2010 NBA Draft Thread: Nets Select Derrick Favors

[amk482]

Although I like where your head is at, I think Utah gives up too much there. That Memphis pick is a lotto pick next year too unless something major happens to them. I think we can get #9 and Memphis's pick, maybe a 2nd rounder too, but Millsap is overkill to me as much as I like him. If they lose Boozer, I think they'd rather keep Millsap than get Favors or Cousins.

Utah needs a wing player anyway. If Turner fell and we still wanted to trade, Utah could make a call. Or if they felt Wes Johnson was their guy and thought he'd be gone by their pick. Then we could take Monroe or Patterson at 9 and can entice Melo to come play with our core plus 2 lotto picks in 2011 lol.

It's a decent thought though.

I think the memohis pick is lotto protected

[SteveNets15]

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Demarcous Cousins is the obvious choice at the third pick if Turner is gone. Favors is to raw for my liking...

I'm rockin wit Cousins.Dude is huge and he brings a toughness that our froncourt needs.Let us vote!

[vincecarter4pres]

Just curious:

Would anyone do Lee/#3 for OJ Mayo/#12?

Which side needs more there?

I was thinking about something like this, but 12 is too big a drop off IMO.
Also, I still feel like there could be some wheels to a Devin/Lee for Mayo/Conley swap.

[SteveNets15]

Just curious:

Would anyone do Lee/#3 for OJ Mayo/#12?

Which side needs more there?

Sign me up.

[vincecarter4pres]

Favors is the pick. Lopez & Cousins are both centers. The Nets will look to add an athletic PF that can rebound, block shots, get out in transition & play some pick & roll. All of that equals Favors. Lopez & cousins would be too slow of a front court.

This is how I feel as well. I think this poses a big problem.
Cousins is the tougher and stronger of the two and brings a lot of the fire that we need.
On offense I think they'll actually be pretty fine together, but on defense it's going to be a problem. Who is going to step out and defend the pick and roll? Who's going to switch out onto guards? Who's going to guard the super athletic face up power forwards of the league like Amar'e, Gasol, Josh Smith, or even the athletic jump shooting peremiter types like Bosh, LMA, David Lee, Rashard, Dirk, etc.? Not sure they can coexist.

[Netaman]

I think Favors would be the ideal guy to guard people like Amare, Gasol, Smith, Bosh, Lee, etc. He is athletic enough to stay with those guys and his length would probably give them some problems. The Dirk's and Rashard Lewis' would probably give him more problems but I don't see that as an issue because any PF who camps out at the 3 PT line is going to present a matchup problem.

As long as Thorn has a lot of confidence in Favors basketball IQ, toughness, and intangibles I think it's a really good pick because he is going to bring in a lot of abilities that nobody else on this team has. The key to this team next year is finding a player to run the offense through to allow Harris to play the Russell Westbrook role he excelled at when VC was here.

[Adam1221]

This is a tough situation but I would go with Cousins.
I have no idea why you guys are so scared of a 2 C's centric front-court, the last team that did it with 2 AS talent's beat us in the finals.
Fact of the matter is when you have a top 3 pick in a draft that has 4-5 potential all stars you go for talent no needs and I dont want to get a "moose" with a lottery pick.
Basically Lopez and Cousins to me at least will be equal to Lopez and Amare, I see no reason why Cousins cant play the 4.
But again Favors does have that Dwight talent, but we havent seen anything of the sorts so far I think another year in college would have done wonder for him.
Oh well in Thorn and Porky we trust.

Let the new era of Nets basketball begin!

[vincecarter4pres]

Cousins is the "moose", not Favors. I know someone else called Favors the "moose", but it's actually the opposite.

[crazykidd2k6]

Lets go for the Mayo trade

[vincecarter4pres]

I like Mayo a lot, but he isn't as good as some make him out to be. He is in no way worth the 3rd pick, I would only look to trade for him if it was for something like Devin.

[Joel Embust]

Missing out on Wall could be a blessing in disguise for the Nets.

Favors is a GREAT fit to Brook, a great one. Imagine having a big body like Favors next to Brook when they face Dwight Howard.

Favors has great hands and goes up with authority, will add to T-Will's assist average.

A healthy Harris is still one of the better point guards in the league.

Just don't start Brickney Lee.

Harris
Williams
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Favors
Lopez

[demens]

Pretty disapointed I'll admit but at least this wasnt the worst case scenario which I was preparing myself for.

i dont see how this isn't the worst case scenario. I would rather have the 4th pick with Sac, Minny and GS ahead of us then what we have now. Disaster.

[TheGardenState]

Hey guys. I'm Alex, I'm 17 from Central NJ. Im new to this site. I've been a lifelong fan of the Nets, former season ticket holder. I'll be on the Nets forum alot this summer...

Just wanted to introduce myself.

LETS GO NETS!

[demens]

Did anyone else notice a few minutes before the lottery results were shown and everyone was just standing around and talking, they focused on one group particularly larry bird talking with a bunch of people and sitting right behind him was prokhorov all by himself? i felt kind of bad i could tell he felt out of place and couldnt speak to anyone.

Yes i definitely noticed this. I will comment on it in the Prokhy thread instead. Dont feel like typing out too much so it'll be copy and paste from somewhere else.

[vincecarter4pres]

Yeah, I would almost rather be forced into taking one of Favors or Cousins then having to decide between the two. I'm leaning back towards Cousins right now too.

[demens]

I wouldn't mind a trade for LaMarcus Aldridge. I'm a pretty big fan of his and he would be a really good fit next to Brook, but at the same time he's a pretty terrible rebounder and just doesn't seem to have the drive or passion I like to see.
I don't want to see an offseason where we wind up with a starting lineup like this either:
PG Harris
SG Joe Johnson
SF Rudy Gay
PF LaMarcus Aldridge
C Brook

That's got perrenial 4 seed written all over it with no way to greatly improve unless Brook becomes a true MONSTER.

And you were making fun of my line-up? You have 5 not quite all-stars, wanna be 20 point scorers in there, how the hell are they suppose to play together.

[vincecarter4pres]

I wouldn't mind a trade for LaMarcus Aldridge. I'm a pretty big fan of his and he would be a really good fit next to Brook, but at the same time he's a pretty terrible rebounder and just doesn't seem to have the drive or passion I like to see.
I don't want to see an offseason where we wind up with a starting lineup like this either:
PG Harris
SG Joe Johnson
SF Rudy Gay
PF LaMarcus Aldridge
C Brook

That's got perrenial 4 seed written all over it with no way to greatly improve unless Brook becomes a true MONSTER.

And you were making fun of my line-up? You have 5 not quite all-stars, wanna be 20 point scorers in there, how the hell are they suppose to play together.

Reading comprehension FTL.

[demens]

No #3. I guess the only good thing is that whoever wants Demarcus or Favors, they'll listen to us. But really, I could care less for either one. DC (Demarcus Cousins) is well...DC (Derrick Coleman). Skilled, good size, troublesome attitude. Favors, I will admit to not having seen him play, but my god his highlights suck. Athletic animal? I don't see it. I don't see an explosive athlete. I see a tall, somewhat lanky (and thus why he looks somewhat smooth when he moves)...and R-A-W big man. Does this guy even have any post move at all? And by that I mean, not a semi-hook when he has some 6'5 guy defending him? And if his highlights suck, I would hate to see his lowlights. What's more...drafting one of these guys means 2010 FA wise boils down to two people: an older Joe Johnson or Rudy Gay....neither of which are even in the top 20 players in the NBA...and certainly not one who will take this team to the next level.

+1 on all that. From what i read about Favors i saw literally none of it in the games i watched. And the FA target list was just turned on its head, or atleast i pray to god it was.

[demens]

Reading comprehension FTL.

True. I just read through 6 pages of this thread plus all the other new posts around here. Couldn't bare to do it last night or half the day today, so give me a break.

[demens]

I think Favors has to be the guy. Cousins is a C and doesn't have a mid range game and will not compliment Lopez (who is our franchise C). Favors has a mid range touch, has some post moves, is a good rebounder and can block some shots.

I dont understand some of these backwards posts. Like the Favors is a moose and a tough PF stuff. If you guys dont watch these players in college and dont know what you're talking about then dont comment.

Favors has no mid range or post moves AT ALL. He has the offensive skills of Jason Collins. Cousins is better then Favors at everything you listed including rebounding and maybe even shot blocking (i'd say they are equally good).