POLL: Who do you THINK the Kings will ACTUALLY get with pick #4?
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I like the fourth pick because there are three players who look good to me; Rubio, Evans, Harden. It is a universal impossibility that all of those players are unavailable at the 4, assuming the clippers take Griffin. I picked Harden because he had the most to offer the Kings in terms of up and down talent. Rubio is a project with alot of publicity and following and hype, which is another was of saying he has a lot of draw.
After hear Petrie talking about the need for length, penetration, defense, rebounding, and creativity, I thinking I'm going to have to change my answer to Evans for this question (instead of Flynn). One thing Petrie didn't mention was shooting. Evans satisfies a lot of those criteria, even though after the fact Petrie made it known he wasn't going to get help in those categories with just one person.
Another tough draft to figure out. Who would Petrie choose for this team if he had his choice between a rookie S.Dalembert, J.Williams, E.Watson, M.Bibby, M.Ginobli or R.Stuckey? I'm leaning heavily towards Evans as our choice at #4 right now but of the likely candidates the only one that would shock me would be Thabeet. Here's my best guess right now of the order of likelihood of who the actual selection will be tomorrow: Evans, Rubio, Curry, Flynn, Harden, Thabeet.
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I know this is going to sound stupid, but it might be interesting if...
Just a crazy thought = What if Rubio does fall to the fourth spot, (#1 Griffin, #2 Thabeet, #3 Harden) do you see the Kings trading him to Minnesota for the #5 and #6. Tyreke Evans and Stephen Curry? Or trade Rubio to them for the rights to Tyreke Evans and try to grab one of their forwards. Ryan Gomes maybe? Or Madsen?
Just a crazy thought = What if Rubio does fall to the fourth spot, (#1 Griffin, #2 Thabeet, #3 Harden) do you see the Kings trading him to Minnesota for the #5 and #6. Tyreke Evans and Stephen Curry? Or trade Rubio to them for the rights to Tyreke Evans and try to grab one of their forwards. Ryan Gomes maybe? Or Madsen?
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Well, at this point, the chances of us snagging Rubio are getting smaller and smaller. OKC contacted a Spanish law firm to help Rubio with his contract negotiation, which pretty much solidifies the fact that, if Memphis passes him up, OKC's gonna take him. Right now, I'll be happy with Evans, Thabeet, or Harden, though I think it's very probable that we'll get Evans.
Possibility is that Memphis nabs Rubio at the #2, if we get Thabeet at the #4, perhaps a swap for monetary reasons there with cash considerations to the Grizz as compensation. Out of safety I picked Evans though, although I strongly debated Thabeet as my second, since I have a feeling Evans and Rubio are gone, so we pick the tallest guy with shotblocking abilities to build upon our horrid defense and hope his sky hooks pan out.
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The stuff about the Spanish law firm is old news AND not that big a deal. Apparently they used the firm to brief them on the intricacies of contract law in Spain just in case. This was talked about yesterday (day before?) in one of the Rubio threads.
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