Zombie 2012 NBA Draft

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  1. Blaze01

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    I tend to think that as well, yet Barnes just canceled his workout with SAC @ #5....

    I think if you see Robinson (or anyone else) at #2 on draft night, that will mean they traded the pick...I think if they keep the pick they are going with Barnes...
     
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    How about your dream, incompetent GM draft (within reason):

    1. Davis (no way around this)
    2. Barnes
    3. MKG
    4. Beal
    5. Drummond
    6. Robinson
    7. PJIII
    8. Sullinger
    9. Leonard
    10. Rivers
    11. Lillard/Henson/Lamb/Waiters
     
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    I'd lose it if we can land both T-Rob and Waiters. That would be a great draft.
     
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    id lose it if we got T-rob traded 11 for Turner then signed Dwill(oh okay fine not happening ill take Dragic then). Watching Evans vs Boston made me want him in a Blazers uniform

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    Somebody photoshop a wispy mustache and lank greasy hair on Barnes' face.
     
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    A video analysis of Jared Sullinger (@Jared_Sully0) w/the help of Ohio State game film, @JayBilas, & Sullinger himself.
     
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    I dunno? I am just the messenger
     
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    Is 140 pages a record?

    I think the reason this goes on and on and ...... is that it's really the first time since 2006 that a draft choice was so important to the Blazers. In 2007 there wasn't a lot of debate, despite the hone once/honk twice billboards; for at least a year it was established that Oden was the #1 pick. (That it did not work out how we expected is of course another story.) The next year the Blazers had a late lotto pick but the core of the team was in place, with Roy, Aldridge, Oden and with Batum & Rudy as well. Just needed a decent complementary player, not a major piece.

    So now for the first time in 6 years the Blazers are in a high risk and potential high reward situation. 140 pages and counting. And I'd bet there will be nearly as many pages debating who the Blazers actually do end up with. Fun but also nerve-wrackin.g
     
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    Just my humble opinion, but knowing Olshey loves those high school all American's, it wouldn't surprise me at all if Drummond and Rivers are our picks, if we decide to keep them, and if they are available when we pick
     
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    I would seriously consider giving up watching basketball if that happened. Drummond is bad enough, but Rivers?

     
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    Off of that same site, with his underrated prospects, he goes on and on about Crowder. And to me, he just comes across as...I dunno, someone who goes too far into the numbers that they don't understand somewhat simple concepts. If Crowder is so bad at creating shots, why does he shoot such a high percentage with the second highest usage rate on his team? Uhm, really? So if I find you open under the basket for an easy two, or we isolate you on the wing to create your own shot, he can't understand the difference here? It's like someone calling Shaq a bad shooter, and then someone saying he's not because his FG% is 60%.

     
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    Interesting. PAWS theory, I mean. I'd like to see how others did from years past. Is there a simple way to find that?
     
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    Right now a draft I like is Lillard at 6 and Terrence Ross at 11.

    I would like to see us go for someone like O'quinn or Ezeli with our 2nd rounder if one of them is still there. Then sign a Point guard like Eric Maynor (if he's healthy), Re-sign Batum and Hickson and you even have cap-room left with this lineup:

    Lillard/Maynor
    Ross/E-Will
    Batum/Mathewss
    Aldridge/Hickson
    Hickson/Ezeli
     
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    Rivers was a freshman, playing on a Duke team lacking talent and he took\forced a lot of shots...that is why certain stats do not bear out in his favor....Statistics are a valuable tool when evalutating a player, but like RR7's post alluded to, you cannot SOLELY rely on those to accurately forecast how a player will translate his game, specifically a younger player, in the NBA...
     
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