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#5 Pick in the 2020 NBA Draft: Your Top Three Choices

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Who are Your Top Three Choices for the #5 Pick in the 2020 NBA Draft?

  • Ball

    Votes: 16 18.2%
  • Edwards

    Votes: 11 12.5%
  • Hayes

    Votes: 4 4.5%
  • Okongwu

    Votes: 34 38.6%
  • Wiseman

    Votes: 41 46.6%
  • Toppin

    Votes: 12 13.6%
  • Avdija

    Votes: 50 56.8%
  • Vassell

    Votes: 23 26.1%
  • Haliburton

    Votes: 21 23.9%
  • Okoro

    Votes: 41 46.6%

  • Total voters
    88
  • Poll closed .

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Edit: You should enter your top THREE choices. I guess it wasn't clear to everyone from the poll question, but I can't edit the question now.

This is a wide open draft, and there are 5-6 names doing rounds in the threads here as the top choice.

I went through several mock drafts from sports reporters/channels and newspapers. It seems like the only prospect unanimously thought to go before #5 is Ball. EVERY other prospect falls to #5 or below in some mock draft. That's why I have included everyone (yeah, Ball, too) in the list here. Mention any other names (Williams, Nesmith, Maxey, Kira, Cole, Pokusevski, Achiuwa, ........) that's there in your top-3 choices for the #5 pick.

I feel like the Cavs will look to fill the need for a big, if any, later. My top 3 choices for the #5 pick are:
Ball (improbable)
Avdija (may be gone by 5)
Haliburton
 
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Seems like Avdija and Haliburton have a lot of love here!
 
No takers for Hayes?!
 
My top 3 choices even if we had #1 are:

Wiseman
Toppin
Avdija
 
I've been steady on Ball, Halliburton or Okungwu. But I admit that I haven't seen much of any of these guys.
 
Just for the fun, I was going through a poll before the 2013 draft. Seemed like there was no consensus about the top pick. But an overwhelming majority voted for Otto Porter when asked, "who would be your second choice?"
 
32 votes - statistically significant. I'm sure Dan is watching this, and directed JB accordingly.
 
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So, the 2020-21 Cavs rotation is:

PG: Sexton, Garland, Exum
SG: KPJ, Cedi, (Windler, Exum)
SF: Windler, Avdija, McKinnie, (KPJ)
PF: Love, Nance, Wade, (TT)
C : Drummond, TT (?), Bell
 
Okongwu or Haliburton.

Avdija will be a bust.
 
People are saying Wiseman is slipping out of the top 5. It would be smart to take him and trade Drummond for something good at the deadline. Makes me want to bring TT back and have him mentor Wiseman and jettison Drummond if we can.
 
Maybe lucky that we didn't end up with a higher pick? Cavs reportedly have Edwards in their top-3, but less than 10% of fans agree.
 
Maybe lucky that we didn't end up with a higher pick? Cavs reportedly have Edwards in their top-3, but less than 10% of fans agree.

This Poll [<-- Click to open] might be a good reminder of how 'good' the fan poll results are

However, this poll [<-- Click to open] was good at identifying a talent

So, it's hit-or-miss. But, yes, it's nice to see what the fans are thinking.

Hayes not getting any vote might be stemming from his agent avoiding to schedule an interview with the Cavs, and not because he is THAT bad. See the first poll I posted in this comment - Oladipo had received zero votes.
 
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This Poll [<-- Click to open] might be a good reminder of how good the fan polls are

However, this poll [<-- Click to open] was good at identifying a talent

So, it's hit-or-miss. But, yes, it's nice to see what the fans are thinking.

Hayes not getting any vote might be stemming from his agent avoiding to schedule an interview with the Cavs, and not because he is THAT bad. See the first poll I posted in this comment - Oladipo had received zero votes.

To be fair, I don't think Noel was necessarily a bad pick there. The issue was always with his health, not with his talent...his career was off to a pretty good start (3rd in ROY voting the following year) until injuries unfortunately derailed him. And even after all the injuries he's still a better player today than most of the guys on that list.

As for Hayes, indeed, I would've considered him as one of my 3 if not for the mutual disinterest between him and the Cavs.
 
Assuming the top guys are gone at 5 based on the mocks, I chose Okongwu, Haliburton and Okoro. Vassell is a notch below pending how he measures. (If Vassell measures at 3&D SG size then I don't even take him in the top 10).
If Wiseman falls for some reason I would probably roll the dice on the big guy since he appears to have the highest ceiling. I have zero interest in Edwards and would even take Okoro over him.
 

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