Official Raptors 2012 NBA Draft Thread, Part 8

[Man of Steel]

Glad to see Barnes performing well. The better these guys play, the better a crop we have to choose from come draft night.

[MaliBrah]

LOL barkley said mcadoo is UNC's best player ahaha

[TheDunc]

Robinson would look good beside JV, if he is he BPA then we should draft him and trade Bargs for a player plus late first round pick and draft Terrence Jones if available

[Brinbe]

Hope this game raises T-Rob's stock enough that someone in-front of us is tempted to take him.

[sunny]

frederick - do you understand what I was talking about before?
Barnes is the most popular prospect outside of David by a huge margin.

Huh, what? not really. Oh Harry hits another one, yay!

I said earlier how people on this forum yearn for barnes success. Despite the fact he isnt one of the top prospects in the draft (IMO 5-8 ish), everyone still goes crazy for him. For example, the regulars on here have dubbed MKG on a tier above Barnes (yourself included), yet you will find significantly more people on here rooting for, and supporting Barnes than MKG.

[fredericklove]

Not trying to put Marshall down but UNC system is all about PG's play. White's doing similar things, feed down low and feed the wings shots off-screen etc, this system favors PGs and bigs more than wings, this system wants wings to be spot up shooters, rather than for them to create for themselves.

[Undefeated]

I'm very impressed with Thomas Robinson so far. Didn't know T-Rob had this sort of face-up skills. I've heard the comparison to Blake Griffin, and it's pretty similar in that the play above the rim, but Blake Griffin has far more advanced post moves and is a better passer. Haven't seen any big who can put the ball on the floor, explode to the basket and finish with some english off the glass with a reverse or scoop the ball bringing the ball down then up. Good stuff.

[AirCanada]

Sullinger looks so angry in that interview.

[5DOM]

Robinson would look good beside JV, if he is he BPA then we should draft him and trade Bargs for a player plus late first round pick and draft Terrence Jones if available

I wouldn't mind drafting Robinson or Sullinger if they are available.

[TheDunc]

My draft board

1st-Anthony Davis
2nd MKG
3rd Barnes
4th Beal
5th Robinson
6th Lamb
7th Drummond
8th Sullinger
9th P.Jones

[sunny]

Damn, I love Sully.

[Major Giz]

How does Jermaine Franklin have a job?

[provecy15]

If we land the number 1 pick, of course you have to Davis. if we get a 2nd or third pick, I think Robinson/Barnes should be next on the raptor draft board. After that Kidd-Gilchrest. Hopefully a top 3 pick, c'mon tank nation

[sunny]

I'm curious what the return for Bargs could be because there are some excellent PF's in this draft.

[GRidge]

I really like Terrence Jones game. MKG still doesn't have me sold. He good but I don't know if I see his game translating to the NBA as well as Barnes would. If we pick up T-Rob and traded Bargs for a later pick and snatched a Lamb and T-Jones I would be pretty content

[TheDunc]

Robinson would look good beside JV, if he is he BPA then we should draft him and trade Bargs for a player plus late first round pick and draft Terrence Jones if available

I wouldn't mind drafting Robinson or Sullinger if they are available.

I dont want sullinger on the raptors. I want a good defender at the 4 besides JV. I think Robinson can be a very good defender something im unsure of with Sullinger. On offense Sullinger has better skill but i prefer Robinsons mix of skill and athletism.

[fredericklove]

frederick - do you understand what I was talking about before?
Barnes is the most popular prospect outside of David by a huge margin.

Huh, what? not really. Oh Harry hits another one, yay!

I said earlier how people on this forum yearn for barnes success. Despite the fact he isnt one of the top prospects in the draft (IMO 5-8 ish), everyone still goes crazy for him. For example, the regulars on here have dubbed MKG on a tier above Barnes (yourself included), yet you will find significantly more people on here rooting for, and supporting Barnes than MKG.

Well idk about others, for me I don't see it that way, I never really get caught on with the hype cos I always thought media overhype Harry way too much, what I do is acknowledge the skill talent on the floor and I only care about that. I never say who's gonna be superstar or who is going to be all star, all I only talk about is the type of skillsets that Barnes, MKG, Davis, Beal, Lamb, Sully and others have. I rest my own case.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

Robinson does look like he has some serious game. His height is questionable, however. I wouldn't mind if we took him as BPA. He looks like he could a prime Antonio McDyess.

[Dr Positivity]

frederick - do you understand what I was talking about before?
Barnes is the most popular prospect outside of David by a huge margin.

Huh, what? not really. Oh Harry hits another one, yay!

I said earlier how people on this forum yearn for barnes success. Despite the fact he isnt one of the top prospects in the draft (IMO 5-8 ish), everyone still goes crazy for him. For example, the regulars on here have dubbed MKG on a tier above Barnes (yourself included), yet you will find significantly more people on here rooting for, and supporting Barnes than MKG.

It's not that they yearn for Barnes specifically, it's that they want to build around the Bargnani and Valanciunas frontcourt, so any wing player looks better than a PF/C.

It's the same reason Q Mill is top 5 in popularity in this board and more talked about than Robinson and Sullinger overall while being a fringe top 20 talent.

People just have a really hard time with the idea of displacing one of our "future starter"s.

[jsmith]

My draft board

1st-Anthony Davis
2nd MKG
3rd Barnes
4th Beal
5th Robinson
6th Lamb
7th Drummond
8th Sullinger
9th P.Jones

Yup about mine too. Maybe flip drummond and robinson, but i'm not sold on drummond at all