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Otto Porter
Trey Burke
Victor Oladipo
Unless we make a move for a PG in FA or trade... it's gotta be Burke.
We won't be in the lottery balls next season if we're healthy and I think our options at SF are more plentiful in FA or bringing back Aminu. Regardless, both Aminu & Vasquez should be on this roster next season, I just like Aminu starting and GV coming off the bench more in terms of building a competitor. Burke could be amazing for this club and I never believed in the Austin Rivers Experiment, I won't start now.
I don't see AD ever getting to C even if he adds the 15 lbs he still just 235 which makes him lighter than Zeller. AD I believe will stay at PF so drafting Zeller would be a waste and I don't think he is a better player than Burke to begin with and if you would take Zeller now over Drummond knowing what we know now you would be making a huge mistake. If the draft was redone to today Drummond would definitely be top 3.Originally Posted by bradael
Last edited by GESWhoseBack; 04-18-2013 at 08:31 PM.
We want more! We want more!
Porter
Burke
Alex Len
If this is the Pelican board I would be ok with it.
Why is it Porter, Burke, or Oladipo as opposed to Bazz, Burke, or Oladipo?
Porter will surely be taken by the time our pick comes around.
I really think Bazz is going to be the pick. Not saying he's the best choice, but he would certainly be the best fit...
"I'm not going to allow my putative owner to answer that question, this is an NBA related press conference. Paul Tagliabue and Roger Goodell have collectively sung their praises of Tom and if uh ESPN has a problem with that tell Mr. Skipper to call me at my office."
did u not read the first post? imagine we get the 3rd pick and mclemore and noel go 1 and 2.
Food for thought... Muhammad was the #1 rated player out of highschool and people have this preception of him being a selffish player. Sounds kind of like Rivers. He's a SF who scores in multiple ways. No worse than Harrison Barnes from last season. I wouldn't rule him out at all as I think he's a darkhorse selection.
He's the perfect complement to Aminu if he is resigned.
Good post, one has defense, one doesnt, one is a rebounder, one isnt, one has a jumpshot, one doesnt, one plays with intensity, one doesnt lol, they are polar opposites.
Honestly I wouldn't mind having Muhammad play the 2 while Aminu play the 3. That would give us some serious length on the wings and some much need athleticism.
I never learn...
One is a good offensive rebounder, one is a good defensive rebounder, one is super athletic, one is not that athletic, one can create his on shot, one can't for #%*#. Hey, this is like a game or something! lol but really this an interesting thought.
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Otto Porter is the real deal. He has a feel for the game that most small forwards don't have.
He's a jack of all trades, but I'm not going to say he's a master of none. He's only 19 years of age with the work ethic of a horse and no real weaknesses to his game. People compare him to Tayshaun Prince. Well Otto's going to be a much better offensive player than Tayshaun.
He shot 43 on 102 from downtown this season. That's 42.2%. I'm not concerned about his shot at all. He'll work on the things he needs to work on and become the best player from this draft class.
He has the tools to become a rich man's Tayshaun Prince, which would mean one of the best SF's in the league. He'll be right there with guys like Paul George, Kawhi Leonard and Nicolas Batum in a couple of years.
Batum and George have limited offensive games. Both are deadly from threepoint range and excel in transition, but they don't have that in-between, half court game (scoring wise, they can't create their own shot and lack midrange ability). Kawhi and Otto are players who can score from anywhere on the floor. Otto has a very good mid-range game and converts a lot at the rim too. Same with Kawhi. Kawhi's probably going to be the first of the four to hit 20 points per game.
Last edited by Austin Rivers; 04-19-2013 at 05:24 AM.
Surely you can't blame him keeping up with the hundreds of posts you make daily?
Sign me up for this. I always wanted Bazz over Porter. Just think he is that lights out JR Smith, Crawford style mentality to just come in and drop buckets. Something we really need. Plus him complimenting Aminu is an excellent point and would suite this team well.
This is what needs to happen this offseason: Land Jennings in FA/draft Bazz OR Draft Burke/Land Budinger/Chandler/Brewer
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From today's Ford chat...
...Jeff (CT)
If Trey Burke and Otto Porter are both available when the Pelicans pick, who do they choose?
Chad Ford (1:29 PM)
Porter.
I wouldn't be mad but I'd be a bit... mad.
Wherehappens.
I dont normally draft Otto Porter, but when i do- I prefer depth at SF. Stay drafty my friends.
This comes as no surprise. Ford has had Porter ranked number 3 ahead of Burke at 5 for a long time now. Couple that with the bigger hole at the 3 and it seems only logical Ford would have us going Otto over Trey. Nothing is going to change until after the combine and individual workouts.
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I can see why he'd say that. Hell. I was riding the Porter train pretty hard too and I wouldn't be upset. Porter is about as close to a sure thing as there is. He'd be an important cog in the mechanism for us. But his top end ability ain't really there. Tayshaun Prince helped Detroit win a title. But Chauncy Billups was the best player on that squad. Burkes could be our Billups. Except he wouldn't be our best player.
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He had to take to twitter because of some difficulties with the ESPN chat but here's something else he said about Porter.
We could surely use a player like this but we could use Burke too. What do we do, what do we do, what do we do?Chad Ford @chadfordinsider 8m
RT @scottdayton: @chadfordinsider IS Otto Porter close to a sure thing? What's his ceiling? What's his floor?”
Chad Ford @chadfordinsider 7m
No one is a sure thing in this draft. But Porter could be a Danny Granger/Luol Deng-esque player though Porter's a better passer
I just think he's Prince-esqe. I don't see him being as good of a scorer as Granger. Solid player that shouldn't hurt us but isn't going to change this teams fortune IMO.
He has more game than Prince coming out. He's not great at anything but does everything really well. He's the type of guy who can start right away for 10 plus seasons as a very good player, especially on this franchise. Same with Burke.
Emeka Okafor - Joe Smith - Carmelo Anthony - Manu Ginobili - Jason Williams
Al Jefferson - James Posey - Aaron McKie - Shaun Livingston
I would go with Porter over Burke and Burke over Oladipo.
I disagree about Burke. I think he's either a borderline superstar or a bust. I'm convinced it's the former, but the latter is certainly possible for a guy his height that plays with a lack of explosiveness as Trey has over his college career.
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