Official Speculation Thread (Pt. LVI - NBA Draft Edition)

[InFlames]

Raps want our #2?

Sure that'll cost you either one Terrance Ross, one Demar DeRozan or both please.

Ross isn't even close in value to the #2 pick, and there is no way Rob would want/trade for DeRozan considering his contract.

[Noonskadoodle]

Raps want our #2?

Sure that'll cost you either one Terrance Ross, one Demar DeRozan or both please.

The only think I would be interested in is Ross.

Jonas is going nowhere & they have no picks this year.

No way we trade with them.

[Def Swami]

Raps want our #2?

Sure that'll cost you either one Terrance Ross, one Demar DeRozan or both please.

The only think I would be interested in is Ross.

Jonas is going nowhere & they have no picks this year.

No way we trade with them.

Ross and a 2014 pick?

[tranjSAIC]

1) Burke





2) Oladipo
3) Noel


Everything else bust.

We should just buy a late 1st so we can draft him, his stock is dropping fast....

jk, I think hes gonna drop but not that low. I see around 7-12 range.

[HeyIt'sMe]

Raps want our #2?

Sure that'll cost you either one Terrance Ross, one Demar DeRozan or both please.

The only think I would be interested in is Ross.

Jonas is going nowhere & they have no picks this year.

No way we trade with them.

Ross and a 2014 pick?

I hope not. Ross is terrible.

[dsg2021]

ESPN NBA Players Do Their Own Mock Draft:

2. Ben McLemore, G, Kansas
Selected by: Jameer Nelson

"He's NBA-ready for the most part, and you can always use an athletic wing player that can get up and down the court and score the ball," the nine-year point guard says about McLemore, who averaged almost 16 points per game and shot 42 percent from 3-point range. "He'll fit right in with core of young guys we have, and I'll be there to groom him."

[LBPTarHeel27]

Raps want our #2?

Sure that'll cost you either one Terrance Ross, one Demar DeRozan or both please.

The only think I would be interested in is Ross.

Jonas is going nowhere & they have no picks this year.

It'd be nice if they had the ability to trade their 2014 pick.

The best combo of picks they could offer is Sacramento's 2014 2nd Round Pick & their own 2015 First Round pick.

Jonas Val would have to be in there...Ross isn't enough.

[rcklsscognition]

This guy is such a moron:

Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard 9s

Little chance of Magic parting with no. 2 pick

[LBPTarHeel27]

This guy is such a moron:

Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard 9s

Little chance of Magic parting with no. 2 pick

To be fair, I think there is little chance of any of the top 5 actually moving their pick.

[rcklsscognition]

Raps want our #2?

Sure that'll cost you either one Terrance Ross, one Demar DeRozan or both please.

The only think I would be interested in is Ross.

Jonas is going nowhere & they have no picks this year.

It'd be nice if they had the ability to trade their 2014 pick.

The best combo of picks they could offer is Sacramento's 2014 2nd Round Pick & their own 2015 First Round pick.

Jonas Val would have to be in there...Ross isn't enough.

I think the 1st pick they have to offer is their 2015 1st rounder since they traded their 2013 1st, right?

[tranjSAIC]

Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard 1m
Also hearing that Toronto is looking to grab the No. 2 pick. Not sure who they're targeting, but Oladipo is an educated guess....

BOOM

The Raps don't have anything worth a crap they could give us.

Val would be good, but we don't really need him with Vuc here.

[OrlChamps2030]

No way Toronto trades Jonas..

[thelead]

No way Toronto trades Jonas..

then we hang up

[Noonskadoodle]

No way Toronto trades Jonas..

Nope.

& like others have stated....Ross is simply no where near enough.

[woosah]

they don't know what the magic will do

we're all in the same boat

[LBPTarHeel27]

It'd be nice if they had the ability to trade their 2014 pick.

The best combo of picks they could offer is Sacramento's 2014 2nd Round Pick & their own 2015 First Round pick.

Jonas Val would have to be in there...Ross isn't enough.

I think the 1st pick they have to offer is their 2015 1st rounder since they traded their 2013 1st, right?

Sorry if that wasn't clear but yeah...that's what I was saying.

[BadMofoPimp]

Boston can't be trading short term contracts for Wallaces mamouth contract. That would be suicide for Ainge.

[Noonskadoodle]

NBA teams are going to wish they had drafted Arsalan Kazemi.

When he became a Duck, the country finally got a glimpse of the 6-foot-7 rebounding machine who had been hidden away in Texas the previous three seasons. Kazemi went on to lead the country in defensive rebounding percentage (in a BCS conference, no less) while being a catalyst for an Oregon team that made its first Sweet 16 since 2007. Yet despite collecting 45 rebounds in three games on college basketball’s biggest stage, Kazemi still finds himself on the NBA fringes.

Tim Miles, the head coach at Nebraska, witnessed firsthand what a destructive force Kazemi can be during an epic 17-rebound performance in a non-conference tilt at Eugene. Needless to say, the coach came away impressed.

“You have to keep an eye on him in so many facets in terms of the way he rebounds the ball,” says Miles. “It’s not just an athleticism thing, it’s more of an intuitive thing. He plays on mistakes. You lean left, he goes right and it’s over, he’s got the ball.”

As impressive as Kazemi’s ability to clean the glass is, it’s hard to peg exactly how much value it holds to NBA teams. Evans had to fight his way onto NBA rosters before working himself into Brooklyn’s starting lineup this past season. Faried, on the other hand, was the 22nd overall pick in the 2011 draft. Of the two, Kazemi has far more in common with Faried. While he isn’t on the same level as a collegiate scorer, Kazemi has the exact same wingspan as the Manimal, and the two produced virtually identical results in their pre-draft athletic testing. And like the blue-collar Faried, there is little to worry about when it comes to Kazemi’s attitude and effort.

“There’s absolutely no doubt about his character,” says Kazemi’s head coach at Oregon, Dana Altman. “He graduated right on time. He’s a bright, articulate young man. Very good work ethic. He’s not afraid to put the hours in.”

Another interesting twist in this draft mystery is that unlike Evans and Faried, Kazemi won’t be a liability on defense. The Oregon forward was such a devastating pick-and-roll defender at the college level that he could single-handedly disrupt an opposing offense. “He’s one of those guys you game-plan around,” says Miles. Both Miles and Altman also pointed out how well Kazemi moves his feet — a huge plus for NBA teams hoping to use aggressive pick-and-roll defenses like the one Miami employs. Each coach also firmly believes Kazemi can routinely switch onto, and contain, smaller guards out of that same action when the situation calls for it.

He’s a middling offensive threat, lacks a reliable jumper, and is not nearly the elite finisher Faried is. He also turned 23 immediately following his senior season, bringing up concerns that part of his dominance was because of his age. Still, it’s hard to peg exactly why NBA teams appear unwilling to use at least a low second-round draft pick to bring Kazemi into the fold. What it may boil down to is one of the more common words you will hear on draft night: upside.

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[LBPTarHeel27]

Boston can't be trading short term contracts for Wallaces mamouth contract. That would be suicide for Ainge.

It really looks like Ainge is trying to "pay it forward".

He got Garnett for nothing...so now he is trying to give him away for nothing.

[Neon1]

My gut tells me were going Oladipo.