you think part of the conversation was hey, after you make a follow up trade with houston for a 2nd rounder, if tyshawn taylor happens to be there, you have to sell it to us. Otherwise, no deal. Uhm, no.
Neil and his scouts rated Lillard the best PG in the draft and Leonard the best C prospect in the draft.
Well if you look at it, NJ got hosed in the deal. Maybe it was a sweetener??? Taylor's the pride of N.J. born and raised
Leonard is almost as good of a physical specimen as Drummond, with more skills already, and just as much room to improve. I'm not even trying to pimp Leonard up, I just don't think Drummond is a much better prospect than him. If Drummond were at #11 he would have been the pick.
B. We filled the holes on our starting lineup with rookies, with bringing over two euros were looking to give up next year to let everyone grow a year. This draft doesn't inspire in me a belief we can beat okc or Miami in a playoff series but it is a step in the right direction. We need to stockpile talent but for that talent to increase their value we need to put them in the best position to show off their talents. In that part I think we did a great job. I think the master plan is eventually trade our talent for a superstar, that almost never happens but you need good young semi proven players at multiple positions to do that. There is a lot up in the air and with the FA that were unsure how it will turn out. I'm leaving this with a B that could go up to an A if we make some nice pickups with our capspace a C if we really strike out with our money. One last little note, I have no confidence that Jeremy Lamb could have beaten out Wes/ewill for minutes, and him/zeller were the players I figured we were choosing from. Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk 2
and was promised by chicago, before teague slipped, supposedly. no way they would do a deal like that, thinking a late pg should be sold to them. the pick would have just been traded then.
I give it a solid B. Lillard at worse, adds some outside shooting which we desperately could use. If we bring back Joel to tutor Leonard, maybe we get a young Joel. If he can become Joel like, that's outstanding value at 11. I'm a little disappointed we couldn't nab Robinson as he fell. To me, he along with Beal and Davis, are the only sure things in this draft.
That's most likely. Perhaps Prokorov called up PA and asked him to return the favor of a one sided deal. N.J. needed something to save face after that trade, who know's what kind of Billionaire deal went down. http://www.kansascity.com/2012/06/28/3682249/kus-taylor-winds-up-close-to-home.html
Impressive 2nd round pick we did get: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ewsletter&utm_campaign=portland-trail-blazers
Well technically it was not a strong class for Centers or PG's. So there really is an argument that they were the best at their positions. Drummond seemed to turn off a lot of scouts.
Lol you serious? DRUMMOND: 33.5 Max Vert 31.5 no step 10 reps 10.83 lane agility 3.39 3/4 sprint MEYERS: 32.5 Max Vert 30.5 no step 19 reps 11.34 lane agility 3.41 3/4 sprint
To be fair, they did leak that the four players were looking at were Leonard, Zeller, Waiters, Lillard.
