|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946
Legend
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946 |
I like the Mavs pick there. Good value for #26.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 11,465
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 11,465 |
j/c
I imagine we'll say otherwise, but I cannot believe that we didn't get stuck with Thompson after Toronto took Jonas V.
Of all the chatter I heard and read, the scare was that Detroit would end up taking him.
I think we like the kid (you don't take the risk if you don't), but I cannot imagine that what happened is anything other than fallout from trying to add the 19 pick.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,753
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,753 |
j/c - so, looking to the 2nd round, what ya'll thinking will happen at 32. At this point I'm hoping Tyler Honeycutt or Malcom Lee is available. If all else fails, Kyle Singler, Chandler Parsons, or Keith Benson, though that may be high for Benson.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 11,465
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 11,465 |
In all honesty, I'd look at Jeremy Tyler. Reach at the spot, of course ... but boom-bust potential ... likely bust ... but the potential for boom is enough.
And we need bigs badly.
He does seem like a complete moron, though...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850
Legend
|
|
OP
Legend
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850 |
honeycutt should be the pick (though i think the bulls will nab him)
#gmstrong
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 17,027
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 17,027 |
norris cole to the heat through minny
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521 |
Is that a guess or a report?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850
Legend
|
|
OP
Legend
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850 |
Quote:
norris cole to the heat through minny
i'm following online and it didn't say minny took the bulls #28?
i was about to say great job by chicago keeping norris away from miami 
#gmstrong
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521 |
Yeah, Minny had Chicago's pick at 28. Miami's has Minny's pick at 32.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 17,027
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 17,027 |
to mia through minnesota, apparently.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521 |
I believe that was Miami's 1st rounder, which went to Toronto in the sign-and-trade for Bosh. Toronto traded it to Chicago, and Chicago dealt the pick to Minny.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946 |
I hate that. Everything I have read is that Norris is one of the real sleepers in this draft.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521 |
Never mind. They did flip it back. Miami basically traded for their own pick. I take back my congrats to Norris. Sorry, guy.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 11,465
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 11,465 |
Quote:
Norris Cole was NOT traded to Miami.
Everything I'm seeing says that's the case... nothing official.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946 |
They just outlined the trade on ESPN.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521 |
Yeah. Very confusing. That was Miami's pick to begin with. Travelled to Toronto, Chicago, Minny and then back to Miami.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946 |
That's one well traveled pick. 
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850
Legend
|
|
OP
Legend
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850 |
#gmstrong
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,317
Dawg Talker
|
|
Dawg Talker
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,317 |
Quote:
Now that's a shocker.
Doesn't surprise me at all, I talked about Thompson in the other thread yesterday being our second pick. Ok, maybe it surprises me a little, I thought big V was more likely 
"All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine." - Charles Barkley
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946 |
I like Minnesota's (Miami's) pick there. He's a solid shooter.
Cavaliers are on the clock.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 17,027
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 17,027 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946 |
Man, that was quick.
Cavaliers take Justin Harper. Hopefully he's a SF. I think they said that he's played in the Princeton offense.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,753
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,753 |
j/c - how many PFs do we need? Jamison, Hickson, Varejao, Thomspon and now Harper.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 11,465
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 11,465 |
Who wants power forwards?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 14,248
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 14,248 |
He sounds like a homeless man's Derreck Williams. Another tweener PF/SF
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,317
Dawg Talker
|
|
Dawg Talker
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,317 |
Quote:
For all the talk of trades that we heard about, it's certainly been quiet on that front. Usually I've talked myself into a draft pick by now, but I still don't get this one. We now have 2 starting PG's and 4 starting PFs. 
Our system pretty much encourages having extra guards, but I don't really know what to make of the PF logjam. I'm assuming Jamison is gone at the deadline, but does this mean Hickson gets minutes at the 5? He's undersized but he actually played alright there last year in spot duty.
"All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine." - Charles Barkley
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946 |
Can he play SF? I have read that he has the body and shooting ability to play the 3. He's also supposedly experienced in the Princeton offense.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,104
Dawg Talker
|
|
Dawg Talker
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,104 |
Personally I'd have taken Honeycutt
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850
Legend
|
|
OP
Legend
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850 |
and we take harper at 32? did grant go to the kahn school of building a team? we're all PFs and PGs?
#gmstrong
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 17,284
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 17,284 |
We have 5 power forwards
What the hell.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,753
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,753 |
Every site I've looked at (don't know much about him, so I need to depend on that) shows PF, though I did read he could/did play the 3. Is he athletic enough?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 5,521 |
I'd say "underwhelming" would be a good way to describe this draft.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 14,248
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 14,248 |
Well that draft was a bit of a kick in the sack ... Irving was pretty much a given, so I was hoping for only a few things ... 1) Kanter to hopefully fall to us and us to take him ... didn't happen, not the Cavs fault. 2) If he didn't fall to us, I didn't want them to panic, over-think themselves, or reach heavily on a position of need ... instead, we panicked, over-thought ourselves, and then heavily reached on a position we're well stocked at.  ... then to top it off, we take another PF with our second pick.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 50,946 |
I would suspect that we'll see a couple of guys traded ...... probably Sessions, as expected, and maybe Hickson and/or Varejao.
If we can get back some future picks .... it could be good.
Micah 6:8; He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
John 14:19 Jesus said: Because I live, you also will live.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,317
Dawg Talker
|
|
Dawg Talker
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,317 |
Everyone has been saying this draft will be underwhelming for the past year. Why were you expecting it to magically not be? We got the best player in the draft, lets be happy for that at least.
"All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine." - Charles Barkley
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 14,248
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 14,248 |
Quote:
Everyone has been saying this draft will be underwhelming for the past year. Why were you expecting it to magically not be? We got the best player in the draft, lets be happy for that at least.
Even Jim Paxson is smart enough to do that.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 17,284
Legend
|
|
Legend
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 17,284 |
Other than Irving this draft was crap.
We are sitting on our azzes with the trade exception.
5 PFs and all of them are undersized.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850
Legend
|
|
OP
Legend
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 17,850 |
Quote:
Everyone has been saying this draft will be underwhelming for the past year. Why were you expecting it to magically not be? We got the best player in the draft, lets be happy for that at least.
well, we have no wing players going in and we still have no wing players going out. we better have some trades lined up.
#gmstrong
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,753
Hall of Famer
|
|
Hall of Famer
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,753 |
Yeah, rumor is Brown wants to bring Varejao to the Lakers.
I'd rather see someone take on Jamison, but as an expiring contract he may be worth more on the team's payroll until the trade deadline.
|
|
|
DawgTalkers.net
Forums DawgTalk Tailgate Forum NBA Draft Thread
|
|
