Brooklyn pick for top 5 previous drafted player

[coffee425]

The 2016 draft talent drops off significantly after Ben Simmons, I think that is universally agreed.

This got me thinking... If we land out of the number 1 spot in the lottery, could trading the Brooklyn pick be enough to obtain a top 5 picked player from the previous two drafts? The talent levels from the last two drafts were pretty high within the top 5, so I think there may be better value there than in this 2016 draft.

If you think it could, which player(s) would most likely be offered for the pick?

2014 top 5:

• Wiggins
• Parker
• Embiid
• A. Gordon
• Exum

2015 top 5:

• Anthony-Towns
• Russell
• Okafor
• Porzingis
• Hezonja

[Bucketgetter]

We could get Embiid, Gordon, or Exum. That's about it.

[LarBrd33]

We could get Embiid, Gordon, or Exum. That's about it.

I guess it depends how the prospects at the top of this year's draft look.    A few weeks ago I saw some folks here were suggesting that they'd trade Marcus Smart for any of the top 5 guys in this upcoming draft... so maybe that's something.

Also depends on where the Brooklyn pick ends up, of course.  Still not a guarantee it ends up in the top 5. 

[sawick48]

We could get Embiid, Gordon, or Exum. That's about it.

I guess it depends how the prospects at the top of this year's draft look.    A few weeks ago I saw some folks here were suggesting that they'd trade Marcus Smart for any of the top 5 guys in this upcoming draft... so maybe that's something.

Also depends on where the Brooklyn pick ends up, of course.  Still not a guarantee it ends up in the top 5.

i used to have similar thinking to there being little beyond Simmons, but the more of this college season I watch the more I think this class has a chance to be a very solid one at the top, much in line with the Wiggins/Parker/Smart/Randle class

[TheFlex]

There's no realistic combination of players that would convince Danny to give up the pick, considering your hypothetical has it becoming the #1 selection. Hezonja, Gordon and 2016 ORL 1 would probably get him thinking, but I can't see him passing up a shot at Simmons for second and third tier prospects.

edit: On second thought, if Philly had the 2nd or 3rd pick and was willing to hand over their pick + Okafor, that also would be intriguing, but I still don't think Danny would bite.

[TheFlex]

We could get Embiid, Gordon, or Exum. That's about it.

You must have not read his whole post. He states that if the Brooklyn pick becomes number one, is there a player or combination of players (only possible candidates would be Orlando with Gordon/Hezonja or Philly with Embiid/Okafor) that would convince Danny to surrender the pick, and thus Ben Simmons.

We could get any player sans Towns and perhaps Wiggins/Porzingis, or any realistic combination of players from the past two drafts if we had Ben Simmons in our hands and foolishly sought to give him up.

[tazzmaniac]

We could get Embiid, Gordon, or Exum. That's about it.

You must have not read his whole post. He states that if the Brooklyn pick becomes number one, is there a player or combination of players (only possible candidates would be Orlando with Gordon/Hezonja or Philly with Embiid/Okafor) that would convince Danny to surrender the pick, and thus Ben Simmons.

We could get any player sans Towns and perhaps Wiggins/Porzingis, or any realistic combination of players from the past two drafts if we had Ben Simmons in our hands and foolishly sought to give him up.

The OP states: 

If we land out of the number 1 spot in the lottery

  In other words if we don't get the #1 pick and can't get Simmons. 

[tazzmaniac]

We could get Embiid, Gordon, or Exum. That's about it.

I guess it depends how the prospects at the top of this year's draft look.    A few weeks ago I saw some folks here were suggesting that they'd trade Marcus Smart for any of the top 5 guys in this upcoming draft... so maybe that's something.

Also depends on where the Brooklyn pick ends up, of course.  Still not a guarantee it ends up in the top 5.

i used to have similar thinking to there being little beyond Simmons, but the more of this college season I watch the more I think this class has a chance to be a very solid one at the top, much in line with the Wiggins/Parker/Smart/Randle class

I'm not too impressed with the class so far.  Simmons looks really good except for the lack of a jump shot.  Teams are already playing off of him.  Daring him to shoot.  I like Ingram a lot.  Haven't seen Brown yet.  Skal is a disappointment so far and definitely a project.  Bender is a project.  Murray looks pretty good but his lack of quickness concerns me. 

[TheFlex]

We could get Embiid, Gordon, or Exum. That's about it.

You must have not read his whole post. He states that if the Brooklyn pick becomes number one, is there a player or combination of players (only possible candidates would be Orlando with Gordon/Hezonja or Philly with Embiid/Okafor) that would convince Danny to surrender the pick, and thus Ben Simmons.

We could get any player sans Towns and perhaps Wiggins/Porzingis, or any realistic combination of players from the past two drafts if we had Ben Simmons in our hands and foolishly sought to give him up.

The OP states: 

If we land out of the number 1 spot in the lottery

  In other words if we don't get the #1 pick and can't get Simmons.

Whoops.