Calling out Mike Rice!

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    David Thorpe said if you could re-do this draft Drummond would go #1 over Davis. As of today he has the highest PER for a teen in NBA history.

    7.3 PPG | 7.5 RPG | 1.7 BPG | 59 FG% | 19.7 MPG

    13.3 PPG | 13.7 RPG | 3.1 BPG | 1.7 SPG | PER36

    22.3 PER | 96 DRtg | 4.0 WS | 19 years old

    And Rice said:

    *Wouldn't take him even with a late 1st
    *Visibly ill when his name was brought up during pre-draft workouts.
    *"No way, NO WAY" rant on twitter re: Drummond.
     
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    Drummond has been super impressive
     
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    His youtube videos impressed me more than any other players youtube videos - I wanted him at #6.
     
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    YouTube videos are a joke and no way to evaluate a player. Made one for Przybilla once, he looked like a white Shaq!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    He has. Like him much more then Hibbert! He fell into the Pistons hands.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Fez, I'll show Rice this thread when we get dinner. I'm sure he'll make up something like he was just joking.
     
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  7. Mediocre Man

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    Where are you dining at? You staying at the 4 seasons?
     
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    Maybe he was just being facetious knowing we would take Lillard
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Maybe Rice was a little overzealous, but I know Drummond scared the hell out of me after his workout and listening to the guy talk.
     
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    IIRC Haynes/Jaynes reported during the draft that they had Leonard rated ahead of Drummond.

    I like Leonard but come on!

    Really is a perfect example of the Blazer scouts.
     
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    I argued to take Drummond with our first pick. Will somebody rep me please! :pimp:
     
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    Nice hindsight analysis on Drummond. I think the jury is still out on if he will be a great starting quality center.

    His numbers in H.S. and college looked terrible. His rebounding and scoring went down each year he got older and faced better competition--even though he was much bigger than anyone on the court.

    If it was just a matter of him getting motivated and getting his head on strait then I'm happy for him. But, I still think he is a head case with motivation issues. Only time will tell if he finally figured out how to motivate himself.
     
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    We all know who Fez didn't want to draft

    And that player is the current starting PG of the Blaers
     
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    Drummond isn't the brightest chem-lite in the box, is that right? Being far from the brightest chem-lite in here, I'm understandably having trouble remembering stuff...
     
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    lite brite?

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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    I always wanted one of those when I was a kid...
     
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    You realize if we would have drafted Drummond, no one would be talking about his stats, because he'd be on his second surgery right now.

    Let it go.

    We're never going to have a franchise center.
     
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    Oh, I totally agree. Whenever discussing college players/draft I put it out there that I don't watch NCAA hoops, so I have very little to base my draft wishes off of - youtube and whatever the media writes. I take youtube with a HUGE grain of salt, and think it's nearly useless when it comes to evaluating guards/wings. I'm just saying that of all the videos I watched I was most impressed with what I saw in Drummond's videos.
     
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