Chad Ford Mock 10.0 Bucks take Terrence Ross

Bfinkish · Post #261 » by **Bfinkish** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:40 pm

Rockets just traded for 5th overall! Whoa

Post #262 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:41 pm

Bfinkish wrote:Rockets just traded for 5th overall! Whoa

Still a rumor I'm pretty sure.

europa · Post #263 » by **europa** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:41 pm

Bfinkish wrote:Rockets just traded for 5th overall! Whoa

Is it final? Last I heard the Kings were still deliberating.

emunney · Post #264 » by **emunney** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:43 pm

B.J. Young didn't come out, but he didn't start and I'd take him in the lotto.

theFireBlanket · Post #265 » by **theFireBlanket** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:44 pm

ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein
Kings won't decide whether to do deal w/Rockets until draft starts but sources say they'd be walking away from "a lot" if they pass 6mins ago

JustinCredible · Post #266 » by **JustinCredible** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:44 pm

The Celtics could very easily end up with Jared Sullinger and Royce White with their picks. That would make them scary next year. Couldn't ask for a better draft given their position.

Badgerlander · Post #267 » by **Badgerlander** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:45 pm

Kings wanna see who is there before they trade the pick

xTitan · Post #268 » by **xTitan** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:46 pm

JustinCredible wrote:The Celtics could very easily end up with Jared Sullinger and Royce White with their picks. That would make them scary next year. Couldn't ask for a better draft given their position.

They would draft two fat PF's?

europa · Post #269 » by **europa** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:46 pm

DocHoliday wrote:Kings wanna see who is there before they trade the pick

Reportedly want to see if Robinson is still on the board.

Rockets offering Lowry and multiple firsts (no word yet on which ones). Sounds like they could take Drummond but that might just be part of another trade if they do.

Morey's really workin it this week.

Bfinkish · Post #270 » by **Bfinkish** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:47 pm

europa wrote:
Bfinkish wrote:Rockets just traded for 5th overall! Whoa

Is it final? Last I heard the Kings were still deliberating.

Sorry my stupid ass iPad autocorrect did this. They are still deliberating and this is per mark stein and chad ford. I meant to say rockets wants the 5th overall pick. My bad.

Bfinkish · Post #271 » by **Bfinkish** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:48 pm

DocHoliday wrote:Kings wanna see who is there before they trade the pick

Yep

Badgerlander · Post #272 » by **Badgerlander** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:48 pm

Milwaukee Bucks ‏@Bucks

Join us for the Draft tonight & chat with @Paschketball & @nbated on #Bucks.com. Use the hashtag #BucksDraft to join in the conversation!

Ok so who's gonna tweet "@Paschketball is a shill" tonight to see if they can get him all pissed off and tweeting in capital letters? I vote FakeHammond, lol

europa · Post #273 » by **europa** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:48 pm

If Morey is able to get the 5th pick with Lowry/12 as the main pieces, well ...

Yeah.

emunney · Post #274 » by **emunney** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:49 pm

Bfinkish wrote:
europa wrote:
Bfinkish wrote:Rockets just traded for 5th overall! Whoa

Is it final? Last I heard the Kings were still deliberating.

Sorry my stupid ass iPad autocorrect did this. They are still deliberating and this is per mark stein and chad ford. I meant to say rockets wants the 5th overall pick. My bad.

Your autocorrect did all that?

bstrassburg · Post #275 » by **bstrassburg** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:50 pm

I'm guessing we're all going to need a heavy dose of this (and the rest of Kate Upton's new GQ shoot tonight, there are even more breathtaking pictures than this suggests)

xTitan · Post #276 » by **xTitan** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:51 pm

europa wrote:If Morey is able to get the 5th pick with Lowry/12 as the main pieces, well ...

Yeah.

If that is the deal I would be curious to know if SAC would have rather had Jennings or Lowry...

Post #277 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:51 pm

Ready for Meyers Leonard?

I read that and thought of a paper circulating around the NBA about the drafting habits of general managers with shaky job security. The author is a team employee with a deep background in analytics. Team rules prohibit him from talking about the paper or even publicly claiming authorship, but he has shown it to some folks, including SI.com and many stats-oriented people employed around the NBA. Several of those people have assured me that the methodology is solid. The paper concludes many things, none of them definitively, but its main conclusion is this: General managers with reason to believe they are on thin ice are much more likely than others to draft centers.

A sample quote: “Decreasing job security by one standard deviation is associated with a 10 percent increase in the odds of drafting a center. The effect is not especially large, but … it is nevertheless significant at the 95 percent confidence level.” The rest of the math is over my head, but experts tell me that it’s sound, and the conclusions are at the very least worth pursuing further.

Post #278 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:52 pm

Link.

europa · Post #279 » by **europa** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:52 pm

xTitan wrote:
europa wrote:If Morey is able to get the 5th pick with Lowry/12 as the main pieces, well ...

Yeah.

If that is the deal I would be curious to know if SAC would have rather had Jennings or Lowry...

I'd rather have Lowry but it's close. But you sure as hell could've figured out some way to try and sweeten the pot. That really would be inexcusable on Hammond's part if he didn't at least make the offer assuming Lowry/12 are the key components.

SheedsWeed · Post #280 » by **SheedsWeed** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:52 pm

weezybaby856 wrote:David Aldridges last mock yesterday had Drummond goin 16 with Houston's 2nd pick. Thats awful. There is no type scenario where I could see that playing out. I can't believe ppl like that get paid to write stuff like that.

That is awful. I would be EXTREMELY surprised if Drummond made it past #9.