Will Wiggins be available with #3 Pick??
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Will Wiggins be available with #3 Pick??
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Will Wiggins be available with #3 Pick??
Let's assume Orlando gets the third pick. Will Wiggins be available?
Does anyone know who Milwaukee and Philly are targeting for their picks?
Does anyone know who Milwaukee and Philly are targeting for their picks?
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Philly needs help across the board, they will go BPA. Milwaukee has bigs, they need wing players, i can easily see them taking Wiggins or Parker.
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I see Wiggens, Parker, Embid, and Randle going with the first 4 picks. Never know but I think those 4 have the top 4 on lockdown.
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If the draft order holds as is, I could see this:
(1) Milwaukee: Joel Embiid
(2) Philadelphia: Jabari Parker
(3) Orlando: Andrew Wiggins
Obviously this assumes Jabari declares for the draft.
(1) Milwaukee: Joel Embiid
(2) Philadelphia: Jabari Parker
(3) Orlando: Andrew Wiggins
Obviously this assumes Jabari declares for the draft.
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What scares me about Phili is they have the potential to have a lineup like this:
MCW/Wiggins/Hood/Thad/Noel
That's a pretty scary lineup.
MCW/Wiggins/Hood/Thad/Noel
That's a pretty scary lineup.
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No, Wiggins will not be available at #3. Less than 5% chance of that being the case. Wishful thinking IMO.
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MellowRose wrote:What scares me about Phili is they have the potential to have a lineup like this:
MCW/Wiggins/Hood/Thad/Noel
That's a pretty scary lineup.
Not next year. Thats a young team. Over time, yes maybe, but thats if Wiggins, Noel, and Hood live up to their potential.
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I'd rather have Parker. I'm praying we land JP.
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No, Wiggins is going #1 or #2 and the only guy that would go ahead of Andrew is Embiid at this point. I don't know of anyone that would take Jabari ahead of Wiggins.
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Only if Exum has a Penny Hardaway like workout and shoots up the boards.
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KingRobb02 wrote:Only if Exum has a Penny Hardaway like workout and shoots up the boards.
This. Parker also has to enter the draft. Even then, I put the odds at 25%. Not likely.
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Why I decided to declare for the NBA draft, by Jabari Parker (@JPiz1).
http://on.si.com/QrB7wn pic.twitter.com/xXCyXPugKL
Parker declared?
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Yep Parker declared
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InFlames wrote:SI College Hoops @si_ncaabb 1m
Why I decided to declare for the NBA draft, by Jabari Parker (@JPiz1).
http://on.si.com/QrB7wn pic.twitter.com/xXCyXPugKL
Parker declared?
If true that is GREAT news!!!!!!!
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This is great news as it deepens The Draft not just for The Magic's top pick but also their likely #12 pick.
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It is true!!!!! Wow amazing!
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I'd honestly be shocked if Wiggins was available at 3.
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Sweet. Parker declaring helps all teams in that 3-7 range.
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This entirely depends on how the draft lottery plays out. For now, let us assume that there are no surprises.
1) Joel Embiid: The Bucks (and just about everyone else) are very high on Giannis Antetokounmpo on the wing while Ersan Ilyasova and John Henson are strong forwards for them. So Wiggins and Parker aren't huge needs for them. Larry Sanders is a very nice big man, but he isn't a franchise center and he was recent suspended for drug use. He is going to get big money soon. Why double grab a better player at a rookie cost in Embiid and trade Sanders.
2) Andrew Wiggins: This 76ers have been rumored to be absolutely in love with Wiggins for some time now. With MCW there and an athletic big man in Nerlens Noel coming back, they will likely want another athletic wing. Hence I predict they would go with Wiggins over Parker.
3) Jabari Parker: Chad Ford has claimed for a while now that Orlando wants Wiggins with Exum close behind. Maybe Exum comes over and blows Henny away in workout and interviews, but until that happens I can't see us passing on Parker.
1) Joel Embiid: The Bucks (and just about everyone else) are very high on Giannis Antetokounmpo on the wing while Ersan Ilyasova and John Henson are strong forwards for them. So Wiggins and Parker aren't huge needs for them. Larry Sanders is a very nice big man, but he isn't a franchise center and he was recent suspended for drug use. He is going to get big money soon. Why double grab a better player at a rookie cost in Embiid and trade Sanders.
2) Andrew Wiggins: This 76ers have been rumored to be absolutely in love with Wiggins for some time now. With MCW there and an athletic big man in Nerlens Noel coming back, they will likely want another athletic wing. Hence I predict they would go with Wiggins over Parker.
3) Jabari Parker: Chad Ford has claimed for a while now that Orlando wants Wiggins with Exum close behind. Maybe Exum comes over and blows Henny away in workout and interviews, but until that happens I can't see us passing on Parker.
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MagicFan101 wrote:This entirely depends on how the draft lottery plays out. For now, let us assume that there are no surprises.
1) Joel Embiid: The Bucks (and just about everyone else) are very high on Giannis Antetokounmpo on the wing while Ersan Ilyasova and John Henson are strong forwards for them. So Wiggins and Parker aren't huge needs for them. Larry Sanders is a very nice big man, but he isn't a franchise center and he was recent suspended for drug use. He is going to get big money soon. Why double grab a better player at a rookie cost in Embiid and trade Sanders.
2) Andrew Wiggins: This 76ers have been rumored to be absolutely in love with Wiggins for some time now. With MCW there and an athletic big man in Nerlens Noel coming back, they will likely want another athletic wing. Hence I predict they would go with Wiggins over Parker.
3) Jabari Parker: Chad Ford has claimed for a while now that Orlando wants Wiggins with Exum close behind. Maybe Exum comes over and blows Henny away in workout and interviews, but until that happens I can't see us passing on Parker.
Not knocking you for the breakdown...but it's almost pointless to do, as "no surprises" would actually be that this order does NOT occur mathematically. I know what you mean by "no surprises", but the odds that the top 3 actually stay top 3 in that order are very very slim. So maybe we should start breaking down a bunch of potentially likely orders and see who would be left probably in each instance? Just a thought. Or at least be like "we don't mind Utah ahead of us because they will take Parker", etc.