NBA Draft Discussion Thread

[allen3xis]

Here is the full list of the 64 participants in the NBA's pre-draft camp from Tuesday through Friday in Orlando, Fla.:

Ramel Bradley, Sr., Kentucky
Tyrone Brazelton, Sr., Western Kentucky
Takais Brown, Torpan Pojat, Helsinki, Finland
Keith Brumbaugh, Hillsborough CC, Florida
Stanley Burrell, Sr., Xavier
Brian Butch, Sr., Wisconsin
Jamar Butler, Sr., Ohio State
Pat Calathes, Sr., Saint Joseph's
Joe Crawford, Sr., Kentucky
Chris Daniels, Sr., Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Joey Dorsey, Sr., Memphis
Marcus Dove, Sr., Oklahoma State
Josh Duncan, Sr., Xavier
Frank Elegar, Sr., Drexel
Wayne Ellington, Soph., North Carolina
Patrick Ewing Jr., Sr., Georgetown
Gary Forbes, Sr., UMass
Shan Foster, Sr., Vanderbilt
J.R. Giddens, Sr., New Mexico
James Gist, Sr., Maryland
Vladimir Gulubovic, Vojvodina, Serbia
Kentrell Gransberry, Sr., South Florida
Danny Green, Jr., North Carolina
Malik Hairston, Sr., Oregon
DeVon Hardin, Sr., Cal
Richard Hendrix, Jr., Alabama
George Hill, Jr., IUPUI
Kyle Hines, Sr., UNC-Greensboro
Jiri Hubalek, Sr., Iowa State
Lester Hudson, Jr., Tennessee-Martin
Othello Hunter, Sr., Ohio State
Darnell Jackson, Sr., Kansas
Shawn James, Jr., Duquesne
Davon Jefferson, Fr., USC
Joseph Jones, Sr., Texas A&M
Sasha Kaun, Sr., Kansas
Marcelus Kemp, Sr., Nevada
Ty Lawson, Soph., North Carolina
Maarty Leunen, Sr., Oregon
Longar Longar, Sr., Oklahoma
Aleks Maric, Sr., Nebraska
James Mays, Sr., Clemson
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Jr., UCLA
Drew Neitzel, Sr., Michigan State
DeMarcus Nelson, Sr., Duke
David Padgett, Sr., Louisville
Jeremy Pargo, Jr., Gonzaga
Trent Plaisted, Jr., BYU
Quan Prowell, Sr., Auburn
Shaun Pruitt, Sr., Illinois
Charles Rhodes, Sr., Mississippi State
John Riek, IMG Academy, Florida
Brian Roberts, Sr., Dayton
Russell Robinson, Sr., Kansas
Richard Roby, Sr., Colorado
Sean Singletary, Sr., Virginia
Ronald Steele, RS-Sr., Alabama
Bryce Taylor, Sr., Oregon
Mike Taylor, Idaho D-League
Mark Tyndale, Sr., Temple
Robert Vaden, Jr., UAB
Deron Washington, Sr., Virginia Tech
Sonny Weems, Sr., Arkansas
Reggie Williams, Sr., VMI


http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=15350

Patrick Ewing Jr., Sr., Georgetown

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=15152

Gary Forbes, Sr., UMass

 

[i wear sneakers]

danny green

I like James Gist and Singeltary to be alright in the L.

 

[the lowa]

Yo is Richard Roby getting drafted?

 

[i nasmatic i]

Sun-Sentinel -
Joey Dorsey believes the Chicago Bulls will select Michael Beasley, which would allow the Heat to pick Derrick Rose.

"Chicago's got a lot of pressure on them because Derrick's from Chicago," Dorsey said, "but they're going to take Beasley. I'vegot the inside. They're going to get Beasley."

Bulls' Vice President John Paxson has adamantly denied reaching a decision

 

[seymore cake]

This is the same person who smiled when they lost the national championship... He's always been a few ingredients short of full recipe

 

[j steezzz]

cake u a damn fool .... but yea i don't see how the Bulls pass on Rose, but hey u never know

If they do pass on Rose, look for the Knicks to do EVERYTHING and ANYTHING to get that 2nd pick from Miami

 

[miamin2]

Originally Posted by J Steezzz

If they do pass on Rose, look for the Knicks to do EVERYTHING and ANYTHING to get that 2nd pick from Miami

Theres nobody the heat want more in the draft than rose, and i dont think the heat will take anything offers if they have the chance to get drose

 

[al3xis]

Nobody is trading a top 2 pick in this draft, period.

 

[iminchucks5]

raymond felton + 9th pick for minnesotas 3rd pick + filler

minny is leaning towards kevin love...kevin would be available at 9..foye moves to his natural position..sg.

felton/foye/brewer/love/jefferson

mayo/richardson/wallace/okafor/???

 

[enlightened thought]

^wolves have mccants too...

 

[lnmymind]

Felton and Foye would be a tiny backcourt...they'd get abused night in and night out.

 

[slickrick916]

Originally Posted by lnMyMind

Felton and Foye would be a tiny backcourt...they'd get abused night in and night out.

I agree and so would the frontcourt. Jefferson struggled last season when playing center, so adding love to the mix isn't going to help any ondefense. Also, I know brewer is a rookie but he seemed to struggle playing sf last season as well.

 

[manamazing55]

"raymond felton + 9th pick for minnesotas 3rd pick + filler

minny is leaning towards kevin love...kevin would be available at 9..foye moves to his natural position..sg.

felton/foye/brewer/love/jefferson

mayo/richardson/wallace/okafor/??? "


The Bobcats aren't trading a running, full court PG for a combo guard with Larry Brown as the coach, no way no how.

TWolves believe Foye is the future, and a backcourt of Foye and McCants in 2-3 years will be pretty good with Jefferson beasting in the paint

 

[i nasmatic i]

The Blazers were just one ping pong ball away from winning the number one pick, writes Joe Freeman: "The winning combination of pingpong balls that surprisingly delivered the Chicago Bulls the No. 1 pick in this summer's NBA draft were 11-9-13-7. One of the Blazers' six combinations was 11-9-13 . . . and 12." Instead, the Blazers picked 13th.
http://sportsnwmag.com/2008/05/northwest-sports-in-the-morning-14/

thank goodness this didn't happen

 

[jmause3]

^ That would have been crazy

Rose, Roy, Webster, LA, Oden = scary team

 

[airjordan jb23]

felton/foye/brewer/love/jefferson

^wolves have mccants too...

Yea, Im guessing Rashad would come off the bench for the 2 guard...sometimes the 3 as well. Plus, he played off the bench a lot & was productive, so that won't seem to be a problem.

 

[jpzx]

Plus, he played off the bench a lot & was productive, so that won't seem to be a problem.
He certainly didn't enjoy coming off the bench though. He made some noise about it because he thought he deserved to be a starter.

 

[al3xis]

Jazz FO is smart..

Got their eyes on Hibbert and Jason Thompson...both to be brought in for workouts

 

[franchise3]

Originally Posted by jmause3

^ That would have been crazy

Rose, Roy, Webster, LA, Oden = scary team

 

[danny almonte 3]

im mad late....

someone school me on chase budinger's situation. did he pull out of the draft on the last day to do so?

 

[handsome hustler]

Went back to school.

 

[the lowa]

Patrick in SAC town with Sean and Jason I like what they are doing along with Martin and Garcia.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

Portland wow to get bayless

Sonics

who is going to help durant out on offenses