Is it possible for Beasley or Rose to go #3?

Cammo101 · Post #21 » by **Cammo101** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:08 am

No chance. Any team that would take another player #2 would trade the pick, not draft less value.

JMillott · Post #22 » by **JMillott** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:40 pm

Its not completely outside the realm of the possible that a team like the Wolves could go with OJ Mayo over Michael Beasley. The pairing of Beasley and Jefferson would be far from ideal defensively and they would both take shots from the other offensively.

PG Foye/Telfair
SG Mayo/McCants
SF Gomes/Brewer
PF Jefferson/Smith/Gomes
C ????/Jefferson/Richard

Post #23 » by **gswhoops** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:13 pm

Cammo101 wrote:No chance. Any team that would take another player #2 would trade the pick, not draft less value.

Bingo.

Even if a team like Minnesota wanted Mayo more then whichever of Beasley/Rose was available to them, they would simply trade down and pick up a VERY nice piece in return.

GJense4181 · Post #24 » by **GJense4181** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:51 pm

How often does trading down in the NBA draft happen? Hm?

Post #25 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:57 pm

GJense4181 wrote:^Portland is a tough call, since only Rose is a good fit for them. Beasley would have to play SF and Mayo PG. OJ, a 6'5" scoring PG, would be semi-redundant with Brandon Roy, a 6'6" combo guard that averages 6 apg.
Although, you are probably right that Portland is worse off with Jarrett Jack/Steve Blake/Sergio Rodriguez at PG than they are with James Jones/Travis Outlaw/Martell Webster at SF.

That might be a good reason to have Mayo, because you know that Roy can handle the PG spot if Mayo is struggling. Neither is a true point, but they certainly handle and dish well enough to split ball handling abilities.

GJense4181 · Post #26 » by **GJense4181** » Mon May 19, 2008 6:32 pm

^You think so?
For some reason I always try to avoid playing combo Gs or F tweeners together.
I realize that having two players that are half PG/half SG is probably equivalent to having a complete PG and a complete SG...but in that case, shouldn't Miami look into drafting OJ Mayo if they have the third pick?

yearsago · Post #27 » by **yearsago** » Mon May 19, 2008 8:20 pm

GoBobcats · Post #28 » by **GoBobcats** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:08 am

No Way

illastrate · Post #29 » by **illastrate** » Tue May 20, 2008 7:11 pm

GJense4181 wrote:How often does trading down in the NBA draft happen? Hm?

In '04, the Clips traded down the #2 pick(Okafor) to Charlotte for the #4 pick(Livingston) and Charlotte's 2nd rounder(Lionel Chalmers).

girlygirl · Post #30 » by **girlygirl** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:20 pm

cdash · Post #31 » by **cdash** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:13 am

Isiah Thomas got fired, so no.

Post #32 » by **Klomp** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:47 am

I hope it happens

Wade2k6 · Post #33 » by **Wade2k6** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:55 am

Bulls take one of Beasley and Rose, and there's no way in hell the Heat pass one of those two players up.

Hiphophead101 · Post #34 » by **Hiphophead101** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:47 am

Basileus777 wrote:No, the Hawks don't have a lotto pick.

Lol oh god. Hey, Horford should have been Rookie of the year hands down in their eyes too right? :rofl:

_BBIB_ · Post #35 » by **_BBIB_** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:56 am

Hiphophead101 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Lol oh god. Hey, Horford should have been Rookie of the year hands down in their eyes too right?

Yeah Horford was such a bad pick ....

ponder276 wrote:If Rose goes #1, and the Hawks pick #2, you never know

JOke doesn't even make sense seeing that Beasley is a forward and that is supposed to be Hawks biggest love.

Hiphophead101 · Post #36 » by **Hiphophead101** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:04 am

I diddnt say Horford was a bad pick, he was good. I was simply putting a refrence of talent evaluation in there.

_BBIB_ · Post #37 » by **_BBIB_** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:24 am

Hiphophead101 wrote:I diddnt say Horford was a bad pick, he was good. I was simply putting a refrence of talent evaluation in there.

So you're mocking the idea that Horford should have been rookie of the year?

A pivotal piece in leading the Hawks to their first post-season apperance this century.

It's a joke that he should receive any votes over a guy who was a chuck on the 2nd worst team in the league?

Hiphophead101 · Post #38 » by **Hiphophead101** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:30 am

Franchise player > Role player

:crazy:

I think I know who is making the allstar team first. Thanks.