Any of them are attainable..... Sacramento wants #6 and 2 future firsts from the Pacers. Ivey is just as unattainable as #1, #2 and #3 but gets attention from Pacers, Detroit, Knicks, Kings, and OKC. Kings hope Ivey is there at #4 and are content with that pick.....allows them to ask for a lot. Either way they win: 1) draft Ivey to go Davion Mitchell/Ivey/Fox lineups or 2) nice amount of draft picks. OKC has a ton of future first round draft picks including ours in 2024 ( I believe). They could easily draft Chet at #2 and move up from #12 to get Ivey at #4.......if Ivey was there at #4? 1) Ivey (6'4") 2) S Gilgeous-Alexander (6'6") 3) Giddey (6'8") 4) Chet (7'0") 5) and whoever...........would be pretty formidable.
All of them are attainable, but the top 3 are realistically too expensive for anyone to make an offer. The Kings might sell, if there's a person wanting Ivey..... but if not, they aren't going to pick him and he'll go to Detroit.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CfIP3eEJnpA/?igshid=NWRhNmQxMjQ= He wants pistons or pacers when the last time a top draft pick said where he wants to go?
I think this year there's no real surprises. Banchero said similar things about Houston, Jabari talked about being drafted #1, Chet's people have been leaking that they want OKC. They are just talking about where they know they are going
Ivey is going to be a damn good player in this league. He'll end up being one of the better players in this draft easily
Out of respect for @Dr of Dunk rules of the thread I'll answer my response: I personally have Ivey and Banchero ranked just about even. If I felt Ivey was a much better prospect he'd be my pick and I've even early on had Ivey as my preferred pick (second to Smith). After looking at the two I ranked them about the same and thought Banchero should be the pick based on a few additional factors. Ultimately if Rockets pick Ivey today I won't be mad at all. Green and Ivey would be hard to stop for years to come. My ultimate hope is Banchero/Green/Wemby or Scoot but next years draft is pretty much a nonfactor with too many things outside of our control
If Ivey does not want to be in Sacramento...they should trade up....#3 for #4 and a future top 5 protected pick. Kings can grab Paolo and Rockets can grab Ivey. Ivey passes the eye test so well.
