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Willie Reed a clear choice for Stars amid the chaos of the G-League Draft

Bart Taylor gave the coaches sitting around the table in the conference one last chance to change their minds.

“Speak now,” the Salt Lake City Stars’ vice president of basketball operations said.

“We’ve only talked about this for five days,” added Martin Schiller, the team’s head coach.

Everyone laughed. This was the easy part.

There can be a tremendous amount of pressure associated with having the top pick in the NBA Draft. Choose correctly, and you can have a franchise-changing talent. Make the wrong choice and squander a precious opportunity. But when you own the No.