Official Raptors 2012 NBA Draft Thread, Part 6

[nahom1319]

I'm probably late to this, but when did DX move Barnes down to 6?

Their new top 10:

1. Davis
2. Drummond
3. MKG
4. Robinson
5. Sullinger
6. Barnes
7. PJ3
8. Henson
9. Zeller
10. Beal

DX kind of lost their love for Barnes after his slow start last season so I'm not surprised to see him outside of the top 5 on their board.

What are you talking about man, they had him at 4 for a good while this season.

[Reignman]

I'm probably late to this, but when did DX move Barnes down to 6?

Their new top 10:

1. Davis
2. Drummond
3. MKG
4. Robinson
5. Sullinger
6. Barnes
7. PJ3
8. Henson
9. Zeller
10. Beal

DX kind of lost their love for Barnes after his slow start last season so I'm not surprised to see him outside of the top 5 on their board.

What are you talking about man, they had him at 3 for a good while this season.

I know that. What I was trying to convey is that it wouldn't take much for them to drop him because they aren't too high on him.

[nahom1319]

Has anyone made the comparison of Jeremy Lamb to Kevin Martin.

[DreamTeam09]

I would love for Barnes to still be on the board at 6 or just where ever we draft. What a gigantic steal that would be... Just imagine what these last two drafts could've looked like for us, it could've went real down hill fast. JV + HB in back to back drafts would be a god send for us...

[Rhettmatic]

^^ Wow Lamb isn't even in the top 10? With the way some people talk about him here you'd think he is a top 5 talent.

I think many of the people here are just ignoring all the PF prospects (aside from Davis, who is too awesome to ignore) and focusing on the wings.

There are some good PF prospects but man, they are mostly undersized guys and that seem to have low ceilings.

Yeah, I'm with you -- I'm not an expert but few of the PFs in the top 10 are all that intriguing (with the obvious exception of Davis). I'm all for BPA, but I tend to like the top wings on the board better than the top forwards on the board anyway (at least, the ones who don't have unibrows and prodigious shot-blocking abilities).

[StringerBell]

Has anyone made the comparison of Jeremy Lamb to Kevin Martin.

I don't think Lamb is gonna be as near as productive a pro as Martin has been. Excluding this year, Martin has lived at the free throw line. Lamb on the other hand is still shooting almost twice as many 3's as Ft's. Dude may have handles but isn't nearly aggressive enough with it to be a go to scorer at the next level.

[Rhettmatic]

Chadrock Ford has a post up about which players are in/out of the draft. Not much new info, but says that MKG could be serious about returning for at least a sophomore year, and Cody Zeller is also considering staying put.

But more comfortingly, his "sources" say that Davis, Barnes, Drummond, Robinson, Beal, Sullinger, Lamb, Leonard and Lillard are all likely to enter.

Here's the post:

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/blog/_/n ... urn-school