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2017 NBA Re-Draft Gives 76ers, Lakers the Ultimate Do-Overs
The 2017 NBA draft delivered superstars, champions and franchise cornerstones—just not in the spots everybody expected.
As members of that vaunted class get set to begin their 10th professional seasons, let's look back at where Jayson Tatum, Markelle Fultz, Donovan Mitchell and all the rest should have gone in the draft.
We're not at all concerned with team or system fit here. This is strictly a best-player-available exercise, though it gets complicated when trying to weigh career longevity against a shorter, higher peak. Yes, we're mostly talking about real-life No. 2 selection Lonzo Ball, but that balancing act will come up more than once.
Given what we know now, this is how the 2017 NBA Draft should have played out.
1. Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum
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Original Pick: Markelle Fultz
Jayson Tatum's Original Draft Position: No. 3
Jayson Tatum's five All-NBA nods are more than the rest of the 2017 draft class has combined. He was on a run of four straight top-six MVP finishes prior to missing most of last year while recovering from a torn Achilles.
In addition to career averages of 23.5 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.9 assists, Tatum is the only player among his peers who qualifies as a two-way wing with first-option offensive chops. Even as trends have changed over the years, that's still the most valuable player type in the league.
It also doesn't hurt that Tatum is the only guy here who has checked the "best player on a championship team" box, setting him apart from a couple of other candidates with comparable counting stats.
2. Los Angeles Lakers: Donovan Mitchell
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Original Pick: Lonzo Ball
Donovan Mitchell's Original Draft Position: No. 13
Donovan Mitchell is the only 2017 pick, besides Tatum, with an All-NBA First Team honor on his résumé. He actually has over 1,000 more career points than the guy who just came off the board ahead of him.
Even with Mitchell's other advantages over Tatum—more assists, steals, and made threes—he's not a threat to unseat the Boston Celtics superstar.
The issue is partly positional. Mitchell is a smallish guard who doesn't make much of an impact on defense and hasn't yet proven he's good enough offensively to take his team all the way to the top of the heap.
Though he's had some stellar playoff runs and been perhaps equally valuable during the regular season, Mitchell hasn't driven team success to the degree Tatum has.
3. Philadelphia 76ers: Bam Adebayo
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Original Pick: Jayson Tatum
Bam Adebayo's Original Draft Position: No. 14
After a pair of alpha scoring options in Tatum and Mitchell, versatile center Bam Adebayo is the no-brainer third pick in this re-draft.
Adebayo has been one of the league's preeminent defensive players throughout his career, bringing switchability across all five positions while still leading the class in total rebounds.
An excellent passer for his position, Adebayo actually ranks fifth among 2017 picks in total assists.
A six-time All-Defensive honoree whose three All-Star trips trail only Tatum and Mitchell, Adebayo can anchor an elite defense while functioning as a No. 2 option on the other end. He was integral to the Heat's Jimmy Butler-led stretch from 2020 to 2023, during which the team made three Eastern Conference Finals and two Finals.
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4. Phoenix Suns: Derrick White
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Original Pick: Josh Jackson
Derrick White's Original Draft Position: No. 29
This is going to be a controversial choice because there's a much more star-worthy name still on the board at a similar position, but Derrick White has enough statistical and team-success support to make his case at No. 4.
First of all, White is among the best defensive players in the league right now and has been for the better part of his career. He has three All-Defensive nods, including last year's First Team honor. He has finished among the top 10 in DPOY voting every year since 2023-24. One of the greatest rim-protecting guards in NBA history, the 6'4" White has more swats than anyone but Jarrett Allen in the class.
Offensively, White isn't a first option, but his mid-career development as a three-point shooter makes him a great fit in any team's system. It doesn't hurt that he's also third among 2017 picks in assists.
Everyone will clamor for De'Aaron Fox here, but White leads him in career VORP and has driven far more wins over his career.
5. Sacramento Kings: OG Anunoby
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Original Pick: De'Aaron Fox
OG Anunoby's Original Draft Position: No. 23
It's hard to believe OG Anunoby has only made two All-Defensive teams. He somehow hasn't been a first-teamer once. Maybe it's the sheen of his recent championship run, complete with a Finals takeover, but his relatively empty individual trophy case feels like an oversight.
An ideally portable role player, Anunoby can defend every position on the floor and becomes even more valuable in the playoffs, when the need for a shutdown wing with elite length and strength is most pivotal. As physically sturdy as any forward in the league, Anunoby's lateral mobility sets him apart as a stopper.
No active player measures up to the "prime Kawhi Leonard" archetype on D, but Anunoby comes as close as anyone.
At 37.7 percent from long range for his career, Anunoby's offensive game is more than good enough to warrant the three-and-D label. He's not a shot-creator by any stretch, but he's spent most of his career as a player every team in the league would start and trust with heavy minutes.
6. Orlando Magic: De'Aaron Fox
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Original Pick: Jarrett Allen
De'Aaron Fox's Original Draft Position: No. 5
This may be a surprising fall for Fox, who slides past his original No. 5 spot and avoids landing with the Sacramento Kings. Given his trade request in 2024, he's probably not upset.
Of the many picks Sacramento would like to do over, Fox probably isn't one of them. Tough luck for the Kings.
Though he made just one All-Star team during his tenure with the squad, Fox was one of the organization's few bright spots over the past decade. He was the second-best player on the 2022-23 team that set a record for offensive efficiency and broke a 16-year playoff drought. He averaged at least 25.0 points per game in three different seasons.
Why does he slide behind White and Anunoby with a resumé like that? Fifteen players picked in 2017 have at least 4,000 career points. Fox rates dead last among them with a 51.9 effective field-goal percentage.
7. Minnesota Timberwolves: Lauri Markkanen
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Original Pick: Lauri Markkanen
Lauri Markkanen's Original Draft Position: No. 7
Lauri Markkanen's last few seasons with the Utah Jazz, marked by early shutdowns and loads of missed games, make it hard to get a good feel for where he should rank in this class. Quietly, he had major durability issues before sitting so often in Utah, topping 65 games just once in his first five seasons with Chicago and Cleveland.
Whenever Markkanen has been available, he's been a tremendously efficient scorer. Toting a career hit rate of 37.0 percent from deep, the 7-footer is one of the few players his size who can reliably shoot the ball on the move. Paired with a dangerous catch-and-go game, Markkanen rounds out his profile with aggressive drives that force defenders into tough spots.
Last season, he set a career high with 6.4 free-throw attempts per game. At 87.1 percent from the foul line for his career, Markkanen makes those freebies count.
A one-time All-Star with a pair of 25-point-per-game seasons and a Most Improved Player award in 2022-23, Markkanen could elevate his profile by proving he can contribute to a Jazz team that is finally trying to win games.
8. New York Knicks: Jarrett Allen
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Original Pick: Frank Ntilikina
Jarrett Allen's Original Draft Position: No. 20
Jarrett Allen is comfortably the second-best center in the 2017 class. Or, at least he's had the second-best career to date. Oklahoma City Thunder big man Isaiah Hartenstein took a while to get going but is probably the superior player at the moment.
With over 200 more blocked shots than anyone else in the class, Allen is easily 2017's top rim-protecting force. Only Adebayo has a higher rebound total, though he's logged over 2,000 more career minutes than Allen, leaving little doubt as to the class' best per-minute board man.
A one-time All-Star with three top-12 finishes in DPOY voting, Allen has been a reliable and efficient double-digit scorer en route to career marks of 13.1 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. He's never been a marquee name, but we're reaching the point of the re-draft where "quality starter" is good enough.
9. Dallas Mavericks: Isaiah Hartenstein
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Original Pick: Dennis Smith Jr.
Isaiah Hartenstein's Original Draft Position: No. 43
Isaiah Hartenstein probably wouldn't be among the top 30 picks in a re-draft of the 2017 class a few years ago. It took him until 2018-19 to see his first NBA action and until the midpoint of the 2023-24 season to earn a regular starting role.
That breakout year with the New York Knicks led to Hartenstein's move to the Oklahoma City Thunder, where he's been an indispensable part of two straight 60-win seasons and the 2024-25 championship.
A physical interior defender who averages 12.1 rebounds per 36 minutes, Hartenstein contributes on offense with his vastly underrated passing and work on the offensive boards. With great touch on short floaters, he's also become a dangerous threat as a roll man.
Right now, he's better than every center in the class but Adebayo. Allen went ahead of him only because of the greater volume of quality years.
10. Sacramento Kings: Josh Hart
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Original Pick: Zach Collins
Josh Hart's Original Draft Position: No. 30
A dominant transition threat and one of the best rebounding wings of his era, Josh Hart is yet another glue guy coming off the board in the re-draft lottery.
Hart's rugged, all-out style has resulted in more than a few injuries, but no one would consider telling him to turn down the intensity. A team with Hart on the floor just plays harder and more aggressively, if only to keep up with him.
Though mostly known for his on-the-margins contributions, Hart has somewhat surprisingly posted double-digit scoring averages four times, including each of the last two seasons with the Knicks. His three-point shot comes and goes, but inconsistency from beyond the arc shouldn't overshadow his championship-vetted two-way play.
11. Charlotte Hornets: Dillon Brooks
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Original Pick: Malik Monk
Dillon Brooks' Original Draft Position: No. 45
Many advanced metrics despise Dillon Brooks, mostly because of his career 42.1 percent field-goal percentage and limited facilitation skills. He's actually dead last among 2017 draftees in career VORP.
But you don't wind up ranking 10th in the class in total minutes and ninth in points by accident.
Brooks carved out a role for himself by establishing a physical, "right up to the line and sometimes over it" level of defensive aggression. He's an irritant, an instigator and a wildly overconfident blowhard on the floor. And it works.
Even if he's inefficient, takes bad shots and sometimes pokes the wrong bears, Brooks has made a habit of helping teams win and watching them struggle after he's gone. From Memphis to Houston to Phoenix, Brooks delivers grit and tone-setting toughness at every stop.
12. Detroit Pistons: John Collins
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Original Pick: Luke Kennard
John Collins' Original Draft Position: No. 19
Early on, John Collins looked like a potential future star. As a 21-year-old with the Atlanta Hawks, the bouncy forward put up 19.5 points and 9.8 rebounds while dabbling as a three-point shooter, hitting 34.8 percent of his 2.6 attempts per game.
The following year, Collins was only healthy for 41 games but averaged 21.6 points and 10.1 rebounds while canning 40.1 percent of his threes on even higher volume.
Though he has continued to score plenty while shooting over 50.0 percent from the field in every year of his career, Collins never quite delivered on the promise of those early years. Still a starter who offers real stretch at the 4, Collins is now a defensively iffy role player whose impact mostly depends on whether or not his catch-and-shoot threes are falling.
13. Denver Nuggets: Malik Monk
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Original PIck: Donovan Mitchell
Malik Monk's Original Draft Position: No. 11
Malik Monk's career got off to a brutal start, as the top-10 pick shot under 40.0 percent from the field in his first two seasons before having his third ended early with an indefinite suspension for violating the NBA and NBPA Anti-Drug Program.
Nearly slipping out of the league seemed to serve as a wakeup call.
Upon returning, Monk became a better three-point shooter and averaged double figures on the way to two straight top-five finishes in Sixth Man voting with the Sacramento Kings in 2022-23 and 2023-24.
Viewed mostly as a scoring guard early on, Monk also added real playmaking dimensions with the Kings, averaging over 5.0 assists per game in 2023-24 and 2024-25. He's currently seventh in the 2017 draft class in total dimes and sixth in made triples.
14. Miami Heat: Luke Kennard
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Original Pick: Bam Adebayo
Luke Kennard's Original Draft Position: No. 12
Sixty-one players have made at least 1,000 threes since 2017-18. Luke Kennard is easily the most accurate sniper in that group.
At 44.2 percent for his career, Kennard has run away with the accuracy crown over the last nine years, topping second-place finisher Stephen Curry's relatively modest 40.9 percent.
Despite his superpower as a long-range gunner, Kennard has bounced between six teams and has almost never held a regular starting role. He's not much of a defender but deserves credit for being an underrated facilitator at the 2.
He falls a bit from his original draft spot at No. 12, but Kennard is a true specialist who has mostly delivered on expectations.
15. Portland Trail Blazers: Kyle Kuzma
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Original Pick: Justin Jackson
Kyle Kuzma's Original Draft Position: No. 27
If Kyle Kuzma had stayed on the path he established during his first season when he finished fourth in Rookie of the Year and ninth in Sixth Man, he'd probably rank higher in our re-draft.
That version of Kuzma was a defense-first role player who didn't dribble much, played with great energy and still managed to average 16.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.
As he matured and changed teams a couple of times, Kuzma morphed into a somewhat unserious, empty scorer. It didn't help that he played his prime years with the aimless Washington Wizards, which enabled some of his worst instincts.
Still, Kuzma's size on the wing and (inefficient) scoring ability were enough to get him the fifth-most career minutes in the class to date. He's also fifth in total points, despite an effective field-goal percentage that ranks 14th among the top 15 scorers among 2017 draftees.
16. Chicago Bulls: Lonzo Ball
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Original Pick: Justin Patton
Lonzo Ball's Original Draft Position: No. 2
This is a long way to fall for someone who was briefly one of the top role players in the league, but Lonzo Ball is effectively out of the NBA at age 28 and has missed approximately two and a half seasons due to injury. Though his peak was relatively high, Ball simply didn't play enough to ascend in the re-draft order.
Ball put up a career-best 7.2 assists per game as a rookie with the Lakers. That was when he still profiled as more of a true point guard. It became clear that Ball's early-career shooting limitations and underwhelming athletic burst better suited him for a role as a secondary creator.
Across three seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans and Chicago Bulls, he shined as a catch-and-shoot gunner, ace connective passer, elite transition trigger and disruptive off-ball defender.
For a brief moment, Ball was the kind of gap-filling starter every team craved. That period just didn't last long enough.
17. Milwaukee Bucks: Jonathan Isaac
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Original Pick: D.J. Wilson
Jonathan Isaac's Original Draft Position: No. 6
It wouldn't be unfair to call Jonathan Isaac the forward version of Lonzo Ball—a player with clear niche skills who made a major impact on winning until injuries derailed everything.
A 6'10", defense-first project out of Florida State, Isaac flashed a ton of disruption and rebounding prowess across his first three seasons. Like Ball, multiple knee injuries cost Isaac two full years in what should have been his early prime and effectively put him on a permanent minutes limit. He hasn't averaged more than 15.8 minutes per game since 2019-20.
Routinely clocking in above the 90th percentile in Defensive Estimated Plus/Minus, Isaac continues to provide serious stopping power in his limited role.
18. Indiana Pacers: Monte Morris
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Original Pick: T.J. Leaf
Monte Morris' Original Draft Position: No. 51
For a five-season stretch from 2018-19 to 2022-23, Monte Morris was one of the most underrated point guards in the league.
After playing just 25 total minutes as a rookie, he ascended to a starring sixth-man role with the Nuggets during his second campaign, averaging 10.4 points and 3.6 assists while canning 41.4 percent of his threes. Morris posted similar numbers in each of his next two seasons in Denver, then jumped into a full-time starting role to relieve the injured Jamal Murray in 2021-22.
Things fell off a bit after Morris left the Nuggets, but he totes career averages of 9.4 points and 3.6 assists, with a sterling 38.8 percent from three.
19. Atlanta Hawks: Luke Kornet
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Original Pick: John Collins
Luke Kornet's Original Draft Position: Undrafted
Luke Kornet's best season came in 2024-25 with the Boston Celtics, when he played a career-high 73 games and averaged 4.6 offensive boards per 36 minutes, stats that would have shocked observers who saw the 7'1" center come into the league billed mostly as a perimeter threat.
Undrafted in 2017, Kornet took over half of his field-goal attempts from beyond the arc across each of his first four seasons before effectively abandoning his jumper and focusing on using his size around the rim.
A good illustration of the change: Kornet shot 38.2 percent from the field on a three-heavy diet with the Knicks but upped that to 65.4 percent in five seasons with the Celtics after shelving the deep ball.
A career backup who now plays spot minutes behind Victor Wembanyama in San Antonio, Kornet has carved out a solid career after watching 60 players get picked ahead of him in 2017.
Bonus points for being one of the funnier interview subjects in the league.
20. Portland Trail Blazers: Chris Boucher
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Original Pick: Harry Giles III
Chris Boucher's Original Draft Position: Undrafted
Only six players in the 2017 draft class have at least 300 blocks and 300 made threes in their careers. Chris Boucher is one of them.
Though the undrafted big man is nowhere near the overall impact level of the other five—Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, OG Anunoby, John Collins and Kyle Kuzma—he deserves credit for filling an in-demand role over the last nine years.
Boucher also holds the distinction of winning championships with two different teams in his first two seasons. He played a single game on a two-way contract for the title-winning 2017-18 Warriors, then collected a second ring with the Raptors the following season.
The best of Boucher's nine seasons came in 2020-21 with the Raps, when he averaged 13.6 points and 6.7 rebounds while posting a 51.4/38.3/78.8 shooting split, earning the eighth-most votes for Sixth Man of the Year.
21. Oklahoma City Thunder: Zach Collins
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Original Pick: Terrance Ferguson
Zach Collins' Original Draft Position: No. 10
Never a regular starter, Zach Collins still managed to put up 9.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game during his best seasons with the San Antonio Spurs from 2021-22 to 2024-25.
General defensive shakiness and a lack of heft have consigned Collins to a mostly offensive role. He's made at least 40 threes in three different seasons of his career. He might have developed into an even more effective weapon in his mid-20s if the ankle injury that cost him all of 2020-21 hadn't sapped some of his bounce.
At this point in the draft, a somewhat stretchy big man with career averages of 15.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per 36 minutes is about as good as it gets.
22. Brooklyn Nets: Thomas Bryant
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Original Pick: Jarrett Allen
Thomas Bryant's Original Draft Position: No. 42
Thomas Bryant peaked early, putting up 10.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in 72 appearances (53 starts) as a 21-year-old in his second season. Though he logged only 56 total games over the next two years, Bryant's efficiency around the basket, solid rebounding and quiet accuracy on low-volume deep shooting made him a very useful starting center.
Bryant bounced around after that, landing on six teams over his nine-year career. Back with the Cavaliers and slated for a second-unit role, the 29-year-old is still a viable energetic reserve who drags opposing centers out of the paint with the threat of his three-point stroke.
23. Toronto Raptors: Dennis Smith Jr.
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Original Pick: OG Anunoby
Dennis Smith Jr.'s Original Draft Position: No. 9
A fifth-place finish in Rookie of the Year voting suggested that the hyper-athletic Dennis Smith Jr. was on track to become a two-way star.
Though he salvaged his career by morphing into one of the better on-ball defenders at the guard position, Smith never matched his first-year averages of 15.2 points and 5.2 assists per game.
In fact, the Dallas Mavericks dealt him to the Knicks midway through his second season—not exactly a great sign for a lottery pick who'd been pretty productive as a rookie.
Poor long-range shooting, some ill-timed injuries and an overall offensive game that just wasn't complete enough combined to push DSJ out of the league in 2024 after 326 career games.
24. Utah Jazz: Markelle Fultz
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Original Pick: Tyler Lydon
Markelle Fultz's Original Draft Position: No. 1
A mysterious shoulder injury may or may not have contributed to a case of the shooting yips and a crisis of confidence, which effectively erased the elite draft pedigree Markelle Fultz was supposed to bring to the league.
We may never get clarity on the breakdown of his skills. Suffice it to say, there were mental and physical factors involved.
Despite his wildly disappointing start, Fultz built a modest career after joining the Magic in 2019-20. He averaged 11.6 points, 4.8 assists and 1.2 steals in five years with Orlando, starting 149 of the 201 games he played. Though he never managed to straighten out his jumper (career 27.5 percent from deep), Fultz used his size and passing acumen to produce like a low-end starter when healthy.
Unfortunately, the 28-year-old's time in the NBA may be done. He secured a 10-day deal with the Raptors this season but remains unsigned late in the 2026 offseason.
25. Orlando Magic: Simone Fontecchio
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Original Pick: Anžejs Pasečņiks
Simone Fontecchio's Original Draft Position: Undrafted
Technically a member of the 2017 draft class, Italian forward Simone Fontecchio opted to start his career in Europe after being passed over by the NBA. Since debuting at age 27 for the Utah Jazz in 2022-23, his reliable outside shot and underrated fake-and-go game have made him a useful rotation weapon.
Fontecchio's best work came in 2023-24 when he averaged 10.5 points and 3.7 rebounds while hitting 40.1 percent of his threes. A midseason trade that year sent him from Utah to Detroit, where he enjoyed a mini late-season breakout.
The 15.4 points he averaged over 16 games for the Pistons down the stretch didn't hold up, but Fontecchio logged 70 games for the Heat last season and scored 8.5 points in only 16.8 minutes per game. It's not too late for him to put up serious numbers if he ever lands a bigger role.
26. Portland Trail Blazers: Justin Jackson
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Original Pick: Caleb Swanigan
Justin Jackson's Original Draft Position: No. 15
It might surprise you to learn that Justin Jackson hung around through the 2023-24 season. Well, he technically lasted that long. The real-life No. 15 pick appeared in two games for the Wolves that year.
Jackson's final few seasons were quiet enough to be completely overlooked, to the point that many assumed he was out of the league earlier than he was. But he was noisier early on.
He started 41 of the 68 games he played for the Kings as a rookie. The 6'8" wing was a rotation regular through the 2020-21 season, split between the Thunder and Bucks. At his best during his second season, Jackson averaged 7.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists on a 44.7/35.5/78.5 shooting split across 81 games.
27. Brooklyn Nets: Frank Ntilikina
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Original Pick: Kyle Kuzma
Frank Ntilikina's Original Draft Position: No. 8
Frank Ntilikina could disrupt on defense right away and started to flash capable shooting chops a bit too late to salvage his career. Knicks fans surely remember the 47.9 percent he shot in 33 games during the 2020-21 season, if only because that level of accuracy stood out so starkly against what he'd done up to that point in his career.
A solid season with the Mavs in 2021-22 saw the French guard knock down 34.2 percent of his triples on increased per-minute volume, but poor two-point finishing resulted in the fifth straight season shooting under 40.0 percent from the field.
Ntilikina ranks 24th in total minutes, 22nd in steals and 21st in assists in the class. Do not ask where he ranks in field-goal percentage (it's 54th).
28. Los Angeles Lakers: Tony Bradley
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Original Pick: Tony Bradley
Tony Bradley's Original Draft Position: No. 28
A lack of mobility and scoring touch prevented Tony Bradley from ever settling in as a rotation mainstay, but he's been a highly productive reserve when deployed against lineups that don't expose his limitations.
Across 234 games, Bradley averages 14.3 points, 12.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per 36 minutes.
Credit the big man for fighting his way back into the NBA after slipping down to the G League in 2023-24. Nobody's going to say the 14 contests he played for the Eastern Conference champion Pacers in 2024-25 (plus 11 postseason appearances) were the reason they advanced so far, but it's telling that Bradley saw real action for a high-level team so recently.
29. San Antonio Spurs: Sterling Brown
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Original Pick: Derrick White
Sterling Brown's Original Draft Position: No. 46
We've reached the point where anyone who played in a rotation is fair game, so Sterling Brown lands just inside the top 30 after going 46th in real life.
An undersized wing who entered the league with the pre-championship Milwaukee Bucks, Brown averaged at least 14.0 minutes per contest across his first three years—the last two of which saw teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo named MVP.
Brown's exit from Milwaukee was ill-timed. The Bucks won the title in 2020-21, immediately after he left for the Rockets. At least Brown put up a career year in Houston, averaging 8.2 points and draining 42.3 percent of his threes over 51 games, including 14 starts.
30. Utah Jazz: Josh Jackson
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Original Pick: Josh Hart
Josh Jackson's Original Draft Position: No. 4
Things never quite came together for Jackson, a theoretical two-way wing whose 6'8" size and perceived versatility convinced the Suns he was worth a top-five pick.
Jackson averaged 13.1 points as a rookie, but the scoring inefficiency (41.7 percent from the field; 26.3 percent from deep) that would define his career rendered those points empty.
It seemed Jackson might enjoy a second act when he played 62 games for the Pistons in 2020-21, scoring 13.4 points per game and showing more passing chops than he ever had before. Because of poor shooting and immaturity off the court, he was out of the league by 2022 and hasn't made it back.
Stats courtesy of NBA.com, Basketball Reference and Cleaning the Glass. Salary info via Spotrac.
Grant Hughes covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Bluesky and subscribe to the Hardwood Knocks podcast, where he appears with Bleacher Report's Dan Favale.
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