Chad Ford answers my question on SF

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Russell
Towns
Okafor
Mudiay
Looney
Cauley Stein
Porzingis

All these players should be off the board by the 10th pick so we should have our choice of two of the small fowards

[jakebernat]

i REALLY want us to get stanley johnson. this dude has future stud written all over him. physical attributes? he's 6'8 (still growing) with a 7 foot wingspan and also a chiseled 240+ lbs. athleticism? he's as explosive as any player in this draft. work ethic? he's a gym rat. offense? already better than expected and still improving. defense? he's a lockdown defender collegiately, and it's only a matter of time before he's elite at the professional level. intangibles? he has them. he wants to be great.

with a great head coach and true leader like SVG, this guy could/would be incredible.

we need to swing for the fences, because i don't expect us to have another chance to land a high-impact player in the draft any time soon.

[Blkbrd671]

I asked him in today's chat about our SF position. I was hoping it would include free agency options as well, but he was focused on the draft today. Still, a little bit of inside info:

Mark (Santa Cruz)
What's the best possible scenario for the Pistons at SF next year? Most likely?

Chad Ford (1:30 PM)
It's their biggest need and if they don't get into the top 3 in the lottery they'll have their choice of Mario Hezonja, Justise Winslow, Kelly Oubre and Stanley Johnson. I think of those four I lean Hezonja right now as the best prospect. Great combo of athleticism and shooting. On talent, Oubre is probably next, though he's probably the rawest of the four. Johnson and Winslow are probably the most ready to compete right now and given Stan Van Gundy's drive to make the playoffs, could be the the direction he heads.

wow that's awesome.........mark


I found it interseting that he see's oubre as the rawest, as i see Oubre's skillset as the most complete.

[Lucidity]

Chad Ford. How much money does he make to do what all of us are addicted to doing?

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/1/25/7 ... ngs-change

"Here's an example of the changes made to Ford's rankings: a cached version of Ford's 2013 rankings from July 2013 shows Giannis Antetokounmpo ranked No. 17 in the class. As of Saturday, the living version of Ford's 2013 rankings had Antetokounmpo at No. 9. It appears that Ford is revising his own rankings after the fact to make them look better."

Yeah, I had Darko ranked #28 in 2003. I'm serious, I'm awesome.. Trust me, just check my 2003 rankings on ESPN... lol

The internet is so stupid sometimes.

This has been posted 600 x & is as pointless now as it was on the 1st post.