>I wanted to put the Suns higher because I'm a big fan of
>Booker and a believer in Knight (Bledsoe didn't make the cut
>at 26) but I just have more faith in Simmons and Saric than I
>do Bender and Chriss. I like the two Euros the Sixers got and
>don't have a ton of faith in Len right now.

Yeah I realize some of these teams have guys 26 or 27, but that are part of a broader, young nucleus. Same deal with Utah, two high-paid guys entering their primes and a bunch of kids.

Len has obvious question marks, 10 or 20 years ago I would have been a lot higher on him. I still think he could be solid.

>But a big plus for the Sixers was that I think Okafor has a
>lot of trade value, as does Noel, to a lesser extent.

Yeah I hope they make the right move and I hope Embiid is healthy. Just so many unknowns there. You could list seven guys as their "under-25 core" and five of them haven't even seen an NBA court yet. I am not tripping in terms of patience but I am also not making any bold proclamations.

>For Utah, Favors is 25 and Hayward is 26 so they missed the
>cut but would have pushed Utah higher.

>I had the Pistons lower because I'm not a huge fan of their
>non-Drummond young 'uns. I like Stanley as a complementary
>player, Ellenson could be a nice fit, and Tobias is an NBA
>starter but I feel like it would be easier to build a team
>with the Sixers youngsters than it might be with Drummond. The
>Sixers have guys you can trade for core pieces or top draft
>picks.

I think Drummond is a nice engine for the kind of team they want to build, which is also sort of the kind of team that Orlando, Milwaukee and others are shooting for. Solid defense, good rebounding, protect the ball and do things by committee on offense. Ben Wallace 2K17 for them.

>If you're talking about rolling out the ball and playing
>tomorrow, the Sixers get dropped down because they all play
>the same position.

Sure, they have no guards to speak of really. We'll see what they end up doing, I just hope they don't make any hasty decisions.