I'm just pissed b/c we need help NOW and Claver won't even be over here till 2011...also, tired of the draft to stash, it doesn't work out very often..this seriously feels like Freeland 2.0
Yep, we passed on Blair because of knee surgery he had in high school. Claver missed most of last season with a knee injury, but that is of no concern.
You said it far better than I could have. It's a fucking flier on a guy who could be everything you want in a backup 4.
Blair and Cunningham played in the same league, against the same people, for multiple years, and Blair owned him. Pendergraph and Brockman played in the same league, against the same people, for multiple years. Brockman, while not "owning" him, performed better. Of the 5 PFs we could have taken at 31 and 33: Blair Brockman Pendergraph Cunningham Jerebko is the consensus in here that the two Frye clones were the best choices with our picks? Not like, say, one banger and one finesse guy. Or one collegian and one euro. But Pendergraph and Cunningham? They're the best two fits?
Yep DeJuan Blair, a THE franchise changer isn't he? Get a grip people. All up in arms about a guy who went 30 something in the draft, has no ACL's, yet to play 1 minute of professional basketball AND you have no idea what Pritchard is going to do next.... You know the guy who went right past the stache.
Do you or anyone else have any info on that injury, or how he injured it? Hopefully it's nothing serious..
I don't think anyone expected a franchise changer out of Blair, but he seemed to fit the mold of a backup PF and it was a second-rounder to take a small risk on. Why not do it? It's a legit question. If he doesn't pan out, then no harm. I don't know where a guy like Dante Cunningham fits into this team...
Agreed. Cunningham is the mind blowing one to me. To short and light to play PF and too slow and without an outside game to play the SF. Why not take a shot at a player that may actually make the team?
Since 96-97, guys who were in top 3 in rebounding in NCAA (tried to limit super-small schoolers) 97:Tim Duncan, Adonal Foyle 98:Ryan Perriman (?), Raef LaFrentz 99:Todd MacCullough, Jeff Foster 00: Darren Phillip, Josh Shankes (?) 01:Reggie Evans, David West 02:Curtis Borchardt, Drew Gooden 03:Chris Kaman, David West 04aul Millsap, Emeka Okafor 05aul Millsap, Andrew Bogut 06aul Millsap, Kenny Adeleke (?) 07: Durant, Fazekas 08:Beasley, Jason Thompson, Brockman 09:Griffin, Bryant(?), Blair That list right there shows me why Brockman and Blair might've been good flyers to test out with 2nd-round picks.
Nice list. I think it was JVG that said on the broadcast that rebounding is one skill that translates well from college to the NBA.
Please read the hysterical threads about the pick all over the board. Bunch of women clinching their handbags.
Yep, and even though he won't be playing for us, he immediately counts against our cap to the tune of $1,012,900. So, not only will he not help us this coming season, we just reduced our available cap space to spend on a free agent by over a million dollars on a guy that may never play for us. BNM
cunningham and pendergraph are definitely not frye clones. cunningham is an undersized 4 who played mostly in the post in college but can knock down a midrange jumper. pendergraph is exclusively an inside player who doesn't force any offense. he averaged attempting .6 jump shots per game. that's the furthest thing there could be from a frye clone.
