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[QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 293397, member: 57"]
It so happens that I just had dinner with my NBA scout friend. We did not talk specifically about where Dion might go, but we did talk about likely Top 5 draftees. No mention of Dion - he had a solid Top Four of Davis, Robinson (his personal #2), Kidd-Gilcrest, & Drummond. He felt there wasn't much difference between quite a few kids in the 5 to 10 range, but he did not have Dion in that group. He mentioned Perry Jones as highly skilled, but potentially very soft so, therefore, ... very risky. He also said Perry did not go through 3 on 3 workouts, so that may cause his stock to drop.
 
He did not like Fab due to character issues. He mentioned a story about Scoop that I will not repeat (nothing to do w drugs), but my guess is that it may well make the difference between Scoop's getting drafted in the second round or more likely not. We did not discuss Kris at all.
 
Finally, he said something that I found very interesting, and that amongst the NBA lottery teams there is an unwritten rule that teams do not keep their intended picks to be a surprise. Though, of course, sometimes you have teams that are legitimately undecided to the end & that as a result it does upset the expected order of things.
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