Official Draft Day Discussion - NO SPOILERS ALLOWED

[Fear the Putin]

This draft is pretty deep

Good thing we didn't trade our 2nd rounder...oh wait

 

[Amit149]

Good player, bad fit. Chicago had some great options left at wing and PG but they took a PF of which they have already 3 good ones. A trade maybe?

 

[PurpleHaze]

OK PG's under 6' 3" are going extinct... Curry is a special player, but in this draft it seems like every PG is over 6' 4".

So far through 22 picks of PGs: 3 over 6'4" (Russell, Mudiay, Wright) and 3 under 6'4" (Pane, Rosier, Grant).

 

[hrdboild]

Speaking of Bobby Portis... there's another player I would rather have than Cauley-Stein. He does everything you want a PF to do... defends, rebounds, bangs in the post, he's got range on his jumper, he can face up and get to the basket, he converts at the line. Great value this low in the draft.

 

[Amit149]

So far through 22 picks of PGs: 3 over 6'4" (Russell, Mudiay, Wright) and 3 under 6'4" (Pane, Rosier, Grant).

Grant is 6' 5", and the Rosier pick is just weird so I don't count it.

 

[Amit149]

Great value this deep in the draft

 

[PurpleHaze]

Grant is 6' 5", and the Rosier pick is just weird so I don't count it.

Grant is 6'3.25 in bare feet per DraftExpress. As everyone knows NBA heights are often puffed outrageously but the scouts know.

 

[hrdboild]

Grant is 6'3.25 in bare feet per DraftExpress. As everyone knows NBA heights are often puffed outrageously but the scouts know.

That's 6'4.25" in shoes. I don't know about you, but I would consider that a big PG.

 

[Amit149]

Grant is 6'3.25 in bare feet per DraftExpress. As everyone knows NBA heights are often puffed outrageously but the scouts know.

Most people play baketball with shoes... when you talk about a player height you talk about it in shoes. And I care about the listed height because I compare them to the listed height of other NBA players.

 

[Amit149]

Jalen Rose's Comparison Chart:
Lefties = Older lefties
White dudes = Older white dudes
Guys named Tyler = Other Tylers
Pizza = Pizza pies

 

[Amit149]

Just compared Hollis-Jefferson to Josh Smith- I'm pretty sure he is just guessing at this point.

 

[PurpleHaze]

That's 6'4.25" in shoes. I don't know about you, but I would consider that a big PG.

So we round way up to 6'5" instead of much more realistic 6'4"? That's NBA for you and I am ok with it since totally meaningless unless you prove it at NBA level. I'm not sure Grant is all that good for so-called "big PG."

 

[Capt. Factorial]

So...Tyus Jones gets to ride the bench behind Kyrie? He gets to wave the Dukie towel, or what? There's gotta be a trade coming on this one.

 

[rhythmless]

Good thing we didn't trade our 2nd rounder...oh wait

But a cap expert wouldn't do something so amateur as to trade a small asset like that for a guy who just took Kings money and then pouted the rest of the season...oh wait.

 

[206Fan]

So...Tyus Jones gets to ride the bench behind Kyrie? He gets to wave the Dukie towel, or what? There's gotta be a trade coming on this one.

No spoilers!

 

[randymoss1881]

Most people play baketball with shoes... when you talk about a player height you talk about it in shoes. And I care about the listed height because I compare them to the listed height of other NBA players.

Most players will wear shoes that give them an extra .5-1 inch in hieght that they wouldn't wear in games. That's why no shoe height is important.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

No spoilers!

It was obvious speculation. Calling it a spoiler, on the other hand...

 

[Amit149]

Sweet analysis- Tyus Jones is like Napier, LBJ liked Napier- it means LBJ IS CALLING THE SHOTS!!!

Tyus Jones gets traded...

 

[hrdboild]

So...Tyus Jones gets to ride the bench behind Kyrie? He gets to wave the Dukie towel, or what? There's gotta be a trade coming on this one.

BPA? He's a good prospect. Probably a trade coming though.

 

[206Fan]

I really liked him..thought the Kings would be able to sneak up and draft him with a bought 2nd round pick.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Nance? In the first round? That's a jaw-dropper.

 

[Amit149]

Looney/Harrell/Hunter might drop to the 2nd round

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Looney/Harrell/Hunter might drop to the 2nd round

At this point all three of those guys are bargains.

 

[Amit149]

At this point all three of those guys are bargains.

Absolutely, I still have about 10 guys I love in this draft that wasn't picked... usually I don't even know the names at this point

 

[Amit149]

Jonathan Givony
@DraftExpress
Kevon Looney and his party left their Green Room table, despite not hearing his name selected yet. Very sad.

 

[Amit149]

I think Boston have 25 guards on their roster right now... trades are coming

 

[rainmaker]

I like Milutinov for the Spurs. They're masters at stashing future NBAer overseas. I think this guy will be a pretty decent backup center down the road when he comes over.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Jonathan Givony
@DraftExpress
Kevon Looney and his party left their Green Room table, despite not hearing his name selected yet. Very sad.

Strange that he was invited to the green room at all, given his stock dropping like a stone.

 

[Kingster]

the key to WCS is DMC.

The meh rebounding meh scoring defensive specialist absolutely makes sense if its playing alongside the mega scoring mega rebounding beast. Then it goes all Tom Cruise and completes us.

Trade DMC and all of a sudden WCS is an incredibly limited pick. But that's not the idea. This is a perfect roleplaying complement. And we need more of those, not less.

I'm ok with role playing complements for the right price. A #6 for a role playing complement is a failure, like paying Sacks-like prices for a toothbrush. I do agree that when Cousins leaves WCS is an incredibly limited pick. That factor, in and of it itself, makes the pick even worse.

 

[Gilles]

Lottery teams give a list of 2-3 players of their likely targets. Looney just got screwed by the way draft unfolded.