Official Speculation Thread (Pt.LI "Trade Deadline" Edition)

glennathan · Post #1341 » by **glennathan** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:34 pm

BadMofoPimp wrote:Harkless is showing much more confidence lately. I like that. And, that Tobias Harris is good too. Exciting to watch them get minutes plus that Big Baby O'Quinn too.

O'Quinn I think will be better than BBD. KOQ actually plays defense and can jump.

glennathan · Post #1342 » by **glennathan** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:37 pm

I went to this website just to see what the mock prediction is, and it has us picking 2nd and taking Marcus Smart.

http://nbadraft.net/2013mock_draft

Apparently Ben McLemore goes first to Charlotte, which would give Charlotte a core of Walker, McLemore, and MKG

Good group Charlotte would have to build on.

BadMofoPimp · Post #1343 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:46 pm

glennathan wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:Harkless is showing much more confidence lately. I like that. And, that Tobias Harris is good too. Exciting to watch them get minutes plus that Big Baby O'Quinn too.

O'Quinn I think will be better than BBD. KOQ actually plays defense and can jump.

BBD plays real good defense with excellent footwork and can jump. Problem with O'Quinn is that he fouls too much, but he can get better. Personally, I think his ceiling is BBD and I seriously doubt he becomes as good as BBD.

BadMofoPimp · Post #1344 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:50 pm

glennathan wrote:I went to this website just to see what the mock prediction is, and it has us picking 2nd and taking Marcus Smart.

http://nbadraft.net/2013mock_draft

Apparently Ben McLemore goes first to Charlotte, which would give Charlotte a core of Walker, McLemore, and MKG

Good group Charlotte would have to build on.

FYI. Stern promised the Magic the 1st overall pick!

JBSouthpaw · Post #1345 » by **JBSouthpaw** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:01 pm

BadMofoPimp wrote:
glennathan wrote:I went to this website just to see what the mock prediction is, and it has us picking 2nd and taking Marcus Smart.

http://nbadraft.net/2013mock_draft

Apparently Ben McLemore goes first to Charlotte, which would give Charlotte a core of Walker, McLemore, and MKG

Good group Charlotte would have to build on.

FYI. Stern promised the Magic the 1st overall pick!

Pat Williams is practicing his acceptance speech.... (still taking Smart)

tiderulz · Post #1346 » by **tiderulz** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:04 pm

glennathan wrote:I went to this website just to see what the mock prediction is, and it has us picking 2nd and taking Marcus Smart.

http://nbadraft.net/2013mock_draft

Apparently Ben McLemore goes first to Charlotte, which would give Charlotte a core of Walker, McLemore, and MKG

Good group Charlotte would have to build on.

changes week to week. I believe they had us taking Zeller either last week or the week before.

tranjSAIC · Post #1347 » by **tranjSAIC** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:41 pm

BadMofoPimp wrote:
glennathan wrote:I went to this website just to see what the mock prediction is, and it has us picking 2nd and taking Marcus Smart.

http://nbadraft.net/2013mock_draft

Apparently Ben McLemore goes first to Charlotte, which would give Charlotte a core of Walker, McLemore, and MKG

Good group Charlotte would have to build on.

FYI. Stern promised the Magic the 1st overall pick!

I hope your right, but not this year. It needs to be the Wiggins year!

BadMofoPimp · Post #1348 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:53 pm

tranjSAIC wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:FYI. Stern promised the Magic the 1st overall pick!
I hope your right, but not this year. It needs to be the Wiggins year!

I am not sold on this supposed better class. The NCAA is having a helluva competitive year with many players that could impact the NBA from this draft. And, I am not sold on this Wiggins guy. He could be the next Darius Miles or Kwame Brown. I will take the Number 1 pick in any draft and just choose the best player available.

T-Cat · Post #1349 » by **T-Cat** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:59 pm

drsd wrote:In the coming off-season, Orlando SnTs for Howard with their 17M TPE and signs Redick at the MLE. And drafts, for example, Smart.

Orlando could then look something like:
Nelson/Moore/Smart
Afflalo/Redick
Harris/Harkless/Jones
Harrington/Davis/Nicholson
Howard/Vučević/O'Quinn

I really like this team. Vets and youth. A bunch of depth. A lot of guys that play multiple positions. Ball handelers and rebounders. Offense and defense. Orlando is right back in to a title
hunt next year.

GM Hennigan's master plan: trade away players to resign them. Collusion at its finest!

..

1. Nice game plan but I think we should have a Vucevic/Howard front line instead.

2. Nelson's days as starting PG should be over.

3. T.Harris is going to be special, already a better all around player thanHarkless...noneed to stunt Mo's development by bringing him off the bench.

4. I would love for Redick to resign with us but he may want $$ this summer.

MagicTownBaller · Post #1350 » by **MagicTownBaller** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:08 pm

BaunceyChillups wrote:Moe is right now a spitting image of a young Luol Deng

Eh, I wouldn't like that, I hate Luol Deng. I would prefer it if he was like Paul George in three-four years.

BadMofoPimp · Post #1351 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:19 pm

I like Deng more than Paul George. People just hate on Deng because of his contract. But, Luol is very consistent offensively and very good defensively. Nothing flashy, but gets the job done.

Blue_and_Whte · Post #1352 » by **Blue_and_Whte** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:42 pm

I was pulling for them to draft harkless last off season. Glad hennigan landed him. His three point shot is looking confident.

Tayswagzzz · Post #1353 » by **Tayswagzzz** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:56 pm

Blue_and_Whte wrote:I was pulling for them to draft harkless last off season. Glad hennigan landed him. His three point shot is looking confident.

His offense is developing quicker than I expected

tranjSAIC · Post #1354 » by **tranjSAIC** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 5:56 pm

BadMofoPimp wrote:
I am not sold on this supposed better class. The NCAA is having a helluva competitive year with many players that could impact the NBA from this draft. And, I am not sold on this Wiggins guy. He could be the next Darius Miles or Kwame Brown. I will take the Number 1 pick in any draft and just choose the best player available.

I haven't seen enough to Wiggins, but what I have seen he does seem to have "IT". Also the fact so many scouts think he is the next best thing is a huge plus for me, when was the last time a wing was this hyped? LeBron?

BadMofoPimp · Post #1355 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:21 pm

tranjSAIC wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:
I am not sold on this supposed better class. The NCAA is having a helluva competitive year with many players that could impact the NBA from this draft. And, I am not sold on this Wiggins guy. He could be the next Darius Miles or Kwame Brown. I will take the Number 1 pick in any draft and just choose the best player available.
I haven't seen enough to Wiggins, but what I have seen he does seem to have "IT". Also the fact so many scouts think he is the next best thing is a huge plus for me, when was the last time a wing was this hyped? LeBron?

Those exact same "Scouts" said the same things about Miles and Kwame!

Carlos Arroyo · Post #1356 » by **Carlos Arroyo** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:35 pm

beno said orlando already feels more home than Milwaukee

Post #1357 » by **Def Swami** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:11 pm

Carlos Arroyo wrote:beno said orlando already feels more home than Milwaukee

Maybe Zmill had a point about Milwaukee :lol:

Neon1 · Post #1358 » by **Neon1** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:27 pm

BadMofoPimp wrote:
tranjSAIC wrote:
BadMofoPimp wrote:
I am not sold on this supposed better class. The NCAA is having a helluva competitive year with many players that could impact the NBA from this draft. And, I am not sold on this Wiggins guy. He could be the next Darius Miles or Kwame Brown. I will take the Number 1 pick in any draft and just choose the best player available.
I haven't seen enough to Wiggins, but what I have seen he does seem to have "IT". Also the fact so many scouts think he is the next best thing is a huge plus for me, when was the last time a wing was this hyped? LeBron?

Those exact same "Scouts" said the same things about Miles and Kwame!

Thats not true. Nobody was talking up Miles or Kwame like this. Not even remotely close.

Tayswagzzz · Post #1359 » by **Tayswagzzz** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:34 pm

Carlos Arroyo wrote:beno said orlando already feels more home than Milwaukee

Maybe we can re-sign him for cheap then

PeePee la Fritz · Post #1360 » by **PeePee la Fritz** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:45 pm

Badmofo, you do realize Wiggins and Parker would go 1 & 2 if they were eligible for this draft. And it's not even close