With A Weak Overall Draft - Gamble!!

But its kinda hard to tell whose going to be a hit or a bust. There are alot of folks who said so and so couldn’t do what an all-star can…then a couple of years later…FACE!

u are lowballin jonny flynn Jrue Holiday and Jordan Hill.

Jennings is overwhelmingly thumping DeRozan right now and I’m a little surprised, but then again, there have been only 22 votes.

With that being said, I think DeRozen has the highest ceiling out of all the prospects, but I believe Jennings, Thabeet, Evans and Holiday trail behind.

Looking at the results of the Poll…Brandon Jennings is VERY popular, maybe very overrated.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Derozan becomes a better player than Jennings because BJ seems to be big bark, small bite.

i’d rather draft a role player than a failure. in a weak draft, if you go for the guy with the most “potential” (which usually just translates to “best athlete”), and ignore the likelihood of reaching that potential, you probably wind up with a bust. there are plenty of guys that won’t be the best player or second best player on a contender, but you can safely say will be servicable for their careers.

in this draft, there are plenty of players available with ceilings somewhere around “good nba starter” who are safe bets to reach their potential. if we get a safe bet to be a good nba starter, i don’t think you can complain considering that neither derozan or jennings have much more potential than that, a very very slight chance of hitting their supposed ceilings and are more likely to be struggling to find rotation minutes wherever they end up. jennings and derozan aren’t likely to lead any team to a title or even be the second best player on a great team, so why swing for the fences in hopes that they will? there’s more than a few players who are safer bets with ceilings that aren’t that much lower.

i’d prefer to take someone who’s demonstrated that they are very likely to be a good player than someone who maybe, just maybe, could be the second best player on a contender.

Marco Bellinelli or Ricky Rubio?

I don’t know if Marco started for Italy’s team, but IMO, I believe Marco is better than Rubio by a bit. He just rarely got playing time.

W’s should be upgrading talent through trades (no contract dumps unless they are to sign a player) rather looking at 3-4 year projects. “Upgrading talent” may be the wrong term. If they can’t upgrade talent with just 1 or 2 players and the pick then they should make a trade to fill a need (backup PF, point guard). Monta will still be playing PG, but I guarantee that he will spend plenty of time at the two. That means the backup PG is really getting heavier minutes than most would.

I say do a 3 for 2 that clears out “some wings” and brings in one decent wing (doesn’t have to be an upgrade) and a big bodied backup PF. That could be possible considering the relatively high quality of a Nelson wing (they tend to thrive after leaving his teams). Personally I love Landry (the rockets do too), but the rockets need scoring off the bench to help much more. W’s could easily provide this, and the inclusion of someone like wright means they don’t take a big hit at the 4. Wright’s stats are nearly identical and he was very productive, but their style of play is different. I’m not saying we could get landry, but the Rocket’s wings are pretty weak (offensively at least). Scola can go back to the PF position when Yao gets back (shame about his foot).

If W’s can shave even 1 or 2 million off the salary (include the #7) then that could be enough to go over the MLE and put the Bucks in a situation where they can’t match if W’s go for Sessions. Sessions can play alongside Monta as a PG, but can also change his game to play more like a 2 if need be.

This off season plan fills two immediate needs for the Warriors (a physical backup PF and a pseudo-backup PG not named Crawford). The Rockets probably don’t want to give up Landry and can’t take on any extra salary (Damn you T-mac, fortunately W’s wings are pretty cheap), but Landry is a perfect example of the type of player the W’s need to fill that spot. That is the style of off season move the Warriors should be looking to make.

No projects, no salary protection. Just ship extra talent out to fill the team needs. Wait one season and reassess with a more reliable draft and a decently stacked roster that has less redundancy. R & R only have 3 seasons at most to get a solid playoff appearance in or they are toast. This fits with their agenda as well.

Ideally I think they want 2 new veteran faces, their pick and a crawgette contract gone (both would be absurd). Although I think they will only get 1 decent vet and the pick. They may not even be able to get rid of one contract. Still, I don’t want any trades that are only going to put money back into Cohan’s pockets, unless it is done so by winning.

No curry?

but Rob Kurz will always dominate them.

Curry= Heart, bball iq, killer instict, stroke, and unselfish. He’s a WARRIOR. the knicks will be rioting when we pick him. He can create his own shot. He would be perfect in Nellie’s system.

Nah, Harden is going to the Wizards. Memphis picks Thabeet. OKC picks Ricky Rubio because you can’t just pass him up.