2016 NBA Draft Discussion

[Capt. Factorial]

#59 - Kings select Isaiah Cousins

 

[kingsboi]

Cousins it is to wrap up the night...I dig it

 

[kingsboi]

Wilbon is completely ignorant to the fact that the Suns do not have Skal, these analysts man....I wish

 

[Big Cuz 15]

we got 2 cousins on the team now..

 

[funkykingston]

#59 - Kings select Isaiah Cousins

That's the first pick I like.

Sheesh.

Here's to hoping Vlade & co are right and I am very, very wrong.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

#60 - Jazz select Tyrone Wallace

 

[joemama]

Any undrafted talent we could look at?

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

Cousins at 59 is pretty nice actually.

 

[joemama]

We got a whole team tonite

Pg Icuz
Sg bob
Sf Richardson
Pf skal
C papa

*i know Richardson is a 2

 

[kingsboi]

Cousins at 59 is pretty nice actually.

He's a senior so he should be able to adjust to the game quicker than a freshman or sophomore, if anything, he can be a spot shooter when called upon. If he is even on the roster come October.

 

[dude12]

I personally like the Kings draft. After the guards were gone in the first 7 picks, Vlade turned the draft in to some solid prospects. If he likes Papa, I'll trust him on that. Skal was picked by many to go around 9-12 range and we got him at 28. Influx of talent. FA and trades will be the key going forward.

 

[Livinthedream]

Skal could be a steal.

We got a whole team tonite

Pg Icuz
Sg bob
Sf Richardson
Pf skal
C papa

*i know Richardson is a 2

Is Icuz a SG or PG? or a tweener?

 

[joemama]

Skal could be a steal.


Is Icuz a SG or PG? or a tweener?

He moved to pg

 

[Noble]

and finally to end this bizzarro ****ing draft, we select Isaiah Cousins with the last pick in the draft, how ironic and infuriatingly confusing.

 

[joemama]

New York ALREADY has partial guarantee to undrafted baker
Wow

 

[upinsmoke]

It needs to be much later because these guys aren't ready for a couple seasons. We need talent now.

Same could be said for 90+% of the kids selected tonight though.

 

[Kingsgurl]

We are drafting like the Spurs. Also, the fact that we have a decent coach this year probably changed out tack slightly. Not as if we were gonna get a big impact player in this year's draft. To me it shows a cognizant, engaged FO. I like it.

I think we are in the minority and there may be pitchforks

 

[joemama]

Golden stat already agreed to undrafted player as well
Teams are moving fast

 

[sdballer]

Same could be said for 90+% of the kids selected tonight though.

Sure but you have to have a strategy in the draft. If you can afford to wait on guys, do that. If you can't, take guys ready to contribute now or trade for a vet. Don't trade for multiple raw guys at positions you don't need. Honestly, if Papa or Skal develop in a couple years, at best it means maybe we have possible replacements for Cousins when he leaves because we are still losing. Seems like there had to be better options.

 

[Bricklayer]

#59 - Kings select Isaiah Cousins

Finally a way to unite the Cousins fans and the Isaiah fans.

 

[Kingsgurl]

Same could be said for 90+% of the kids selected tonight though.

There is not much NBA ready talent, top to bottom, in that entire dradt. Nothing I would lose any sleep over.

 

[jcwkings]

The crazy thing is if we pick Valentine instead of Big Papa, we probably get A+ draft grades tommorrow....

 

[gunks]

My "let's give Vlade the benefit of the doubt" take:

We're set in the front court with Cuz/WCS so swinging for the fences with a big is actually safer in "win now" mode. We have time to develop Big George and Skal, who are both intriguing prospects.

Our backcourt is super thin, we can't risk whiffing on yet another guard who isn't ready. Vlade is about to fill out that part of our rotation with FA and trades.

KK is likely gone. He's a solid defensive big on a decent contact that's very tradable. ... And with the emergence of Trill he's also expendable. He's our ticket to a vet guard.

Weird draft for sure, but it isn't quite the disaster people are making it out to be. I think this is just setting the stage for the rest of the summer.

 

[New Era]

So this kid we drafted at 13 only averaged around 12 min a game last year. How could he go that high on such limited floor time?

What's his story? Where the hell is Baja!!??

 

[funkykingston]

I'm not sharpening my pitchfork just yet.

I hate this draft but I'm very much hoping that Vlade & co know a lot that I don't.

And of course there's still trades and free agency.

And no matter what happens there I'll still give the Kings the benefit of the doubt and one more season to show me something.

But that's pretty much where my patience with this franchise ends.

 

[Noble]

Courtney Lee looks like the most likely FA target for SG. Who would Koufos even net in a trade?

 

[jcwkings]

My "let's give Vlade the benefit of the doubt" take:

We're set in the front court with Cuz/WCS so swinging for the fences with a big is actually safer in "win now" mode. We have time to develop Big George and Skal, who are both intriguing prospects.

Our backcourt is super thin, we can't risk whiffing on yet another guard who isn't ready. Vlade is about to fill out that part of our rotation with FA and trades.

KK is likely gone. He's a solid defensive big on a decent contact that's very tradable. ... And with the emergence of Trill he's also expendable. He's our ticket to a vet guard.

Weird draft for sure, but it isn't quite the disaster people are making it out to be. I think this is just setting the stage for the rest of the summer.

Our backcourt is dry of ANY reliable NBA production at the moment, especially with Collison's off court issues.

As of right now our backcourt is, assuming we resign Seth

Collison/Seth/Cousins
McLemore/Richardson

I can almost gaurantee you that would be the worst backcourt group in the league right now.

 

[funkykingston]

So this kid we drafted at 13 only averaged around 12 min a game last year. How could he go that high on such limited floor time?

What's his story? Where the hell is Baja!!??

Baja is probably tipping back a few cervesas just like I am. And I doubt he saw much tape on Papagiannis. Like me, I think he mainly watches NCAA hoops.

 

[roasthawg]

So this kid we drafted at 13 only averaged around 12 min a game last year. How could he go that high on such limited floor time?

What's his story? Where the hell is Baja!!??

Bender didn't play much either and he went four. It's a pick for the future. I hate it.

 

[sdballer]

Our backcourt is dry of ANY reliable NBA production at the moment, especially with Collison's off court issues.

As of right now our backcourt is, assuming we resign Seth

Collison/Seth/Cousins
McLemore/Richardson

I can almost gaurantee you that would be the worst backcourt group in the league right now.

We didn't improve a single position tonight, in terms of on court production next year.