Official 2013 Draft thread

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    FWIW Givony (Draftexpress) doesn't think Gobert is an NBA player.

    He said the same thing about Thabeet a year before he went #2 overall.

    He obviously has seen him play a lot more than the rest of us.
     
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    Man, I don't see how anyone saw Thabeet as a legit NBA player. I was so pissed off when we drafted him that I thought about not supporting the team anymore, even before that stiff played a minute of NBA basketball. Anyone who had watched him play NCAA ball knew he had no shot at competing on the NBA level. I don't get how a bunch of paid "scouts" missed on that one.

    It reminded me of being at the Grizzlies "draft party" they held at our arena in our second year. The entire arena was chanting "Boozer!" in the second round, and they took Robert Archibald, a 6th man from Illinois that was projected undrafted. The Hasheem Thabeet pick is in the same vein. If all of the fans can see where the value really is, why can't some highly paid scouts?
     
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    Lol, I love the Robert Archibald reference.
     
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    That's pretty much what was going on when we passed on Faried. People on this board were PISSED.
     
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    I was more pissed about Faried than I was about Blair, and that's saying something.
     
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    I'm becoming a really big fan of Otto Porter. The guy can do it all and is very versatile on the defensive end. He's been compared to Stacey Augmon, I think he has a more rounded offensive game than Augmon did.
     
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    Yeah, guy is all over the place in this G'Town-Syrcause game. Looks like a poor man's Batum.
     
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    He does remind me a lot of Batum. I really like his game. A lot.
     
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    Any thoughts on CJ. I know he is inured but he is very good coming off screens.
     
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    do you guys think noel is gonna stay another year? if he goes into the draft, you think he would slip to us in the late lotto cause of the injury??
     
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    Doubt it. There's still almost no chance he falls out of the top 3. Even with the injury, would you take any of Muhammed, McLemore, Zeller, Smart, Len over him? Maybe you could make a case for Zeller, less so for Muhammed, not so much for the others. Next years draft will be better and he'll have more to lose even if he could probably use the extra year of college.
     
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    [video=youtube;YLKl98IkCWg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLKl98IkCWg&feature=player_embedded[/video]
     
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    agree with this. Seems really unlikely he'd have a shot at the #1 pick next season, so why delay the money a year.
     
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    From anyone who's seen him, what makes Wiggins different than Harrison Barnes, or Shabazz Mohammed, or any of the other high schoolers who were locks to be #1 as a HS senior and then weren't on Draft Night?
     
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    Watching Indiana-Minnesota, Mbakwe would be a nice get with one of our 2nd round picks.

    6' 8" PF with super long arms. Athletic, great rebounder, decent shot blocker. He's not going to be much of a post-up guy but can finish and is showing an ability to hit the mid range J.
     
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    Reminds me of Turiaf.
     
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    Draftexpress' biggest sleeper in the 2013 draft:

    [video=youtube;km632hL-XCo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km632hL-XCo&feature=youtube_gdata[/video]
     
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    Who is it, Fez? For some reason whatever you posted doesn't show up on my iPad.

    As far as sleepers, I REALLY like Dieng from Louisville right now (would fit good as a role playing defensive center whose best attributes are on defense and helping to facilitate the pick-and-roll on offense). I'd love if we could get a pick in the 20's for him, but, unfortunately, I think he could end up going a little higher once the draft rolls around.
     
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  19. Fez Hammersticks

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    Giannis Adetokunbo
    6'9" SF | 7'3" wingspan | Massive hands
    Has grown 3" in the last ten months.
    Project with a good feel for the game.
    Definitely has that Batum-like build.
    Years away.

    The last time DX dubbed someone as the "biggest sleeper" this early was Paul George.
     
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    Not much upside for Mbakwe as he's already 24.
     
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