Morey looks to buy a 1st rounder in 2009 draft

[texasholdem]

Damion James? Josh Carter?

[moofs]

Artest and Wafer are both FAs this summer. That leaves just McGrady(and no certainty of when he'll be back),Battier(who is going to be dealing w/pain in his ankle for rest of his career),Barry and White. Safe to say Morey is looking hard at wings.

Interesting that NBADraft.net has a bunch of Senior/Junior wings going in the early 20s.(We know Morey likes drafting experienced college players.)
Draft Express has alot more PGs going there.

Did he twist it that badly? I screwed mine up last summer and still can't do jack on it, so insanely high props for being out there if so.

[tisbee]

Moofs,
Battier has some structural damage. In the aftermath of T-Mac announcing his micro-fracture,Battier said microfracture surgery on his ankle was suggested last May,but he didn't want to undertake such a radical treatment. He said he'll prob feel pain for the next few yrs,but he'd live w/it.
I had had no idea one could get microfracture surgery on an ankle. Interesting stuff one can learn in the most unlikely places

[Young_Star11]

SG-SF would have to be where we look. T-Mac's moving on, Ron could be re-signed, Battier has the ankle problem.

Starting PG - Bibby for the MLE?
Backup C - 2nd round?

[moofs]

Moofs,
Battier has some structural damage. In the aftermath of T-Mac announcing his micro-fracture,Battier said microfracture surgery on his ankle was suggested last May,but he didn't want to undertake such a radical treatment. He said he'll prob feel pain for the next few yrs,but he'd live w/it.
I had had no idea one could get microfracture surgery on an ankle. Interesting stuff one can learn in the most unlikely places

^
Why I don't hate McGrady right now. I've gotten XRays, MRI, and several other things done on my ankle. "There's no structural damage". Ok, so why does it not work? Doctors suck.

[MaxRider]

SG-SF would have to be where we look. T-Mac's moving on, Ron could be re-signed, Battier has the ankle problem.

Starting PG - Bibby for the MLE?
Backup C - 2nd round?

why sign Bibby? we have two young PGs to develop
anyway Atlanta will offer Bibby more than that

give me Tyler Hansbrough

[MaxRider]

Moofs,
Battier has some structural damage. In the aftermath of T-Mac announcing his micro-fracture,Battier said microfracture surgery on his ankle was suggested last May,but he didn't want to undertake such a radical treatment. He said he'll prob feel pain for the next few yrs,but he'd live w/it.
I had had no idea one could get microfracture surgery on an ankle. Interesting stuff one can learn in the most unlikely places

^
Why I don't hate McGrady right now. I've gotten XRays, MRI, and several other things done on my ankle. "There's no structural damage". Ok, so why does it not work? Doctors suck.

tell me about it
sometime last year on some day i just suddenly lost 90% of my taste (everything taste like nothing and i lost 15 lbs because of it, unfortunately i gained that 15 lbs and more back)
i went to the doctor
he had no idea and want to do a MRI on my brain
he think it's a brain cancer
his answer is for me to wait 1-2 weeks to see if there's any improvement
if not comeback for a MRI on my brain
my thought is "@#$% you"
i went back to Houston to see a Chinese doctor
he told me my body is too humid (Chinese stuff is based on the 5 elements)
he gave me some Chinese herb (bitter Chinese medicine)
i see improvement after 2 weeks
1 month later i'm back to normal

[TMACFORMVP]

Getting a pick would be nice, Morey does seem to have an eye for talent, and could probably net us a rotation player in the next couple of seasons.

[texasholdem]

Portland owns the 24th pick in the draft. (we've had some success with that spot before in Cassell and Head) They also have the 32nd, 38th, 55th and 56th picks in the second round so I could see Portland willing to give up the 24th since their roster is fairly deep and set already and they could use those second rounders on foreign players for the future.

Maybe Morey can bet with Pritchard on the outcome of the series. If Rockets win we get the 24th pick for $1.00, if the Blazers win we swap Aaron Brooks for Steve Blake.

[wadero]

I think we solve our wing problem via free agency ( Anthony Parker or Crawford from GS) I think the back up to Yao will be the Draft pick like Mullens or maybe Heytvett from Gonzaga

[TMU]

SF/SG is not the only problem we have. We also need to address the backup C situation which hasn't been resolved for the past few seasons. We're only going to trade if the guy who Morey wants is available at a spot that he can acquire.

I think Tyler Hansbrough will be a bust.

[texasholdem]

I think Tyler Hansbrough will be a bust.

Tyler H reminds me of Shane Battier. Awesome college stats. NCAA Player of the Year. Won a NCAA Championship in his senior year. Will have to switch positions in the NBA.

I don't think he'll be a bust but he won't be an All Star either.