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Which guard would you want?

  • Jrue Holliday

    Votes: 12 28.6%

  • Tyreke Evans

    Votes: 4 9.5%

  • Jonny Flynn

    Votes: 9 21.4%

  • Stephen Curry

    Votes: 12 28.6%

  • Brandon Jennings

    Votes: 5 11.9%
  • Total voters
    42
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Suppose you knew for a dead set certain that
(a) Portland had to draft a guard who could play PG
(b) No trades would happen - the player drafted would be on the roster for '09/10
(c) Rubio and Harden are gone

Who would you like (and don't go by Mock Draft rankings - the Thunder ignored them and scored with Westbrook. Just go with who you like)?
 
eric maynor.

and i don't necessarily agree that the thunder scored with westbrook. bayless could have put up "good" numbers like westbrook did on the thunder and eric gordon and dj augustin could have easily had similar success there as well.
 
I picked Flynn. He seems like a true distributor, a decent shot, great with the ball and enough size.
 
Brandon Jennings is the only true PG on that list, and probably has the most upside and potential to be a star. If we HAVE to make a pick who is a PG, I say go for the home run pick.

AKA: Brandon Jennings.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Brandon Jennings is the only true PG on that list, and probably has the most upside and potential to be a star. If we HAVE to make a pick who is a PG, I say go for the home run pick.

AKA: Brandon Jennings.
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Jonny Flynn is a true point guard. And Jennings is probably the biggest risk on that list.

Anyways I say Flynn.
 
I rather not have any of them and give Bayless a chance. I really don't want any more rookies getting big minutes and would by far rather sign a FA PG with Bayless as the backup.
 
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From that list I like Holliday's age, upside and tremendous size for the position.

If we're talking about players likely to fall into our range at 24 I'd probably take Collison; he doesn't have a real high ceiling (or maybe he does with his quickness?), but I think he's got great potential as a backup who's already proven that he can get it done in a pro-style, half-court offense and he plays both ways.
 
STOMP said:
why in Jennings a risk anymore then the others?

STOMP
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Because he didn't get to play much oversees and his numbers weren't impressive when he did play. This is just my opinion and I think there is a higher probability of him being as good as he was supposed to be out of high school but IMO I would say he has more risk than the others.
 
Why are we trying to draft a point guard though? I'm not ready to give up on Jay Bay.

Bring in Miller, move Jay Bay to backup, problem solved.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Why are we trying to draft a point guard though? I'm not ready to give up on Jay Bay.

Bring in Miller, move Jay Bay to backup, problem solved.
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Agreed. I just viewed the thread as more of a thought experiment than an actual desire to draft yet another point guard. Then again Steve "Soft Core Porn" Blake's contract is up next year so I guess it doesn't hurt to have one more horse in the stable.
 
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All those options are obvious downgrades from the guys we have so........BAKE IT!
 
Stephen Curry and I really don't think it is even close...
 
None of the above isn't an option, though that is what I would have chosen.
 
Blaze01 said:
Stephen Curry and I really don't think it is even close...
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How? All he's shown he can do is shoot. Even against bad competition he barely ever got to the basket, even when they were completely playing him for the shot he didn't get around people often. He would be my last pick out of the players listed.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Why are we trying to draft a point guard though? I'm not ready to give up on Jay Bay.

Bring in Miller, move Jay Bay to backup, problem solved.
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I agree. We have three young PGs, Rodriguez, Bayless and Koponen, let's make sure none of those players are the answer at PG before we feel like we have to draft another one.
 
MARIS61 said:
All those options are obvious downgrades from the guys we have so........BAKE IT!
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While I'm not in favor of drafting another point guard, how does "bake it" have anything to do with the draft? Are we abstaining from the draft now, so we can bake it?
 
Natebishop3 said:
While I'm not in favor of drafting another point guard, how does "bake it" have anything to do with the draft? Are we abstaining from the draft now, so we can bake it?
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:smiley-drone:

... does ... not ... compute

BEEP beep

bake ... iiiii--
 
Tyreke Evans. I think he and Roy would be a pretty bad ass back court. Ron Harper and Mike Jordon type of back court.
 
How? All he's shown he can do is shoot. Even against bad competition he barely ever got to the basket, even when they were completely playing him for the shot he didn't get around people often. He would be my last pick out of the players listed.
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That is not entirely true....and even if it were, I would take a player with a clearly identifiable NBA skill (outside shooting, which he isn't just good at, he is VERY good at)...over a player without one any day.

BTW, over 22% of his points last year were scored from the foul line (over 37% were 2pt FG - Flynn's points were 32% from FT and 47.6% from 2pt FG FYI), that is not a bad percentage....and having watched him play several times, I think he can drive on players effectively...and quite frankly a guy who is able to hit the mid range jump shot with a high efficiency is IMO a very good commodity to have on your team...someone mentioned Jeff Hornacek in another thread?, and he was deadly doing just that, so is Monta Ellis, and his dad, Dell Curry....I think that POR would love to have any of those guys on this team now...

The kid is stronger than he looks and people think, he is more athletic that people give him credit for, he has been praised as having excellent court vision and a keen bball IQ by basketball experts\coaches with far more knowledge than anyone here has...and apparently has the chance to even CONTINUE to grow another 2" inches...which would put him at 6'5....and he performed at a very high level in college and played well when placed against "NBA level" competition

So yeah, I don't think it is a close call...
but..DAMM! that 40 vert (33 no step vert as well) by Jonny Flynn!
 
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This is the first year in a long time I'd honestly rather just trade our pick away and get out of the draft. Use the value of that pick (which isn't that much) with other pieces for a veteran upgrade at PG or SF, very much preferably PG.
 
How come "none of the above" isnt an option? :dunno:
 
I voted Jennings as well. If he is the guy I'm thinking of (playing currently in Italy I believe) then he seems like an excellent high risk, high reward type player. I doubt he is the answer to starting PG but you never know. I assume Pritchard is going to make a move for a bigger name for our starter as Blake is not going to ever be the answer in the no hand check NBA. We need someone who can penetrate and dish, hit the three ball, at least keep with their defensive assignment in a league of fast guards and finally run oportunistic fast breaks. Steve currently only fills one of those.

I think we will add one of the following (ranked from least to most likely):

Chris Paul (pipe dream that assumes NOH wants to intentionally blow up / sabotage their team to facilitate a move)

Rubio - unlikely but there is a small possibility

Bibby - unlikely but possible

Conley Jr. - more possible but still unlikely

Miller - I hope not unless Bayless is further along then I think

Kidd - See Miller above

Sessions - I think this is the most likely

With all that said, I think Jennings is a good back up to Bayless as insurance. I think he can also be stashed in Europe for awhile.
 
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Idog1976 said:
With all that said, I think Jennings is a good back up to Bayless as insurance. I think he can also be stashed in Europe for awhile.
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I really doubt Jennings stays in Europe. His entire reasoning for going there was to prepare himself for the NBA (at least that's a decent amount of what he said publicly). He wants to be in the NBA. He's not one of those foreign players who has a ton of pride playing for their country and cautious about the possibility of not working out in the NBA. He was a guy who had crazy amounts of hype leading up to last year.
 
I really doubt Jennings stays in Europe
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Does he have a choice though if we sign him and don't want to bring him over right away?
 
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