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You know it's pretty bad when HCP is excited about the draft...

...In December.
 
Knowing how thin we are and LA possibly has heart issues, I think we can start looking at draft.
 
I was just going to make a thread saying blow it up(trade Aldridge, cut salary), obtain multiple 1st round draft picks and draft Anthony Davis

This team could have $30M in salary to spend as early as next year
 
OK there is no bright side. I am not even so sure we will be in the lottery to get a good pick. Neither Roy or Greg were going to get more than 24-25 minutes a game. So our two deep is still good enough to compete. The Free Agent becomes more important though.

Felton, Smith
Wes, Batum. E. Williams
Wallace Batum
LMA, FA
Camby, FA, CJ
 
Two guys on that list with games similar to Brandon's.

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This is eerie how similar to BRoy this guy's game is.

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Roy has a lot of upper body strength though. Rivers needs to work on that.
 
I remember everybody including HCP was saying Evan Turner was gonna be like Brandon. I know he is just entering his 2nd season, but what a bad year he had!
 
Didn't we trade our pick for Gerald Wallace?
 
Nope. They got the pick in the 2011 draft that we got from NO in the Bayless trade. They used it on Tobias Harris.
 
Well this is the draft to grab some more!
 
I like Harrison Barnes and Jared Sullinger from this class. The best player is A. Davis but we wont be bad enough to have a shot at a high lotto pick.

I think we could move up for one of these two.


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Sullinger meausured 6'10" at the Amare camp this summer. Could be a nice player to develop at the five.
 
We traded away our 2013 pick. Kind of puts us in an odd spot that tanking could help for this season but wouldn't help as much next offseason. Maybe root for Aldridge to have a David Robinson year and we get the next Tim Duncan?

Although I do believe the pick we traded away has something like top10 protection.
 
Draco said:
We traded away our 2013 pick. Kind of puts us in an odd spot that tanking could help for this season but wouldn't help as much next offseason. Maybe root for Aldridge to have a David Robinson year and we get the next Tim Duncan?
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Portland isn't bad enough to be high in the lottery, but if Aldridge missed the season, that might put them there. I can't find it in me to root for a player losing a season, though, especially when his physical ailment is heart-related (not that I seriously thought you were advocating that).

My main observation is that the strength of the draft class is only of marginal value for Portland. They're not going to be bad enough to draft in the best part of the prospect field. So while there may be better talent then usual where they do draft, a lot of teams in the league are going to benefit more.
 
yuyuza1 said:
This is eerie how similar to BRoy this guy's game is.

[video=youtube;GGDexLmdqpA]


Roy has a lot of upper body strength though. Rivers needs to work on that.
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However similar in style, what made BRoy extra special was his ability to use his left hand!
 
still looks like 30 in the first round and 30 in the second round to me :ghoti:
 
Cody Zeller looked great today against Anthony Davis.

6'11" 230lb. C from Indiana. DX says he's a top-10 pick when he comes out.
 
A player to watch out for is former Grant High star Mike Moser. He's found a home in UNLV and is leading the nation in rebounding as a 6'8" small forward. Scouts are saying he's elevated his draft status to a first round lock and on the rise.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Felton, Smith
Wes, Batum. E. Williams
Wallace Batum
LMA, FA
Camby, FA, CJ
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That's close to how I see it, you didn't mention Wallace and Batum playing together at Forward but I'm guessing you meant it. The first pre-season game is 8 days away and we still haven't signed that FA...

About the Draft, I'm joining the Festus Ezeli camp, liked him since the first (and only) time I saw him. And not just because of his name.
 
When You look at SF, PF, C that's 146 MPG. We have Batum, Wallace, Aldridge and Camby. If Batum, Wallace and Lamarcus play 40 MPG each and Camby plays 26 that's enough. But Realisticly, going into the season with this plan, when you only have Babbitt and Chris Johnson as insurance is very risky. I'm guessing this situation when we could ideally use the players we have and Need another player but can't promise him minutes is what makes finding that player complicated.
 
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