Andrew Schlecht

They've left it all out there, left it all on the injury report.

But I don't know if I can definitively say they need this pick.

It'd obviously be great to have, but I don't think they need it the way some of these other teams do.

Number eight, I've got Dallas.

Now, they've got Cooper Flagg, and while some might point to the fact that this is the last draft Dallas controls their own pick for several years, the pick they do get is going to be good.

And again, it's likely going to fall in this group of point guards, which I think would be great for them.

This could end up working out awesome for Dallas, even if they stay right where they are.

So it's hard for me to say that they need it like some of these other teams.

Now, this might be my first big surprise, Andrew.

Number seven.

Utah.

Okay.

Now they listen, don't get me wrong.

They need it.

They clearly want it.

But with the triple J trade, the emergence of Keontae George, I feel way better about this jazz team going into next season than I did in the preseason.

They've put themselves in a position to weather the storm.

If the worst happens on lottery night, a lot better than these teams ahead of them.

So yes, they need it, but they've got a plan regardless.

Big tune change.