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Melbourne have said that they seriously considered drafting Lever in 2014 (which meant using either pick 2 or 3) but the knee injury scared them away.
Roll the clock forward three years, knee comes good, Crows put the development into him and Melbourne are now (apparently) all over him. Without the knee injury he goes top 3 then as an unproven rookie. He is now a first 18 in the minor premiers side and an AA squad member.
If I was at the negotiation table I'd want 2017 and 2018 Melbourne first round picks using Melbourne's own comments agaisnt them...if he was borderline top 3 in 2014 as a rookie he is worth a lot more now.
Roll the clock forward three years, knee comes good, Crows put the development into him and Melbourne are now (apparently) all over him. Without the knee injury he goes top 3 then as an unproven rookie. He is now a first 18 in the minor premiers side and an AA squad member.
If I was at the negotiation table I'd want 2017 and 2018 Melbourne first round picks using Melbourne's own comments agaisnt them...if he was borderline top 3 in 2014 as a rookie he is worth a lot more now.
We planned on using Richmond's pick 12 from the failed Trengove trade to select Lever.

