arambone's top 25 3/19/14

[arambone]

1 parker
2 embiid
3 smart
4 wiggins
5 gordon
6 exum
7 nurkic
8 anderson
9 randle
10 cauley stein
11 vonleh
12 tyler ennis
13 mcdermott
14 capela
15 n anderson (pg)
16 tj warren
17 gary harris
18 stauskas
19 hood
20 payne
21 hairston
22 mario hezonja
23 saric
24 young
25 harrell

[Magic_Johnny12]

Magic pick Smart over Wiggins 0_o then picks another PG in Ennis while still having Nelson and Dipo, que?

[arambone]

it's not team specific. More of a big board.

[JB2]

it's not team specific. More of a big board.

and a pretty horrid one at that. No offense.

[arambone]

it's not team specific. More of a big board.

and a pretty horrid one at that. No offense.

care to elaborate, or is that the full extent of your mental capacities? No offense.

[JB2]

I don't know if you based this "big board" on reality or your own personal biases but there is no realm of possibility where Smart is ahead of Wiggins.

[LloydFree]

1 parker
2 embiid
3 smart
4 wiggins
5 gordon
6 exum
7 nurkic
8 anderson
9 randle
10 cauley stein
11 vonleh
12 tyler ennis
13 mcdermott
14 capela
15 n anderson (pg)
16 tj warren
17 gary harris
18 stauskas
19 hood
20 payne
21 hairston
22 mario hezonja
23 saric
24 young
25 harrell

Wiggins > Parker,
Vonleh > Randle,
Young > Harris,
Stauskas > McDermott,
Everybody > Caulie-Stein

[arambone]

thanks for the reply. I can definitely see the argument for stauska over mcdermott, and a few other solid 2 guards.

As far as cauley stein, bigs always rise as the draft approaches, and besides embiid, there really isn't another rim protector in the top 15 or even top 25.

He looked pretty good yesterday, and obviously covers a ton of ground as a free safety shot blocking specialist.

There's only so many guys who can do that in the nba, and i think cauley stein gets trashed for not producing at the same level as davis and noel.

Cauley stein doesn't need to be as good as anthony davis to go top 10 even in this deep draft. As far as noel, it seems cauley stein is playing just about as well this year as noel played last year.

Team need is going to play a factor in who goes where, but cauley stein brings physical gifts that vonleh and randle and maybe even embiid just don't have.

Cauley stein also doesnt seem to be a big failure in the intangibles department, so he'll get drafted based on what kind of stud role player he can be in a couple years as a defensive specialist.

The celtics could really use a guy like cauley stein more than a guy like randle or vonleh.

The other side of the argument might be that a chris walker drafted in the 20s might be better value than cauley stein in the lotto, even if walker is much more raw and a 2-4 year project.

[LloydFree]

thanks for the reply. I can definitely see the argument for stauska over mcdermott, and a few other solid 2 guards.

As far as cauley stein, bigs always rise as the draft approaches, and besides embiid, there really isn't another rim protector in the top 15 or even top 25.

He looked pretty good yesterday, and obviously covers a ton of ground as a free safety shot blocking specialist.

There's only so many guys who can do that in the nba, and i think cauley stein gets trashed for not producing at the same level as davis and noel.

Cauley stein doesn't need to be as good as anthony davis to go top 10 even in this deep draft. As far as noel, it seems cauley stein is playing just about as well this year as noel played last year.

Team need is going to play a factor in who goes where, but cauley stein brings physical gifts that vonleh and randle and maybe even embiid just don't have.

Cauley stein also doesnt seem to be a big failure in the intangibles department, so he'll get drafted based on what kind of stud role player he can be in a couple years as a defensive specialist.

The celtics could really use a guy like cauley stein more than a guy like randle or vonleh.

The other side of the argument might be that a chris walker drafted in the 20s might be better value than cauley stein in the lotto, even if walker is much more raw and a 2-4 year project.

Exactly. There is no point in wasting a lottery pick on Cauley-Stein, when you can draft Chris Walker in the 20's to do the same things. While Cauley-Stein's ceiling is probably Javalle McGee, how much better is Cauley-Stein than a minimum salary guy like Dwayne Dedmond?

[arambone]

I don't know if you based this "big board" on reality or your own personal biases but there is no realm of possibility where Smart is ahead of Wiggins.

we must have entered a new realm.