a lot of teams outside the top 5 have a Good C or depth at the front court
Sacramento- cousins
Denver- jusuf nurkic is a promising young player just drafted last year
Detroit - Drummond, Monroe (possibly)
Charlotte- Jefferson , plus 2 young Pf in zeller and vonleh
Atlanta - horford, milsap
Utah- favors and gobert
The only team I see that would choose him Before us would be Sacramento where they try pair him with cousins as a defensive rim protector to cousins offensive dominance but not sure about the chemistry between playing 2 C together and I think they would choose Porzingis not cuz he's a better player but he is versatile and fits in well with coach Karl system better than another C
I admit I didn't like WCS as he hasn't developed offensively as I have hoped
But seeing as we keep winning , our lottery chances are falling with every win
Do u think we can still get cousins at 12 or wherever we land (10- 16) ?
If the pre lottery order were held and the draft was today and assuming the top 4 are not taking WCS the order would be as follows.
Magic
Kings
Nuggets
Pistons
Bobcats
Hawks
Jazz
Celtics
Out of that list the only teams that I think pass on WCS do to current personnel are the Jazz and Pistons. Both of these teams are set with young rim protecting bigs with higher ceilings then WCS. After that he will be in play with everyone else.
Magic, would it be a bad thing to create a 3 man rotation of Vucevic , Gordan and WCS?
Kings, as you said offensive minded Cousins pairing with defensive WCS could work
Nuggets, if he is BPA they have shown a willingness to hoard big men in the past
Bobcats, Vonleh may still not be ready for PT, WCS would replace Biyombo. Also gives them a potential future 3 man rotation of Zeller, WCS and Vonleh
Hawks, seems like a great fit off the bench. Horford and Milsap can both play PF. Bringing WCS off the bench will improve their overall defense. much like the Bulls previous Noah, Boozer Gibson rotation.
That is not to say that I couldn't see the draft play out where WCS is available at 7-9 and DA makes a move to trade up for him. There are plenty of prospects with higher ceiling is this lottery and teams may be willing to pass on him figuring he will merely be a role player.