If we have 3, I think I'd go in order
Bender
Brown
Murray
Poeltl
I think that's a reasonable board for picks 3-4-5-6.
I know some folks might argue for Hield or Dunn to get inserted into that mix, but for me, I'd have both just outside that group.
People are down a bit too much on Poeltl, I think, due to one bad tournament game where he got into early foul trouble. I've been reviewing his season lately and I feel re-affirmed that he's got all the tools to be a really, really excellent center in the NBA on both ends of the court. We need two-way players.
Poeltl got 'out' everything 1-1 vs Sabonis
I don't know. Sabonis did his homework on him and just was one step ahead on both ends. A key reason Utah lost.
Like I said. Some people read way too much into one game.
I like Sabonis a ton, but he didn't actually match up that much directly against Poeltl in that game. Wiltjer was the Utah big often on Poeltl and Poeltl only played 24 minutes. Poeltl picked up his second foul just 13 minutes into the game, with the game still close. By the time he came back in after the half, it was a 44-29 blowout.
In college ball, with only a 5 foul limit, you can't afford to have your best player start the 2nd half with 3 fouls so that 2nd foul put him on the bench for a long, crucial stretch of the game.
Gonzaga blew out Utah, for sure. But the one game doesn't really represent much of an accurate measuring stick on Poeltl.