As of right now we may luck out /w our MAvs pick because theres a high chance of them finishing as the 7th seed. IF that were to happen i'd pray that Douglas-Roberts is still available. I'm not even going to speculate on who to pick with our pick because we may not even make the playoffs.
What about Lofton from Tennessee? We need a shooter and this kid did break Alan Houston's record at Tennessee and last I checked Houston was a damn good shooter. The only thing is Lofton is kinda short.
no way we draft thabeet, last thing we nee dis a raw, shotblocking center with no skill, we will draft a swingman, a shooter, like budinger
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Universe @ Mar 4 2008, 03:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'> Second round steal!</div> Oh jeez. I don't want Greg Oden's dad. I still say Sean Singletary in the 2nd round would be sweet.
I personally would try to trade up with our 2 picks this year... and even try to give up RJ... i love RJ but he has to understand that he isnt jordan... he tries to take over games but he does more harm than benefit for the team with his TO and charges...
As I've written before, there is a DEFINITE PATTERN to the players the Nets consider--and ultimately often select--in the draft. Generally speaking, the Nets look for players that: --attend major schools, coached by well-respected coaches, in prominent conferences --are not freshman or high school seniors (the latter no longer an issue) --that is tall for his position --are strong defensively--especially on-ball defense --have a high basketball IQ, if not a high IQ, period --can shoot a mid-range jump shot (they often compromise on this) --are not necessarily the top option on offense for their team --I used to say that they had to be an upstanding citizen, but they seem ready to forgive certain transgressions now (Marcus/Sean) In addition, the Nets have NEVER drafted two players at the same position in the same draft. In fact, as far as I can remember, they have never drafted two players at the same position during CONSECUTIVE drafts (the exception being 2002, after selecting four players the year before--but then again, they took Krstic, who they knew was going back to Europe). While the Nets SAY that they'll take the "best player available," all else being equal, they'll take someone at a position of need. I like to think that they'd break these rules if, for instance, LeBron James was on the board, but they have held pretty closely to these principles over the past seven years or so. Obviuosly, they often have to compromise on one or more of these checklist points--it's hard to find someone that satisfies all of them. However, I'd rank the importance they placed on these elements roughly in the order I've listed them. So, who does that leave for this draft? If we assume that they'll look at a swingman unless someone else slips to them that is dramatically better, I think we're looking at Chase Budinger, OJ Mayo, Chris Douglas-Roberts, maybe Tyler Smith? I guess Russell Westbrook is a possibility? They seem to be the best matches as far as I can tell at this point.
Just to emphasize: I prefer to focus on who I THINK the Nets will draft, instead of who I would PREFER that they draft. The Nets are probably the only team that has never drafted a HS senior or college freshman, and I expect that to continue, so there's no point to thinking about these players (although they HAVE drafted 18 and 19-year-old foreigners that went back to Europe for seasoning). The Nets seem to really prefer players that have a solid sense of the fundamentals and can come in and make an impact within a year or so--they'll take that over raw potential.
Actually to be honest, it doesn't matter who we draft. They won't play for at least half the season outside of garbage minutes and as soon as they start under producing they'll be benched for another 15 games or so.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (d-blockrep2 @ Mar 5 2008, 07:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>what happened to Donte Greene?</div> Right now, he's "overrated", I guess. He settles on the outside waaaay too much. When he's off, he doesn't always help all that much. And when his shooting is off, he doesn't go down low to post up, or draw a foul...he just shoots some more. One game, he actually went 4-16 FROM THREE. That's bad. He's undisciplined. His man defense is suspect. Foul trouble is bad for him. Straight up, he's got some growing to do. And he'd be more of a project than Kevin Durant is. http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/boxscore;_yl...id=200803050508 See, Greene got 19 points here. nice, right? No. 8-21 from the field (about less than 40%). 3-12 from three (25%). That's probably an average shooting night for him. And this was against Seton Hall.
The top 15 of most mock drafts I've seen doesn't have any seniors but for Hibbert so there goes the usual Nets strategy of picking up experienced older college players. So we will probably be picking up a young project type player. My vote goes to 2 international players, Gallinari and NI's fave Batum. I also wouldn't be too crazed if OJ Mayo can be had since he still has time to grow up a bit and is supposed to be a pretty intelligent young man who got a 29 on his act's. Thanks for the merge Mods. I should've just resurrected my original thread i guess.
was watching the Pitt game yesterday and Sam Young completely stoodout to me. His not a star but a solid role play who can come off the bench and provide a spark on both offense and defence. Most draft site, compare him to a young James Posey, his definately a Lawrence Frank guy, works hard and is tough look out for him in tonights game against Louisville <div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uvbMiXpNVqs&"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uvbMiXpNVqs&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /></embed></object></div>
imagine if we draft thabeet and resign diop this offseason, oh man. i can actually see that happening to
