Pelican draft workouts

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Originally Posted by AD23forMVP

McNamara said yesterday that Dell doesn't even like Oladipo.

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REALLY?!?!!?!!?? I didnt want to draft him, but i find that hard to believe... Mcnamara is making progress my friends.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

Then who does he like? I thought Dipo was the Monty/Dell player he used to refute the potential of drafting Burke.

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From recent tweets he's now on the CJ bandwagon.

As am I.

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Originally Posted by da ThRONe

I think he almost has to in order to be an impact player. He doesn't have any advantages as a 3. Average athlete, slightly below average shooter, and he'll be undersized. At the 2 he can use his size and length to his advantage. I think he has enough laterally quickness to stay in front of enough guys where he's not a liability.

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One aspect of Vasquez at the 3 that intrigues me is it would allow us to get an extra ballhandler/passer on the floor. New York found a lot of late season success through a Pablo Prigs/Raymond Felton/Iman Shumpert lineup that helped them reduce turnovers, space the floor and push the ball when the opportunity arose.

Having said that, Shumpert's a really strong defender and that really keyed the ability to do that. Unless Vasquez is a significantly better defender against wings than he is at the point he's gonna have trouble transitioning there.

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Originally Posted by AD23forMVP

As am I.

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I've got ticket in hand, ready to tear in if they select him draft night :hihi: Like him a lot as well.

Im fine with the three guard sets; i think i would go ballistic if Vazquez was our starting 2.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

REALLY?!?!!?!!?? I didnt want to draft him, but i find that hard to believe... Mcnamara is making progress my friends.

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Yeah I remember not to long ago Victor was supposed to be Dell's biggest man crush. Not to take a shot at MM he does his due diligence. Just goes to show how fluid things are.

Finally have a DX scouting vid on Len

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Originally Posted by da ThRONe

Yeah I remember not to long ago Victor was supposed to be Dell's biggest man crush. Not to take a shot at MM he does his due diligence. Just goes to how fluid things are.

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He is a good journalist when he is objective. The problem is he lets opinions or emotion affect his judgement sometimes.

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Originally Posted by MonsterMash

One aspect of Vasquez at the 3 that intrigues me is it would allow us to get an extra ballhandler/passer on the floor. New York found a lot of late season success through a Pablo Prigs/Raymond Felton/Iman Shumpert lineup that helped them reduce turnovers, space the floor and push the ball when the opportunity arose.

Having said that, Shumpert's a really strong defender and that really keyed the ability to do that. Unless Vasquez is a significantly better defender against wings than he is at the point he's gonna have trouble transitioning there.

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I thought we were discussing Shabazz.

If we draft Burke we would be very deep at the 1 and 2 (assuming Burke pans out of course). Burke/Vazquez/Roberts Gordon/Rivers is an intriguing combo...

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Originally Posted by da ThRONe

Yeah I remember not to long ago Victor was supposed to be Dell's biggest man crush. Not to take a shot at MM he does his due diligence. Just goes to show how fluid things are.

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Or, more likely, that the Supervillain is lying his butt off.

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Originally Posted by Eman5805

Or, more likely, that the Supervillain is lying his butt off.

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Man O man can you imagine this board if we get Dipo? :hihi: 10 threads in the first hour about Gordon trade scenarios, no less than 100 HornetGuru hypothetical lineups :hihi:

Oh please Lord, throw me a bone.

I'd rather draft CJ and keep Gordon and Rivers for now. We still need a center, but I don't like Len that much.

I'd rather take CJ over Burke and Oladipo.

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Originally Posted by Pelicans78

I'd rather take CJ over Burke and Oladipo.

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I've said from day one that Oladipo's offense worries me. I know he was really efficient, but he really didn't take very many shots.

Burke, don't get me wrong I wouldn't be upset if we drafted him, I think he'll be a good player, but he isn't what this team needs.

Then you have McCollum, who brings elite offense. His off the dribble game is unreal, and it's probably the hardest thing to master in the game.

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

REALLY?!?!!?!!?? I didnt want to draft him, but i find that hard to believe... Mcnamara is making progress my friends.

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I'd take who MM says dell likes w a grain of salt.

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Originally Posted by AD23forMVP

I've said from day one that Oladipo's offense worries me. I know he was really efficient, but he really didn't take very many shots.

Burke, don't get me wrong I wouldn't be upset if we drafted him, I think he'll be a good player, but he isn't what this team needs.

Then you have McCollum, who brings elite offense. His off the dribble game is unreal, and it's probably the hardest thing to master in the game.

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I totally agree. His ability to create off the dribble is can't be learned at an older age. I like a CJ/Gordon backcourt with Rivers as the 6th man.

Smoke screen.... I hope he leaves a bunch of smoke screens so nobody knows who we're drafting. It makes a team have to move in front of us to grab the player we said we wanted. 3 weeks till the draft, come on.

Anyone know where I can download the Lehigh vs Duke game from a couple years back?

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Originally Posted by Pelicans78

I totally agree. His ability to create off the dribble is can't be learned at an older age. I like a CJ/Gordon backcourt with Rivers as the 6th man.

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Or I wouldn't mind a Rivers/Gordon backcourt with McCollum off the bench. That's the beauty of it.

@michaelhart912 #4 is my #1, but I don't think he will be there. CJ is my #2. TB3 is #8 for me personally

— Michael McNamara (@McNamara247) June 7, 2013

#4 is Dipo obviously. So Burke is #8 on MM's big board. Wow.

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Originally Posted by AD23forMVP

Or I wouldn't mind a Rivers/Gordon backcourt with McCollum off the bench. That's the beauty of it.

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You could go either way but I think CJ would start over Rivers right now and be a better fit next to Gordon due to his shooting. But you could go either way.

McCollum is the safest pick and hell fit the best with our team at this point. If Austin can't be the pg we need he can probably play it also similarly. We at least get a good back SG, 6th man or even Gordon's replacement.

GV/Rivers/CJM/Gordon
Gordon/CJM/Rivers/GV

That's a whole lot of backcourt combinations lol it seems that team is going for a versatile team with players that are versatile and can play multiple positions. That's why Saric would have been great on this team. Good thing hell be in next years draft, if we get next plus CJM this year...Man oh man talk about offensive options and versatility. Saric can play probably 4 positions and against smaller teams, all 5.

I'd guess Len is the pick as of right now if the Dario news is in fact true. Just more need/playing time available for him than a C and the SF crop really falls off after Porter