I guess petrie looks like somewhat of a genius now, huh?

[RIPskaterdude]

I really have to chuckle reading some of the posts here. There seems to be a lot of agreement that Petrie has been successful drafting in the past and view this draft day as at least good. But despite viewing the draft as successful, there are those who still wanted more! Petrie landed 4 solid players with only 3 picks. I say that's a pretty damn good day's work.

Exactly...and while I think it would have been PERFECT if the Spurs didn't take Blair one pick before us (damn them!), I'm happy with our draft. I just hope that Greene will continue to see minutes, because...

Evans
Martin
Greene
Thompson
Hawes

[Nicky Nix Nook]

I really have to chuckle reading some of the posts here. There seems to be a lot of agreement that Petrie has been successful drafting in the past and view this draft day as at least good. But despite viewing the draft as successful, there are those who still wanted more! Petrie landed 4 solid players with only 3 picks. I say that's a pretty damn good day's work.

Agreed. I thought it was a great draft.

Also, in Rubio's defense Minn is a very small market...again HE has to pay the buyout. It's not as selfish as it sounds.

[rwheeler]

I really have to chuckle reading some of the posts here. There seems to be a lot of agreement that Petrie has been successful drafting in the past and view this draft day as at least good. But despite viewing the draft as successful, there are those who still wanted more! Petrie landed 4 solid players with only 3 picks. I say that's a pretty damn good day's work.

Exactly...and while I think it would have been PERFECT if the Spurs didn't take Blair one pick before us (damn them!), I'm happy with our draft. I just hope that Greene will continue to see minutes, because...

Evans
Martin
Greene
Thompson
Hawes

Agreed. If this core is given time to play together we could seriously have a monster on our hands...

[rwheeler]

I really have to chuckle reading some of the posts here. There seems to be a lot of agreement that Petrie has been successful drafting in the past and view this draft day as at least good. But despite viewing the draft as successful, there are those who still wanted more! Petrie landed 4 solid players with only 3 picks. I say that's a pretty damn good day's work.

Agreed. I thought it was a great draft.

Also, in Rubio's defense Minn is a very small market...again HE has to pay the buyout. It's not as selfish as it sounds.

Oh, well I can see it differently now. And I guess he does get less money going #5 than he would have #4? If I was him though I'd want to stay and prove something. Hell, maybe going back home will be better for him. I wish the kid luck.

[pillwenney]

That was another thing, we all knew how much Minn wanted Rubio and how much their GM was just absolutely sold on him.

Why not
Rubio + 23 for #5 + 18 or Rubio + 38 for #5 + #28

I hate how passive Petrie is in EVERY SINGLE draft.

Has he ever made a draft day trade?!!

Like others have said, something like that may not have been feasible. I know there were rumors at different points that Minnesota really liked Evans. We didn't know how much they liked Rubio until after they drafted him, really (a time when nothing anyone says should be taken too seriously).

Also, moving up 5 spots to 18 seems like it would've been unnecessary. My impression (and this is admittedly just based off of speculation) was that we wanted Casspi from the beginning here. 38 for 28 would've been a good idea (and by the way, that is a draft day trade, as was J-Will for Bibby) if we were willing to give somebody else a guaranteed contract, but again, we don't know if Minnesota would've given us the leverage to do that.

[sdkingsfan]

I really have to chuckle reading some of the posts here. There seems to be a lot of agreement that Petrie has been successful drafting in the past and view this draft day as at least good. But despite viewing the draft as successful, there are those who still wanted more! Petrie landed 4 solid players with only 3 picks. I say that's a pretty damn good day's work.

You think the draft was successful, and you are entitled to that opinion. I am entitled to the opinion that a) Rubio was born to play the point, and might be the better long-term answer at the point than Evans, and b) Petrie could have drafted Rubio and used as pawn to bring in more talent.

I give credit to Petrie because he deserves it with his good track record with drafting, but that doesn't mean he is impervious to making mistakes or that as a fan, I can't engage in a little monday morning quarterbacking, or as you say, wanting more.

[Crimson King]

And not sure if Sergio is 'solid', Brockman is a waste of a 2nd round pick, and I don't know anything about Casspi, so '4 solid players with 3 picks' is a bit optimistic.

[Smills91]

And not sure if Sergio is 'solid', Brockman is a waste of a 2nd round pick, and I don't know anything about Casspi, so '4 solid players with 3 picks' is a bit optimistic.

Brockman will have a LONG, SUCCESSFUL career in the NBA. That's not wasting a 2nd round pick, IMO.

[SacKingZZZ]

Petrie has been a good drafter relative to numerical position, but I think there is a major argument and subsequent doubt that he'll be able to actually build a team through the draft. We'll see. His history of lotto picks has typically been solid, but not spectacular, let's hope Evans is an exception to the rule.

[Dustin5566]

Poor Rubio, it must suck that he tried so hard to pick his destination just to get picked to one of the coldest locations in America..Haha..living in Spain he probably doesnt even own a jacket.

That being said I do not think he ever puts on a Wolves jersey.

[Flipstorm]

To reply to the original topic statement, Rubio would not have gone back to Spain had we picked him because he wanted to come here and he would have made more money. I think he has the right to call the shots because he will essentially be playing for free next year (marketing deals aside). As for Petrie, I think he is a pretty good drafter, aside from Douby, and he has an eye for talent. Like another poster said, I hate how passive he is on draft day. And I believe that the Evans pick was a BPA in his eyes because like mitchweber said he does not fit the Princeton offense.

Are we even trying to run that anymore though? I was under the impression that we were trying to be a run n gun team under Westphal. Or at least look to run a lot, which I feel Rubio fits better for.

[khoff31]

To reply to the original topic statement, Rubio would not have gone back to Spain had we picked him because he wanted to come here and he would have made more money. I think he has the right to call the shots because he will essentially be playing for free next year (marketing deals aside). As for Petrie, I think he is a pretty good drafter, aside from Douby, and he has an eye for talent. Like another poster said, I hate how passive he is on draft day. And I believe that the Evans pick was a BPA in his eyes because like mitchweber said he does not fit the Princeton offense.

Are we even trying to run that anymore though? I was under the impression that we were trying to be a run n gun team under Westphal. Or at least look to run a lot, which I feel Rubio fits better for.

How does Evans not fit in the Princeton offense? That is basically what Coach Calipari ran at Memphis. Look at the success Evans had once they put the ball in his hands and made him the point guard.

[Flipstorm]

To reply to the original topic statement, Rubio would not have gone back to Spain had we picked him because he wanted to come here and he would have made more money. I think he has the right to call the shots because he will essentially be playing for free next year (marketing deals aside). As for Petrie, I think he is a pretty good drafter, aside from Douby, and he has an eye for talent. Like another poster said, I hate how passive he is on draft day. And I believe that the Evans pick was a BPA in his eyes because like mitchweber said he does not fit the Princeton offense.

Are we even trying to run that anymore though? I was under the impression that we were trying to be a run n gun team under Westphal. Or at least look to run a lot, which I feel Rubio fits better for.

How does Evans not fit in the Princeton offense? That is basically what Coach Calipari ran at Memphis. Look at the success Evans had once they put the ball in his hands and made him the point guard.

Um, I'm fairly certain Calipari ran the dribble drive offense at Memphis, which required Evans to dominate the ball and drive to the hoop to either score it or kick it out to someone. I may be wrong, but isn't the Princeton based on lots of cuts and passes and ball movement in order to get a good shot? And Evans is not a good shooter (he can improve though) which is what the Princeton wants from a point guard ala Mike Bibby

[deNIEd]

More like, we would have ended up with the worst record every year, and other than 2000 and 2006, would have got the #4 pick every time...just missing out on the Yao, Lebron and Dwight

Hey 4th pick in '03 was Melo or Wade?

I'd be okay with that lol

[Flipstorm]

More like, we would have ended up with the worst record every year, and other than 2000 and 2006, would have got the #4 pick every time...just missing out on the Yao, Lebron and Dwight

Hey 4th pick in '03 was Melo or Wade?

I'd be okay with that lol

4th pick in '03 was Bosh, but we could of had Wade, which = awesome of course.

[KingInExile]

And not sure if Sergio is 'solid', Brockman is a waste of a 2nd round pick, and I don't know anything about Casspi, so '4 solid players with 3 picks' is a bit optimistic.

Brockman will have a LONG, SUCCESSFUL career in the NBA. That's not wasting a 2nd round pick, IMO.

I can envision Brockman as an Eddie Najara type of pest. The dude had his nose broke something like 5 times over the last couple of years by banging around in the paint...and he came back for more every time.

[SacKingZZZ]

Yeah, I'd say he's kind of a cross between David Lee and Eddie Najera.

[mefromthefuture]

Also, in Rubio's defense Minn is a very small market...again HE has to pay the buyout. It's not as selfish as it sounds.

Here are the nation's top markets in terms of television households from Nielsen Media Research.
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Philadelphia
5. San Francisco
6. Dallas-Fort Worth
7. Boston
8. Washington
9. Atlanta
10. Houston
11. Detroit
12. Tampa, Fla.
13. Phoenix
14. Seattle
15. Minneapolis
16. Miami
17. Cleveland
18. Denver
19. Orlando, Fla.
20. Sacramento, Calif.
21. St. Louis
22. Pittsburgh
23. Portland, Ore.
24. Baltimore
25. Indianapolis


Not that small

But I'm hear to say I was hoping for Evens and Flynn

I think Evens will be great for the league and the Kings here's to our teams bouncing back in the next couple of years