Olshey's direct comments: www.blazersedge.com/2012/6/25/31166...l-olshey-talks-nba-draft-trades-joel-freeland
Could be smoke? Could be fire? Drummond might end up the best player in the draft in a couple of years.
It will really be hard to give our new front office the benefit of the doubt if they take the soup juggler, but I will do it
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of all the years when a KP draft would've been fun to have... Maybe Neil can channel his Inner Bill Walsh and do something like the following: Crawford+11 for Salmons +5 Wes to MIN for #18 and Webster's guaranteed-for-only-$1M contract, saving us 6M in cap space. If we don't like #5, trade 5 for 7 and 30? 5/6 or 6/7, 18, 30, 41, 42 and 20+M in cap space 2 of 3 of Robinson/Drummond/MKG, Ross, Wroten, O'Quinn, Crowder and 20+M in cap space. At the point, something like Nash?/Wroten/Nolan Ross/E-Will/Salmons' Contract Batum/MKG/Crowder LMA/Hickson/O'Quinn Drummond(or Robinson)/Thomas/FA C
I know I am in the extreme minority with the whole stay the hell away from Syracuse players thing, but I am hoping people respect my convictions, if nothing else
don't get me wrong, there aren't a whole lot of opinions at draft time that I don't respect (except for mocks that have us taking Sullinger at 6). I know I've got absurd man-love for Wroten and MKG and irrational dislikes for Lamb and Waiters. It's such a crapshoot that different likes on players is more debate than argument. At least, that's how I see it.
I like it. I'd then try to see if with 5, 6 and 18, we can package say 6 and 18(better than 4 and 24??) to get to 2 and draft at 5 and 2.
I do. I would give waiters a chance but syracuse stinks. I remember liking hakim warrick until he became so so inthe nba. Most syracuse players suck. Give me the pedigree of ausrin rivers everyday over soup juggler.
Chad Ford @chadfordinsider This is why GMs are afraid of Perry Jones III. Afraid to take him & afraid to pass on him http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/46544/does-motor-matter