Official 2013 Draft thread

Pure speculation department: The Hawks are rumored to be interested in packaging the 17th and 18th picks to move up.

IF they offered the Blazers those 2 picks for #10, would you do it? Given that this is one of those drafts where there seems to be minimal difference the talent available at 10 and what will be available in the 15-20 range, I would do it. You would still have a very good shot at guys like Hardaway, Rice, Franklin or Crabbe.....guys who really aren't bigger gambles than somebody like Shabazz.

 

Is James Ennis this years Paul George?

[video=youtube;S9qYwVoh7CU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qYwVoh7CU&feature=player_embedded[/video]

 

Gee, no shit? People have been all over Schroeder since the Hoop Summit, and he has a first-round promise already, or so the rumor goes.

 

Oh, your pissing match in the OT section must be wrapping up.

 

haha^

 

I like him, like his body movement. He reminds me of Rodrigue Beaubois.

 

This guy clearly knows what he's talking about!
I recommend his article: http://basketball.realgm.com/blog/227759/The-Lottery-Lowdown

 

I'd be on board with it, with the caveat that you make it a game time decision in case someone you want really bad slips to #10. I'm on record saying Hardaway Jr is my top target in the draft, so if you can get him in the middle of the first round and pick up another prospect, do it. We'll see if he's still available that late though after doing well at the combine and perhaps upcoming workouts.

 

So pretty much every prospect outside of McCollum is a bad fit for us.

 

The good fit/bad fit part is bullshit.

 

It's a fun exercise to determine fit, I suppose. But in reality, I care more about just adding as much raw talent as possible now. Gotta go BPA, even if that means trading the pick for an established player that is better than the potential draftee.

 

I agree with some of his stuff but didn't he have Gobert at #3 - that's ridiculous IMO, I think Gobert may fall to 15-20

 

Fit? Fit?

B.P.A.

Can't make trades to improve your team if you have no valued assets.

 

No. I don't buy that all these players are "equal". General rule of thumb in basketball, where individual talent is so much more important than in other team sports: He who ends up with the best player, wins. Don't trade the better player for two lesser players.

 

Always taken with a grain of salt as its from Bleacher Report:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...test-pre-draft-chatter-from-around-the-league

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-trade-options-if-orlando-magic-land-top-pick

Makes me wonder if there are some scenarios where we can be a 3rd team in one of these kinds of trade to pick up a piece or two and/or move up.

 

Sorry if this has been said before but has anybody see this about Shabazz??

http://nbadraft.net/players/shabazz-muhammad

 

I did see a little something about it here somewhere.

Im trying to be PC and I know its not funny for the people that deal with it but there but there are so many jokes running through my head about if technicals are fair for him and his language getting the team fired.

All jokes aside he is one of my guys or as another thread is titled "Your Guys". Im not 100% sold on him but something tells me he is going to be pretty good.