BigEd76 wrote:

chadfordinsider
Spoke to several teams that had Cal forward Jaylen Brown in for draft workouts. All 3 said his performance was stellar. Shot the ball really well. Was in great shape. After a shaky freshman season, he may be rising in the draft. He has elite physical tools. Celtics seriously considering him at 3.

heyeaglefn wrote:Chad Ford:

Tier 1

Ben Simmons, F, LSU

Last draft, we had just one player in this category: Karl-Anthony Towns. This tier is usually reserved for guys who are sure-fire All-Stars or franchise players. Only six other players have been ranked in this slot since we started doing this in 2009: Blake Griffin, John Wall, Anthony Davis, Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid and Jabari Parker.

You have to be more than good to get here. You have to be elite.

The only other player nominated for Tier 1 by various teams was Brandon Ingram. But while some teams see Ingram as a potential superstar, the majority had him in Tier 2.

etched Chaos wrote:Jaylen's Agent must have outbid Chrisse's Agent.

etched Chaos wrote:Jaylen's Agent must have outbid Chrisse's Agent.

Titlehungry wrote:I kinda wish Mike Conley would accept a bucket of money from us... I think for one year since Embiid will likely have some sort of minutes restrictions we could go with 2 lineups pairing Embiid and Okafor and Noel and Saric with Simmons mixing in and out between them... Covington would give us a shooter... maybe the Lakers pick could get us a legit two guard

PSUPhilliesPhan wrote:Think this happened Thursday, might need more clarification:

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine
ESPN sources say that the Sixers had their first face-to-face meeting Thursday with presumptive No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons on Thursday.
The Sixers, sources say, had all of their key people in Cleveland on Thursday to have dinner with Simmons and agent Rich Paul before Game 6.

The Sixers, sources said, came away impressed by the 20 pounds of muscle Simmons is said to have added to his physique since the end of the college season and viewed the meeting as the start of "building a relationship" with the player they are strongly expected to select ahead of Duke's Brandon Ingram with the first pick next week. Thursday's sitdown did not include any basketball work, but sources say that the Sixers are to date the only team that has been granted direct access to Simmons in the lead-up to the draft.

Gimpy wrote:20 pounds of muscle in 3.5 months? Seems likely.

The Savior wrote:

Gimpy wrote:Lakers wouldn't do Okafor and their pick for Ingram.

Okafor Saric their pick

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I'd be into Jaylen, especially over Murray who is slow and sucks