Joe Freeman @BlazerFreeman My sense is #Blazers higher on Lillard. MT @chadfordinsider If Blazers opt for Lillard over Drummond, he could slide to Warriors or Pistons.
Chad Ford @chadfordinsider Tons of info here why Lillard may rising, Drummond sliding + MKG, TRob, Beal, Barnes workout info http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/blog...883/2012-nba-draft-workout-buzz-top-prospects (insider)
I have been on the Blazers will trade their picks bandwagon since we got the picks. Nothing has changed for me Pizza guy would have absolutely no idea about that anyway
Why is this pessimistic? Compare Iguodala with #6 picks from previous drafts: 2011: Jan Vesely 2010: Ekpe Udoh 2009: Johnny Flynn 2008: Danilo Gaillinari 2007: Yi Jianlian 2006: Brandon Roy (okay. But maybe he fell because of his knees?) 2005: Martell Webster (yay!) 2004: Josh Childress 2003: Chris Kaman 2002: Dajuan Wagner I'm telling you: the odds are not good. The #6 pick is a TRAP! Now, of course, Iguodala was a later pick (#9, 3 picks after Childress) but that was LUCK. We're all in draft pick frenzy where we're thinking that all these guys are awesome. The fact is that possibly 4 will be special, and we don't know which 4. So the pick is a gamble. Iguodala isn't.
Actually, I found one thing fairly interesting. Barnes has not worked out for Portland according to the article. We have heard bits and pieces that the Blazers like him. Could he be the double secret workout?
OR... If it goes Davis, Robinson, Beal, Barnes the Kings will choose MKG, leaving us Lillard v. Drummond If it goes Davis, Barnes, Beal, then CLE will pass on Robinson for MKG, Kings get Robinson, leaving us Lillard v. Drummond If it goes Davis, Beal then WAS is screwed. They're set at PF with Nene, SF with Ariza and backup PF/SF with Vesely and Seraphin. They really need a shooting guard, and really DON'T need MKG, Robinson or Barnes. Good trade potential, I think, b/c 6+11 is the best package they'll get offered. For giggles they might take Drummond and sit him behind Nene and Okafor and hope he develops, but I don't think you can wait-and-hope if you're WAS. That'd be the best thing for us, b/c CLE takes Barnes, SAC takes either Robinson or MKG and we get the other.
Iguadala would make all kinds of sense for this roster if they really are committed to building around Nic and LMA. Move Wesley to the bench and play him at the 2 and let him create, flanked by Nic and maybe a free agent shooting type point guard picked up in free agency (Mo Williams?) Then take Arnett Moultrie at 11 or try to move the pick and a player for a later pick and center (the rumored Houston-Dalembert deal for instance). I find I'm increasingly ambivalent about keeping the picks, but it won't bother me if they do. Whatever. So long as the moves make some kind of sense strategically and tactically I can live with the results and at least I won't have to suffer through another year of Failton and Crawful -- it's all a step up in my opinion.
So basically we need to figure out what SAC wants to flip picks or hope that CHA, CLE, WAS or SAC are idiots enough to pick Drummond for his upside. Guh.
LOL I love Barnes, and think he will a very good pro player. I would be delighted if we got him at 6 or got him without overpaying
I just wish he wasn't one of those "all hat, no cattle" kind of prospects. He was massively underwhelming when it really mattered in the tournament.
Yeah, I know you've been thinking that for some time (as have I - even if they stay in the draft, I don't expect them to be picking at least at #6). Iggy is just a downer to me, so that's why I called you pessimistic. I'd deal #11 for him, though.
