Official Raptors 2012 NBA Draft Thread, Part 4

[Marvin!]

My scouting acumen is unrivaled. History is pretty much always on my side. Many ride the truth of moment but I'm the breathing depiction of the Moment of the Truth.

Contrast my analysis last to year to Dr. Mufasa. He was wrong on many levels, me not so much. I bent the curve when it came to prediction vs reality. My Big Board from last year was made in March and lasted through draft day. I had Tristan Thompson, Brandon Knight, and Jonas Valancuinas all in the top 10 months before anyone else.

But let's not make this thread about me, please..

can you just go back under whatever rock you crawled out of please... thanks a bunch

[Pseudonym]

If we get #2, I think that we gotta swing for the fence and take PJ3 or Drummond. Also, if we do take Barnes, we're going to HAVE to move DeRozan.

Why would you have to trade Derozan? If anything, Barnes (pure shooter/defender) is exactly what you would need at the 3 in order to keep Derozan. Barnes' games compliments Derozans' perfectly (assuming Derozan is able to bring his game to a respectable level).

It's not a dynamic combo at all. It we're to keep both of them, then we would need an elite playmaker. Having 2 wing players with weak/mediocre handles and poor playmaking isn't good long-term. We'd basically have the Bulls' wings without a Derrick Rose.

I'd be far more excited about a Barnes/Beal or Barnes/Lamb wing combo than to pair him up with DD. But the problem isn't Barnes, it's DeRozan.

[Basketball_Jones]

Aha yeah seeing Barnes and Derozan dribble and pass off to Jose because they can't go anywhere will be fun.

[Dr Positivity]

Steely's post reminded me of:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7oaCq8TFa0[/youtube]

Also, what is this myth that the doctor is a rusty spoon of drafting... you'd be surprised.

If referring to 2011, I wouldn't be so confident in agreeing with the GMs on 4-30 last year and counting those chickens just yet... did you know nobody picked 4-10 is in the top 25 for either WS or WS/48 so far this season? (3 in the 4-14 range with Burks and Markieff) Not a group I'd be bragging about riding with against someone with Burks and Motiejunas top 5, at least not yet... last year's draft was a crapshoot after the first few guys, it had about 20 #8 or #9 caliber prospects in the first round. No 4th-7th tier, but much deeper with starters IMO

[_MidNight_]

Aha yeah seeing Barnes and Derozan dribble and pass off to Jose because they can't go anywhere will be fun.

That would seriously drive me crazy and most likely lead me to a nervous breakdown.

It already pains me to watch this team without a creator, I don't think I could go through another season watching these guys run around like a chicken with it's head cut off

[fredericklove]

I was watching one of MKG's interviews and it seems like he stammers or something did anyone notice this too?

He probably has a speech impediment of some sort.

But when I watched the Kentucky Vs. Louisville smackdown talk, he seems to talk more comfortable. But yea when he gets nervous in interview, his speech impediment mode kicks in.

6:58 - MKG comes in.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msjzc-gbjBM[/youtube]

[fredericklove]

Holy how did we get to 100 pages so fast?