Official 2009 Nba Draft Thread

[DoDiGaG0]

Can someone fill me in with Omri Casspi? Whats good/bad about him?

good: long, athletic fast, great handles, nice size for a SF, lots and lots of potential

bad: sort of raw,weak, needs to improve his shot and D

 

[Rockmeister]

I gotta admit this is a good pick. I like when I heard "tough as nails"

 

[Kings Faithful]

This is a good pick up for us but with Nocioni, Greene, Garcia and now Casspi we are a bit overcrowded at the 3 spot.

Nocioni is old, Garcia is a 2 and Greene is still a prospect right now. I think one of our major holes is the 3.

 

[beb0p]

I saw Casppi played. He reminds me a lot of Noc.

Curious that we pick him up when we already have someone like him on the team.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Good Pick!

just hurts my brain

he selects a project at 23 who needs 2-3 years to develop but wanted someone to play right now at the 4th...

Uhh... isn't that usually how it's supposed to go? Traditionally teams that pick 20-30 don't have a need for a player that can make an immediate impact.

 

[Henkel]

After watching a lot of him in HS, and a lot of him in College I do NOT think he can play the PG for an NBA team. I said in another thread Evans is a mix between Dickerson, and Salmons. Now if our need was SG I wouldn't be so upset, but it's not.

So we have..
PG-Beno-Sergio
SG-Martin-Evans
SF-Nocioni-Garcia
PF-Thompson-?
C-Hawes-?

Looks an awfully lot like the team that won 17 games or whatever they ended up with last year.

I get where your coming from Gary. I watched Evans a lot this year. I'm not sold on Evans at the point, especially next to a poor play maker and ball handler like Martin, but I think he is more talented then you give him credit for. The kid is so creative handling and finishing around the basket. You saw him a lot this year, you should know he can run a break. We are going to have to run the offense through our bigs in the half court, luckily we have the talent to do that. I wouldn't be surprised if this ends with Martin getting traded but I could see this working.

 

[DoDiGaG0]

Uhh... isn't that usually how it's supposed to go? Traditionally teams that pick 20-30 don't have a need for a player that can make an immediate impact.

but again, no certain direction. Petrie made it clear he wants to win now and he passes on Blair who could help now(post D, won't back down) for a project..

I guess he's happy with 28 wins

 

[kingsnation]

The question now becomes: Who will be our bigs off the bench? Is the door open for Diogu, or do we acquire one from somewhere else?

 

[Andre87]

wow I'm stunned Geoff...
well he just doesn't like big strong bruisers, I knew he couldn't get 2 good pick in a row

 

[Kings Faithful]

Wow, draft express hit it on the nail with Casspi at #23...

 

[Peter_Gibbons]

Casspi is very versatile. A great thing is he is said to play very tough and goes after the rebound hard.

 

[ParniValjak]

Nocioni is old, Garcia is a 2 and Greene is still a prospect right now. I think one of our major holes is the 3.

Nocioni might be old but he is contracted for the next 3 or so years. That deal will be pretty hard to move.

 

[Henkel]

Never seen the kid play. I never really liked Mullens so I'm alright with this pick.

 

[exGrizzly]

Wow what a surprise. A typical Petrie pick unlike Rubio. Petrie probably went away from Rubio because the owners liked him. The owners couldn't possibly know anything about basketball. I like Dallas' drafting better than ours the last few years.

 

[MassachusettsKingsFan]

just curious, how is Omri's english?

 

[Kings Faithful]

I wanna see these guys in action! Summer League please!

 

[Capt. Factorial]

just curious, how is Omri's english?

I think it should be good. Every Israeli I've ever met had almost impeccable English.

 

[Gary]

I don't even know what's going on with the Kings.. They didn't really fill any needs with the picks tonight. We got a SG, and a SF. Someone has to be moved or the team is shaping up to look like last years team with a few added bench players.

 

[Kings Faithful]

He should have decent English skills. I believe they speak it pretty well in Israel...

Btw, first Israeli born player ever in the NBA... and he is on the Kings. YAY!

 

[beb0p]

Blair is similar to Diogu so if we're keeping Ike then I can understand there is no need for Blair.

Don't sleep on Casspi though, the guy can play. He reminds me of Noc so if we're trying to trade Noc then this pick makes a lot of sense.

 

[Peter_Gibbons]

According to SI.com's comments, Casspi had already said he will stay another yr in Israel. So he won't be here next season.

 

[MassachusettsKingsFan]

Good move by OKC, Mullens is a good fit there. Damn that team is looking good.

 

[Kings Faithful]

GuadelOOP? Seriously Stern?

 

[TTown Kings]

I don't even know what's going on with the Kings.. They didn't really fill any needs with the picks tonight. We got a SG, and a SF. Someone has to be moved or the team is shaping up to look like last years team with a few added bench players.

yup, you hit the nail on the head there

 

[Kings Faithful]

According to SI.com's comments, Casspi had already said he will stay another yr in Israel. So he won't be here next season.

Ahhh.... a you freaking serious?

 

[KingGiant49erFan]

According to SI.com's comments, Casspi had already said he will stay another yr in Israel. So he won't be here next season.

Thats good imo. Give him time to further develop while leaving more time for Donte to do his thing over here.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

According to SI.com's comments, Casspi had already said he will stay another yr in Israel. So he won't be here next season.

My recollection is that in an interview a few weeks ago, Casspi said he'd prefer to come over this year, but if the team that drafted him asked him to stay in Israel for a year he would. I'd expect we'll bring him over this year. We need players.

 

[Uncia03]

but again, no certain direction. Petrie made it clear he wants to win now and he passes on Blair who could help now(post D, won't back down) for a project..

I guess he's happy with 28 wins

I'm glad we didn't pick Blair. He did a fantastic job in college, but his height and his knees are a major concern.

We need a 3rd big, and it needs to be a defensive guy. If we're going to go with one with good post D, I'd rather have one with better height (though Blair does have good length) and more importantly no major injury concerns.

Hopefully we can pick up someone on the cheap in Free Agency.

 

[Kingster]

Gotta like the Casspi pick .. my only problem is between Casspi, Greene, and Noch you have 3 players who can play PF/ SF .. Throw in our Sf, SG Garcia and someone has to go.

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Bricklayer]

According to SI.com's comments, Casspi had already said he will stay another yr in Israel. So he won't be here next season.

That's unfortunate really. We need help now. This could be another miserable season if we can't even add in any draft picks.