Dunno if you guys are following it at all...Oden then Durant 1-2Ray Allen and 35th for Jeff Green, Delonte West, and Wally Szcerbiak. It's basically Green for Allen straight up. West I don't think will amount to anything and Szcerbiak is the 8th man. I think this deal is great for Seattle. Green and Durant in Seattle is the best 1-2 swingman punch in a few years. Green will be the solid defender and 16 ppg-er while Durant will be the 27 ppg-er. Then throw in Swift and Sene (I personally don't feel those loads of crap will ever develop) and the young player they get from trading Rashard Lewis, they've built a nice core in just one year. They'll probably have another lotto pick next year to pick up a PG or another big man if Swift/Sene don't develop. Boston is a playoff team but no more than that. Pierce, Allen, Jefferson could possibly make the 2nd round of the playoffs. But no further. And honestly, with the other possibilities they would have gotten from trading the #5, I think Allen is the worst option (he's 32 so he's on the downside of his career).Zach Randolph, Dan Dickau, and Fred Jones for Steve Francis, Channing Frye. I think the Blazers got ripped here. Frye is good but is no better than Aldridge. He's a 6th man at best. Francis has to prove he can be healthy and if he's healthy, whether he can play. But I must say, a healthy Francis, Roy, Webster, Aldridge, Oden and Frye off the bench is a championship team in a few years. I'm not 100% sold on Oden though. Durant would have helped out the team much more and drafting big men are always risk. They have the highest bust ratio. Forgot to talk about New York.So Miami shipped Jason Smith for Daequan Cook. I have no idea why they did that. Cook wasn't even the best prospect on the board with Gabe Pruitt still there. Smith would have been a nice center for the future. No star but a solid player for D-Wade. Cook brings a point guard that is hard-headed... beats me. Wonder what else we got from the trade. EDIT: Only got cash. I don't like the trade. Cook can shoot but he's no PG. Undersized SG at best. And I'm pissed the Heat passed on Aaron Gray and Derrick Byars for some European dude that won't help them. Byars could have started at SF and Gray would have been a decent backup. Wish we could have moved up for Marcus Williams though. Lotto talent in the 2nd round.Phoenix sold their pick to Portland. With Pruitt still on the board, Portland has secured their lineup for the next 10 years. Pruitt, Roy, Webster, Aldridge, and Oden with Frye. G'damn that's scary as hell if it all pans out. EDIT: THey took Rudy Fernandez. Good player but I don't think has near the potential that Pruitt has. OK Portland is becoming a really really scary team. They picked up McRoberts, Byars, Green, AND Nichols as well. Fernandez, Roy, Webster/Byars, Aldridge, Oden with Frye, McRoberts, Byars/Webster, Green, Nichols off the bench is one helluva team. That's a 10 man rotation for the next 10 years. Not to mention, they still have Steve Francis, Sergio Rodriguez... g'damn their GM is really good.Worst picks in draftNew York Knicks - Wilson Chandler: 2nd round talent that did no workouts gets drafted by the Knicks who drafted Renaldo Balkman that does the same thing as Chandler. Isiah Thomas' stupidity is beyond me.Los Angeles Lakers - Javaris Crittenton: They took Farmar last year and while Crittenton is younger, he's still a project. I think he'll end up being better than Farmar but if Kobe is pissed about not being able to win now, a project PG isn't going to make him happier. Mitch Kupchak is officially an idiot or he really is going to trade Kobe and is planning for the future with Crittenton and Bynum.Charlotte Bobcats - Jared Dudley: Mid 2nd round talent. He's talented but physically not an NBA player at all. Could contribute a few minutes off the bench at best.Detroit Pistons - Arron Afflalo: So you took a guard earlier in the draft that plays the same position. Stuckey can play PG but he's not a real PG. Koponen and Pruitt would have made more sense. Let Stuckey play the 2 and Koponen/Pruitt the 1. Now they have 2 2s, one, Afflalo, of which is not physically a 1st round pick in the draft.There's been more trades. I'll give my thoughts on those later.
Bulls took Noah. The great walking wall of suckiness. All Noah, Wallace, and Thomas can do on offense is dunk
The Warriors took another foreigner, but traded Jason Richardson for Branden Wright.Although I love Richardson, this may end up being a great trade for the Warriors. Wright is young, has a lot of potential, and is a good bigman that we needed. Our starting 5 can now include Monte Ellis, and Kelen Azibuike can finally come off the bench more often and help out. This also clears up a lot of cap room for us to sign free agents, and unfortunately, Richardson is injury prone. In a couple years, all anyone is going to remember is the fact that Brandon Wright was traded to the Warriors.
chang, did you seriously call Isiah Thomas stupid? His draft knowledge is by far the best out of any GM/coach in the league. Wilson Chandler will surprise everyone like Renaldo Balkman did last year. And I absolutely love that Zach Randolph trade.As a part Wizards fan too, I was REALLY happy that somehow Nick Young slipped to 16. Great pick there.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Punisher @ Jun 29 2007, 07:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>chang, did you seriously call Isiah Thomas stupid? His draft knowledge is by far the best out of any GM/coach in the league. Wilson Chandler will surprise everyone like Renaldo Balkman did last year. And I absolutely love that Zach Randolph trade.As a part Wizards fan too, I was REALLY happy that somehow Nick Young slipped to 16. Great pick there.</div>Taking 2 2nd rounders (Balkman's production doesn't even justify the jump) in the 1st round is draft genious. OK... :whistling: The Curry trade was OK but the Bulls won out that trade. Curry can score but beyond that, he's absolutely worthless. SFs rebound the same amount as he does. His defense is pretty atrocious. Zach Randolph won't help that either. Two worthless defenders in the post. In the NBA, if you want to win championships, play defense (ask the Spurs). If you want to win games, play offense (ask the Dallas Mavericks).A Marbury-Crawford-Richardson-Randolph-Curry lineup can make the playoffs if the chemistry is there. Will be interesting to see is Marbury, Randolph, and Curry can co-exist, not to mention Crawford and Richardson. Marbury, Randolph, and Curry all want their share of shots...
I just don't see how the Knicks are going to lose a game with two of the best inside scorers in the league...If they really need a defensive stop, they can always sub in Jeffries (perhaps the best perimeter defender at his position), James, Rose, Balkman, or Collins.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Punisher @ Jun 29 2007, 11:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I just don't see how the Knicks are going to lose a game with two of the best inside scorers in the league...If they really need a defensive stop, they can always sub in Jeffries (perhaps the best perimeter defender at his position), James, Rose, Balkman, or Collins.</div>Wow. lol
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Punisher @ Jun 29 2007, 11:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I just don't see how the Knicks are going to lose a game with two of the best inside scorers in the league...If they really need a defensive stop, they can always sub in Jeffries (perhaps the best perimeter defender at his position), James, Rose, Balkman, or Collins.</div>You are being sarcastic in that entire post right?
if the knicks go 82-0, ill chop off my balls.if the knicks have the best record in teh NBA, ill shave my head
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (iknobaer @ Jun 29 2007, 04:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>if the knicks go 82-0, ill chop off my balls.if the knicks have the best record in teh NBA, ill shave my head</div>Those will not happen man, might as well raise the stakes.
How the fuck could you raise the stakes when he said he'd chop his balls off? Is there anything higher than that?
I think getting a sex change is a higher stake than simply cutting it off. hahaTony Mejia says this draft is going to make future drafts even more talented. It proved to a lot of people that staying in college might mean a drop in the draft (Marcus Williams, Glen Davis, Josh McRoberts, Gabe Pruitt, Aaron Gray). I hope that rings true. The Heat have 3 2nd rounders next season which might equal more value in the future.
