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[PacersGM]

Hawks Draft SF Lionel Simmons with pick #1 of round 1.
Pistons Draft PF Larry Johnson with pick #2 of round 1.
Jazz Draft PF Chris Gatlin with pick #3 of round 1.
Knicks Draft SF Billy Owens with pick #4 of round 1.
Bulls Draft PF Toni Kukoc with pick #5 of round 1.

[JazzGM-old2]

Lol, I've been checking all night and was about to turn in, and checked one LAST time.  And there it was.

I was kinda surprised to get my 3rd pick as I kinda thought Owens was going #2 leaving me with LJ.  It was a pretty hard choice for me between Gatlin and LJ to begin with, and I wasn't sure if I wanted a too skinny or too short PF on my roster.  But, I guess this way I didn't have to choose, it was decided for me.  I spent 1200$ checking out true potentials for players and Gatlin had the highest of any I surveyed, so I'm hopeful he'll pan out for me in the long run.  I'm not too familiar with true potentials so I don't really know how important they are, but, I"m hoping quite a bit in this case.

[Iverson2Korver43]

as with the jazz, the Hawks made my decision...  I was between Johnson, Owens and Simmons...  After finding out potentials Owens was not in the running...  Happy to get LJ...  That defense improves a little and he could be a stud...

[HawksGM]

Thrilled to get Simmons.  IMO he is clearly the best player in the draft.  He can play now, but if Bird re-signs, Simmons could take a year playing around 20mpg and come in next year and be the starter.  This was hard for me as I have always been a big Larry Johnson fan.