Official Wizards Draft Thread: Version 2.0

Soup's Uncle · Post #221 » by **Soup's Uncle** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:06 pm

newslowsad wrote:Ernie holding a presser at 2 PM today.

"We'll look at all of our options. If we feel like we can move the pick in a trade, that could be an option or we could keep the pick and take the best player available."

There, he doesn;t need to have a presser now. I just summed up what he will say about the draft.

newslowsad · Post #222 » by **newslowsad** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:36 pm

Soup's Uncle wrote:
newslowsad wrote:Ernie holding a presser at 2 PM today.

"We'll look at all of our options. If we feel like we can move the pick in a trade, that could be an option or we could keep the pick and take the best player available."

There, he doesn;t need to have a presser now. I just summed up what he will say about the draft.

pretty much, well done soup.

closg00 · Post #223 » by **closg00** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:46 pm

The latest trade rumor has Cleveland sending Side-Show to GS for Al Harrington. If that pull that off, they mos-def will go big with their first pick....probably whoever we don't pick - Hibbert or Speights?
I hope the Cavs don't get Hibbert.

Soup's Uncle · Post #224 » by **Soup's Uncle** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:59 pm

Yeah that would suck to have a hometown product play for the evil empire.

Post #225 » by **LyricalRico** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:25 pm

^ If Cleveland went that route I'd expect them to make Ben their backup C, thus no need for Hibbert. Harrington would play PF and they'd probably go for a guard like Lee or Chalmers.

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #226 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:52 pm

So who's covering the presser? I assume it's not Ivan.

tkunit · Post #227 » by **tkunit** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:04 pm

http://www.washingtonwizardsblog.com/20 ... conference

here is the clips

newslowsad · Post #228 » by **newslowsad** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:11 pm

I'm at work, did Ernie say anything meaningful?

tkunit · Post #229 » by **tkunit** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:26 pm

newslowsad wrote:I'm at work, did Ernie say anything meaningful?

The draft is deep this year.

dobrojim · Post #230 » by **dobrojim** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:35 pm

Nothing much.

He predictably kept his cards close to his chest.
He talked a little about Hibbs saying they really
didn't need for him to come in. They've seen him,
they know him yada yada.

He said BPA a couple/few times.

Said Etan should be 100% this year.

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #231 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:42 pm

He said "best player available" about eight times.

Post #232 » by **LyricalRico** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:50 pm

A couple things that Ernie said that caught my ear were:

1) His theory is BPA.
2) He doesn't think the workouts mean that much.

Enlarging on the second point, EG said that workouts for him are mostly to get to know the player. He wants to sit down and talk to the kid and see how he responds. The thing is - I don't know if that means he's more or less likely to pick somebody he didn't get to talk to during a scheduled workout. Interesting.

newslowsad · Post #233 » by **newslowsad** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:57 pm

Today's workouts courtesy of the official blog:

Donte Greene - Syracuse
Will Daniels - Rhode Island
Will Thomas - George Mason

Thomas has reportedly inked a deal to play in Belgium, FYI.

Post #234 » by **miller31time** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:11 pm

LyricalRico wrote:A couple things that Ernie said that caught my ear were:

1) His theory is BPA.

It's not just his theory - he flat-out said that, if we keep the pick, we're taking BPA.

spaceman_E · Post #235 » by **spaceman_E** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:11 pm

A couple things unrelated to the draft.
EG didn't mention VV playing summer league. Does he not count as a roster player since he isn't signed or is it assumed he just won't make it over this summer?
Also, the way he responded to the Boston question surely gave me the impression that we had no shot at KG last year.

AgentOvechkin08 · Post #236 » by **AgentOvechkin08** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:13 pm

I say we can afford a project player at 18 (Greene, McGee, AJinca, etc.)
Say we draft Green, there is a couple things we could do:
1. We can stick him on the end of our bench for a year or two and see how he develops because with our roster set, he does not have to come in and contribute.
2. Put him in the D-League. Give him major minutes and could help him develop faster to contribute in the NBA.

That could be for any project not just Greene.

newslowsad · Post #237 » by **newslowsad** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:13 pm

Ernie was stating that you can only have four current roster players on your summer league team.

If VV was to play, he'd be eligble since he technically isn't on our current roster.

By the way, Spiritualized rules (noticed your av).

Post #238 » by **LyricalRico** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:50 pm

miller31time wrote:
LyricalRico wrote:A couple things that Ernie said that caught my ear were:

1) His theory is BPA.

It's not just his theory - he flat-out said that, if we keep the pick, we're taking BPA.

I meant his approach to the draft overall is BPA, which would of course include his plans for the #18.

newslowsad · Post #239 » by **newslowsad** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:51 pm

Bullets Forever echo my thoughts on the following perfectly:

We aren't going Euro: This was probably the part that made me feel best. Someone asked him about drafting a European, and while Ernie said he wouldn't rule it out, he answered the question mostly by listing the dangers of buyout clauses and the like. It seems he was shaken by the Navarro situation, and wants to avoid that happening again. That makes me happy, because we've used the Euro-and-stash strategy way too much recently (Veremeeko, Navarro, Pech, etc).

More insight on Ernie's presser at BF:
http://www.bulletsforever.com/2008/6/24 ... -s-presser

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #240 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:01 pm

Just got through watching Jon Givony on nbatv. Says the underrated guy in this draft is Hendrix. He listed the undersized PFs of the past few seasons who've come in as suprises.

He has seen the light!

I remember emailing him and Joe T over at DX, explaining the same thing about Millsap when neither felt that he'd be anything special.

Jon G's expanded his site in a terrific way and he's also learned that the size of a player's heart matters sometimes much more than the size on tape.

Arthur, if he ends up being the pick, is nowhere near as good Hendrx. Same with Speights. Same with Alexander.