Yeah I do like Flynn, but the more I look at the players in this draft the more I wonder how many are actually going to be capable of cracking the starting 5 rotation. Flynn is more of a quality backup point guard than a starter IMO.
Yeah, there's something about Flynn that says he won't be as great in the NBA. Check this out about Evans. Source
If we got Tyreke Evans it'd be a pretty decent pick. He does everything that a guard should do, except for shot range. Chemistry wise I'd be concerned because he likes to handle the ball. I'd rather stick with Morrow or Belinelli, frankly. We need a pure point guard, more good centers, and develop our power forwards. I'd say trade that pick or shoot for a riskier guy like another 6'10 small forward/power forward/center. Basically a high risk, arguably the best available player. There's a chance based on our crop of young bigs we could trade down for a smaller player that we really want. Like let's say Felton gets traded for Brandan Wright, would we worry knowing that Don Nelson would probably use Anthony Randolph a lot more at PF? We'd probably lose BW anyway if Don Nelson isn't going to use a traditional postup player or BW keeps getting hurt.
Agreed. His stock is really on the rise. I was really high on him for the last several months and it seems like the rest of the league caught that fever right as I cooled off. Still think hes a good prospect but its kind of irrelevant to think about because I don't see him dropping to us any more. Seems like Evans, Harden, and Rubio will be gone by the time we draft. Thabeet and Griffin too. That leaves one other wild card spot that ought to be Hill, Holiday, Flynn, Jennings, Curry, maybe Derozan. Thats a decent crop for us to pick from. Hill seems to be taking a slide but in such a big man weak draft I dunno if he'll get to us. Seems like a guy Nellie could like, an athletic big who can rebound, nice perimeter shooter. He strikes me as having a Pietrus-esque bball IQ though, Nellie probably wouldn't be a fan of that. Seems like a dumber/more athletic David West. But if Nellie falls in love with a PG I'd have to trust him on it. Maybe he sees the next Tim Bug in Flynn? Dude measured out as a great athlete despite being really short. Holiday could be attractive too though because he has great size to be next to Monta, great tools, just depends if Nellie thinks hes a floor leader. Jennings....dunno what the hell to think of him.
Curry had a dominant run in the 08 tourney and played well in the NIT last season. I certainly don't think you can say he's not a big game player or someone who will fold under pressure
Not that I am against drafting PG, but... If we ever plan to start Monta, we need a big PG who can guard other team's SG, not just PG. If we draft a small PG like Flynn or Lawson, or Curry, who seems to be a defensive liability, we either have to trade Monta, or we are drafting a back up PG with 7th pick. Evans or Holiday are big enough to guard SG, but they don't seem to be 'traditional' PGs. So, I am not against drafting SG or SF and let Monta play PG either. Ball movement would not improve, but we did manage to score bunch of points last season with anybody playing PG. Also, it doesn't seem like there is a PG with huge potential at #7, unless we want to take a swing at Jennings...
The more I think about it, the less excited I am about this #7 pick. Yeah, we could get someone good there but there's just too many unknowns, every single player who might be available at that pick has serious question marks. I just think it's likely we'll end up with, at best, another good player at #7, which the Warriors already have way too many of. They need some game-changers, and probably need to trade to get them. I either want to see them trade up for Rubio or trade down into the teens for Holiday or Williams, something like that. I think those players are just as likely to be good as the typical ones people are talking about the Warriors taking, like Jennings, Evans, Curry, etc. Outside of Griffin and Rubio, I don't see any surefire game-changers in this draft, and I see a lot of bust potential in the consensus top 10.
Totally. I've invested zero research into this draft for the very reasons you've stated. Who would want our #7 pick when there's no upside?
It's interesting reading other fan responses to this draft. Seems like the general concensus is #1 Blake Griffin, #2 Ricky Rubio and then complete chaos about who deserves to go next and is the better option trading down out of the draft.
i'm thinking a golden state/memphis trade would make a lot of sense. something like the 7th pick and wright for the 2nd pick. that gives golden state rubio to be their long term pg while memphis is able to fill their pf hole and then start working on their bench with the 7th pick(where they could probably pick up either curry or jordan hill).
Brandon Jennings and Johnny Flynn coming in for workouts on the 11th. Jordan Hill coming on the 12th.
I haven't heard anything about him but I also read that his first ever workout was today (or maybe yesterday, I dunno) at Minnesota.
Analysis: The Warriors don't have a traditional point guard and while Don Nelson would prefer a veteran I think it will be hard for them to pass on Jrue Holiday if he's still on the board. Holiday isn't nearly as polished as Flynn, but he gives them some much-needed size and defense in the backcourt next to Monta Ellis. I also expect that the Warriors will take a long look at Brandon Jennings here. But his lack of size hurts him a bit. And while were at it, I'm hearing significant buzz that Louisville's Terrence Williams is also high on the board at Golden State. Seven seems too high, but don't be surprised if the Warriors are willing to do a swap to get him. Mock Draft 4.0
