That's what we heard before the draft. In my case, I was hoping that it was all bogus and that we would take Rubio if he was available. The writing was on the wall that we didn't like Rubio though. We brought him in and gave him a shot, but I never heard anything positive coming from the Kings brass.
Most went with Evans or Rubio, although others said Curry, Jennings, Flynn or Holiday.
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/06/10/consensus/index.html
http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/06/10/consensus/index.html
I think your correct, if you were paying attention. Some of us were and others, who don't post regularly or read the posts regularly, probably had no idea.
As far as Petrie keeping everything close to the vest. He does! Or at least he tries. Much easier for him to do with a trade though than it is with a draft pick. There are a lot more people involved in the draft process than in a trade. In a trade Petrie doesn't need to talk to anyone but the Maloof's, and possibly Westphal. Thats a pretty small group and it would be easy to figure out who leaked.
But with the draft its a lot more difficult. Reynolds, and the entire scouting dept are involved. All it would take is for a scout to tell his wife who tells a friend and wa la you have a leak. I might add that leaks at this time of the year are fairly useless anyway. There's so much BS being spread around, there's no way to tell the truth from the fairy tales.
As far as Petrie keeping everything close to the vest. He does! Or at least he tries. Much easier for him to do with a trade though than it is with a draft pick. There are a lot more people involved in the draft process than in a trade. In a trade Petrie doesn't need to talk to anyone but the Maloof's, and possibly Westphal. Thats a pretty small group and it would be easy to figure out who leaked.
But with the draft its a lot more difficult. Reynolds, and the entire scouting dept are involved. All it would take is for a scout to tell his wife who tells a friend and wa la you have a leak. I might add that leaks at this time of the year are fairly useless anyway. There's so much BS being spread around, there's no way to tell the truth from the fairy tales.
Out of the 12 mocks picked for nba.com's consensus mock draft last year, on the eve of the draft, here's how people scored:
#1. 12 out of 12 correctly picked Griffin.
#2. 9 out of those 12 correctly picked Thabeet at #2.
#3. Of the 9 who correctly picked Thabeet at #2, 3 correctly picked Harden at #3.
#4. By this point, 12 out of 12 had screwed up. Nobody predicted the first 4 picks correctly.
#1. 12 out of 12 correctly picked Griffin.
#2. 9 out of those 12 correctly picked Thabeet at #2.
#3. Of the 9 who correctly picked Thabeet at #2, 3 correctly picked Harden at #3.
#4. By this point, 12 out of 12 had screwed up. Nobody predicted the first 4 picks correctly.
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Both things are possible you know...
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Okay, excuse me for being skeptical but how is this breaking news? Pretty much everyone on the planet can reach the same conclusion if you think about. Now if it said the Kings were going to pick Epke Udoh, that would be breaking news...
Cousins is so obvious a odd-on favorite with so many people that this is just isn't a shock. Is it true? I'm pretty sure Cousins is on the really short list but to say it's a done deal is to deny that something could happen before our pick that would require a different selection.
I hope it's Cousins; my gut instinct tells me it's Cousins. Until David Stern makes the announcement, however, there is no iron-clad guarantee. None.
Cousins is so obvious a odd-on favorite with so many people that this is just isn't a shock. Is it true? I'm pretty sure Cousins is on the really short list but to say it's a done deal is to deny that something could happen before our pick that would require a different selection.
I hope it's Cousins; my gut instinct tells me it's Cousins. Until David Stern makes the announcement, however, there is no iron-clad guarantee. None.
You really can't fault him for being confident in himself. At this level, and considering how much flack and hate he's taken (apparently even Jay Bilas believes he will fail), if he's not going to believe in himself, who will? And based on his college portfolio, you wouldn't call it foolish pride, would you?
Yeah I remember seeing just before our pick they were talking about how we would probably go for Tyreke and that was a mistake. Of course I didn't follow the draft at all when we went from 1st to 4th. All I was doing was muttering to myself "this shlt is rigged, rigged!" and I completely spaced until draft day.
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