Porter, McLemore, Burke. Lots of likes in this draft. If we finish as we have been doing so far or even if we win a lil' more. Gonna come out with a solid player.
Porter, McLemore, Burke. Lots of likes in this draft. If we finish as we have been doing so far or even if we win a lil' more. Gonna come out with a solid player.
I almost want to win a few more games so Porter and Shabazz are off the board and Burke is sitting there for us. lol
I feel like drafting a rookie, is taking steps back, unless they can provide a Lillard type impact in their rookie year. Rebuilding effort or not, someone is gonna lose their job over this if we keep taking 19 year olds that need to develop.
Well I'd assume Burke would probably at the very least split minutes under Vasquez for his rookie year.
If the rookies come in and give a Darren Collison impact their rookie year, that would be a great pick. DC did a solid job, all due to having more than one year in college basketball. Seeing as how Porter, Burk, Smart, and Oladipo all have been in the college game for 2+ years, they should drop from their college production, but not enough to be detriment to the team.
Potentially of course. To each his own, I guess.
We have greivis and austin at point but we are stuck with no one at small forward, Aminu is a free agent, right now our small forward is Darius miller, if Otto porter is on the board he will undoubtedly be our pick, we aren't drafting a pg, sorry guys, this is coming from a Burke fan, now if we packaged greivis and Xavier for Wilson chandler then I could see us drafting someone like Marcus smart incase gordon gets traded since we have no SG depth
I am taking Burke over Smart. Put me in the minority here but I rather have CP3 than DWill.
TRADE RIVERS OR GORDON AND SAY HELLO TO THE FUTURE
Victor Oladipo
Surreal shooting %
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...victor-oladipo
Quote:
Strengths: Oladipo is an explosive athlete with great leaping ability … Has nice size at about 6’5, 215 lbs, and great length and a good build ... Fantastic first step and moves well laterally … A very tough and gritty player who fights for everything … Excellent rebounder for a guard averaging over 5 per game last season … Absolutely relentless on defense and is versatile enough to guard multiple positions … Not one to be outworked on either end of the court … One of the best finishers in the country around the rim due to his athleticism and body control … Moves well without the ball and doesn’t need to have plays drawn up for him to be effective … Hard worker off the court and improved his free throw percentage by 14% this past season ...
WOW.
Oladipo is a freak just wish he was 2 inches taller so he could be our SF idk where he fits with GV gordon and rivers
I foam at the mouth at the prospect of having a Rivers, Gordon, Porter, Anderson, and Davis nucleus to build around.
I wouldnt count Gordon or Vasquez as part of the nucleus, but I am glad that they are here in the meantime.
I don't know what in the world you've seen to give you that opinion. He's improved, yes but that's quite a statement.
As for your other comment, I agree with Inner GI. I'm in the school of thought that you draft the BPA in the NBA regardless of position and figure it out later. Rivers is certainly not anything worth banking on hard enough to pass on a guy that I have very high in Burke. In your train of thought, do you pass on Smart and McLemore because we have Gordon on contract?
Now if we get Oladipo/Porter/McLemore I will certainly not be crying. ;)
Porter has also shown an NBA level of cageyness. When he drove for that slick reverse layup, midway through he pass faked to the corner which completely froze the defender who might've come helped cut him off. That's a point guard move. That's something Rondo or CP3 would do in the middle of a drive.
I enjoyed the play where he came out of nowhere and dunked off that rebound. Nobody was boxing out, or following the ball and he just flew right in.
He has good instincts, and his comparisons to Aminu couldn't be more wrong.
If I would have told you in 2010 that Jason Smith could one day be an outstanding sixth man, you'd probably call me silly. Rivers is an incredibly hard worker and has all the talent to be a game changer. A starter. And by franchise player, I mean a part of a big 3 of some sort composed of him, Davis, and ..?
That's the shrooms talking man.
No one is jumping to conclusions. None of those players listed are Franchise changers.
Austin Rivers has real potential as a 6th or 7th man off the bench. He may start for some teams down to road like most backups do (i.e vasquez), but I don't see him, Davis, and someone else being a big 3 on the Boston level. Davis is the only player on this roster that could be considered a franchise piece.
Agree to disagree.
Any ways, I want Oladipo or Porter. I don't have a close third.
For those of you curious about Shabazz's game, this vid is a great watch. It shows a lot of the good, but along with some of the bad in his game (stiffness, lack of overall athletic high flying abilty):
He does have some guts, doesn't mind taking the big shot (as is seen at the end of the vid).
re: InnerGI (whom I normally agree with BTW)
I disagree- to an extent. These guys are so young they can grow almost exponentially. He has looked like a disaster at times, but also a lot of improvement. I know others feel the same that he can get better because he has shown it. He also (from the common perspective) has a drive like nobody else. Let's look at it this way- His defense. Still far from elite, but he was supposed to be weak at defense. Look how incredibly far that has come. I think his offense can make similar jumps in the next 2-3 years. He's also a much better passer than any of us gave him credit for. He has instinct. I think he is still timid, but I see the potential. He definitely has vision- how much, I'm not sure, but he has something that I didn't think he had as far as that aspect. Now, will any of this potential pan out and how much? Nobody knows. But I have confidence. I think he at least has the potential to be a top 7 or better PG. I know that sounds crazy, but I see that type of potential. Rose-colored glasses perhaps. It's going to take time and he may never reach that. But if he were a stock, he'd be a great buy right now in my opinion. I wouldn't pass over the PG's in the draft if I really bought into them, but I think he has that potential. We're going to need a good three guard rotation anyway.
Maybe. I like Smart, haven't seem enough of him yet, unfortunately.
If we took Shabazz, would you play him at the 2 or 3?
If we traded gordon for derozan and big v we could put shabazz at the 2 and derozan at the 3
Would anyone be against trading gordon for parsons and asik and drafting smart or oladipo, the rockets want gordon.
GV rivers
Smart or oladipo mason
Parsons aminu
Davis ryno
Asik lopez
Or what about gordon and lopez for Batum and Meyers Leonard and draft smart or oladipo
Or gordon for Derek Williams and saved and sign pek and draft BPA
Or gordon for Harrison Barnes and fetus Ezeli then draft smart or oladipo