Thabeet

[Megalodon]

Yea I see where you are coming from ... I want the best team in the long run, not an alright team now, and if that means being patient with guys while they develop, as long as they show improvement I'm all for it.

I just think Thabeet can be a very good match for this team

 

[bajaden]

If the top four guys are gone I would trade the #5 for Thabeet and I think the Grizz would as well. Johnson makes more sense for them with their frontcourt depth and the intrigue with Gay. Thabeet makes more sense for us with our depth at the 3, and he has a far far higher ceiling than the potential bigs left at 5

Aldrich - questionable nba athletecism, even if he pans out he'll just be a marginal starter
Udoh - Im a big fan but he's probably more of a four and certainly doesn't have the potential impact that Thabeet could
Monroe - Don't see how another soft unathletic jump shooting high basketball IQ big helps us


I think it's a winner for both teams, and I like it from a fit and cost/risk perspective much more than the Jefferson trades.

Only one note that I'll add. Aldrich is a very good athlete. Which will be born out at the combine. Not sure where people got the idea he's not athletic.

 

[bajaden]

With the four bigs you have, and the flexibility of Hawes and Thompson both being capable of playing minutes at the five it gives Thabeet some room for error since he had foul issues last year. I think his minutes would wind up being limited by fouls as he learned which is fine. I would start Thabeet and Landry most likely and Thabeet could help mitigate some of the problems of Landry being a smidge undersized and not a great rebounder.

It creates lots of interesting options with lineups, however.
People rave about the Lakers length, but what about a lineup of

Evans
Greene
Omri
Hawes
Thabeet

wouldn't start it, and it's gimmicky but it sure would make for an interesting change of pace lineup for a few minutes every game.


*** ehh thought about it, Hawes still might make more sense starting in the short term, it just depends how Thabeet played in summer league/preseason and how he blended in. its too early to talk about who starts in that situation better to just say Thabeet would have his minutes decided by fouls most likely.

Thabeet isn't ready to start in the NBA yet. He's still learning to play the game. The best possible way to do that is in practice and being put into the game at times when he has the best chance to succeed. Just my opinion..

 

[Sptsjunkie]

Well, again, if I have the 10th pick, and I'm offered Thabeet straight up, then I would definitely consider that, but with the 5th pick, no. Cousins or no Cousins. I'd rather take my chances with drafting Wesley Johnson and moving either Garcia or Green.

At 5, Memphis has to offer me something more.

I'm with Brick here. The point isn't give up the chance at a star for a role player. Brick was already clear, if Petrie thinks he knows another potential star, then keep the pick. If we are just drafting on upside, why not go for 7'3'' upside.