Tyreke Evans. I think he and Roy would be a pretty bad ass back court. Ron Harper and Mike Jordon type of back court.
That is not entirely true....and even if it were, I would take a player with a clearly identifiable NBA skill (outside shooting, which he isn't just good at, he is VERY good at)...over a player without one any day. BTW, over 22% of his points last year were scored from the foul line (over 37% were 2pt FG - Flynn's points were 32% from FT and 47.6% from 2pt FG FYI), that is not a bad percentage....and having watched him play several times, I think he can drive on players effectively...and quite frankly a guy who is able to hit the mid range jump shot with a high efficiency is IMO a very good commodity to have on your team...someone mentioned Jeff Hornacek in another thread?, and he was deadly doing just that, so is Monta Ellis, and his dad, Dell Curry....I think that POR would love to have any of those guys on this team now... The kid is stronger than he looks and people think, he is more athletic that people give him credit for, he has been praised as having excellent court vision and a keen bball IQ by basketball experts\coaches with far more knowledge than anyone here has...and apparently has the chance to even CONTINUE to grow another 2" inches...which would put him at 6'5....and he performed at a very high level in college and played well when placed against "NBA level" competition So yeah, I don't think it is a close call... but..DAMM! that 40 vert (33 no step vert as well) by Jonny Flynn!
This is the first year in a long time I'd honestly rather just trade our pick away and get out of the draft. Use the value of that pick (which isn't that much) with other pieces for a veteran upgrade at PG or SF, very much preferably PG.
I voted Jennings as well. If he is the guy I'm thinking of (playing currently in Italy I believe) then he seems like an excellent high risk, high reward type player. I doubt he is the answer to starting PG but you never know. I assume Pritchard is going to make a move for a bigger name for our starter as Blake is not going to ever be the answer in the no hand check NBA. We need someone who can penetrate and dish, hit the three ball, at least keep with their defensive assignment in a league of fast guards and finally run oportunistic fast breaks. Steve currently only fills one of those. I think we will add one of the following (ranked from least to most likely): Chris Paul (pipe dream that assumes NOH wants to intentionally blow up / sabotage their team to facilitate a move) Rubio - unlikely but there is a small possibility Bibby - unlikely but possible Conley Jr. - more possible but still unlikely Miller - I hope not unless Bayless is further along then I think Kidd - See Miller above Sessions - I think this is the most likely With all that said, I think Jennings is a good back up to Bayless as insurance. I think he can also be stashed in Europe for awhile.
I really doubt Jennings stays in Europe. His entire reasoning for going there was to prepare himself for the NBA (at least that's a decent amount of what he said publicly). He wants to be in the NBA. He's not one of those foreign players who has a ton of pride playing for their country and cautious about the possibility of not working out in the NBA. He was a guy who had crazy amounts of hype leading up to last year.
