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Post#1 » by roy7 » Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:59 am

TIER 1
beasley
rose
mayo

TIER 2
bayless
gordon
thabeet

Tier 3
lopez
jordan
randolph
westbrook

These are my top players in rankings in terms of best player avalible what are yours?
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Post#2 » by mojomarc » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:41 am

TIER 1
Beasley

TIER 2
Rose
Bayless
Mayo
Gordan

TIER 3
Lopez
Batum

TIER REACH
Thabeet
Jordan
Hibbert
Westbrook
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Post#3 » by NBAMAN2006 » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:12 am

Players oder in tier's also indicate overall ranking....

TIER 1
Michael Beasley
Derrick Rose
OJ Mayo

TIER 2
Eric Gordon
Nicolas Batum
Russell Westbrook

TIER 3
Danilo Gallinari
Jerryd Bayless
DJ Augustine
Brook Lopez
Hasheem Thabeet
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Post#4 » by Fitz303 » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:45 am

roy7 wrote:TIER 1
beasley
rose
mayo

TIER 2
bayless
gordon
thabeet

Tier 3
lopez
jordan
randolph
westbrook

These are my top players in rankings in terms of best player available what are yours?


Thats pretty close.. I would put Mayo in the top of the 2nd tier, and put Jordan in the 2nd tier. Thats about the only changes Id make
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Post#5 » by Yadadimean » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:31 am

Good thread, but instead of tiers I'll just post my top 5 draft board as far as the Blazers go, not who I necessarily think the top players are.

1. Rose
2. Beasley
3. Gordon
4. Bayless
5. Mayo

I'm too loaded right now to think about any other players and what tier they might fall into...I'll give it another shot when I wake up!
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Post#6 » by kumquat » Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:09 pm

Yadadimean wrote:Good thread, but instead of tiers I'll just post my top 5 draft board as far as the Blazers go, not who I necessarily think the top players are.

1. Rose
2. Beasley
3. Gordon
4. Bayless
5. Mayo

I'm too loaded right now to think about any other players and what tier they might fall into...I'll give it another shot when I wake up!


I'm pretty much in line with that for the blazers picks. I'd trade Beasley for a star.
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Post#7 » by Billy » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:07 pm

mojomarc wrote:TIER 1
Beasley

TIER 2
Rose
Bayless
Mayo
Gordan

TIER 3
Lopez
Batum

TIER REACH
Thabeet
Jordan
Hibbert
Westbrook


That looks perfect to me. I'm not really sold on Gordon just from the personnel standpoint. I don't think he's a good enough ball handler to help Roy out there, and I don't want Roy having 90% of those duties. 50/50 is more ideal to me. But from a pure talent stand point this looks pretty solid.

I also would probably consider flip flopping Bayless and Mayo. But to me those two are relatively close.

I'm really not sold on Thabeet, Westbrook or Hibbert much at all. I'd probably be pretty happy with Jordan if he fell all the way to #13, but I'm sure some team is going to make him a top 5 pick.
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Post#8 » by riehldeal » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:26 pm

My Big Board

1. Beasley
2. Rose
3. Mayo
4. Lopez
5. Gordon
6. Bayless
7. Thabeet
8. Randolph
9. Arthur
10. Jordan
11. Gallinari
12. Batum
13. Hibbert
14. Budinger
15. Westbrook
16. Thompson
17. Love
18. Augustin
19. Hendrix
20. CDR
21. Hardin
22. Collison
23. Hansbrough
24. Lee
25. Rush
26. Anderson
27. Pekovic
28. Weaver
29. Asik
30. Erden
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Post#9 » by mojomarc » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:12 pm

Billy wrote:I'm really not sold on Thabeet, Westbrook or Hibbert much at all. I'd probably be pretty happy with Jordan if he fell all the way to #13, but I'm sure some team is going to make him a top 5 pick.


That's why I named my last group "Tier Reach"--they're players that some team will reach for far above where they really should be and where their eventual NBA contribution will likely be. None of the big men in this draft will end up being superstars, certainly, and Jordan is the only one I can ever see being a solid starter in the league because of his athleticism. Thabeet and Hibbert look like perennial projects to me, particularly Hibbert (who has the footspeed of a tree sloth).

As for Mayo/Bayless, I think they are both about equal in terms of the draft. I personally think Mayo will end up being the better player if he gets his head on straight, but that was a big enough "if" that I put Bayless ahead of him.
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Post#10 » by SoHo » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:56 pm

My ratings...

Tier 1
Beasley

Tier 1.5
Rose

Tier 2
Bayless
Lopez
Mayo
Gordon

Tier 3
Gallinari
Arthur
Batum
Jordan

Bubble
Augustin (he might even fit into a tier 2.5, I'm just not totally sold)
Randolph (need to see way more of him)
Westbrook (I think he has loads of potential, but he's raw and can't shoot)
Thabeet (once again he's got potential, but I think he's a big risk/project)

I need to see more of the international players (haven't seen much of Batum this year compared to last) and definitely want to see more of Gallinari. I've watched a ton of Pac-10 hoops this year, so I'm a bit biased in that regard. I made a bubble category for players I think could jump up or down and I think DeAndre Jordan belongs there, but I have no doubt he'll be taken high, so he's in tier 3. In tier 2 I think the order could be shifted a million times depending on what you want out of your pick. They'll all be good, but at different things.
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Post#11 » by SoHo » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:02 pm

mojomarc wrote:None of the big men in this draft will end up being superstars, certainly, and Jordan is the only one I can ever see being a solid starter in the league because of his athleticism. Thabeet and Hibbert look like perennial projects to me, particularly Hibbert (who has the footspeed of a tree sloth).


I don't know whether you factored Brook Lopez into this discussion of big men, but I think he is going to be a very solid starter in this league. Certainly has a better shot than Jordan IMO. Hopefully Stanford makes it far enough in the tournament for him to play against players like Thabeet and Hibbert so people can see how good he really is.
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Post#12 » by Mr Odd » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:51 pm

I liked what SoHo put, I changed it slightly.

Tier 1
Beasley

Tier 1.5
Rose

Tier 2
Bayless
Mayo
Gordon

Tier 3
Lopez
Gallinari
Arthur
Batum
Jordan

Tier wildcard
Augustin
Randolph
Westbrook
Thabeet
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Post#13 » by b_roy7 » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:01 pm

Tier 1:
Beasley
Rose

Tier 2:
Bayless
Gordon
Mayo

Tier 3:
Batum
Augustin
Hibbert
Westbrook
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Post#14 » by Wizenheimer » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:24 pm

for those ranking Batum and Galinari...

I've never seen them play and be curious about why you'd think they can be good NBA players.

And if they'd be better the portland's current SF's
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Post#15 » by NBAMAN2006 » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:35 pm

Batum is much more unrefined than Danilo, but also probably has more potential(Almost due solely to his athlecism).

I like Galinari more. He is just such a smart player, probably would immediately have the 2nd best BBall IQ on this team after Roy(Although Blake might be #2). He can shoot, pass and rebound. Reminds me alot of the current Turkoglu.
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Post#16 » by Mr Odd » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:47 pm

Wizenheimer wrote:for those ranking Batum and Galinari...

I've never seen them play and be curious about why you'd think they can be good NBA players.

And if they'd be better the portland's current SF's




Ive seen 2 games with Batum & 1 game of Gallinari.
Then ive seen highlights on youtube but you cant
put a lot of faith into youtube highlights.. .lol

My random 2cents.. .
Batum is better then Gallinari however Gallinari
has a better NBA body. Both of them are very
good on the open court, Batum is a high flyer.
Both have NBA 3pt range but streaky.. .I think
Batum has much more upside. I dont believe
either would be a starting SF on the Blazers
but I think Batum would be pretty close and
could creep up on Webster in starting.. .
Gallinari might fall a bit because of his contract.
If I remember correctly he has one of those
contracts that will be hard to get out of.. .
Gallinari is the better shooter. When I think
of Batum, I think of Travis Outlaw but a bit
better when it comes to taking it to the hoop
and probably a little bit better in ballhandling.
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Post#17 » by Jsun947 » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:58 am

For us...

1.) Rose
2.) Beasley
3.) Bayless
4.) Gordon
5.) Mayo

After that I don't care so much... It gets messy.
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Post#18 » by DmoneyH3 » Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:13 am

Eric Gordon
Russell Westbrook
Derrick Rose
Jerryd Bayless
OJ Mayo

I am only focusing on these 5. I don't think Beasley will be a great NBA'er and none of the bigs look too enticing.
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Post#19 » by TradeMachine » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:24 am

For the Blazers, going by need instead of BPA:

1. Rose
2. Augustin
3. Westbrook

4. Donte Greene- if he comes out.
5. Collison
6. Gordon

7. Bayless
8. Mayo
9. Lawson

Beasley would be behind right Rose, if we were picking BPA.

It looks more and more like we will be picking at #13, and I'd much rather trade that pick and some of our youth for a proven PG that fits our age bracket (23-28). If we're hellbent on picking a player, my personal favorite is DJ Augustin.

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