2008 drafting patterns would denote a Thorn-lead office

[GMJ]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Now that a week has passed since the NBA draft, and we’ve all had a chance to reflect on all the changes to the team (including the trade of Richard Jefferson), perhaps this is a good time to review how well the Nets complied with “Rod’s Draft Rules” in 2008. For the uninitiated, these are a series of preferences towards specific types of players that the Nets appear to use, either consciously or subconsciously, when making their ultimate draft decisions. They range from physical attributes and maturity to certain skills such as the ability to play defense.

First, to reiterate what has been said before in this space, we do not believe that these are necessarily hard-and-fast rules, but just preferences and tendencies. I have no doubt that if an extraordinary talent was available (such as if the Nets had the opportunity to draft LeBron James when he entered the draft years ago), they wouldn’t hesitate to violate these “rules” if the player’s potential and other attributes just outweighed the other considerations. With that said...</div>

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Great article, Dumpy! I must say you made a lot of good points, it looks like Rod Thorn still controls the draft room.

 

[Dumpy]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Jul 4 2008, 09:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Now that a week has passed since the NBA draft, and we’ve all had a chance to reflect on all the changes to the team (including the trade of Richard Jefferson), perhaps this is a good time to review how well the Nets complied with “Rod’s Draft Rules” in 2008. For the uninitiated, these are a series of preferences towards specific types of players that the Nets appear to use, either consciously or subconsciously, when making their ultimate draft decisions. They range from physical attributes and maturity to certain skills such as the ability to play defense.

First, to reiterate what has been said before in this space, we do not believe that these are necessarily hard-and-fast rules, but just preferences and tendencies. I have no doubt that if an extraordinary talent was available (such as if the Nets had the opportunity to draft LeBron James when he entered the draft years ago), they wouldn’t hesitate to violate these “rules” if the player’s potential and other attributes just outweighed the other considerations. With that said...</div>

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Great article, Dumpy! I must say you made a lot of good points, it looks like Rod Thorn still controls the draft room.
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thanks. . . it's interesting to note that good fortune played a part of things. If Lopez was gone, they would have selected Bayless, who is not as good a match with the "rules" (who knows if they would have traded down, though). CDR fell into their laps at #40, and they would have taken him regardless of whether he matched up well (although I guess you could argue that was why they wanted him to begin with). The only real "decision" they made was on Ryan Anderson, who they had apparently decided in advance that they were going to take. Anderson, (hopefully) the KVH clone (yes, KVH was no star, but to get that sort of production from a #21 pick would be like finding oil in your backyard). Given how they targetted him, I suspect that Ryan will be a little better defensively than he has been given credit for--or at least they think he will be.

 

[nets1]

very nice job dumpy you nailed it

I also think Anderson will be the most productive rookie this year.

 

[netsking]

Anderson will be productive this year but i think that CDR will have the most offensive production and maybe score from 7-12 points per game, and judging by playing time 2nd round rookies usually get, that's huge.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

The good thing about Anderson is he can shoot in his sleep, but part of me thinks he needs a year in the weight room to be in the rotation consistently.

Unless Sean becomes such a good help defender he can make up th difference.

 

[bbwSwish]

I'm not even a Nets fan and I enjoyed that article. Good work.