Based on everything we have heard I think that more than likely we will keep our pick at #6. Not a done deal by any means but if you had to bet, the odds are our position will not change. So lets look at the WORST CASE scenario. For this thread let's just assume the first 5 picks will include Davis, Robinson, Beal, MKG, and Barnes. So with less than a week to go who would you pick at # 6 only. Again I understand some of you do not want to keep the pick. You want to move up or down. But the reality is we will probably pick 6th and the odds are the 5 listed above will be gone. So who would you choose? It seems like the two choices come down to Lillard and Drummond, but there may be others as well. It is not an easy answer for me. I am torn, but right now I think I have to go with .............Lillard. I am not ecstatic with the pick, but for a worst case scenario that is mine. Who is yours?
Are you saying you would pick Lillard to be the worst case scenario (in other words, you would be angry if the Blazers picked him) or that he would be the best of a bad situation (in other words, if we have pick 6 and the players you listed were the top five, you would want the Blazers to pick him)? My worst case scenario would be some guy who turns out to be psychotic and shoots everybody in the team or takes control of the Blazers' 'plane and flies it into a hospital.
That. I am saying the other 5 will be gone. So the worst we can do in my mind would be Lillard. Therefore your answer "psychotic player" would not be a good option.
The worst-case scenario at #6 would be to trade LMA and the 6th and 11th picks to the Lakers for Pau Gasol.
Personally, Lilliard is my best case scenario, not my worst. Worst would be Drummond and he turns out to be Kwame Brown and not Andrew Bynum. I couldn't take that again.
So what you meant was "best of a bad lot"? Okay, assuming the rules of the game are that we can't trade the pick, I think I would go with.... John Henson. Why? Because it's harder to find players like him outside the lottery and we need defense. I'm not too worried about his average athleticism marks at the combine because he had a bad ankle, and basically you could see that he was good. I'm torn, though. I have a feeling Tyler Zeller will be surprisingly good, but he has stumpy arms and I have the rule where I avoid players who suddenly improve in their final years (and he was a mediocre rebounder up to that point). Lillard might be good. I doubt it. He's Mo Williams. Mo Williams is okay when you have LeBron at the 3, or after several years seasoning in the NBA, but he's not the answer at PG for us as a rookie, and I hope we get our PG in free agency. I'm not sold on Dion Waiters. I'm tempted, but his strength is scoring in bunches, and there are tons of players like that in the NBA. He makes me think Marcus Thornton.
I'm still torn, because Henson is so skinny, and, like Camby, might take years to round into usefulness. If it wasn't for the back thing I would go Sullinger. It's like Zach without the Hoops Family. But given the back, I might just shock the world and take Royce White. Why not? He's super talented: has great post moves, passes like a PG and rebounds like a motherfucker. Everyone and his aunt picks him as a "steal" because they know he'll be a contributor and they think he'll be there at the end of the first round. Same as Faried last year. Well, supposed Faried had gone at 6 last year - would that have been a bad pick? (Consider that who actually went there was Jan Vesely.)
Apparently I worded this wrong. I thought I was being clear. In the worst case scenario (The 6th pick) we are getting a good player. But who do you all want? I didn't want a thread talking about moving up, or moving down, or about hoping a player drops to us. We have those threads. Plus it is doubtful any of them will happen. So the worst case scenario is # 6. (Which is still a good positon to be in) So knowing that you can choose any player other than the top 5 mentioned, who do you want? We can choose anyone else.
For me it's Drummond. I know many here think Drummond will be a huge bust, but I like his upside. I would be excited about taking Drummond at #6.
Yeah, man, you have to go with Drummond as the best/worst case. There are guys that are ready to contribute from day one that would be safer bets, but wtf swing for the fence.
So...Terrence Jones then? BTW, I like your mention of Henson. In the abstract, his ceiling may not be as high as Drummond - but he is a lot more likely to reach it. Better the 2nd coming of Camby, than the reincarnation of Eddy Curry.
Having to choose b\t Lillard and Drummond....Either one could be a complete bust...and if the one POR chooses busts, while the other excels...even worse.... POR luck choosing Centers and Point Guards is pretty awful as well.... and to make matters worse, this is the most likely scenario to occur on draft day..... Here is to hoping POR chooses a player at any other position rather than PG or C....
The Blazer haven't drafted a PG in the top 10 in decades. They have instead passed on some All-Star PGs. The difference between Lillard and someone like Telfair, is that other teams actually have him rated extremely highly too. The Blazers reached for Telfair at #13, even though he could have slid a lot farther down the board from all indications. Seeing as how the PG spot is so damn important, I don't think using the #6 pick on the highest rated PG in the entire draft is much of a risk. Best Case: Lillard (or if TRob or MKG falls) Worst Case: Drummond
