tournament, after both players showed themselves to be far too limited for such consideration.
I prefer RJ to what will be at 8/10 (setting aside that such a deal is an inconvenience cap wise and makes it more difficult to sign two max players). In all likelihood, there are going to be two players available at that point whose joint value exceed that of RJ but in a draft like this it's awfully risky to know who those players are. In hindsight, it's going to be really, really easy to say Player X and Player Y were available, I told you we should have traded down! But in actuality, it's difficult to know those players are, especially the farther you go down the lottery (ie it was easier for Atlanta since they only went down two picks).
Plus I really like RJ.
Well. I am sure we will get to some type of informal polling here
At 3 I would take ________ or I would trade down.
Post draft - At 8 and 10, given who was available at the time, I would have taken ____________
Sort of like the Jordan Hill year. And last year. And when we drafted Frankie.
Poll
