Official 2013 Draft thread

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  1. NOVoodoo

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    Pretty ballsy move by Saric, knowing that he's a fringe lottery candidate as is, and next year's draft will (finally) be one of the deeper drafts in recent history.

    I have to wonder how much of this is just a ploy from his agents though. We're at the time where there's a lot of mental gamesmanship going on between agents and management. Saying that they need a promise, not in the first round, but in the lottery, has got to perk up some management's ears and make them pay a little more attention to Saric.

    With that said, he wasn't exactly a hidden prospect for KK Cibona, like a lot of prospects become when they draw NBA interest. They used him a lot, as a team that's desperate to rejoin the Euroleague, so I wouldn't be surprised to see them come up with some decent money for him to stay another season.
     
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    Jonathan Givony ‏@DraftExpress 3m
    Better late than never? We've added interviews and footage of Mohammadou Jaiteh & Dennis Schroeder from the Hoop Summit to their DX profiles

    Jonathan Givony ‏@DraftExpress 2m
    Here's the Mouhammadou Jaiteh video: http://youtu.be/gXSoRRhCjxM and here's Dennis Schroeder 's http://youtu.be/895hxrNZH4I
     
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    Sick spin move at 2:45 on Schroeder's video--probably a carry, but whatever.
     
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    Damn. What a dumbass. Like he'll go higher next year.
     
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    http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2013/06/shabazz-muhammad-no-10-mock/

     
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    We've got to get this kid. He's the German Tony Parker. Or the German Rajon Rondo. Then we buy a pick for Dieng and bring over Papanikolaou, and we have English, French, German, Spanish, Greek and Senegalese. We're the United Nations! (And finish it by trading for Asik...)
     
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    I wonder if this makes Dallas more likely to sell their pick. Actually, not just them: other teams might also have been planning to draft and stash to keep cap space open.
     
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    Taking Muhammad would be just like taking Bayless. I saw mocks that had Bayless as high as #2, then he "fell" to us. Sure, he made us happy in Summer League, but not much thereafter. Muhammad is bigger and not pretending to be a PG, but he's still not exactly "team focused". Bayless was a SG in a PG's body, and Muhammad is a SF who wants to be a SG but is a total black hole and isn't a great shooter.
     
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    I had the same thoughts . . . with Blazers being one of the teams to possible draft and stash (so they can more cap space to get FA this tear) and they have no draft pick next year
     
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    How 'bout we don't do either?
     
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    There's still Karasev. Of course, that would give us just about all the young SFs in Europe. Maybe Schröder can be persuaded to stay on in Germany?
     
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    I'm open to drafting other players. I just really don't want to trade the #10 for Gortat. So, okay.
     
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    I seriously doubt if anyone in charge of the Blazers has any plans to do THAT.
     
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    The one thing about Bayless is because he was projected to go so much higher, I don't think they ever brought him in to evaluate. Hopefully our current staff will be able to evaluate Shabazz better than they did Bayless.
     
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    Pretty sure there was a private workout with Bayless.
     
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    As for Saric, love that he is pulling out of the draft, as it was one of the easiest ways for Dallas to keep their pick and cap space. Now, they don't have that option, which puts their pick more in play.
     
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    My thoughts exactly.
     
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    Are you sure? I remember them saying just the opposite. Bayless only went to the team's in the top 5 or so. I thought for sure we discussed this at the time, and we were all a little nervous about it.

    I could be thinking of someone else I suppose.
     
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