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LBPTarHeel27 wrote:BadMofoPimp wrote: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 wrote:My gut tells me were going Oladipo.
thelead wrote:Neon1 wrote:My gut tells me were going Oladipo.
I think we go Noel if he's there and Oladipo if he's not.
thelead wrote:LBPTarHeel27 wrote:BadMofoPimp wrote: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.
Ainge is going all in on Wiggins/Parker/Randle
It's as simple as that.
thelead wrote:LBPTarHeel27 wrote:BadMofoPimp wrote: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.
Ainge is going all in on Wiggins/Parker/Randle
It's as simple as that.
Noonskadoodle wrote: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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thelead wrote:Don't forget that Rondo is injured and they can milk it. Or they could simply trade Rondo next.
LBPTarHeel27 wrote:thelead wrote:Don't forget that Rondo is injured and they can milk it. Or they could simply trade Rondo next.
I'm not saying that they CAN'T do it...but they have a LONG way to go.
They'd need to trade Rondo, Green, Wallace, Humpries, Bass, and Lee to truly get in to rebuild mode.
