The Mavs made the playoffs and we get the pick. Also, Denver beat Golden St so the odds are slim for Golden St. Hope Denver moves into 7th place. 2 full games back of Dallas with 3 to play.
Championship here we come!! lol sarcasm. Well..its good news ...hope we can pick up some young talent.
Dallas beat Utah today with a Dirk 3 with 0.8 to go 97-94, thus assuring that the nets will get Dallas first round pick this year. Now we can actually make realistic assumptions on who the Nets should pick. Mavs first round pick should be around 20th to 22nd. Any thoughts? http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=280410006
Good news I guess. Maybe Denver can pass the Mavs to get the 7th spot, although it's unlikely. I hope a nice combo guard falls to us with our pick (Mayo, Bayless, Gordon) and maybe we can get Batum with the Mavs pick. That would be nice, but to bad it won't happen.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cmoney707 @ Apr 11 2008, 12:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Kevin Love, CDR, and Shan Foster welcome to the team</div> I would have an orgasm if we drafted that! Although if O.J. Mayo is there I think we should consider him possibly over Kevin Love. Just as long as the Nets don't blow any picks on a European pussy who will end up busting I'll be fine. IMO this is the deepest draft in years.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (J-HoAgZ @ Apr 11 2008, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cmoney707 @ Apr 11 2008, 12:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Kevin Love, CDR, and Shan Foster welcome to the team</div> I would have an orgasm if we drafted that! Although if O.J. Mayo is there I think we should consider him possibly over Kevin Love. Just as long as the Nets don't blow any picks on a European pussy who will end up busting I'll be fine. IMO this is the deepest draft in years. </div> Yeah, I would definitely take O.J. first. But the only reason some mocks had him in the 7-12 range is becuase of character concers. His coach, this year, and all of his teammates only had positive things to say about him which, in my opinion, put him back in the top 5. Hopefully the balls bounce our way on lottery night.
Honestly this draft is tough to gauge...most mocks are all over the place with where talent is going...it's gonna be an interesting couple of months.
But if we use our first pick to get OJ, then what good big man will be available for our next pick? 20th-22nd? Maybe Arthur from Kansas? or no?
The Nets have issues everywhere. They need to select the best player on the board (regardless of position) for both picks. -Petey
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petey @ Apr 11 2008, 01:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Nets have issues everywhere. They need to select the best player on the board (regardless of position) for both picks. -Petey</div> Sad but true.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Claud @ Apr 11 2008, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But if we use our first pick to get OJ, then what good big man will be available for our next pick? 20th-22nd? Maybe Arthur from Kansas? or no?</div> Yeah Darrell Arthur, Robin Lopez, DJ White, Joey Dorsey, and the ever so unpopular, Roy Hibbert. All of them except maybe one or two would be available with our second first round pick.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cmoney707 @ Apr 11 2008, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Claud @ Apr 11 2008, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But if we use our first pick to get OJ, then what good big man will be available for our next pick? 20th-22nd? Maybe Arthur from Kansas? or no?</div> Yeah Darrell Arthur, Robin Lopez, DJ White, Joey Dorsey, and the ever so unpopular, Roy Hibbert. All of them except maybe one or two would be available with our second first round pick. </div> Who is the best out of all of those players you named?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cmoney707 @ Apr 11 2008, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Claud @ Apr 11 2008, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But if we use our first pick to get OJ, then what good big man will be available for our next pick? 20th-22nd? Maybe Arthur from Kansas? or no?</div> Yeah Darrell Arthur, Robin Lopez, DJ White, Joey Dorsey, and the ever so unpopular, Roy Hibbert. All of them except maybe one or two would be available with our second first round pick. </div> You managed to mix together a group of big men that projects from the late lottery (Hibbert) to almost undrafted (Dorsey the knucklehead) Arthur is very talented, but shows up about 5 games per season Robin Lopez is a Varejao style energy player with an unrefined offensive game DJ White will be a nice contributor in the NBA, but is destined for the second round unless he absolutely blows a team away in a private workout Dorsey's rebounding won't be as good in the NBA and he shrinks in big games against NBA talent (see Oden last year, Kansas this year). Plus he is a knucklehead. Hibbert has become the most popular person to bash in the draft, but he can score, pass and defend the basket at an NBA level.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Petey @ Apr 11 2008, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Nets have issues everywhere. They need to select the best player on the board (regardless of position) for both picks. -Petey</div> I think drafting 1 threw 3 is more important then drafting a 4 or 5. We have Sean who should be able to get better over the summer, Krstic who is returning to the old Nenad and with Boone coming on strong this season. We also have Diop off the bench for defense and who knows whats going to happen with Swift. Our power foward and center postions are already clogged up, considering we resign Diop and Krstic. I think we have a bigger need for a combo guard and a small foward.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Apr 11 2008, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Hibbert has become the most popular person to bash in the draft, but he can score, pass and defend the basket at an NBA level.</div> ..isn't that pretty much what we need? As much as I hate GTown and the fact that Hibbert completely disappears and seems undominant in games, he could be pretty useful for us. Of course, I'd go for wings before bigs at this point. If Hibbert somehow dropped to our second 1st round pick, I would be pissed if we didn't nab him.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Apr 11 2008, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cmoney707 @ Apr 11 2008, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Claud @ Apr 11 2008, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But if we use our first pick to get OJ, then what good big man will be available for our next pick? 20th-22nd? Maybe Arthur from Kansas? or no?</div> Yeah Darrell Arthur, Robin Lopez, DJ White, Joey Dorsey, and the ever so unpopular, Roy Hibbert. All of them except maybe one or two would be available with our second first round pick. </div> You managed to mix together a group of big men that projects from the late lottery (Hibbert) to almost undrafted (Dorsey the knucklehead) Arthur is very talented, but shows up about 5 games per season Robin Lopez is a Varejao style energy player with an unrefined offensive game DJ White will be a nice contributor in the NBA, but is destined for the second round unless he absolutely blows a team away in a private workout Dorsey's rebounding won't be as good in the NBA and he shrinks in big games against NBA talent (see Oden last year, Kansas this year). Plus he is a knucklehead. Hibbert has become the most popular person to bash in the draft, but he can score, pass and defend the basket at an NBA level. </div> Joey Dorsey will not go undrafted. I would be willing to put a large wager on that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cmoney707 @ Apr 11 2008, 06:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Apr 11 2008, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Cmoney707 @ Apr 11 2008, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Claud @ Apr 11 2008, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But if we use our first pick to get OJ, then what good big man will be available for our next pick? 20th-22nd? Maybe Arthur from Kansas? or no?</div> Yeah Darrell Arthur, Robin Lopez, DJ White, Joey Dorsey, and the ever so unpopular, Roy Hibbert. All of them except maybe one or two would be available with our second first round pick. </div> You managed to mix together a group of big men that projects from the late lottery (Hibbert) to almost undrafted (Dorsey the knucklehead) Arthur is very talented, but shows up about 5 games per season Robin Lopez is a Varejao style energy player with an unrefined offensive game DJ White will be a nice contributor in the NBA, but is destined for the second round unless he absolutely blows a team away in a private workout Dorsey's rebounding won't be as good in the NBA and he shrinks in big games against NBA talent (see Oden last year, Kansas this year). Plus he is a knucklehead. Hibbert has become the most popular person to bash in the draft, but he can score, pass and defend the basket at an NBA level. </div> Joey Dorsey will not go undrafted. I would be willing to put a large wager on that. </div> I could buy that. Even if he's as bad as Cpaw makes him out to be, there are some pretty retarded GMs in the NBA.
