Bear Down Wildcats

How the fuck do the Suns pass on Gary Harris for yet another point guard? I assume this means they're letting Bledsoe walk.

Kyle Anderson has to go here, right?


Or not...

Johnson at 27?? Look at A Players Program Tweet.

azcat34 wrote:Johnson at 27?? Look at A Players Program Tweet.

I think they are referring to APlayersProgram trending on Twitter in the Phoenix area.

PJ Hairston becomes first ever first round pick from the D-League.

Spaceman Spiff wrote:LaVine to the Wolves means he'll probably never be heard from again.

They'll get to develop him for three years before he can be a significant contributor and then watch him run out of town after the fourth year.

Bogdan Bogdanovic

Awful Awfulovic

Bogdan! Bogdanovich!

Just fuck everything.

The 3rd 1st round pick was always going to be a Euro that was going to be stashed away. I'm hardly disgruntled about that pick, but the Tyler Ennis pick...

Pac is doing very well for themselves in the first round.

ElGatoBlanco wrote:The 3rd 1st round pick was always going to be a Euro that was going to be stashed away. I'm hardly disgruntled about that pick, but the Tyler Ennis pick...

It's all three of them together that disappoints. But you never know how some of these guys will translate until they get a chance. Len, Goodwin, Warren, Ennis, Bogdanovic. Uninspiring.

Wow Huestis went round 1?

Does Anderson have some baggage or something, I cannot understand why he has not been taken. Kid is talented. And oh how the mighty Carson has fallen. When the hometown team passes up that kind of talent, and he does have talent, you know it has to be an attitude problem.

Nick to the Spurs would be the stuff of dreams, I could see him fitting in well with Pop.

I think it has a lot to do with how slow Anerson is.

thenewazcats wrote:

ElGatoBlanco wrote:The 3rd 1st round pick was always going to be a Euro that was going to be stashed away. I'm hardly disgruntled about that pick, but the Tyler Ennis pick...

It's all three of them together that disappoints. But you never know how some of these guys will translate until they get a chance. Len, Goodwin, Warren, Ennis, Bogdanovic. Uninspiring.

I like the Warren pick. I still like Goodwin's upside. The rest is uninspiring, I agree.

thenewazcats wrote:I think it has a lot to do with how slow Anerson is.

Watch the Spurs take him and use him as a younger Boris Diaw.

thenewazcats wrote:I think it has a lot to do with how slow Anerson is.

Yea, that is true, did not consider that.

ButtonSalmon wrote:Does Anderson have some baggage or something, I cannot understand why he has not been taken. Kid is talented. And oh how the mighty Carson has fallen. When the hometown team passes up that kind of talent, and he does have talent, you know it has to be an attitude problem.

Nick to the Spurs would be the stuff of dreams, I could see him fitting in well with Pop.

Kyle Anderson runs a 10 flat 40.

ElGatoBlanco wrote:

thenewazcats wrote:I think it has a lot to do with how slow Anerson is.

Watch the Spurs take him and use him as a younger Boris Diaw.

I'm a genius.

ElGatoBlanco wrote:

thenewazcats wrote:I think it has a lot to do with how slow Anerson is.

Watch the Spurs take him and use him as a younger Boris Diaw.

He's gonna need to gain a lot of weight.

In spite of Kyle being slow he is going to turn out to be solid player and the Spurs once again show why they are the top organization. I think that is a very smart pick at 30.

Probably the only team who'll be able how to use him.

MrBug708 wrote:Probably the only team who'll be able how to use him.

I agree, he seems like he will fit very nicely in to Pop's system. They don't rely on speed, team ball, he can fit real nice there. I like this pick for the Spurs a lot.

MrBug708 wrote:Probably the only team who'll be able how to use him.

I was thinking the same. I'm not sold on him as a pro by any means, but if he has a shot, that's the system for him.

Please, please let Nick get drafted before Carson. Just please let it happen.

ButtonSalmon wrote:Please, please let Nick get drafted before Carson. Just please let it happen.

How about just let Nick get drafted.

Coop Cat wrote:

ButtonSalmon wrote:Please, please let Nick get drafted before Carson. Just please let it happen.

How about just let Nick get drafted.

True, I am getting greedy.

Nick to Houston

Before Jahiisus

A lot of unknown players going ahead of Carson, wow. At this rate Bachinsky may get drafted before Jahii. That would be super sweet.

Oops! No Jahiisus!!

LOL Bilas had Carson as the next pick for the last hour. Hilarious. I bet mom isn't happy.

So when does Jahiisus change his twitter info and delete the "NBA bound" part?

lol no carson or bachynski.

jahiisus will get some nba workouts, be on a 10 day contract or two in the next couple years, and then go to europe.

So I don't understand what the 76ers are doing. Did they draft to tank again this year? That strategy failed. Try a new one...

Coop Cat wrote:How has this turned into the "when will Shabazz Napier be taken" draft!?

Because Lebron has a hard on for him.

So proud of our boys Aaron and Nick...go kick-ass in the League now.

Olsondogg wrote:So when does Jahiisus change his twitter info and delete the "NBA bound" part?

By the way, that was posted BEFORE the draft. How bad does he feel now?

Chicat wrote:So I don't understand what the 76ers are doing. Did they draft to tank again this year? That strategy failed. Try a new one...

They're acknowledging they've got nobody and going exclusively in building mode. If Embiid's health works out, he and Noel are a good, young 4/5 combo. I don't hate what they're doing, it just takes guts to suck for a few years, but at least they have something.

They have got some of the draft's best bargains the last few years:

Noel mocked #1, goes #6
MCW drafted in double digits, looks like future All-Star
Embiid mocked #1, goes #3
Saric mocked 9/10, goes 12 (plus they get other assets)
McDaniels mocked as high as 21, goes 2nd Round
Grant mocked 18-27 range, goes mid 2nd Round
Micic mocked 25-35 range, goes late 2nd Round

Those are some legit value selections.

Fling enough poop, something will stick.

Trust me, I get all of that . . . but outside of MCW there's not a lot of poop that has stuck so far. And I have no faith that Embiid will ever be 100% healthy. So there's a reason why he fell, and if you looked at a lot of the mocks right before the draft some had him falling into the 6-8 range. So then #3 becomes a reach (if we're just going by mock drafts by "experts").

Olsondogg wrote:So when does Jahiisus change his twitter info and delete the "NBA bound" part?

D League bound? Turkey bound?

Chicat wrote:Trust me, I get all of that . . . but outside of MCW there's not a lot of poop that has stuck so far. And I have no faith that Embiid will ever be 100% healthy. So there's a reason why he fell, and if you looked at a lot of the mocks right before the draft some had him falling into the 6-8 range. So then #3 becomes a reach (if we're just going by mock drafts by "experts").

A healthy Embiid was a consensus #1. It really depends on whether he's healthy. They got a steal if he's healthy. Injured, it's a bust.

Other than that, MCW is the only draft pick they've had who actually has been out there and he's sticking.

I like what Philly's doing because they aren't settling. Too many teams get stuck in the cycle of mediocrity, draft between 10-18 every year, squeeze into the playoffs sometimes and never get further. It's refreshing to see a team take the "go big or go home" tack.

It's all about asset acquisition right now.

They'll suck again next year, but end up with a top-3 in a solid draft, likely go for a true PG or SF.

Outside of not trying to acquire Hood, I think their draft was pretty perfect.

I was surprised Hood fell as far as he did.

All this talk about drafting a guy who can help a team win a championship...who was the last player that won a championship with his original team. Dwayne Wade? I mean, nobody sticks with their original team anymore.

I mean, you need to get established NBA players to win in the league. No player from a draft is gonna make a team win. FA is what the NBA is all about.

Draft night is about getting your shot. It is really the only NBA thing I am interested in, and only because it is the loss of the age of innocence...the players I watched (well most of them) play in college, I will no longer be watching.