It's Draft Time Baby!!!!
Wow how exciting was last night. All the trades and rumors, T-Mac now not going to Houston. Unbelievable, I am officially the biggest loser in the world cause this shit excites me.
I believe Okafor is Orlando's guy tonite. Howard will go #2, Igudala #3, and Devin Harris to the Clip's. After that it is anyone's guess. The Mav's are still trying to get Shaq so that five pick may not be there's when it rolls around tonite. I also believe the Chicago Bulls are going to make some noise. They already have Crawford, Hinrich, Chandler, and Curry, what would adding to more unproven young guys do, except make you bad for a few more years. Now a team with vet's could use on of those picks and one of those guys I just named, and the only one who is off limits for trade is probably Hinrich. So look for the Bulls to be active this evening.
The Hawks have 2 top 20 picks, and somehow they will screw it up. With their #6 pick they should take Deng, Luke Jackson, or Livingston (in that order) and they will probably all be there. Then they can take a flyer on one of the high school kids named Smith, but they should gobble up Kirk Snyder from Nevada if he is still available.
The Celtics and Jazz each have 3 picks between 14-25. In this years draft I think you can get the same level of talent at #10 and #25 so Utah and Boston are sitting pretty.
The Jazz are sold on Monya the Russian who is butt pals with Kirilenko and he can shoot, then with their other 2 look for any combo of Araujo from BYU, Kris Humphries, Pavel Pdokolzine, and Peter Ramos. The need and want Big Guys. The C's will draft Robert Swift with their first pick, then with their second all indications have them taking another high schooler and then one of the mystery foreigners, so they are in line to screw it up. If you have 3 picks, you take one high school, on 3-4 year college guy and then take a flyer on your last pick. Just like the Blazers are planning to do, take Snyder then Telfair and then one of the foreigners still available, like Khryapa or Ramos. I think the Jazz and Blazers will do it right, we shall see how the Celtics do with it. Now all these teams could be active in trading this evening.
Here are some players who may sneak into the back end of the 1st round and be put in a good situation. Matt Freije possibly to the Kings or Spurs. Andre Emmett the Spurs and Tony Allen to the Pacers or Spurs. Proven college guys going to veteran teams where they can make a contribution early by coming off the bench.
And lastly a few lost guys in this draft. At the high end Ben Gordon and Josh Childress I think will get picked early, but not to fill any specific need, rather just for the fact they are good and I would not be suprised to see them moved tonite in some of the wheeling and dealing. Finally, Jameer Nelson, the Miami Heat are drooling over him falling to the #19 pick. Could he look anymore like Tim Hardaway in a Heat uniform? This would allow Stan Van Gundy to move Wade to the shooting guard and basically relieve Lamar Odom of any ball handling duties, my how much of a perfect fit would this be.
Can't wait for the draft folks. I will be sitting on my couch watching the whole thing go down, feel free to call me to get instant analysis, or just wait for tommorrow's recap.
I believe Okafor is Orlando's guy tonite. Howard will go #2, Igudala #3, and Devin Harris to the Clip's. After that it is anyone's guess. The Mav's are still trying to get Shaq so that five pick may not be there's when it rolls around tonite. I also believe the Chicago Bulls are going to make some noise. They already have Crawford, Hinrich, Chandler, and Curry, what would adding to more unproven young guys do, except make you bad for a few more years. Now a team with vet's could use on of those picks and one of those guys I just named, and the only one who is off limits for trade is probably Hinrich. So look for the Bulls to be active this evening.
The Hawks have 2 top 20 picks, and somehow they will screw it up. With their #6 pick they should take Deng, Luke Jackson, or Livingston (in that order) and they will probably all be there. Then they can take a flyer on one of the high school kids named Smith, but they should gobble up Kirk Snyder from Nevada if he is still available.
The Celtics and Jazz each have 3 picks between 14-25. In this years draft I think you can get the same level of talent at #10 and #25 so Utah and Boston are sitting pretty.
The Jazz are sold on Monya the Russian who is butt pals with Kirilenko and he can shoot, then with their other 2 look for any combo of Araujo from BYU, Kris Humphries, Pavel Pdokolzine, and Peter Ramos. The need and want Big Guys. The C's will draft Robert Swift with their first pick, then with their second all indications have them taking another high schooler and then one of the mystery foreigners, so they are in line to screw it up. If you have 3 picks, you take one high school, on 3-4 year college guy and then take a flyer on your last pick. Just like the Blazers are planning to do, take Snyder then Telfair and then one of the foreigners still available, like Khryapa or Ramos. I think the Jazz and Blazers will do it right, we shall see how the Celtics do with it. Now all these teams could be active in trading this evening.
Here are some players who may sneak into the back end of the 1st round and be put in a good situation. Matt Freije possibly to the Kings or Spurs. Andre Emmett the Spurs and Tony Allen to the Pacers or Spurs. Proven college guys going to veteran teams where they can make a contribution early by coming off the bench.
And lastly a few lost guys in this draft. At the high end Ben Gordon and Josh Childress I think will get picked early, but not to fill any specific need, rather just for the fact they are good and I would not be suprised to see them moved tonite in some of the wheeling and dealing. Finally, Jameer Nelson, the Miami Heat are drooling over him falling to the #19 pick. Could he look anymore like Tim Hardaway in a Heat uniform? This would allow Stan Van Gundy to move Wade to the shooting guard and basically relieve Lamar Odom of any ball handling duties, my how much of a perfect fit would this be.
Can't wait for the draft folks. I will be sitting on my couch watching the whole thing go down, feel free to call me to get instant analysis, or just wait for tommorrow's recap.
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