Reportedly the Warriors are looking at Meyers Leonard for 7, so the mock draft that has Portland taking him at 11 is ... about as inaccurate as all of them these days.
Tom Haberstroh @tomhaberstroh Breaking: @johnhollinger can predict the future better than us mere mortals. http://deadspin.com/5921063/john-ho...-predictions-jon-barrys-were-nearly-the-worst Sorry, not draft related. The title fooled me
You know I think Rivers is geting overly criticized for his inefficient play as a 18-19yr freshman at Duke....where IMO he was asked to bear way more burden than a freshman should....and he did not have a lot of help....But he still put up pretty damm good numbers...and you have to remember that he is 19yrs old, that is 3 years younger than a guy like Lillard who was a 4th year? junior....What would Rivers have looked like as a Junior at Duke? Would he still has been as inefficient? Given his pedigree and IQ, I highly doubt that would be the case..... You know I thought there was a telling comment by Terrance Ross in an interview he had while he was here, where he basically stated that Rivers was incredibly hard to keep in front of you (while defending) b\c he has a variety of moves to break you down...THAT will transition to the NBA very well IMO...I think his game is better suited to the NBA than college, and he is the type of guy who will greatly effect games by his ability to break defenses down, get to the line and get defenders into the penalty\foul trouble....and POR certainly could use a player like that.... at #6? Maybe? I wouldn't be overly dissapointed with that pick, would LOVE it at #11, but he may not be there....
Chad Ford @chadfordinsider Here's Mock Draft 9.0, First Round. Changes start at pick 4 to Cavs http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft2012/story/_/id/8092454/nba-mock-draft-version-9 (insider) #6 - Lillard #11 - Zeller
Jonathan Givony @DraftExpress Exhaustion setting in amongst many prospects from the extensive travel for NBA workouts. Last few are critical but what do they really mean?
ugh dx has us taking lillard and leonard, maybe the two biggest potential busts in the draft, would almost be happier with marshall and sullinger
Trail Blazers @pdxtrailblazers Mike Barrett: Ranking the Shooting Guards: There's no shortage of talent at the shooting-guard position in this ... http://blogs.trailblazers.com/Broad...spx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Amen. It wasn't that long ago people were talking about this being a really strong draft. Now it seems to be wall-to-wall red flags.
I would be okay with that. Zeller isn't super sexy, but I think he is underrated. The guy can do a lot of things really well. He averaged almost 10 reb/game playing next to Henson. He also scored well, has good hands and runs the floor very well. I would hope if they draft him the next coach takes better advantage of the speed of Aldridge, Batum and Zeller on the break. If 11 was Leonard, I would be okay with that too. He represents higher risk/higher reward.
Zeller would absolutely piss me off in the lottery. Our team is light years away from needing Joel Przybilla with knees.
