Our moves in order of Danny's preference:
1)Trade #3, AB +Rozier for Jimmy Butler.
2) Trade #3 for Okafor.
If we keep the pick or choose to draft:
1) Draft Bender, trade him to PHX for #4 and swap #23 for #13, we then:
- take Buddy Hield with #4 (or Jaylen Brown)
- take Deytona Davis with #13 (or Dejounte Murray)
- take Damian Jones with #16 (or Malachi Richardson)
If we don't trade with PHX we'll draft Bender or Hield.
I just think with the importance that shooters have had on the course of the NBA recently, that Hield and Murray will be in demand. The fact we haven't heard much about Hield leading up to the draft means that GM's are being secretive about their intentions for him. Murray is being really puffed up, as is Marquese Chriss, although Murray's defensive issues really stand out to me. I don't know how much he can improve his athleticism to become a solid NBA defender because he's pretty terrible right now.
I think it's why his agent wanted an individual workout to focus on his shooting, and I think the C's value defensive potential at the top of their list. I'm still not sure what Austin Ainge's comments about Murrary being 'better than a chair' meant. I think he was p---ed that they couldn't see Murray playing against some real length and guarding some real athletes and it's probably dropped Murray out of the equation for #3 for us.