More often than not. When confronted with any legal issue your best option is to not say anything at all. Slip up and say one thing that is provably false, even if it has nothing to do with the exact accusations, can be used to discredit your side of things. " If he lied about this, what else did he lie about?" May not seem like the best optics to say nothing but anything you say on record is evidence if used right.

My top 5 would be

1. Scottie
2. Cade
3. Giddey
4. Franz
5. Mobley

But between Franz and mobley I think that’s a coin flip based on team needs. Looking at the rest of this thread I think giddey is being undervalued just because of his current efficiency. Watching him play though he’s got good IQ and always seems to be making the right play without being selfish. A great mentality to pair up with a great scoring guard like shai. I think his shot looks good and his defense has good potential. Defensively he gets to the right positions and is putting in the effort. He just needs to figure out how to use his size to make up for his lack of quickness vs smaller guards. I really do believe that in a few more years if he can get his efficiency up to league standards and his defense better we might even be valuing him above Cade. Like, think Ben Simmons if he was 2 inches shorter and could shoot. Right now on the thunder I see Chet making the jump to being the second scoring option and easily has all star potential. Giddey can be perfect as that 3rd guy. Good defense, good scoring and an A+ distributor who doesn’t need to be on ball all the time and isn’t selfish.

You really need to sit down with the list of centers and play would you rather for a few minutes.

Sabonis or Mitch? Bam? Myles Turner? Wemby? Chet? Lopez? Gobert? Sengun? Is AD a center?

Top 5 is a bit too much. I think of his current production as gobert lite. That being said, Mitch is only doing what he’s asked to right now and that’s what I love about him. We don’t know how much more he could provide if he was given more offensive opportunities. We all have seen him working on his 3 point shot and post work every off season. Until they let him try doing some of that in games we won’t know what he can be. I do know that some pg in this league could easily get his ppg up to around 15 just working the pick and roll with him. IMO he’s a seriously under utilized lob threat with us right now.

Another big thing to note is the money to production ratio. I think a lot of teams would rather have Mitch over gobert just because of the cap hit. That doesn’t make him better than gobert. Would you turn away kat or bam if you could get them at the same price as Mitch? Absolutely not.