Zombie 2012 NBA Draft

[MickZagger]

Fez hated on Lillard, too. But, he flip flopped worse than Romney in the couple months before the draft. He wanted to cover all his bases. I think his final love affair was Waiters.

 

[THE HCP]

Ahhhh, that's right! I remember both of those haters now. #oops

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Drummond or Barnes. No Lillard.

(It seems predetermined it'll be Lillard )

Ed O.

Man they are talking up Lillard . . . not feeling good about this.

Damnit. Barnes falls into our laps and we don't take him?

I thought we are drafting for BPA, not need.

So much for bpa, eh?

Lillard. Meh.

Big FAIL by the Blazers.

Passing on Barnes is a joke.

Feel very blah right now . . .

;
Yayyyy, now Fez has to root for Lillard

I could put up those numbers in the big sky conference.

 

[THE HCP]

SHIT! Nice finds brother! All those suckas are no longer allowed to give props to him now!

 

[THE HCP]

That means you KingSpeed...... you've been giving DL a forum version of a lapdance for 96 straight hours!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Good scouting video on Lillard:
[video=youtube;bng3raIac0s]

Like: stuff about his character and scoring efficiency
Dislike: his PG skills
Conclusion: I'd rather have Marshall.

Oops.

 

[THE HCP]

Oops.

In your defense.... all those highlights are against slow ass slow whiteboys! And what was up with that music? Usually ball players highlight videos are with Rick Ross or Jay-Z.... not some Depeche Mode type music!

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Can we all agree that we love Damian Lillard?

 

[THE HCP]

Can we all agree that we love Damian Lillard?

Now people can........ not fair to jump on this wagon now FAMS!

 

[Natebishop3]

This is one of my favorites

Waiters CLEARLY on a higher tier than Lillard.

I win.

 

[THE HCP]

FEZ....... where you at son?

 

[MickZagger]

Ya, where you at knuckkka?

 

[Natebishop3]

You know, I admit that I wanted Robinson to drop to us. I liked Lillard, but I had no fucking clue he was going to be this good. Can anyone really say they knew he was going to be this good? I liked some of the talk from Tom Penn and the videos sure looked good. I wasn't truly sold until I saw him play in the SL. After the first game I knew he was going to be something special.

 

[MickZagger]

I believe I was the first to mention wanting to draft Lillard in one of the threads way before the draft, or before Lillards stock began to rise.

*(As I pat myself on the back while eating a cookie) hehehehe

 

[THE HCP]

^LINK

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Nobody can say they "knew", but a lot of us thought. I was definitely in the "Lillard/Leonard Or Bust!" camp before and during the draft, after seeing the stats, measurements, and videos. Of course it was all a hunch, but it's better to be lucky than good!

 

[MickZagger]

^LINK

It was in one of the original draft watch threads. Don't make me lay the smack down with my searching tools to add more to my legacy on this board. But, if I must I will....

brb in 10 minutes.

 

[THE HCP]

It was in one of the original draft watch threads. Don't make me lay the smack down with my searching tools to add more to my legacy on this board. But, if I must I will....

brb in 10 minutes.

This outta' be good....... JEOPARDY music playing......

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Nik might have us all beat:

http://sportstwo.com/threads/210106-For-Arguments-Sake?p=2763406&viewfull=1#post2763406
http://sportstwo.com/threads/210023...-than-before?p=2762776&viewfull=1#post2762776

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Here's the earliest MickZagger posting about Damian Lillard that I could find... suggesting he'd rather have Marshall

http://sportstwo.com/threads/212507-OTish-What-do-you-think-about-Damian-Lillard?highlight=Lillard

 

[jlprk]

They still shoulda taken Waiters! You'll see!

Actually, we all knew a week in advance that Olshey loved Lillard. So Blazer fans advocating anyone else were following their intrinsic endemic need to oppose authority.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Yeah I was hoping to see some strong opinions before June, but there just aren't any. We're all (mostly) too reasonable.

 

[THE HCP]

What has happened to Robinson down in Sac? I thought this kid was going to take this league by storm?

 

[MickZagger]

Its out there man, I just cant seem to find it. It was the first time Lillard was brought up around here and I posted a video of him. It was like the 2nd page of a long thread.

 

[PapaG]

Somebody should pull up the subsequent "BPA" thread. Hell, I might have started it, so I'll look for it.

My point was that "BPA" is subjective based on a team's draft board. I do find it hilarious that so many of the experts here had a meltdown over Lillard not being the "BPA" to the point they couldn't at all even realize that maybe he was the "BPA".

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Re: 2012 NBA Draft Prospects

Lillard or Leonard.

I'd probably go with Leonard if I had to choose between the 2. I think you always choose size and he's a legit 7-footer. He just needs to get it right between the ears. He's got a great skillset.

I think Lillard will be a good player though.

Smart take!

 

[jlprk]

Re: 2012 NBA Draft Prospects

Posted Feb. 25...

draft express has us taking 7 footer meyers leonard

[video=youtube;maVbQvqJmQ8]

 

[Natebishop3]

Three games into the season and we're already patting ourselves on the back

 

[Nikolokolus]

I wasn't that high on Lillard really. I thought he'd be more Mo Williams as his ceiling than Deron Williams. The small school resume, the high volume scoring and paucity of assists at Weber State and his age all made me just a little bit wary.

I wasn't mad or even disappointed when we drafted him, because I don't think there were many players left that I'd rather have, but I never dreamed he'd be as smooth and just plain NBA ready as he's been so far.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I admit I was disappointed on draft night because I thought Barnes was one of the top 5 players in the draft.

However, after MZ posted that Lillard video he is referring to it made it hard not to have some love for Lillard. I didn't hate the pick (like Blaze who had an absolute meltdown)

One of my favorite threads of all time was when a bunch of us posted gifs in response to Fez and his not. swayed. posts about Waiters > Lillard.

Glad Lillard has exceeded my expectations. Makes me excited to be a fan again.