Last year, I had my fingers crossed for Faried (there were a few against and they know who they are) and got pissed when there was a rumor that we picked Faried for the Blazers and were going to trade him with Felton for Dre.
Either way, it looks like there could be some big sliders in this year's draft. ESPN has us taken Kendall Marshall (originally predicted to go lotto), DraftExpress has us taking Sullinger (top 7 earlier in the year), NBADraft has us taking Perry Jones.
As far as my big board goes it would be in order:
Sullinger
Marshall
P. Jones
Sullinger would really be a great fit here. Is a post presence which we do not have now that Nene is gone, and even if his back is a problem, he'll get to spend the whole year on the bench as Karl will probably not play any rookies either way. Marshall on the otherhand will probably get given backup minutes straight away because I doubt we will keep Dre, and perhaps it means that Karl uses the 2 PG lineup less since he doesn't have as much trust on him. Perry Jones doesn't fill a need but he's a "high potential choice".
However if those 3 are not there, Andrew Nicholson would be a great pick as he's an excellent jump shooting big that can replace Al. I'm hoping Tyshawn Taylor falls to our second round pick if we don't get Marshall as well. What I hope we avoid entirely are Teague and Wroten, both seem like terrible fits for our system. I have heard Quincy Miller's name but I'm not really sure about him and his stats aren't great.
So with that said, like last year:
