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Suns
Draft Picks - 1 & 11
Major Needs - PG
Trade Block - Tyson Chandler & Jared Dudley (expiring contract)
Biggest Questions
Do you take BPA Michael Porter even though you are loaded at SF & PF ?
Do you need to trade up for Trevon Duval or will he fall to 11 ?
Is this the year the Suns finally find a trade for Dudley and Chandler ?
Mavs
Draft Picks - #2
Major Needs - PF
Trade Block - None
Biggest Questions
Marvin Bagley is too perfect of a fit to pass up on right ?
Should they pay Noel & Curry ?
Knicks
Draft Picks #3
Major Needs - SF & PF
Trade Block - Lance Thomas
Biggest Questions
Teaming Doncic up with KP is a match made In heaven right ?
Should they bring back Kanter if he opts out ?
Hawks
Draft Picks - 4, 18, 24, 29, 31
Major Needs - Center
Trade Block - Draft picks, 19 Cavs 1st, Bazemore, Teletovic, Belinelli, Muscala
Biggest Questions
What will the Hawks do with 5 of the first 31 draft picks ?
Do they attach some of them to trade Plumlee's contract ?
Do you take a big man in Bamba / Ayton to team with Collins ?
Grizzles
Draft Picks - 5 , 10 & two 2's (9, 12)
Major Needs - SG & SF
Trade Block - Mike Conley
Biggest Questions -
The hole at SG is to big to pass on Rawle Akins or Kostja Mushidi right ?
What do you do at 10 a lot of options with potential that should be around like PF P.J Washington, SF Miles Bridges and SF Emanuel Akot ?
Do you see what you can get for Mike Conley ? Would the Knicks offer #3 and Frank Ntilikina for Conley and the 10th?
Bulls
Draft Picks - 6 & 9
Major Needs - Everywhere except PF
Trade Block - Robin Lopez
Biggest Questions
Do you take BPA and worry about the details later ?
Robin Lopez has been a hot name in trade talks what can you get for him ?
Kings
Draft Picks - 7
Major Needs - SG / SF
Trade Block - Kofus, Temple and Shumpert
Biggest Questions
With no 1st round pick next year how do you draft a differnce maker at 7 ?
You have 3 players all around 9 million on last year of there contract. Should you take on more bad salary for a draft pick next year ?
76ers
Draft Picks - 8, 12, 34, 36, 42
Major Needs - SG
Trade Block - Draft Picks, Bayless
Biggest Questions
Does two more young guys make this team a legit playoff team ?
Should they trade up into the draft and get one of the SG ?
Jazz
Draft Picks - 13 & 26
Major Needs - A star
Trade Block - Alec Burks, Draft Picks
Biggest Questions
While the Jazz have depth at all positions how can they get a star player to compete in the West ?
The Jazz are stuck in the in between phase how do they get out of it ?
Pacers
Draft Picks - 14
Major Needs - SF
Trade Block - Cory Joseph, Thaddeus Young
Biggest Questions
The Pacers are stuck in the in between phase how do they get out of it ?
Should they trade back with the Hawks ?