DoDiGaG0
Bench
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
Official 2009 Nba Draft Thread
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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
All-Star
I gotta admit this is a good pick. I like when I heard "tough as nails"
Kings Faithful
Starter
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.
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
Starter
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
Bench
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
All-Star
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?
Kings Faithful
Starter
Wow, draft express hit it on the nail with Casspi at #23...
Peter_Gibbons
Starter
Casspi is very versatile. A great thing is he is said to play very tough and goes after the rebound hard.
ParniValjak
All-Star
Nocioni might be old but he is contracted for the next 3 or so years. That deal will be pretty hard to move.
MassachusettsKingsFan
All-Star
just curious, how is Omri's english?
Kings Faithful
Starter
I wanna see these guys in action! Summer League please!
I think it should be good. Every Israeli I've ever met had almost impeccable English.
Kings Faithful
Starter
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!
Btw, first Israeli born player ever in the NBA... and he is on the Kings. YAY!
Peter_Gibbons
Starter
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
All-Star
Good move by OKC, Mullens is a good fit there. Damn that team is looking good.
Kings Faithful
Starter
GuadelOOP? Seriously Stern?
TTown Kings
Bench
Kings Faithful
Starter
KingGiant49erFan
G-League
Thats good imo. Give him time to further develop while leaving more time for Donte to do his thing over here.
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
Starter
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
Hall of Famer
That's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
That's unfortunate really. We need help now. This could be another miserable season if we can't even add in any draft picks.
