My plan would be to go after pick 4-5 and get Winslow. I'd be willing to burn 3-4 of our best picks plus Sullinger. That gives us three wolverines on defense to pair with Love, and they would all be capable offensive players who can space the floor. It would fit the offensive and defensive schemes Stevens prefers.
I can live with starting Zeller. He is already an average two way starting center, and he is still quite young. He's a solid player. We really get exploited at the rim when he leaves the game
We still have the makings of a great bench of IT, Crowder, Young and KO.
We would absolutely need a defensive minded center, but we can still get that via this draft or free agency. There are several further down in the draft this year. We got murdered when we didn't have Zeller in, and Sully or KO was left to defend the rim, but we can fix that with a young center or a free agent signing.
Surrounding Love with Winslow and a young defensive center is doable, and should make us a 50 win team. Now, free agents don't see a mess any more. They see a young team with talented two way players that do all the dirty work. Most importantly, we still would have tons of cap space,with only one max slot used up. We'd be one or two players away, but we'd have several young guys who might become those players, and we'd have the cap space to sign talent too.
