Dignan's top 5 @ 9!

One rule that almost all good g.m.'s use in the NBA draft(or at least say they do) is draft the best guy left. Well, I am giving you my top 5 I would take if I was the Jazz G.M.

Few rules:
1-no trade bait. I didn't take Wall #1 just because everyone wants him. We have D-will so wall is not my first pick. get it?
2-If I was a g.m. I would use position need as a huge asset to the "best guy left" thing. Meaning Cousins is my #1 because I believe he the best big in the draft and the jazz DESPERATELY need a big.
Hope that makes sense.

Here we go!

Remember, this is not a MOCK draft.

1- DeMarcus Cousins: As I mentioned above, He is the best big in the draft. Just his absolute size gives him SHAQ like qualities. He will live at the line, clog EVERY middle! Forget the head issues... he loves basketball, he's physical, and the Jazz have great veterans right now that can still relate to him.

2- Derrick Favors: Super athlete that dunks everything... that sentence alone makes him my #2! Dunks, as exciting as they are, are still way under-rated. They destroy the defending teams will, pump up the crowd, and have the highest foul potential and Field goal potential. Derrick Favors is a dunk!

3- Evan Turner: This might be too low already. He will be an all star year in and year out. period. He is a more defensive minded T-Mac. That's how good he is. Love his game. He is a steal at anything lower than 2 in the draft.

4- John Wall: I know, we have D-will. But if he is available and living by my above rules, I have to slip him in at 4. He will be such a talent in the NBA that the D-will and him would just have to "figure it out" on the court. I don't know, maybe having the Yin & Yang of star point guards would be a bad thing... yea right!

5- Wesley Johnson: He is better than 60% of SF's in the NBA right now. He is the most ready NBA guy in the draft. Put him on the court, teach him the Jazz system and he will give you 20 pts a night and bring that 60% of SF's that he guards stumbling down. He can change speeds, rebound, score, defend, endure, and learn as well if not better than anyone in the draft this year. A total package guy that doesn't do anything poorly.

Iceman's Top 5

Ok lovers of the draft, here is the real deal. I am not going to say we need Wall or Turner because we don't. Could we use them? Sure we could and they probably be a great asset to us, but as Dignan stated above we need a big...end of story. As many as six centers could be taken in the first round of the draft compared to two last year. This being said, here's the top 5 bigs we should go for pending who's on the board when our #9 pick comes around.

1- DeMarcus Cousins

In Cousins freshman season, Cousins averaged 15.1 points and 9.8 rebounds in just 23.5 minutes per contest. Cousins has worked out with the Sacramento Kings and they love him, so don't expect to see him on the board come #9.

2- Cole Aldrich

Aldrich averaged 11.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per contest. He is the best fit in my opinion for the Jazz and is not an Ostertag all over again, he is much more. He has a well rounded offense and can rip down the boards we need him to as well.

3- Greg Monroe

With 16.1 points and 9.6 rebounds Greg Monroe is another very attractive option for the Jazz. At 6'11'' he averaged 1.75 blocks per game and could be a great asset in the Jazz rotation.

4- Hassan Whiteside

Whiteside is by far the player with the biggest potential risk/reward in the draft. Whiteside is very young but has a lot of will and determination to dominate games. In his freshman season, Whiteside averaged 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and an otherworldly 5.4 blocks per game. Whiteside even had three Hakeem Olajuwon-like triple-doubles by collecting double-digit points, rebounds and blocks. Thats impressive and if he's working out with Hakeem, maybe we could also adopt Hakeem's pointer finger shake after a blocked shot!

5- Derrick Favors

Favors is my last option. Although he has good numbers with 12.4 points and 8.4 boards ll he does is dunk. Bringing in a guy that can dunk is electrifying to the crowd and all but dunking alone will not get us where we need to be. Case and point Ronnie Brewer, that guy could dunk over anyone but that was all he could do. Favors should be our last resort.