All In For Ben Simmons

[42N8Bounce]

Good thing we won't be looking for a PG.

In the early lottery range, probably not. Latter lottery, they may. Unless Pressey or Frazier take a bit step up this year, or McCollum shows improved passing/court-vision, I think the Blazers will be on the lookout for a solid backup PG.

 

[dviss1]

Croatian. They've also got Luka Doncic in the pipeline behind him and Saric and Hezonja ahead of him. They're pretty talent-rich per capita.

His idol is Toni Kukoc, who was also a lanky SF:

His outlet passing was beautiful. Though I saw little evidence of any SF ability.

 

[PCmor7]

Jaylen Brown must be really thick from the neck down if he's 2225 pounds.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The Simmons/Dragan draft.

Rumor: Dragon wont enter unless he gets a top-3 guarantee.

He'll have no problem with that. He's the only prospect that could challenge Simmons for that #1 pick.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Jaylen Brown must be really thick from the neck down if he's 2225 pounds.

He looked pretty tiny when he scored that TD last night!

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

That Dragan kid is skilled... but holy fuck he is a bean pole... dude would get pushed around easily at the NBA level. I fear he could go down the Austin Daye road.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

That Dragan kid is skilled... but holy fuck he is a bean pole... dude would get pushed around easily at the NBA level. I fear he could go down the Austin Daye road.

He's a legit 7'1" and ....17 years old.

The kid is going to be a monster in 4-5 years.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

He's a legit 7'1" and ....17 years old.

The kid is going to be a monster in 4-5 years.

Depends on where he goes.

 

[santeesioux]

I know it was just a scrimmage, but after watching the fanfest I don't think we're going to have a problem missing out on a top four pick.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

That Dragan kid is skilled... but holy fuck he is a bean pole... dude would get pushed around easily at the NBA level. I fear he could go down the Austin Daye road.

Fwiw -- Pau Gasol at age 19:

 

[MickZagger]

Sabonis!

 

[MickZagger]

 

[Mediocre Man]

Sabonis!

Zags, do you think he will grow into a center, or is he more suited for the 4 in the NBA?

 

[Schilly]

Ok we do not need to be drafting for depth at PG if we land in the top 5... Seriously look at Minnesota when they drafted PG's every year it really was a terrible idea. That said our biggest position of need is going to be SG followed by SF, but in terms of draft you take MPA in this situation as none of our guys except Lillard are locks to be anything more than a 6th man or borderline starter for their careers.

Guys I am interested in for this team are Murray, Simmons, Brown and Bender. Not necessarily in that order.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Sabonis!

Um, we're not picking in the 20s this year...

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Um, we're not picking in the 20s this year...

That is a hedge because they don't know if he will come out. I know we give Zags a lot of crap in here but Sabonis will be a top 10 pick (but not necessarily top 5) easy if he comes out.

http://www.nbadraft.net/2016mock_draft

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I like Sabonis but he's going to have to develop his mid-range shot.

He's a banger but his 6'10" wingspan will be a factor on the next level.

6'8.5"(ish) w/o shoes and a 6'10" wingspan

 

[Paine Tablet]

Jaylen Brown must be really thick from the neck down if he's 2225 pounds.

I imagine what he's packing and it's a big image. No humans, obviously, but could such a concession be made that he be allowed to mate with elephants and/or blue whales? An existence of a terrible sex life otherwise IYAM.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Croatian. They've also got Luka Doncic in the pipeline behind him and Saric

Oops - Doncic is Slovenian. An even more absurdly talent-dense country.

 

[KingSpeed]

I think the best case scenario is to draft this kid and then use our cap space to sign a second star.

We already have a second star.

 

[BigGameDamian]

Every loss puts us a little bit closer to drafting this stud!!

 

[Strenuus]

Every loss puts us a little bit closer to possibly drafting this stud!!

Dont deal in black and white. FIFY.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Dont deal in black and white. FIFY.

(Among other things) I don't think BGD understands that you can have the worst record in the league and still have a 75% chance that you won't get Ben Simmons.

 

[Strenuus]

(Among other things) I don't think BGD understands that you can have the worst record in the league and still have a 75% chance that you won't get Ben Simmons.

Pretty much.

 

[MAS RipCity]

Wins are good this season, but so are losses!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Fwiw -- Simmons is a diehard Laker fan.

 

[Sinobas]

Fwiw -- Simmons is a diehard Laker fan.

Tom Brady and Aaron Rogers were diehard 49er fans, and the 49ers drafted Giovanni Carmazi and Alex Smith instead.

 

[Sinobas]

Hey Fez, what do you think of this kid? I think we should take him, look how he's shrinking, not many players grow in reverse.
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Jamal-Murray-71441/

 

[Trackjack]

I will wait to see how Simmons does in college ball. Bender I am not that high on holds ball to long.

 

[ripcityboy]

Player acquisition in soccer....

Let's send a couple of scouts to Argentina.

Player acquisition in the NBA.....

Let's hedge the fate of the entire franchise on some f-cking ping pong balls!