OK, who are we drafting?

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  1. Chuck Taylor

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    We don't have too much info to go on when it comes to Olshey's draft habits. But we know that last year he not only worked out, but also went to dinner with, our eventual pick Damian Lillard.

    So, who fits that bill this year? Does anyone have a list of all the potential #10 picks we worked out this year? The only guys I remember hearing were going to dinner with Olshey and Allen were Zeller and Caldwell-Pope. Am I missing any?
     
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    Looking at what teams need/rumored to have interest in I'm guessing Steve Adams will be the pick at #10
     
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    I think we'll draft the player who is projected to be the 10th best in the draft.
     
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    If we keep the pick I think it will be Zeller. Gut feeling is we will trade the pick.
     
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    I'm sure Adams can turn this team into a playoff contender!
     
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    Thank you for your input, Mr. intellectual pillar.
     
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    I'll give it a shot, here is a list of the players we might have available at 10 that I think we are interested in.

    Alex Lin (He is all over the place in mocks, all the way from #1 to #14 and ESPN has him falling to us which I think is unrealistic but if he does I think we of course bite)
    Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
    C.J. McCollum
    Shabazz
    One of them will at least be there when we pick and thats the order I think we would draft them in.
     
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    So it looks like everyone read my post's title, and not the post itself. I'm sure if enough of us guess, someone will get it right. But I'm more interested in actual signs from the team.

    Does anyone know if Olshey and Allen took any players out to dinner other than Caldwell-Pope and Zeller? I have to think these guys are on our short list.
     
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    Alex Len as well. He can't practice though so a little different scenario.
     
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    Yep thats exactly what I did. Paul Allen was at a few workouts but as for having dinner with players I thought he only had Dinner with Pope and it was Olshey not Allen that had dinner with Zeller.
     
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    C.J. McCollum is he's around. If he's off the board to a team like the Kings, it will be Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. Picking Shabazz would be a stunner. I don't see him working with this Blazers' locker room.
     
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    Sadly, I think you're right. I'm just not excited by Pope or Zeller.
     
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    Zeller for Phoenix is my guess
     
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    Paul was at the Adams-Gobert workout too. Personally, I would like to see if they could find a way to land Gortat, and Adams. One for now, and one for the future.
     
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