SA wanted Batum

[number 10]

from the tribune article
http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=122592219444225200

Pritchard traded a pair of lower draft picks to Houston to obtain the No. 25 pick in the draft, with which he chose the 6-8 small forward.

“We felt like we had to move up to get him,” Pritchard says.

“I was hoping he’d slide to us,” Celtic executive Danny Ainge says. “I really like him. I don’t know if he’s ready for prime time yet. He’s athletically ready. He’s a little passive at times, but he’s a raw talent, long and athletically skilled, with good instincts.

“He just doesn’t shoot the ball well enough yet. It’s going to take some time for him to do that, just like it took Outlaw a long time to make shots with consistency. But (Batum) has plenty of potential.”

danny ainge still drooling over our players

Pritchard began tracking Batum at 16, when he began playing professionally for Le Mans’ entry in the Euroleague. The next year, Pritchard and other NBA scouts saw him in an impressive performance at the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis.

“Had he come out for the draft (in 2007),” Pritchard says, “I think he’d have been a lottery pick.”

and the proof that KP wanted him whatever the Spurs thought.

 

[MickZagger]

I'm starting to think that Ainge is enamored with KP. Which is beyond me since he just pieced together a team that won the finals last year.

 

[Minstrel]

I'm starting to think that Ainge is enamored with KP. Which is beyond me since he just pieced together a team that won the finals last year.

What does one have to do with the other? Ainge can be successful and respect Pritchard too.

 

[BalancedMan]

Ok, lets be real. Batum was talked about for the two years proceeding the draft as a top-5 talent. People speculated that he would go in the high lottery, but he failed to show progress in his statistics and was pretty much forgotten as he was so "raw". He still is raw. He has a lot of tools, particularly his length and athleticism.

I agree that SA was targeting him, as that is pretty much what everyone thinks at this point. He is a low-risk high-reward type of player and I love that we grabbed him. If you go back and search on BBF, you can see I was talking about Batum well before the draft and hoped that we grabbed him (I called Rudy as well the year before).

Anyways, this post had a point, but I've already forgotten it. Oh well...

 

[MickZagger]

What does one have to do with the other? Ainge can be successful and respect Pritchard too.

You think he respects Pritchard? I think he has it out for Pritchard.

 

[Ed O]

You think he respects Pritchard? I think he has it out for Pritchard.

Do you know what "enamored " means?



To be enamored of someone means that you love them or are infatuated with them.

Ed O.

 

[number 10]

Danny Ainge totally has a crush on KP