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Holy ****... Tyreke Evans almost has a 7 ft wingspan!!

other standouts:
Jrue Holiday, and James Harden is actually 6'5" in shoes and weighs 222lbs!!! plus has a great wingspan!

Interesting:

Griffin: 6'10" with shoes- Hate to say I TOLD YOU SO. Remember haters saying 6'6"? hahahaha.
Blair: 6'6.5 with shoes- ouch. (does have a 7'2" wingspan but still).
Clark: 6'10"- big plus. Huge reach and wingspan as well.
Evans: As previously stated huge wingspan, such a positive.
Harden: Solid 6'5"
Holiday: Solid 6'4" with 6'7" wingspan.
Maynor: 6'3"+- Good size
Mills/Flynn/Lawson: Only 6' with shoes.

Hopefully Blair being that short will help him fall. Maybe we could nab him with 23 or if we're super lucky 31. And Harden being about 6'5 gives me some hope, maybe false hope, but it just makes me thing MAYBE we could use him to play the 2 and move martin over. Martin would have to bulk up tremendously, but that would be sick!

PG @ 23/Beno
Harden/Garcia
Martin/Garcia/Greene
Thompson/Blair at 31 would be AMAZING
Hawes/FA

That would be so terrible on defense, but it would put up 115 a game.

For bigs at #23, Hansbrough is only 1/2" smaller and 15lbs lighter than Griffin and has a larger wingspan than Griffin. If you don't think this guy could be at least an energy guy and enforcer off the bench you are not even realistic. Remember too Tyler had an early injury that he played through (not like Marvin Williams who refused to play in the playoffs with a sprained wrist because it would hurt his stats) and never got his bounce this past year with his rebounding way down and you could see he wasn't as effective with the injury. He should heal from that this summer and be able to be a bouncing guy again. I think if he falls to us at #23 would be a good choice. Hansbrough (or any other similar big) would be a much cheaper option than Diogu (both had similar stats in college) option if he falls so late.

I am so excited about us getting any PG who is mentally tough at the #4 and know that the PG will be the last piece of the rebuilding foundation that will make the Kings on the trail to being contenders again. I agree we shouldn't trade the farm for Rubio, if he slips fine if not continue on, I am really more hopeful about this offseason despite the slip in draft position.

Tyler Hansborogh will be a Christian Lattenar type pro.

Not great arm length for Griffin, but definitely not enough to really worry anybody.

Pretty annoying that we didn't get to see measurements of Rubio or Jennings. Also, I'm assuming that the athletic measurements will come out later?

it makes it worse that we didnt get #1. the only question mark on griffin is his true size and he made it. to make it worse, i cant stop thinking about how in the tourney he went up for a dunk, slammed is head on the back board and still dunked it.

if evans shows good pg skills i wouldn't mind him at 4.

I wish we saw jennings. i think if he is at least 6'1 and 185 he could still be the guy. He still has tons of potential and think if he was able to show his skill more he could be a guy to go 2 or 3.

I dont think martin can guard sf. i dont even wanna think about watching him try to guard hedo, melo and lebron. even lower guys like moon or ak47 would dominate him. i think kevin martin has topped out and at best if he gets tougher he will be a rip hamelton with a better 3.

i just dont think harden and martin could play together. one would need to get traded a some point.

i wouldnt mind getting phsyco t. hes big and could be big energy off the bench like joe smith-birdman combo.

maybe holiday would be cool. seems like he could be a good defender and playmaker next to martin, but id like to trade down to get him.

also, clark could be cool if we traded down a few. dude came out bigger than i thought he would. could be like putting granger next to martin.

Even tho we didnt get #1or2, it may work out for us. we have options to do what we want.

I'm putting all my allegance behind Holiday. No more trading down to get him... everything he does, he's impressing.

^^Griffin did not 'make it' really. That standing reach is a legitimate concern. It's tough to find many great post players with an 8' 9" standing reach. And it's really going to hurt his defensive potential.

just 3 words: select Jrue Holiday!

murray wrote:Interesting:

Griffin: 6'10" with shoes- Hate to say I TOLD YOU SO. Remember haters saying 6'6"? hahahaha.
Blair: 6'6.5 with shoes- ouch. (does have a 7'2" wingspan but still).
Clark: 6'10"- big plus. Huge reach and wingspan as well.
Evans: As previously stated huge wingspan, such a positive.
Harden: Solid 6'5"
Holiday: Solid 6'4" with 6'7" wingspan.
Maynor: 6'3"+- Good size
Mills/Flynn/Lawson: Only 6' with shoes.

Dudes got a big head and short arms. Hate to say I TOLD YOU SO! Hahaha.

Pretty impressed with the measurement of Harangody. He's a solid 6'7 1/2" in shoes with some pretty good reach. At least all the shortish PF's, Blair and Adrien in particular, all had some serious reach.

I was a big Blair fan but his measurements count him out for my draft board. I was hesitant thinking he was 6'7 but 6'5? Really?

Nicky Nix Nook wrote:I was a big Blair fan but his measurements count him out for my draft board. I was hesitant thinking he was 6'7 but 6'5? Really?

Basketball is played in shoes. For reference, he'll likely be listed at 6'7" in the NBA, and he definitely has the wingspan to make up for it.

Yeah this is about what everyone thought he'd be.

I misread, I meant 6'6.5. Still I don't see him doing much in this league.

You know what's kind of weird about Blair? He looked in great shape during the drills and apparently lost quite a bit of weight going in and he STILL weighs 276 lbs! That's crazy, he's either got some heavy and thick bones or he's a big slab of muscle.

I really like Blair, even though he's a bit raw he's still very skilled and has obvious court awareness that a lot of bigs don't have.

Nicky Nix Nook wrote:I misread, I meant 6'6.5. Still I don't see him doing much in this league.

He absolutely tore apart thabeet on multiple occasions. The guy knows how to play the game, and if he fell to 31, I would pull the trigger in a heartbeat.

Evans's measurements...

KM44 wrote:

Nicky Nix Nook wrote:I misread, I meant 6'6.5. Still I don't see him doing much in this league.

He absolutely tore apart thabeet on multiple occasions. The guy knows how to play the game, and if he fell to 31, I would pull the trigger in a heartbeat.

There is no way Blair will drop to 31. No way. We have a better chance of gettting Griffin at #4 than getting Blair at 31. He will be a lottery pick, no doubt about it.