Official Draft Day Discussion - NO SPOILERS ALLOWED
- Thread starter Dime Dropper
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Why the hell not? What are the odds that the 12th pick in this draft is going to be worse than Stauskas?
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Happy with it in the short term but I still think we need another star level player and I don't believe he is it. Where will we find one if not the draft? cousins, wcs, gay, bmac and collision is probably not a deep playoff contender.
Double-K
Starter
Thus comes the day that I agree with The_Jamal...
parker
Bench
I also don't remember people celebrating the Jimmer pick.
The Hammer
All-Star
Sure... but what you really do with that is draft for need there. Take a low risk, defensive guard. If you get a 6th-7th man out of it that can contribute defense...it's a win. McLemore is our future 2 anyway.
This is the wrong question to ask. Stuaskas isn't a terrible player. You trade him for better talent of course, if you see someone on the board that you really like. But don't trade him just to trade him.
Peter_Gibbons
Starter
I hope the Kings' medical staff had a chance to check him out before making this pick. He would be a great addition to the team if he is healthy. But foot problems has always been a big issue with bigs. Cross our fingers he gets to 100% very very soon.
There you go Utah! Smart pick!
You are so wrong! So wrong. I got flamed so badly about hating that pick that I considered leaving here for good.
What about trading him to make room in the rotation for Wes Matthews? Can I interest you in some of that?
Peter_Gibbons
Starter
Williams immediately points to picking a big man equals to DMC being out of Sac. Thats the thing with national media guys that have no clue about the team and just pick up on the main headlines and make assumptions. None of those guys knew DMC wanted WCS.
PurpleHaze
All-Star
He's a well-known member of Kingsfans. It just proves he knows nothing like the rest of us here
Dime Dropper
All-Star
That rarely happens. Rebounding is one of those things that has a tendency to translate.
And he's going to be playing next to another pretty good rebounder again.Maybe 2 if Reggie comes back.
DeAndre Jordan rebounded at a similar clip in his year of college. I don't expect WCS to ever average 14 rpg, but he can easily average 10 per36 if he's playing closer to the basket. WCS wasn't put in a position to rack up boards in college. His offensive rebounding was quite good which is a good indicator.
Not if Matthews is going to insist on $15M coming off an Achilles tear.
That's a fair point
I do think ultimately we may have to trade one of Stauskas or McLemore and pick up a veteran SG just to balance the youth/experience at the position better and clarify roles. I'm not as sold on Wes Matthews specifically as you are because of the injury. I don't think he'll be ready this year. But I like the general idea.
ShastaKingsFan
All-Star
Thinking....
Lawson/Collison
Afflalo
Gay
WCS
Cousins
7th seed
Lawson/Collison
Afflalo
Gay
WCS
Cousins
7th seed
Seriously. These ESPN guys are clueless, they just said that Utah needs a SG. No the hell they don't. They have a good rookie from last year whos a good shooter, Rodney Hood. Plus they have Alec Burks who's their stsrting SG coming back from injury this year. They needed back up bigs.. SG is not a need for them.
If anything, it's PG which is their weakest position.
Is that what he's said?
Bosnian Diehard
Starter
Yeah, he wants $15 million.
