The Official 2014 NBA Draft Thread

[MickZagger]

Mohammed sucks. I always thought he sucked though.

Wiggins will be good. He'll be a Harrison Barnes or a little better.

 

[Run BJM]

I just scheduled my wisdom teeth being removed for Wed 3/19. Got Thurs and Fri off and will be balling on my pain meds, with some weed, ice cream, and fucking basketball MADNESS all day for four straight days.

 

[ponderguy]

Mohammed sucks. I always thought he sucked though.

Wiggins will be good. He'll be a Harrison Barnes or a little better.

thank goodness no one here knows how bad I wanted him in the draft last year...

 

[Rick2583]

I'm still scratching my head over the players selected in the last draft. The #1 pick Anthony Bennett. is barely getting 10MPG scoring just 2 PPG on 26% shooting. Otto Porter also barely plays. Same can be said for guys like Alex Len (7MPG), Tony Mitchell (3MPG). Cody Zeller (17MPG) averaging 5PPG. Guys like McLemore, Pope & Larkin are busts, Adams barely gets any minutes at all & the #6 pick Neriens Noel (76ers) hasn't played a game yet

The only guys I see making any contributions are Victor Oladipo with the Magic (32MPG & 13.8PPG) And Michael Carter Williams averaging 17.4 / 5.6, & 6.7 APG. Though they're only shooting around 40%. I hope in next years draft we have more players that can contribute a crap load better then these guys.

 

[Run BJM]

Wiggins actually looking impressive against 16th ranked Iowa St. Great game.

 

[ponderguy]

I'm still scratching my head over the players selected in the last draft. The #1 pick Anthony Bennett. is barely getting 10MPG scoring just 2 PPG on 26% shooting. Otto Porter also barely plays. Same can be said for guys like Alex Len (7MPG), Tony Mitchell (3MPG). Cody Zeller (17MPG) averaging 5PPG. Guys like McLemore, Pope & Larkin are busts, Adams barely gets any minutes at all & the #6 pick Neriens Noel (76ers) hasn't played a game yet

The only guys I see making any contributions are Victor Oladipo with the Magic (32MPG & 13.8PPG) And Michael Carter Williams averaging 17.4 / 5.6, & 6.7 APG. Though they're only shooting around 40%. I hope in next years draft we have more players that can contribute a crap load better then these guys.

I think Len, Adams and Noel will all be good once they have a few years under their belt. Could be like the 2008 draft where the big men took a few years to develop before we saw how good it was

 

[PapaG]

Thank gosh we didn't trade Aldridge to tank!

Wiggins was the next LeBron. He may not even be the next Harrison Barnes.

 

[PapaG]

How were people so wrong about Wiggins?

I was right about him.

 

[PapaG]

Portland is supposedly looking to fill out the roster with cheap vets, so we will secure the 8th seed for years to come and not have a pick in the mo st talent laden draft in a decade

Pfffffft

 

[PapaG]

Re: OT: anybody else watching Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins on ESPN right now?

Superstar. Kinda reminds me of McGrady.

Must Draft Olymyk, er, Williams.

 

[PapaG]

I would honestly be thrilled to get a young Paul Pierce. Dude has actually had a pretty damn solid career. He won a ring, he's made a number of All-Star games, and he's still putting up numbers after all these years. He's not a LeBron, but he's a guy that any team would love to have. I think that's a realistic and actually beneficial goal for a player.

Carmelo on the other hand....... Having a Melo wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't such a tool. If Parker was Melo without the ego problems, he would be worth having around. Melo, for all his faults, is damn near unstoppable on offense.

Would Paul Pierce be worth tanking the season for, though.

 

[MickZagger]

Wiggins in a half a season has shown that he's an inconsistent 18 year old. I was right about him RAWR

 

[Boise Blazer]

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/231797/GM-Id-Take-Tyler-Ennis-Over-Kyrie-Irving-Right-Now

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Marcus Dumbass.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Marcus Dumbass.

Can you provide some context?

 

[MickZagger]

Can you provide some context?

Exactly.

From everything I've heard he's as classy as it gets. Fat fuck probably spit on him.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I retract my previous statement. I would've done the same thing!

Apparently the guy wasn't just heckling, he crossed the line -- he called Marcus the n-word.

Not to turn this into a political thread but Orr is a staunch republican. #ColorMeShocked

 

[Rick2583]

I retract my previous statement. I would've done the same thing!

Apparently the guy wasn't just heckling, he crossed the line -- he called Marcus the n-word.

Not to turn this into a political thread but Orr is a staunch republican. #ColorMeShocked

Please supply the link that proves that's what the fan said.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2...st-coaches-fan-he-shoved-called-him-a-******/

 

[Rick2583]

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2...st-coaches-fan-he-shoved-called-him-a-******/

The guy is known as a SUPER FAN. A super fan of a game that is played by players that are 80+% black. Just something to think about. Also if you look at the video there's a woman of color standing directly behind the fan & she appears to have no reaction at all. I would think that if the fan actually did use a racial slur that you would have seen SOME type of reaction from her. Also you need to remember that this is not the 1st time Marcus has gone over board with his emotions.

 

[PapaG]

I retract my previous statement. I would've done the same thing!

Apparently the guy wasn't just heckling, he crossed the line -- he called Marcus the n-word.

Not to turn this into a political thread but Orr is a staunch republican. #ColorMeShocked

Link please. The people around the guy should be able to corroborate this, if it happened.

 

[PapaG]

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2...st-coaches-fan-he-shoved-called-him-a-******/

Seems like an excuse made by Smart to try and explain his bad behavior last week. Did the chair he kicked earlier in the week call him the "n-word," too?

 

[Rick2583]

Seems like an excuse made by Smart to try and explain his bad behavior last week. Did the chair he kicked earlier in the week call him the "n-word," too?

My point exactly. I mean the guys been a SUPER FAN for how long & all of a sudden he decides to cross the line with absolutely no fan reaction around him. Sounds like bullshit to me.

 

[Rhal]

I'm not an expert lip reader but the fan seems like he is saying "Sorry about that" before Smart pushes him.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

My point exactly. I mean the guys been a SUPER FAN for how long & all of a sudden he decides to cross the line with absolutely no fan reaction around him. Sounds like bullshit to me.

Super fan? More like super asshole. Seems he has a history of being a dick.

Thinking racists don't watch sports with black people playing them is ridiculous.

 

[Rick2583]

Super fan? More like super asshole. Seems he has a history of being a dick.

Thinking racists don't watch sports with black people playing them is ridiculous.

Easy there sparky, not saying the guys not a dick but if he made a history even briefly of making racist remarks I don't think he'd be getting those front row seats every game do you?. And like I said there was NO! reaction from the fans around him. And keep in mind that this is not the 1st time that Marcus has behaved like an idiot.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Easy there sparky, not saying the guys not a dick but if he made a history even briefly of making racist remarks I don't think he'd be getting those front row seats every game do you?. And like I said there was NO! reaction from the fans around him. And keep in mind that this is not the 1st time that Marcus has behaved like an idiot.

I just thought of another possibility. Maybe Smart did hear someone call him the n word, but it wasn't that guy. And in the heat of the moment he just lashed out at the guy that was yelling at him when he turned around.

 

[Rick2583]

I just thought of another possibility. Maybe Smart did hear someone call him the n word, but it wasn't that guy. And in the heat of the moment he just lashed out at the guy that was yelling at him when he turned around.

Also a possibility. Or maybe like someone else said here maybe Smart is just trying to justify his actions by making shit up. Who knows?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

seems like the classic excuse from smart, who the hell knows, but i doubt he dropped the n bomb

guy prolly called him a shitbird or something though

 

[PapaG]

Super fan? More like super asshole. Seems he has a history of being a dick.

Thinking racists don't watch sports with black people playing them is ridiculous.

Smart retracted his claim of the N-word, and the fan and those around him say he never said that word.

Seems like a super asshole post for believing Marcus Smart when he was lying.