Re: 2014 NBA Draft
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:55 am
[youtube]j6Sos3q6ASo[/youtube]The Goat wrote:Just fuck everything.
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[youtube]j6Sos3q6ASo[/youtube]The Goat wrote:Just fuck everything.
Not really. All five of the last five Champs have had at least one of their top 3 players be a draft pick. At least three have had their best player be an original draft pick. The Celtics, it depends on where you rank Pierce in the big 3.Olsondogg wrote: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.
Really, really like what the Hawks are doing. I have them pegged for making a run at home court this season. Shooting at all 5 positions, two very good players on amazing contracts (Horford & Millsap) and a TON of cap space. Love the Payne pick and I think they are a move away from being in the ECF. Remember, they were 3rd in the East before Horford went down.NYCat wrote:Payne to Atlanta
So they're a borderline playoff team in the West?TucsonClip wrote:Really, really like what the Hawks are doing. I have them pegged for making a run at home court this season. Shooting at all 5 positions, two very good players on amazing contracts (Horford & Millsap) and a TON of cap space. Love the Payne pick and I think they are a move away from being in the ECF. Remember, they were 3rd in the East before Horford went down.NYCat wrote:Payne to Atlanta
Hinkie is smart, he knows that he has the time to rebuild on his own plan and they the easiest way to turn the 76ers into a strong team is to collect assets. Either they pan out and he finds a star or he has a TON of young talent that could entice another team to sign and trade him a star.JMarkJohns wrote: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.
Right now? Yes. Lets see what happens in free agency and how they use their cap space. Have been a Budenholzer fan for years and Ferry is the perfect front office fit for him. They are on the same page and have been able to compile a roster that fits perfectly with his/the Spurs system.Spaceman Spiff wrote:So they're a borderline playoff team in the West?TucsonClip wrote:Really, really like what the Hawks are doing. I have them pegged for making a run at home court this season. Shooting at all 5 positions, two very good players on amazing contracts (Horford & Millsap) and a TON of cap space. Love the Payne pick and I think they are a move away from being in the ECF. Remember, they were 3rd in the East before Horford went down.NYCat wrote:Payne to Atlanta
I'm just joking. Since they abandoned the Josh Smith era, I've liked what the Hawks are doing too.TucsonClip wrote:Right now? Yes. Lets see what happens in free agency and how they use their cap space. Have been a Budenholzer fan for years and Ferry is the perfect front office fit for him. They are on the same page and have been able to compile a roster that fits perfectly with his/the Spurs system.Spaceman Spiff wrote:So they're a borderline playoff team in the West?TucsonClip wrote:
Really, really like what the Hawks are doing. I have them pegged for making a run at home court this season. Shooting at all 5 positions, two very good players on amazing contracts (Horford & Millsap) and a TON of cap space. Love the Payne pick and I think they are a move away from being in the ECF. Remember, they were 3rd in the East before Horford went down.
1. Jahii Carson, Arizona State Sun Devils
This one always baffled me because the athletic point guard made his intentions clear before the start of the season despite the fact that virtually no NBA evaluators had him anywhere near the first round. Carson went undrafted and will almost certainly wind up overseas or in the D-League instead of spending another year in college trying to show NBA teams he could mature and work his way into the second round (and potentially receive a guaranteed deal) a year from now.
8. Nick Johnson, Arizona Wildcats
Carson and Johnson played AAU ball together not all that long ago. I understand Johnson’s thought process that he isn’t going to grow between this year and next season and likely won’t have a better season than he had as a junior. However, Johnson could have gotten his degree and potentially hung Arizona’s second national championship banner. Johnson wound up going 42nd to the Houston Rockets, and while he has a chance to make the team, it’s not going to be an easy task.
http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/jeff-go ... fresh=true15. Alex Kirk, New Mexico Lobos
I never quite understood this one. Kirk needed to come back for another season in college, but maybe he’d had enough and was ready to take the next step -- even if it means having a minimal chance of playing in the NBA.