<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>You contradict yourself SO MUCH it's not even funny. You don't want a "potential" pick, but you want Yi Jianlian. You don't want a 4, but you want Horford or Yi. You don't think there is room for Julian Wright, but you think there is room for Corey Brewer? They are both SF's. Horford is a 4. Yi is a skinny 4.</div>I said I would take Yi over Wright. I never said I wanted to take him for sure at 4 cause I dont. And Id rather keep Miller and draft another player than trade Miller and draft Wright. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Trading Miller and his $27M over the next 3 years is tougher than it sounds. And Brewer is not a guaranteed All-Star.. especially in the West.</div> I said a allstars "caliber" player, meaning he can make it as a allstar because he will be that good. Of course it will be difficult with Durant, Melo, Howard in the west. And I said take Brewer IF we can move Miller.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>For Yi to be able to play the 5 in the NBA, he'd have to add 30-35 lbs., toughen up, and really work on his back to the basket game. He's a face-up agile combo forward... I can't wait until BCB (or valo, anybody) sees this to back me up and tell you how ridiculous it is for Yi Jianlian to play center in the NBA.</div>Like I said, Yi cant NEXT season but if he puts on weight he can in the future. Look at todays game, look at how many centers that arent back to the basket...Brad Miller, Mehmet Okur, Amare Stoudemire(dont even try and see hes a back to basket player), Raheed Wallace/Chris Webber(which ever you wanna call the center). The NBA is changing now and its fvoring players like Yi who are now able to play C.Btw, Horford can play C. If only 7'0 beefy players could play center, then there wouldnt be many out there. Horford can, and most likely will play the 5 for a team. Just cause hes 6'9 doesn't mean anything.According to you(6'9 players cant be centers, skinny bigs can play C, Miller cant be traded) Memphis is pretty much stuck with Conley....cause anybody else wouldnt be able to play for us.btw, draft sites have Yi listed from 230 to 240...right now in the NBA, thats around the average weight of todays NBA center at that age. Not to mention he will probably be working mainly on his weight, cause half the time thats what rookies do is get beefed up cause most collegic players are too skinny.
[quote name='austingriz' post='368879' date='May 31 2007, 02:55 AM']I said I would take Yi over Wright. I never said I wanted to take him for sure at 4 cause I dont. And Id rather keep Miller and draft another player than trade Miller and draft Wright.[/quote] No, what you did say was "the last thing this team needs is another 4." You want Yi or Horford... both 4's. That's contradictory. - Again, Brewer is not GUARANTEED to be that kind of player. - You did say "we would trade Miller." You're quote was: But like I said, if we do draft Brewer we would trade Miller. Every player you listed has some meat/muscle on their bones. Yi Jianlian is skinny as hell, very weak, and I've never seen anything said positively about his defense. You're taking it too literally. It's not like I have a criteria "Skinny players can't play center, and THATS FINAL!" No, in fact, if you read some of my posts from earlier in the month, I agree that people always get WAAAY too out of hand with the listings and "track and field stats".. but Yi Jianlian can not play the 5. He is way too thin/weak, and his game is finesse starting from the perimeter. He's not a post player, he's not a good defender, he's very weak, he's very thin... he can not play the 5. Al Horford can play some center, I never said he couldn't, but he is better suited for the 4 with most matchups. Sites also have Delonte West listed at 6'4'', and if he's any taller than 6'2'' I'd be very surprised. Sites also list Oden at 255 ish, he is not that. For the 700th time, Yi is paper thin, he's weak, he's not a good defender, he has no back to the basket game, he's a finesse forward.
Think of Yi as being BUILT like KG.when KG hit the league, he was 6'11" and scrawny. He played SF.He's grown into more of a PF but it's been a long process.Yi will most likely go the same route.
Yi Jianlian was listed at 7'0" 230 pounds for the last two years, now NBADraft.net has him listed on the mock draft as 7'0" 242 pounds, but when you go to Yi's NBADraft.net profile it still says 7'0" 230 pounds, which tells me NBADraft.net got a hold of Yi Jianlian's real weight/height. So, Yi Jianlian is 7'0" 242 right now, but like Yao Ming, most of it is in his lower body. Like Celticsfan said he will probably play some SF early and gradually work into playing PF, depending on who drafts him. Yi Jianlian will never be a center, it would be a complete waste of his skills keeping him in the post. In a few years he probably like most PF's can switch over, but he's going to play PF 80% of the time most likely.
I think hes very capable of playing center though. Like you said BCB, its probably not best to play him there, rather than SF or PF, but I think he can defiently slide there if needed..especially on a western conference team(which is a more high tmepo style that would fit Yi well if he did play C)Al Horford can easily play the 4 and 5. It doesn't do him duty to say he can only play PF..because hes is capable of starting at C. Just cause a a couple inches shorter than the prototype C doesn't mean he cant play there. If we do draft Horford, im betting he will play C.And I have I would take Yi over Wright, but I dont want either cause I dont want that much of a potential pick. Obivously when you think about it, all draft picks are based on potential for some part, but Wright and Yi are taking more of a chance. All I said is I would rather take Yi over Wright, I never said I wanted Yi at the 4th pick...cause I dont.btw, how many true back to the basket bigs are still out there? Not many...so being a back-to-bakset player is irrelevent in todays NBA. Unless your very half-court(which alotve the teams in the NBA isnt), a face-to-basket player can easily play the 4 or 5.I just got done watching some video on Yi Jianlian, and unless it was a fastbreak, ALL of his shots were back to the basket shots. Hooks, rolling layups...so he doesn't have a back-to-basket game? B/s. Granted it needs work, but its there and he look affective in the post. Btw, hes compared to Pau Gasol and Channing Frye...both are back to basket players.
Al Horford and Kurt Thomas are very similar in terms of body size. Kurt Thomas has been known to play PF/C as well.
Alright, did another one 164917 which I think is much more better than the first one. I like Horford going to Atlanta because they someone who can score in the post. Still have Conley going to Memphis and Wright going to Boston.
