<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">#21 - Aaron Gray (Pitt, C) Height: 7'2" Weight: 271 lbs.</div> (Link to pick explanation) Feel free to comment on the blog or in this thread, whichever you want.
Don't like Gray at all for the Sixers, especially with this pick. Alando Tucker, Marco Belinelli, Sean Williams, or Rodney Stuckey would all be more acceptable to me with this selection. This is also a bit high for Gray if you ask me, if Philly really wants him they could let him fall past #21 then move up using the #30 the secure him. It's difficult reveling the draft backwards like this, because you don't know who is on the board later in the draft and who is in the second round. I'd much rather go in the traditional order.
I'd actually like it if you guys switched Aaron Gray with our 30th pick, and Marcus Williams with our 21st pick. Anyways, I'm not a big fan of Aaron Gray at all. From what I've heard, he's a stiff. I honestly don't want him until our later first round pick, or in the second round. The 21st pick is still very high for a draft as deep as this, I'm hoping someone like Crittenton or Law slips. If not, CK said it best, I'd rather go for someone like Alando Tucker or even Derick Byars
<div class="quote_poster">Brian Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I'd actually like it if you guys switched Aaron Gray with our 30th pick, and Marcus Williams with our 21st pick. Anyways, I'm not a big fan of Aaron Gray at all. From what I've heard, he's a stiff. I honestly don't want him until our later first round pick, or in the second round. The 21st pick is still very high for a draft as deep as this, I'm hoping someone like Crittenton or Law slips. If not, CK said it best, I'd rather go for someone like Alando Tucker or even Derick Byars</div> Aaron Gray is not a stiff. The kid has a lot of talent, and is money when he gets the ball in the post. He has great hands, can score with either hand (a lot art in today's game) and is an imposing presence on the court. He's not a project big man, and can contribute right away. When you're drafting a big man this late, you're not expecting a franchise center. You're hoping to get a servicable big man who can come off the bench and provide you with some scoring, rebounding, and defense. Aaron Gray does all those things for you, and is a large body you can use to bang down low with the likes of Shaq, Eddy Curry, Yao Ming, etc.
