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Offline Bosstown

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I think my ideal choices for both of our picks would be Embiid and James Young, or Parker and James Young. I really like Young with our 2nd first if he's still available, I feel like he's JR Smith without the knucklehead in him. We badly need a SG who can score, and the kid can shoot, also feel like he was under utilized in UK.

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Embiid and Stauskas would be my personal favorite combo. Almost equally appealing would be Wiggins/ Parker and Stauskas, followed by Exum and one of Anderson, Hood, Warren, or maybe Young (I warmed up to Young a little more in tourney. Prior to that he always struck me as a one dimensional player like Q Rich or Rashard Lewis).

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Embiid - to pair with Sully for the next decade and any combination if shooters ( Young, Staukas, Hairston)....

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Wiggins and, I don't know -- PJ Hariston? He might fall that far.
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Parker over anyone else.

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Either Embiid/Stauskas or Wiggins/Cauley-Stein.  Otherwise Exum/Cauley-Stein.  Not a fan of Parker.

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Parker / Stauskas
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Embiid and Gordon (though I'm not sure Gordon will drop).  If he is off the board I'd say Warren or Early look like they have the highest ceilings.
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Wiggins/  Harrell if he drops a bit

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I think ideally you get a wing and a center.  I'm not a big fan of the centers likely to be there at the BKN pick, but the top pick's more important and I prefer Wiggins there if we can get him. 

Then either get the best center available (Cauley-Stein, maybe?) or acquire a C in trade/free agency and grab the best shooting wing available, probably Hairston or Stauskas.

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Offline Smartacus

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Embiid and Clint Capella. I just want to shore up our front court and then focus on guard play. One of those two could be really special.

More traditionally I'd say Wiggins/Willey Caulie Stein. That would shore up the athleticism on this team.

Finally if we decide to go for BPA after striking out on the top 3/4 give me Julius Randle and TJ Warren. Both have killer instincts for scoring which would be key on a Rondo lead team.

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Embiid and Saric.  I think that will allow us to tank again next year while Embiid develops and Saric plays out a year in Europe before we buy out his contract.  Even if Embiid becomes a HOF level player, I don't see him doing much next year.  In 2016 most of our bad contracts will be up and we'll have Embiid + Saric + KO + Sully + Lottery pick in 2015 + Clips pick, then at the end of that season we'll have our pick and most likely a Nets lottery pick, plus tons of cap room.

I would also love Gary Harris if he fell to 18th - currently DraftExpress has him at 15th, but I think even that is very optimistic.  I trust Danny to sort through James Young, TJ Warren, KAnderson, Jerami Grant, Rodney Hood, etc.  Wiggins and Harris would be incredible, though.

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Wiggins top three.

At 18, the best player available and I think the mock drafts could be all wrong about the draft after the 7th or 8th pick or so. Lots of good prospects down to about pick 20-22 and the order could be anything.

If Ennis drops I would take him. I think he has a lot of Mike Conley in him and could be that good in a couple years.

Warren would be an excellent choice there as I find him to be a complete player and a great scorer, something this team desperately needs.

I don't know a lot about Capela, but many are saying after Embiid that he is the 2nd best center in this draft and has very good upside potential.

Jerami Grant as a role playing defensive SF that can play in the post and eventually be successful doing that to other SFs is an intriguing choice there too.

Rodney Hood falls into the same category as TJ Warren.

My pick, and it might be a bit of a stretch, would be Montrezl Harrel. Like an awful lot about the kid and he would provide some things the C's definitely need down low.

But if we took any of these guys at 18 after landing the prize of Wiggins, I would be ecstatic

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I'm not greedy. I'm fine with Embiid and Hairston.

Re: Who Are Your "Ideal" Choices with A top 3 pick and a the 2014 BK pick?
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My ideal choice would be to add a proven all star commodity with the value of that first pick.  You might get even more than that really. So I'm trading out.  Too much media & scout hype at the top of this draft, so I think the value you could get back outweighs the guess you're taking in one of these young kids.  I get the proven(s) over the guess all day.

I would use the 2nd pick, & I'd target TJ Warren, Hood, Stauskas, or Capella.  Trading that pick has less value and I think you're better off guessing at this range in a so called deep draft.  If you hit with that 2nd pick, & get that all star in place with that first, you're in great shape.