With the 7th pick in the 2009 SBNation Mock Draft Golden State of Mind selects...

by Atma Brother ONE on Jun 13, 2009 10:15 AM PDT in NBA Draft Comment 22 comments

First off, thanks to all 850+ of you who voted on such short notice. Apologies for not including Arizona PF Jordan Hill in the poll. Hill wouldn't have won the vote, but it would have been interesting to see how many votes he would have collected.

I salute you for voting!

Jump to see who the people's choice is less than 2 weeks before the draft.

With the 7th pick in the 2009 SBNation NBA Mock Draft Golden State of Mind on behalf of the Golden State Warriors selects... Brandon Jennings!

Sweeter than McGriddle Cakes!

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Head on over to Ridiculous Upside for some more words on the pick. Don't sleep on all the ridiculous coverage of the 2009 NBA Draft over there either.

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Thanks for the DHB rip Atma

Brandon Jennings, Ty Lawson, or Tyreke Evans. A Warrior in 09.
With the 6th Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the SF Giants pick Donovan Tate.

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by ejdacanay on Jun 13, 2009 10:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

i only want him if he comes with the flat top

by alexortman on Jun 13, 2009 10:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

lmao I love his hair.

We USED to Believe...
WE DEMAND IMPROVEMENT!

by RunNdGun on Jun 13, 2009 11:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope he gets the high top again

We be doin' it CROOKLYN style!!!!!

by LighTz707OuT on Jun 13, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I just hope Riley, Nelson and co. don’t just forget about a top 5 rated prospect like we did just because of Tim Kawakami’s latest fiction.

Thing A

by sam23 on Jun 13, 2009 11:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m guessing that’s not going to be a factor in their decision making considering Nelson does whatever he wants despite the media calling him evil/crazy/vengeful whatever. I think Marcus Williams, Al Harrington, Jamal Crawford’s agent, Anthony Randolph, Rob Kurz and Marcus Williams would agree.

Riley, Nelson and co. = Nelson

He’ll take the who he considers the BPA

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by bloodsweatndonuts on Jun 13, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Apologies for not including Arizona PF Jordan Hill in the poll. Hill wouldn’t have won the vote, but it would have been interesting to see how many votes he would have collected.

Personally I might have voted for Hill even though I didn’t take the time to post his name in the thread. It’s hard to compete with the Brandon Jennings and JRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hype around here, but I think Hill might have grabbed a sruprising number of votes if the people who looked at the poll thought he was available.

Thing 2

by olympicmike on Jun 13, 2009 11:55 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

Thing A

by sam23 on Jun 13, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hill wouldn't have won the vote?

How do you know if you won’t give him a chance?

Now wheres the rubbers? Whose got the rubbers?
I noticed there's so many of them
and there's really not that many of us.

by Skeptic con Urquell on Jun 13, 2009 12:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

not enough people voted other

i think

by Calamity on Jun 13, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

when a top 5 rated prospect is on the board you don’t generally assume he’ll be listed as “other”

Thing A

by sam23 on Jun 13, 2009 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah.

Kind of like how the We Believe Warriors weren’t given a chance. 21 games in the regular season, 2 series in the Playoffs and all of a sudden they get broken up like that. lol.

by Precise Films Productions on Jun 13, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

and then the team gets better

Thing A

by sam23 on Jun 14, 2009 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does anyone have any footage of Jennings finsishing around contact?

All of the highlights I’ve seen on Youtube show him finishing largely uncontested. Just curious to see that aspect. Makes me kind of leery if the “highlights” don’t include that.

Reduce your carbon footprint, commit suicide.

by bloodsweatndonuts on Jun 13, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You should be leery of highlights whether they include that or not…

by Missing Barry on Jun 14, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am, but the lack of contested finishes is especially disturbing. What top prospect couldn’t cobble together a highlight reel of uncontested breakaway finishes.

It’s not like any of us saw Jennings play to offset the highlights.

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by bloodsweatndonuts on Jun 15, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Giving it a little thought, I can see where you’re coming from. I’ve seen Jennings play, but he was too busy lighting it up from 3 (high school 3) to bother with any tough finishes.

by Missing Barry on Jun 16, 2009 6:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The thing is, it is impossible to say Hill wouldn’t win by counting the votes from the past thread. Don’t discount the effect of putting him as a name, rather than including him as other.

I think you should do the poll again, just for kicks, to see who would get the most votes if Hill’s name was up there.

by belilaugh on Jun 13, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m all for doing another poll like that. We should have done a community big board counting down the top prospects by doing polls.

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by Rated-R Superstar on Jun 13, 2009 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or maybe we should do a poll where Brandon Jennings is “other” and Hill’s name is there. I wonder if the results would be different then? Hmmmmmm…

by belilaugh on Jun 13, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hope

we take Jennings

REPRESENTING THE BAY TO THE FULLEST!!!

by California KID on Jun 14, 2009 9:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Jennings looks like the most obvious bust

At least to me. He seems very far from being “grown up” and thinks of hinself as the greatest baller on the planet. He looks like a poor man’s Marbury (poor man’s due to the lack of hoops compared to El Dumpness).
I suspect that he can handle the pressure of the NBA. More over he struggled mightily from the european three point line…not a good sign especially if you picture him playing next to Monta.

by TheGerman on Jun 15, 2009 4:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs