NBA Draft Thread Vol. 2 (Merged)

[Fez Hammersticks]

chadfordinsider

Starting to hear pretty strong signals that Biyombo is going to Raptors at 5.

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[BoBoBREWSKI]

I'd be happy getting Felton AND moving up in the draft.
For once I kinda hope Crapzano is correct.

 

[RoyToy]

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They have Bustnani and Ed Davis

Not sure I buy it

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Felton & Faried would be solid.

 

[Natebishop3]

They have Bustnani and Ed Davis

Not sure I buy it

It's for that reason that I think they'll do it. That team is terrible.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Felton & Faried would be solid.

Fuck ya! I'd be a happy Trail Blazer fan!!!

 

[RoyToy]

It's for that reason that I think they'll do it. That team is terrible.

Ed Davis had a pretty solid rookie season. He averaged 13/9 on 58% shooting in April to end the year.

Bargnani has to start really...

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Pre Draft coverage has started on ESPN! I'm excited!

 

[Natebishop3]

Ed Davis had a pretty solid rookie season. He averaged 13/9 on 58% shooting in April to end the year.

Bargnani has to start really...

Unless they trade him.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Trail Blazers Draft Coverage - LIVE

http://www.nba.com/blazers/tbtv/

 

[BrianFromWA]

Jon Barry continues his idiocy:

"Baron Davis makes $15M."

Um, Baron makes 13M this year. 13.9M and 14.75M the next 2 years.

 

[Ed O]

Jon Barry continues his idiocy:

"Baron Davis makes $15M."

Um, Baron makes 13M this year. 13.9M and 14.75M the next 2 years.

Haha. Maybe he rounds to the nearest increment of $5m?

Ed O.

 

[Natebishop3]

Jimmer is sporting the Hoosiers look.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

The Courtside crew reported that the Felton and Miller and draft picks swap rumor is legit.

 

[illmatic99]

Bleh Felton doesn't excite me at all.

 

[illmatic99]

Fuhrer Stern at the podium.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Re: NBA Draft Thread Vol. 2

I think I would like to target two 2nd rounders.

1) Jon Diebler, OSU, deadeye shooter, can't do much else. This team struggles when they can't hit any outside shots. As a 2nd rounder, he's not a bad gamble in my opinion.

2) Isaiah Thomas -- an undersized but athletic PG with some moxie. I think this player could be special, but doesn't have the physical game and will probably scare off some GM's as a wasted pick. These are not sexy picks but i think they could fill some roles and we can trade out of the 1st round and still get one of these players.

I got one of my two 2nd rounder picks right. Still a little mystified by the trade to get Raymond Felton. I almost would have rather stuck with Andre Miller in the short term.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

We had this draft two years in a row now:

 

[PapaG]

We had this draft two years in a row now:

Hey, Khryapa did help get LMA, and Telfair did help get Roy.

 

[RoyToy]

Chris Paul would be standing in that picture if KP ran that draft

 

[illmatic99]

CP came out in 05. That draft is from 04. I think KP was still with the Spurs that year.

 

[Sedatedfork]

CP came out in 05. That draft is from 04. I think KP was still with the Spurs that year.

Yep. We traded the #3 for the #5 and something else (I can't remember). Instead of Chris Paul we drafted Martel Webster. However, if we didn't draft Telfair we probably stay at #3 and take either Chris Paul or Deron Williams.

 

[illmatic99]

#3 for #6+#27, of which we moved up to 22 to get JJack (traded to DEN for Linas Kleiza).

 

[Minstrel]

We addressed point guard (Jack) and got a sweet-shooting wing to pair with him (Webster), instead of just a point guard.

 

[illmatic99]

2 > 1

According to the John Nash school of drafting.

 

[illmatic99]

Whoa. Just realized that our two new PGs will hate each other being from NC and Duke. Those practices will be intense, I bet. I think Smith especially will take it to Ray Ray. Dude has always killed UNC.