Official 2013 Draft thread

[Blaze01]

Brian May@BMayNews10about 8 minutes ago
Our News10 NBA Mock top 7: 1. CLE-Len; 2. ORL-Oladipo; 3. WAS-Porter; 4. CHA-Noel; 5. PHX-McLemore; 6. NO-Burke; 7. SAC-McCollum

Still can't believe that Noel would slide to #4, but this could be accurate.....

Oladipo @ #2

that leaves Bennett, Pope, Carter-Williams and Zeller

 

[Blaze01]

Darnell Mayberry‏@DarnellMayberry17m
Untouchables: Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka, Jackson and Lamb.

lol, they are not going to get the #5 then.....

 

[BBert]

I don't care if he's a great BBall player, CJ McCollum just seems like the best person ever.

Abbott thought he should have a nickname. Isn't "CJ" a nickname? I thought "3J" was aiight though.

 

[Blaze01]

Mike Rice‏@mikerice64h
It would seem anything is possible this summer with the blazers. Only player for sure back it seems is Lillard

 

[craigehlo]

Darnell Mayberry‏@DarnellMayberry17m
Untouchables: Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka, Jackson and Lamb.

Jackson and Lamb untouchable? They can't be that dumb can they?

 

[Blaze01]

Casey Holdahl‏@CHold27m
Sean Deveney from the Sporting News reports Portland had "zero interest" in Cavs offer for Aldridge http://bit.ly/10WxYZQ

 

[Reep]

Casey Holdahl‏@CHold27m
Sean Deveney from the Sporting News reports Portland had "zero interest" in Cavs offer for Aldridge http://bit.ly/10WxYZQ

So we can close half the existing threads?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Brian May@BMayNews10about 8 minutes ago
Our News10 NBA Mock top 7: 1. CLE-Len; 2. ORL-Oladipo; 3. WAS-Porter; 4. CHA-Noel; 5. PHX-McLemore; 6. NO-Burke; 7. SAC-McCollum
Still can't believe that Noel would slide to #4, but this could be accurate.....

Chad Ford said that he was almost 100% certain that the Magic were PRAYING the Cavs take Len because they're salivating over Noel.

 

[Blaze01]

So we can close half the existing threads?

lol, probably not...is it true? is it not true? Is POR just positioning for more from CLE or prehaps from another team? Who knows....

I think with everything coming out regarding LA, it seems clear they are least entertaining discussions on LA....

 

[Blaze01]

Chad Ford said that he was almost 100% certain that the Magic were PRAYING the Cavs take Len because they're salivating over Noel.

Yeah I read\heard that, I can't believe they would pass him up, but who knows? This draft is shaping up to be crazy...

 

[Reep]

Mike Rice's tweet (all except Lillard on the table) was interesting. I wonder if he has any inside perspective.

 

[Blaze01]

Casey Holdahl‏@CHold2h
Michael Carter-Williams says Portland "not a particular place I choose to go" tho says he'd make the best of it http://bit.ly/17D1dnE

Interesting that he interviewed with POR....

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Jason Lloyd@JasonLloydABJ 1 minute ago
Talked to execs from 3 teams today. General consensus is there's only between 12-15 impactful players worth drafting. Lowest # in many years

How would they know that when GMs get the draft wrong EVERY SINGLE YEAR?

 

[Blaze01]

Andy Katz‏@ESPNAndyKatz4h
Cleve has been trying to get another pick. Was told Dallas listening for 13. What @WojYahooNBA had makes total sense on trying for Karesev.


Adrian Wojnarowski‏@WojYahooNBA4h
Cleveland believes it has to get ahead of Milwaukee at 15, but it's possible Cavs need to get even higher to assure Karasev will be there.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Mike Rice's tweet (all except Lillard on the table) was interesting. I wonder if he has any inside perspective.

If you had a secret would you share it with Mike Rice?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Casey Holdahl‏@CHold2h
Michael Carter-Williams says Portland "not a particular place I choose to go" tho says he'd make the best of it http://bit.ly/17D1dnE

Interesting that he interviewed with POR....

I get it though.

MCW wants to be a PG.

He's a backup in Portland.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Andy Katz‏@ESPNAndyKatz4h
Cleve has been trying to get another pick. Was told Dallas listening for 13. What @WojYahooNBA had makes total sense on trying for Karesev.

So are they going to be pissed when we take him at #10?

 

[Blaze01]

Andy Katz‏@ESPNAndyKatz5h
Katz: Ben McLemore, from poverty to the pros http://espn.go.com/nba/draft2013/story/_/id/9424913/ben-mclemore-overcomes-odds …

Interesting article....

 

[Blaze01]

I get it though.

MCW wants to be a PG.

He's a backup in Portland.

I don't know, with MCW couldn't he and Lilalrd play together? Lillard is certainly more of a natural scorer....I am not big on MCW, but a lot of advanced stats guys think he may be the best PG in the draft...

 

[Blaze01]

Chad Ford‏@chadfordinsider3h
Pacers push to swap Gerald Green and No. 23 for Jimmer just got a little more realistic. Larry Bird loved Jimmer in 2011 Draft.

 

[Blaze01]

Adrian Wojnarowski‏@WojYahooNBA3h
One of the primary targets of Oklahoma City's pursuit of a Top 5 pick on Thursday, sources tell Y! Sports: Maryland 7-footer Alex Len.

 

[Reep]

If you had a secret would you share it with Mike Rice?

Depends on how drunk he got me.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Where would Marcus Smart have gone had he stayed in the draft? #1?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Easily IMO.

 

[B-Roy]

Easily IMO.

Not with Cleveland holding #1.

 

[Reep]

Where would Marcus Smart have gone had he stayed in the draft? #1?

It would have been top 7 I bet. It would be nice for him to get his 3pt % up, but next year he likely wouldn't have gone any higher than this year because of the increased competition.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Not with Cleveland holding #1.

He's a great fit next to Irving.

Big enough to guard SG's and has the passing ability to allow Irving to play off the ball.

 

[B-Roy]

He's a great fit next to Irving.

Big enough to guard SG's and has the passing ability to allow Irving to play off the ball.

They have Waiters as well. I highly doubt they would draft another guard.

 

[OregonHuskerMan]

He's a great fit next to Irving.

Big enough to guard SG's and has the passing ability to allow Irving to play off the ball.

I think the #1 pick would have a lot more value if Marcus Smart was still in this draft.

I doubt Cleveland takes him, though.

But I almost guarantee the Blazers pull out all the stops to land him, to put next to Lillard.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I kind of hope OKC gets Len, because I don't think he's going to be very good (now that I've listed to Kevin Pelton, who compared him to Meyers Leonard).