Bynum at #6!!!

[bbwTwinTowers]

According to www.draftexpress.com is that the Blazers would trade #3 an Ruben Patterson for the #6, Kirk Synder and Gordan Girchek, then the Jazz would pick D.Williams and the Blazers would pick Bynum. That is way to high for Bynum but maybe he can do good in the pros.

 

[MiamiBalla12]

THis is WAY to high for bynum.

 

[Flava23]

I think we'll end up getting Webster, Granger, or Green. But Bynum at #6 is way too high.

 

[Shapecity]

The Blazers have a solid center Joel Przybilla and Theo Ratliff, plus a project in Ha Seung-Jin. I can see them dealing with the Jazz, but the Blazers would probably end up with Martell Webster at #6. He blew them away in his workouts and he's the sharp shooter the team lacks.

 

[Rod]

Keep in mind that we're talking about John Nash here, he would trade anything for anybody - he want to destroy the Blazers franchise cuz other teams are paying him to - thats the only explenation i see for Nash's trades.

ANY trade with Utah that will not include AK47 will suck for the Blazers - we've got a sure thing in this 3rd pick and i don't want to trade it for some more "potential".

Nash will probably end up trading Randolph,the 3rd pick,Joel Pryzbilla and Miles for Allen Huston or something like that...

 

[Flava23]

^^lol, but seriously why the hell would u want gordan giricek? we'd be .500 and eventually trade him elsewhere

 

[bbwSwish]

I think that Portland needs to keep their pick and select Gerald Green. That would give them an outstanding future with Telfair and Green developing together. I think that with each others help, they could become the great one two punch the Blazers need.

 

[Midnight Green]

The espn draft preview just reported if they trade down to number six they will most likely take Webster. They are trying to work out a trade with the Bobcats to pick at the five. That is the scenerio they are hoping for.

 

[B.e.]

Bynum looks to raw, I looked at his highlights I think he could use some years in college.

 

[BigBlueFan]

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Swish15:</div><div class="quote_post">I think that Portland needs to keep their pick and select Gerald Green. That would give them an outstanding future with Telfair and Green developing together. I think that with each others help, they could become the great one two punch the Blazers need.</div>
The Blazers probably would have taken Green, but his agent demanded that Green to not workout with them because he didn't want to go up against other players. So the Blazers told him to no even bother coming. If I were Portland, I would take Danny Granger over Gerald Green anyday. But I'm not the GM, so that probably won't be happening.

 

[Sinobas]

According to www.draftexpress.com is that the Blazers would trade #3 an Ruben Patterson for the #6, Kirk Synder and Gordan Girchek, then the Jazz would pick D.Williams and the Blazers would pick Bynum. That is way to high for Bynum but maybe he can do good in the pros.

Fuck that, we should trade down and get Martell Webster!

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

Way to bring up another disappointing draft.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I remember the Bynum rumors the morning of that draft for some reason.

Nash drank the Martell kool-aid and the rest is history!

It'll be shocking if he's still in the League in a few years.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What happened to these fucking people?

 

[THE HCP]

I bet they are all still virgins and live in their moms basement!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I bet they are all still virgins and live in their moms basement!

I don't know about the basement part but your wife sure took care of the S2 virgin problem.

 

[Sinobas]

I can't brag about my instincts in this draft, I wanted us to take Gerald Green. But even he is way better than Martell.

 

[ironcrotch]

At least we can skip the 8 years or so of development and go straight to a max contract next summer.

 

[KingSpeed]

Why isn't Bynum on Team USA? Is it because he's a dick?

 

[Rhal]

Why isn't Bynum on Team USA? Is it because he's a dick?

Inconsistent lazy immature whiny centers dont agree with Coach K, no matter how talented.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Why isn't Bynum on Team USA? Is it because he's a dick?

Inconsistent lazy immature whiny centers dont agree with Coach K, no matter how talented.

Bynum flat out said he has no interest in playing for Team USA. So yes, it's because he's a dick.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

bynum would have been better if went to duke, no question

 

[jlprk]

Why isn't Bynum on Team USA? Is it because he's a dick?

It's because he's been injured so much, he feels lucky to be still standing.

Here's how to decide who should have been the first pick in 2005. At this link, click on the "MP" heading at the top of the MP column.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2005.html

 

[3RA1N1AC]

why isnt martell on team usa?

 

[MARIS61]

How did these guys get a rep power of 9 with only 385 posts?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

How did these guys get a rep power of 9 with only 385 posts?

think its a rep point for every year and one for every 10k posts

maybe ill go back to drexlersdad

 

[drexlersdad]

wtf

 

[THE HCP]

What is rep power anyway?

 

[drexlersdad]

its kinda hard to explain, but if you bend over ill show you

 

[MARIS61]

why isnt martell on team usa?

He's better than Christian Laettner was when he who was on the Dream Team.

Speaking of Christian Laettner...

But later next week [Laettner and Davis] have a court appearance in Washington, D.C. It's about a loan their real-estate company failed to repay to former Duke captain Johnny Dawkins. The judge in the case, having last year ordered Laettner, Davis and a company of theirs to pay Dawkins $671,309, will decide whether to hold them in contempt of court in regard to their failure to do so. In court documents and in interviews, Laettner, Davis and their attorney say any failure to make court-ordered payments is attributable to a lack of resources.

Court documents show that Laettner and Davis individually and their real-estate businesses are defendants in several civil lawsuits seeking repayment of loans worth about $30 million. The plaintiffs include sports celebrities like ex-Chicago Bull Scottie Pippen, who played with Laettner on the 1992 Olympic team. In August 2010, a state court judge in Lake County, Ill., ordered Laettner and Davis to repay Pippen $2.5 million. Through his attorney, Pippen said he had been paid half that amount and that litigation between the parties continues.

"What they have done isn't honest—I feel cheated," said Shawne Merriman, the three-time All-Pro Buffalo Bills linebacker who had lent money to the real-estate ventures of Laettner and Davis, which operated under a multitude of names. In January 2011, a federal court judge in Maryland ordered Laettner and Davis to pay Merriman $3.7 million.

Laettner declined to be interviewed. Speaking on behalf of their real-estate companies, Davis said, "Me and Christian took a lot of risk." Davis said he regretted alienating friends, particularly Dawkins, whom he has known for 25 years.

There's a lot more information in the piece itself, including that Laettner personally guaranteed payments to Merriman and others. As a news story, it's shocking for the grab-bag nature of the parties involved. It's hard to imagine Laettner getting drinks with Pippen, Dawkins, and Merriman all at once, let alone getting involved with them in various business deals. Then again, he and Davis also owe money to Chevron and Fannie Mae, so it's not as if this was merely a case of one sports star failing to pay a few others.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...30-million-unpaid-loans-sports-215427065.html