One of the teams imo has to be Utah. I mean c'mon, they grab Ronnie Brewer at the 14th pick to fill in a big hole at SG. A guy with great athletic ability, can run, can play PG, and has a pretty good jumpshot too. (Despite the childhood hand injury) Then in the 2nd round, they even did some more magic. With back-to-back picks, they get Dee Brown (who fell amazingly low, and will team up with former Illinois teamate Deron Williams) and then at the next pick Utah takes Paul Milsap. Only 6'8, but he can play PF, and he plays like a PF, too. Has a lot of strength and has had some very good rebounding games with Louisana Tech. However, Milsap doesnt really impress the scouts. Why? Because he played in a very weak conference. The competetion was pathetic, but still, any guy who grabs those amount of rebounds every night, along with offensive ability, is a guy who I'd want on my team. I really think Orlando did the wrong thing by picking Redick over Brewer. They already have a shooter, his name his Hedo Turkoglu. And he was just doing fine with them. The trio of Jameer Nelson, Dwight Howard, and Ronnie Brewer could have been beastly, along with the improving Darko Milicic.Portland also did a solid job on draft night. They got LaMarcus Aldridge, who can fill the C spot for them. (Just in case Pryzbilla leaves) They also got Brandon Roy, who can play PG, is a decent defender, and a pretty good shooter. He's not very athletic and he cant jump high, but he gets the job done in every statistical category. New Orleans added the defensive big men in Hilton Armstrong and Cedric Simmons. Armstrong may have a bit of a reach at 12, but if they wanted him, then I guess they should have taken him. Simmons is a guy that I hoped he'd slip to the Wizards, but unfortunately he got picked at the 15. These moves were great to solidify their frontcourt depth. I may have said too many teams, but there are still some teams available, imo.
Well I think Portland and Cleveland came out the best. Shannon Brown and Daniel Gibson are steals in my opinion. And Roy, Aldridge, Rodriguez, and Freeland is just a sick draft class.
I agree with both Cleveland and Portland. Cleveland addressed their needs, which it the 1 and 2 position. Both guys can defend fairly well and either can knock down the open jumpshot that other teams allow E Snow to have all night. Portland had a great draft by adding a ton of new talent. It shows perhaps that they are going to rebuild and can possibly get rid of some players that do not want to be in Portland, or the NBA for that matter.
Brandon Roy is actually a pretty good athlete and has a 41' inch verticle leap. I agree with everything, I thought Orlando should have picked Brewer as well.
The Nets had a good draft too. They snagged Marcus Williams. Also Memphis for picking up R. Gay, Utah, Portland, Charlotte, and others..
Utah, Portland, Cleveland, Memphis, and New Orleans all had great drafts. I think Utah had one of the most underrated drafts grabbing Brewer, Milsap, and Dee Brown.
Who had the best draft? I'll finally answer this. Definatly the Portland Trail-Blazers. - Brandon Roy: Maybe the best in the draft, good at everything. Good size. - LaMarcus Aldridge: Definatly has potential, one of the 5 best players in the draft. - Sergio Rodriguez: Huge Spanish talent, has tons of ability. - Joel Freeland: Who knows about him but he's got a ton of ability as well. You can't do much better than the Blazers.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Jul 5 2006, 12:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Who had the best draft? I'll finally answer this. Definatly the Portland Trail-Blazers. - Brandon Roy: Maybe the best in the draft, good at everything. Good size. - LaMarcus Aldridge: Definatly has potential, one of the 5 best players in the draft. - Sergio Rodriguez: Huge Spanish talent, has tons of ability. - Joel Freeland: Who knows about him but he's got a ton of ability as well. You can't do much better than the Blazers.</div>They really did clean up. I thought they could have used the Freeland pick on something a little more clear, but he could turn out good.
Blazers, Bulls, Nets, Cleveland. They all had solid drafts and were able to get solid players that have a bright future.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Jul 5 2006, 09:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Brandon Roy is actually a pretty good athlete and has a 41' inch verticle leap. I agree with everything, I thought Orlando should have picked Brewer as well.</div>Brandon Roy doesn't have a 41" leap. Tyrus Thomas does. He has the highest vertical leap out of all draftees, followed by Gay, who has a 39" leap.as for the topic. I'd probably have to say Portland, with Utah behind. New Orleans had an alright draft.but the Boston Celtics did a good job of addressing their needs on draft night. They didn't technically have a great draft, but they had a good draft day. They got a playmaker pg while getting rid of a supposedly unmovable contract. We became more flexible under the cap while possibly gettting the pg of our future.and for the people who thik Foye is so almighty, try he never shot over 41% in his colegiate career, he is an undersized off-guard who is score-first. He won't be a good pg in the league. He has strong character and he's qucik, but i'm starting to have my doubts about him. His teammate, who sometimes acted as the emotional leader of Villanova, who scored only 2 ppg less while shooting a better percentage, went UNDRAFTED. Some people think that Allan Ray was the best player on Villanova.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Jul 5 2006, 10:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Brandon Roy is actually a pretty good athlete and has a 41' inch verticle leap. I agree with everything, I thought Orlando should have picked Brewer as well.</div>I would have thrown my remote out the window if Orlando picked Brewer over Redick. They would be almost no better off than what they are with Stevenson. Now Brewer right now looks like alot better player than Stevenson, but both are players that can play good defense, drive to the rim, and are athletic. The problem is that neither player can shoot from the outside well, and that is what the Magic needed was an outside shooter. They didn't need an overly great defensive guy out on the wings, they needed someone to take pressure off of Dwight Howard downlow, and open up driving lanes for Jameer Nelson. With Redick we have someone that can do that, with Brewer, they would just collapse back and demand he beat them with his shot which he wouldn't.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ Jul 6 2006, 02:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Brandon Roy doesn't have a 41" leap. Tyrus Thomas does. He has the highest vertical leap out of all draftees, followed by Gay, who has a 39" leap.as for the topic. I'd probably have to say Portland, with Utah behind. New Orleans had an alright draft.but the Boston Celtics did a good job of addressing their needs on draft night. They didn't technically have a great draft, but they had a good draft day. They got a playmaker pg while getting rid of a supposedly unmovable contract. We became more flexible under the cap while possibly gettting the pg of our future.and for the people who thik Foye is so almighty, try he never shot over 41% in his colegiate career, he is an undersized off-guard who is score-first. He won't be a good pg in the league. He has strong character and he's qucik, but i'm starting to have my doubts about him. His teammate, who sometimes acted as the emotional leader of Villanova, who scored only 2 ppg less while shooting a better percentage, went UNDRAFTED. Some people think that Allan Ray was the best player on Villanova.</div>Yeah, Brandon Roy isnt actually that all athletic. But he is multi-talented so that should pull him though.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ Jul 6 2006, 01:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Brandon Roy doesn't have a 41" leap. Tyrus Thomas does. He has the highest vertical leap out of all draftees, followed by Gay, who has a 39" leap.as for the topic. I'd probably have to say Portland, with Utah behind. New Orleans had an alright draft.</div>According to the atheticism test results posted by draftnet (Link towards the bottom,) Brandon Roy jumped 40.5 inches, and 34 inches without a step. Tyrus Thomas jumped 39.5 inches with steps, and Brandon Roy jumped 34 inches without a step. So apparently Thomas uses both feet to jump a little, because his standing jump was as high as Roys standing jump, but his step up jump wasn't as high as Roy's standing step up jump.http://www.nbadraft.net/2006campmeasurements002.asp
I would say Blazers had the best draft and then theres everyone elseClevland, Utah, Nets...but out of those three i think the Nets got the best..They got Marcus Williams a steal at 22 and the best point guard in the draft. NJ needed a PG to back up kidd because frankly he cant play the whole game. And he can learn lots from Kidd. Nets got one of the best dunkers/leapers in Hasaan Adams, which will make them even more exciting to watch. And finally there best choice Josh Boone out of UConn. A big (husky) shot blocking F/C.. NJ only had shooting big man (besides Collins who does nothing but stop shaq).. So i think NJ filled all the spots they needed to fill and will finally have a benchNow Portland:They aquired Brandon Roy Arguably the best Guard in the draft. Portland needed one of those especially after loosing telfair, and not really having much of guard production. Then we have Lamarcus Aldridge. Another great pick at Center, the same size as Theo (who they lost) with the same ablities only maybe more potential and faster with more athletic ability. Great shot blocker and low post man.Finally there were two toss ups who i know nothing up but hear (from analysts and BCB) that they have potential so you never know.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NYKnicksGmenPride492 @ Jul 7 2006, 09:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Renaldo balkman-Best Pick, Done deal Set DealOthers:No comment</div> Heh? Why even bother posting something like that. :no1:
