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Not to distract everyone from talking about the merits and failings of LMA, Miller, cousins et al. I thought I'd post a little snippet about the player actually listed as our 22nd pick in this particular mock draft:


http://www.draftexpress.com/article/2010-NBA-Combine-Storylines-3472
Patrick Patterson Separates Himself

Kentucky junior Patrick Patterson is a player who drew a great deal of praise from NBA teams not only for how he looked on the court but also for the decisions he’s made off it. The only player projected in the lottery portion of our latest mock draft to actually compete in the drills in day one, Patterson did not waver in his commitment to participate in all parts of the NBA combine.

Yesterday afternoon we had a chance to sit down with Patterson in his hotel room to talk about his decision. That interview that will be published tonight on DraftExpress. As he implied to us, his decision was very simple.

“I [participated in drills] because I want to,” Patterson said. “I came here with one goal and one objective only, and that’s to impress everyone. In order to do that I felt like I needed to step out on the court and show them my heart and my competitiveness. I feel like I have to show NBA teams so much in such little time. There is no time that I can waste. There is no time that I can pick and choose what I want to do.”

“That goes to show you the type of person and player he is,” an NBA general manager drafting in the late lottery told us afterwards. “He’s not afraid to show up and compete, even if there’s a slight chance he may hurt himself. We know what type of player he is already, so that doesn’t really matter, but he came out confidently and knocked down shots and made a big statement by being the biggest name prospect out there. That’s going to help him in a huge way come draft night. We’re not looking for guys that want to take the easy way out. We want competitors. He separated himself in a huge way with that move, and you have to applaud him for that.”
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I really have no idea if he'll be around at 22 and if the Blazers are even interested, but you gotta love players with his attitude.
 
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Hollinger's Draft Rater wasn't as impressed (not that that's saying anything). He went from #1 to #3 in the UK pecking order this year.

That said, I don't think he makes it to 22.
 
tlongII said:
I see no way that Cousins goes lower than #3. If I were a GM I would probably take him at #2 behind Wall. Quality centers are hard to find and I think he has the physical gifts to be a top level center. It just depends on his work ethic.
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Hhysical gifts? He's 6 '10', and fat. He was never that athletic to begin with, either.

I like Cousins, but I think physical gifts was the wrong word.
 
authentiq said:
Hhysical gifts? He's 6 '10', and fat. He was never that athletic to begin with, either.

I like Cousins, but I think physical gifts was the wrong word.
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I agree. The big knock on Cousins is his lack of athletic ability. The only way he scored was pushing terrible SEC big men around.
 
I wonder if Philly will give Favors a look.

The guy measured identical to Dwight Howard at the same age. He'll be the youngest player in the NBA next year. His upside is only second to Wall, IMO.
 
Derrick Favors could very well be everything Josh Smith was supposed to be.
 
Too bad we live here on Earth where things are far from optimal.

Given LMA's lack of desire to go into the post Portland needs to make the best of a bad situation.

And that is to allow LMA to play on the perimeter a fair portion of the time since that is exactly what he is going to do much of the time anyway.
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is 29% from outside 10ft optimal enough for you then? b\c that is what his percentage was in the playoff series vs PHX

I suppose you are happy then with 65% of his shot attempts being from outside 10ft then, you know b\c he shot such a high percentage from that range....

That is surely what I like to to see out of 6'11 near-max salaried contract PF.....
 
authentiq said:
Hhysical gifts? He's 6 '10', and fat. He was never that athletic to begin with, either.

I like Cousins, but I think physical gifts was the wrong word.
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The dude has a longer reach and a longer wingspan than Oden. I would say those are physical gifts. The thing about bodyfat is that you can reduce it.
 
tlongII said:
The dude has a longer reach and a longer wingspan than Oden. I would say those are physical gifts. The thing about bodyfat is that you can reduce it.
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He does not seem like the kind of guy who will work hard to reduce his body fat. EDDY CURRY
 
VanillaGorilla said:
He does not seem like the kind of guy who will work hard to reduce his body fat. EDDY CURRY
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I think he's FAR better than Eddy Curry. I also think that with the culture the Blazers have developed he would be motivated to work. You never know. I think he has the tools to be the best player from this draft though.
 
tlongII said:
I think he's FAR better than Eddy Curry. I also think that with the culture the Blazers have developed he would be motivated to work. You never know. I think he has the tools to be the best player from this draft though.
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Anything is possible.
 
tlongII said:
I think he's FAR better than Eddy Curry. I also think that with the culture the Blazers have developed he would be motivated to work. You never know. I think he has the tools to be the best player from this draft though.
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I don't, at least in terms of overall skills. If he can get in shape, he may be better, since Curry never cared about getting in shape. But then you have to ask yourself this question. If the guy shows up with 16% body fat when he's not being paid millions, what's going to happen when he cashes his first $50k check?
 
BGrantFan said:
I don't, at least in terms of overall skills. If he can get in shape, he may be better, since Curry never cared about getting in shape. But then you have to ask yourself this question. If the guy shows up with 16% body fat when he's not being paid millions, what's going to happen when he cashes his first $50k check?
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I don't think he's in any worse shape than at any time during the season and he dominated. When he starts going against pros he'll realize what he needs to do. At least I think he will. As far as comparing him to Curry, I think there no doubt he's better. He had the highest PER of any college player over the last 8 years. Statistically he was one of the most dominant college players that has played in the past decade.
 
tlongII said:
I don't think he's in any worse shape than at any time during the season and he dominated.
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Yes, he dominated. But in a very weak big man conference and only by pushing people around. He doesn't have much athleticism and he won't be able to push most centers around like he did in the SEC. It is possible he gains athleticism but I'm taking the pessimistic view on this. Nothing wrong with being an optimist though!
 
Nikolokolus said:
Not to distract everyone from talking about the merits and failings of LMA, Miller, cousins et al. I thought I'd post a little snippet about the player actually listed as our 22nd pick in this particular draft:


http://www.draftexpress.com/article/2010-NBA-Combine-Storylines-3472





I really have no idea if he'll be around at 22 and if the Blazers are even interested, but you gotta love players with his attitude.
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I doubt he'll be there, but if so, I also like his bio.
 
I like it. He has Chris Anderson written all over him, minus the douche-ness.

Though, I hope KP makes a bigger splash on draft day.
 
Nikolokolus said:
FML, if we take Luke Babbitt. I watched a few 'highlight' clips of his and although he appears to be very skilled, he's plodding in that Adam Morrison kind of way and his measurements at the combine were pretty horrible for a guy who projects out as 3/4 (he was something like 6'4" in socks).
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Umm...yeah--Draftexpress has him at 6'7.5 barefoot--pretty good for a SF. And he's apparently actually a pretty good athlete, according to his combine figures.

http://twitter.com/chadfordinsider

Big winner of combine scores? Luke Babbitt. 37.5 inch max vert. 3.19 second sprint. 10.98 lane agility. He's a good athlete.
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RoyToy said:
I'd still like to grab Jarvis Varnado at some point.
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So say we stay at 22 and 44, and I'm assuming you want Varnado at 44, who do you want at 22?

Varnado is a great defender. Not just blocking shots too, he is skinny but he knows how to position and use his body. I'm a Tennessee Volunteer fan so I saw them play Mississippi State at least 6 times over the years and I always liked him. He will have no offensive game in the NBA though.
 
Nikolokolus said:
I posted that he was short, I wish I could remember where I saw it, but somebody (in a draft blog I think?) mentioned that he came in at 6'4" 1/2 in socks ... 6'7" 1/2 is a world of difference.
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Yeah, he is 6'8.75" in shoes, and players play in shoes. He will likely be listed as 6'9". I did agree that he could turn out like Adam Morrison, but Morrison is a full inch shorter and is a terrible athlete. Babbitt seems like a great athlete considering his combine numbers.
 
VanillaGorilla said:
Yeah, he is 6'8.75" in shoes, and players play in shoes. He will likely be listed as 6'9". I did agree that he could turn out like Adam Morrison, but Morrison is a full inch shorter and is a terrible athlete. Babbitt seems like a great athlete considering his combine numbers.
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Of course they play in shoes :dunno:

I get the feeling you think I was being sarcastic, 3 inches IS a world of difference when you're talking about a flex forward. If he was 6'5" he'd get eaten alive
 
Nikolokolus said:
Of course they play in shoes :dunno:

I get the feeling you think I was being sarcastic, 3 inches IS a world of difference when you're talking about a flex forward. If he was 6'5" he'd get eaten alive
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I didn't think you were being sarcastic. I was responding to this part of your earlier post.

he's plodding in that Adam Morrison kind of way
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