Who should become the first person to be drafted to the pelicans?

[DaSmoothest]

I say we draft PG Paul Pressey from Mizzou as a back up to Vasquez... I think he's a future star in the NBA!

Ooops tht would be Phil Pressey. Paul was his dad! Lol

[da ThRONe]

No tweeners please. And I have a question for y'all, hypothetically if we have our choice between Burke or McLemore who would you want?

EG at the 1 and McLemore at the 2?
Burke at the 1 and EG at the 2?

Which lineup looks better to you?

Shabazz is a tweener. Undersize for the 3 doesn't really have optimal quickness for the 2.

As for Ben vs. Trey I rather Trey. A tiny back court bothers me however Eric is a me 1st guy. As he should be, however you don't want guys like that controlling the ball all the time. As great as OKC is they would be that much better IMO if Westbrook wasn't such a me 1st guy or wasn't the lead guard.

[dcoop]

That's crazy vs who anyone good? Def a possibility

Just looked him up last night he had 18 and 20 vs a good Oklahoma team and has had like 10 games with over 14 rebounds I like him, he's projected 7th

Think about it, he's putting up these numbers with a very small frame, I don't know but I think that's really impressive. His potential is limitless, I personally would do anything in my power to try and draft this guy.

When Isiah Austin played Nerlens, he was absolutely man handled in everything and was virtually non existent the entire game.

AD had a terrible game against T-Rob too he still went first! lol

[Pelicans_fan_504]

Think about it, he's putting up these numbers with a very small frame, I don't know but I think that's really impressive. His potential is limitless, I personally would do anything in my power to try and draft this guy.


AD had a terrible game against T-Rob too he still went first! lol

AD had a bad offensive game but he still had a huge impact in that game.

[Flight of the Pelicans]

What if Nerlens falls to us? I honestly would lose my mind. His defensive potential is limitless. Noel and Davis. Plus offseason PG signing and added bench, wow.
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[Purple Haze]

As far as Austin goes:

11. Minnesota Timberwolves

Isaiah Austin, C, Baylor, 7-1, Fr.

Isaiah Austin is a rim protector with great length and the ability to knock down jump shots, although a lack of physicality is a concern. With Nikola Pekovic a free agent, a big should be on the radar as could a true wing scorer.

SOOOooo, we sign Pek and THEY draft Austin!

[bojangles837]

As far as Austin goes:



SOOOooo, we sign Pek and THEY draft Austin!

sounds good to me

[Purple Haze]

Then we play Minny next year and Pek throws the kid into the third row

[AD23nEG10]

AD had a terrible game against T-Rob too he still went first! lol

AD had a huge defensive game that was extremely impactful and held T-Rob to an awful game

[tdcreator]

Its McLemore or bust, if we pick to far down trade back for picks and build our bench with players with gobs of potential. I could see a small ball lineup of River, Gordon, McLemore, Ryno, and Davis. That could score in bunches quick especially if Rivers game keeps growing (which I see the potental).

[Purple Haze]

So if we get #6, we trade down? Uhhh, no. McLemore might jump to top 3 the way it's going. We're not getting that this year.

[TBlaze]

I have a feeling I'm the only one who'd rather keep Lopez than throw money at Pek.

I just think this team has bigger needs than going after a starting Big w/ the rotation we have. We need to focus on getting a starting caliber SF or PG... and sure up our backcourt depth to have either a suitable PG to spell Rivers or someone on the wing who can knock down and create their own shots.

I'd rather have a combo of an AJ Price/Budinger or Bayless/Brewer or Nick Young kinda deal... we desperately need some scoring off the bench at the G position. Just having Ryno out there launching away and Smith being our 2nd leading scorer off the bench isn't going to cut it. And Rivers isn't exactly doing what some thought he would do off the bench.

[Purple Haze]

TBlaze I know what you mean and I agree in part, but quality bigs don't come around that often and are harder to find. When you have a chance to make a monster frontcourt, you do it. That's why I'd rather our FA be a big followed by a 3 while drafting backcourt other than our FA splash be a PG and drafting a 3 or 5.

[TBlaze]

TBlaze I know what you mean and I agree in part, but quality bigs don't come around that often and are harder to find. When you have a chance to make a monster frontcourt, you do it. That's why I'd rather our FA be a big followed by a 3 while drafting backcourt other than our FA splash be a PG and drafting a 3 or 5.

And I can understand that. But is Pek really worth that as a RFA that will surely drive his price up? I think our front court rotation is pretty much set w/ the 4 Bigs we have now.

I guess I'm just thinking in terms of a 7 game series when the rotations only go to about 8 people... I'm fine w/ Smith being that 9th guy off the bench to get a few minutes down low when you have Davis, Lopez, and Ryno commanding 90-95% of the minutes at the 4-5. I think it's more of a benefit to draft a big and have that rookie be more of an apprentice type than the punch we need scoring off the bench. Let some of these young FAs who are already broken in come and gun off the bench and get excited to be playing with this young team. That's just my opinion.

[Inner_GI]

Noel, Mclemore, and Shabazz are all pipe dreams. Unless we get extremely lucky in the lottery, those players will be long gone when we pick.

We should be focusing our efforts on evaluating players like:

Porter, Smart, Carter-Williams, Burke, Pothyress, and Bennett.

[Purple Haze]

McLemore is now #1 overall on WF.

[NinthWardJay]

Sam Bowie

[TBlaze]

We should be focusing our efforts on evaluating players like:

Porter, Smart, Carter-Williams, Burke, Pothyress, and Bennett.

I heart this list. But no Zeller?

[Snarly]

Zeller would be a great fit if available.

[Eman5805]

Zeller does nothing for me. I'd rather Leonard from last year's draft over him.

[Snarly]

Leonard? Really? Why do you feel that way? What does Leonard do that is remotely better than Zeller? Almost everything Zeller does is superior to Leoard.

[HornetGuru]

Zeller looks like a power forward to me, rather len but honestly if we draft. Center this year the only one I like is noel, he could be a rim protected like camby

[Snarly]

Zeller looks like a power forward to me, rather len but honestly if we draft. Center this year the only one I like is noel, he could be a rim protected like camby

That's what Davis is for. I like both Zeller and Len. Either would be ideal. We need a low post threat. Both Len and Zeller can provide it.

[Eman5805]

What I'm essentially saying is I care nothing for Zeller. My desire for Leanord is that if nothing else, he's bigger and doesn't have a minute -8 wing span or whatever it is.

[BIGBREED]

No tweeners please. And I have a question for y'all, hypothetically if we have our choice between Burke or McLemore who would you want?

EG at the 1 and McLemore at the 2?
Burke at the 1 and EG at the 2?

Which lineup looks better to you?

Tweeners??? What the hell is a Tweener?

Man talk basketball and stop using Bloggers vocabulary! There's no such position in basketball that's called 'Tweeners', and there aren't any players called 'tweeners' that play that position! It's basketball, and neither Magic Johnson nor Dirk were called tweeners! So stop it!
Lmao, football says 'Hybrid' and now here you and fake NBA guru's want to come with 'tweeners' in the game of basketball!

Tweeners