<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Clippers on Monday dismissed speculation that they have a deal in place to make a Russian teenager the 12th pick in next week's NBA draft. News outlets have reported that the Clippers are committed to taking Yaroslav Korolev, a 6-foot-9 small forward who turned 18 last month, if he is available when they make their first pick in the June 28 selection process. "Of course we're not going to commit; we're not going to mention anything," Clipper Coach Mike Dunleavy said. "We commit to everybody in the draft, and whoever we get, we get." Korolev's agent, Marc Fleisher, also denied the reports on the eve of today's deadline for early entrants to withdraw from the draft. "If I had a deal with a player, I would never comment on it, publicly or privately," he said. "All I can tell you is, he is going to keep his name in the draft?.The Clippers are a team that had expressed interest to me, as had probably a dozen other teams. That's about all I can say." Korolev, whose father, Igor, coaches the Russian national junior team, is regarded as the top young prospect in his homeland. "I probably would have waited another year to put him in the draft initially, but the response was so good from NBA teams [that] they really made the decision for us," Fleisher said.</div> Source
The Clippers should probaly go for Antoine Wright if he is avaiable or just a swingman or maybe they should go for Sean May also.
^ Sean May? The Clippers have Elton Brand at PF with Chris Wilcox who doesn't get PT as his backup, drafting a PF would be an extremely stupid move by the Clippers. The Clippers need to look at a SG, and possibly a C. I'm not too high on Antoine Wright, but Vasquez, Martell Webster, Joey Graham if he drops that far, and maybe still the Russian guy though he's a SF are possiblities.
