<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Jul 5 2007, 06:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The alternate option to Javaris Crittenton is Smush Parker so I believe that it is very likely that Javaris does start if a better Point Guard isn't signed or traded for.</div>The other thing to think about is that Smush is a free agent, too.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Jul 5 2007, 08:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The other thing to think about is that Smush is a free agent, too.</div>What about Farmar?
Why are some people calling Nick Young a steal at 16? I personally don't think it's really a steal at all, I think he was picked right around where he should have been.Of course, my #1 steal is Marcus Williams at 33.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PrimeTime @ Jul 1 2007, 11:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think Seattle should have drafted yi instead of Jeff Green. Talk about building for the future, Yi AND Durant? that would of been a hell of a combo.</div> I think Seattle was much better off picking Green, who is more of a safe/sure thing. I think getting Durant and getting a guy who is comfortable playing the sidekick role was a great move instead of getting another star player who wants to be 'the guy'...Jeff Green was the perfect player to put next to Durant.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Jul 5 2007, 05:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think Seattle was much better off picking Green, who is more of a safe/sure thing. I think getting Durant and getting a guy who is comfortable playing the sidekick role was a great move instead of getting another star player who wants to be 'the guy'...Jeff Green was the perfect player to put next to Durant.</div>He has a good attitude for the team and to play next to Durant, but don't they play similar positions? I kind of agree that they should've taken Yi, or maybe Noah...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaRdYC26 @ Jul 5 2007, 09:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What about Farmar?</div>I don't understand the question, but yes, Farmar will be back. He's certainly not an established pg though. If the Lakers got Chauncey or some other good pg, it would be sensible to say that Crittenton won't get a lot of playing time. Heck, even if Smush is there, he would get a lot fewer minutes, but if the Lakers just pick up some random pg, then Javaris and Farmar might be running the show. Farmar started a decent amount last year, so I wouldn't be that surprised. It is pretty ballsy, though.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Jul 5 2007, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Why are some people calling Nick Young a steal at 16? I personally don't think it's really a steal at all, I think he was picked right around where he should have been.</div>But nobody thought he'd get past New Orleans at 13, they needed a starting SG in the worst way.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Jul 5 2007, 05:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But nobody thought he'd get past New Orleans at 13, they needed a starting SG in the worst way.</div>So 3 spots later than projected by some people in considered a steal? The projected 10-20 was such a toss-up, it's hard to call it a steal.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GrizzFanTaylor @ Jul 5 2007, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>So 3 spots later than projected by some people in considered a steal? The projected 10-20 was such a toss-up, it's hard to call it a steal.</div>Read my post again.. Did I ever mention he was a steal? It's just the fact everyone was shocked New Orleans didn't pick him, and the other teams that passed up on him didn't really need him, I guess.
tiago splitter will turn out to be solid...woulda been a lotto pick a few eyars back if he didnt pull it...quoting experts there.
I love Glen Davis at #35. Some mock drafts had him going to Philly at 30. He is a high risk/high reward player. He is proven though.In the end I see Marcus Williams looking like a gem, I'm not sure how long he will be with the Spurs though.
I know I may have said he could be a reach but I don't see how Sean Williams is a reach at #17. Who are the Nets gonna pick? Jason Smith? Or the shotblocking menace Sean Williams? Williams is a much better fit than any of the bigs availible at 17. He's a tank.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaRdYC26 @ Jul 5 2007, 04:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He has a good attitude for the team and to play next to Durant, but don't they play similar positions? I kind of agree that they should've taken Yi, or maybe Noah...</div> Seattle is going to throw out a lot of different lineups this season, they can go big and small. The Sonics already have a slew of PF/C's so it made little sense to go after another big. The only position the Sonics needed after the trade for Wally/Delonte was SF where they only had Gelabale.
Marc Gasol isn't really a steal at 48 imo. He's out of shape, has rocks for hands, and not to mention not as athletic as Pau is.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Jul 5 2007, 03:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I don't understand the question, but yes, Farmar will be back. He's certainly not an established pg though. If the Lakers got Chauncey or some other good pg, it would be sensible to say that Crittenton won't get a lot of playing time. Heck, even if Smush is there, he would get a lot fewer minutes, but if the Lakers just pick up some random pg, then Javaris and Farmar might be running the show. Farmar started a decent amount last year, so I wouldn't be that surprised. It is pretty ballsy, though.</div>Smush has been let go, he won't be coming back next season. At the moment Farmar will probably be getting most of the starting minutes. I wouldn't say he started a decent amount last year though, he was a starter for two games the entire regular season.
Farmar is still a project at this point. I think that starting Javaris Crittenton is the safest path for the Lakers to take. It is likely that Kupchak signs a better backup for Crittenton but I can't see Javaris off the bench at this point.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ChuckTheD @ Jul 8 2007, 12:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Smush has been let go, he won't be coming back next season. At the moment Farmar will probably be getting most of the starting minutes. I wouldn't say he started a decent amount last year though, he was a starter for two games the entire regular season.</div>Yeah, it didn't seem like the Lakers were going after Smush to me. That's what I was kinda sorta getting at with my Smush being an FA post. Seems to me that the backbone at PG will be Crit and Farmar, because it doesn't make sense to me to take two pg's at decent picks in two straight drafts, then go after some other free agent. I dunno.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Jul 8 2007, 01:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Farmar is still a project at this point. I think that starting Javaris Crittenton is the safest path for the Lakers to take. It is likely that Kupchak signs a better backup for Crittenton but I can't see Javaris off the bench at this point.</div>You're calling Farmar a project, yet Crittenton isn't? Crittenton has a lot of potential, but he's still very raw, which is why he fell down to 19 in the draft. Also, you'd think Phil would trust a 2nd year point guard, who has played in his system for a year and started over Smush in the playoffs, over a raw rookie who is brand new to the system/league.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Jul 8 2007, 12:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You're calling Farmar a project, yet Crittenton isn't? Crittenton has a lot of potential, but he's still very raw, which is why he fell down to 19 in the draft. Also, you'd think Phil would trust a 2nd year point guard, who has played in his system for a year and started over Smush in the playoffs, over a raw rookie who is brand new to the system/league.</div>Exactly. Farmar is going to be the starting point guard this year, with Critty backing him up. Maybe through the course of the year that could change. But I have a lot of faith in Farmar.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Jul 8 2007, 03:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You're calling Farmar a project, yet Crittenton isn't? Crittenton has a lot of potential, but he's still very raw, which is why he fell down to 19 in the draft. Also, you'd think Phil would trust a 2nd year point guard, who has played in his system for a year and started over Smush in the playoffs, over a raw rookie who is brand new to the system/league.</div>That is a good point but over his career Crittenton has showed more talent and capability than Farmar has. Since Farmar has played in the triangle for one full season it is likely that on opening night he will be starting. However, I believe by the end of the regular season, Javaris will be starting. I never saw all this potential in Jordan Farmar, but I've only watched 5-8 Lakers games this season so maybe he's got more talent than I thought he did. However, from what I've seen I would take Crittenton.
