Official Raptors 2012 NBA Draft Thread, Part 8

BillyGM · Post #781 » by **BillyGM** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:03 pm

Austin Rivers To Declare For Draft

fredericklove · Post #782 » by **fredericklove** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:03 pm

With the rise of Beal, its likely he's going to be drafted way before Lamb (?)...and it seems like alot of people on this board liking Beal alot more than before, are people going toward the Beal side than the Lamb path? Who's here still prefer Lamb over Beal?

P.S. I have Beal as my laptop wallpaper. It gives me motivation everytime I look at the screen!

BillyGM · Post #783 » by **BillyGM** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:04 pm

Anthony Davis Undecided On Draft. Lol, you're 100% 1st pick how can you be undecided.

dTox · Post #784 » by **dTox** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:09 pm

BillyGM wrote:Anthony Davis Undecided On Draft. Lol, you're 100% 1st pick how can you be undecided.

You can take that comment in the same way that Derron Williams says he's undecided about returning to NJ

PowerPhil15 · Post #785 » by **PowerPhil15** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:11 pm

Beal or die trying

sunny · Post #786 » by **sunny** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:18 pm

fredericklove wrote:With the rise of Beal, its likely he's going to be drafted way before Lamb (?)...and it seems like alot of people on this board liking Beal alot more than before, are people going toward the Beal side than the Lamb path? Who's here still prefer Lamb over Beal?

P.S. I have Beal as my laptop wallpaper. It gives me motivation everytime I look at the screen!

I'm still a lamb guy.
Although Beal is looking extremely promising.

Rapsfan07 · Post #787 » by **Rapsfan07** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:22 pm

Here's how I think it turns out on draft night:

Davis
MKG
Robinson
Barnes
Beal
Drummond
Lamb

Here's how I think it will look when it's all said and done:

Davis
Beal
Barnes/Lamb
Barnes/Lamb
Robinson/MKG
Drummond
Robinson/MKG

Rapsfan07 · Post #788 » by **Rapsfan07** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:27 pm

And for those who don't know

UNC vs Ohio St. @ 7:47pm tonight
NC State vs Kansas @ 10:47pm tonight
UK vs Indiana @ 9:45pm tonight
Baylor vs Xavier @ 7:15pm tonight.

All big games.

nahom1319 · Post #789 » by **nahom1319** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:34 pm

fredericklove wrote:With the rise of Beal, its likely he's going to be drafted way before Lamb (?)...and it seems like alot of people on this board liking Beal alot more than before, are people going toward the Beal side than the Lamb path? Who's here still prefer Lamb over Beal?

P.S. I have Beal as my laptop wallpaper. It gives me motivation everytime I look at the screen!

People put wayyyyy to much stock into March Madness I'm sure if Beal has a disappointing game on Saturday a good number of people will hop onto someone else's bandwagon. People need to look at the entire body of work.

I get that alot of people simply don't have the bandwith to watch the games online, which makes March Madness their only chance to evaluate talent. It just makes for a poor review and constant switching.

JamesNaismith · Post #790 » by **JamesNaismith** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:37 pm

fredericklove wrote:With the rise of Beal, its likely he's going to be drafted way before Lamb (?)...and it seems like alot of people on this board liking Beal alot more than before, are people going toward the Beal side than the Lamb path? Who's here still prefer Lamb over Beal?

P.S. I have Beal as my laptop wallpaper. It gives me motivation everytime I look at the screen!

I just tried to find a thread that I commented on in the draft forum from about 6+mths back but originally I actually said BEAL was better and did everything better by a lot...but Lamb actually made me flip flop on that throughout the season. I don't think you can go wrong with either but my decision to chose Lamb is solely based on who has the higher ceiling.

I think Beal is more likely to be a borderline all-star as he's appears to be more assertive but when Lamb is on it's scary. Lamb looks like a SG Durant when he gets going and to steal an idea from Manual Ram I think that he may not appear as aggressive because their post players (yes Drummond smh) don't step up and do enough. Calhoun's system this year also seemed terribly constructed.

I think Beal's floor/ceiling is Thorton/Gordon and Lamb's is Hamilton/Roy (with Durant length but not assertive enough to actually put up Durant production). I can live with him being like Hamilton but I couldn't live with passing on him and becoming Roy like with length....although every time I think of Beal it's tough to pass on him because I liked him so much coming out of highschool. :dontknow:

JN · Post #791 » by JN » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:39 pm

Rapsfan07 wrote:And for those who don't know

UNC vs Ohio St. @ 7:47pm tonight
NC State vs Kansas @ 10:47pm tonight
UK vs Indiana @ 9:45pm tonight
Baylor vs Xavier @ 7:15pm tonight.

All big games.

UNC is playing Ohio, not Ohio St.

fredericklove · Post #792 » by **fredericklove** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:40 pm

Rapsfan07 wrote:And for those who don't know

UNC vs Ohio St. @ 7:47pm tonight
NC State vs Kansas @ 10:47pm tonight
UK vs Indiana @ 9:45pm tonight
Baylor vs Xavier @ 7:15pm tonight.

All big games.

I'll be watching raps 1st quarter@7, then Barnes and UK after and beal 2mr. This is a good basketball weekend!

JamesNaismith · Post #793 » by **JamesNaismith** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:51 pm

Damn right after my last post I watched a Beal HL...I just have a hard time turning down BB's swag lol. Sh*t I wish we could flip DeRozan for another wing in this draft.

I'll legitimately be depressed if we don't come out of the draft with one of Barnes, Lamb or Beal.

tdotrep2 · Post #794 » by **tdotrep2** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:08 pm

I think a 2/3 combo of beal and barnes would fit together perfectly, if we can try and acquire another pick for barners and end up with both (pipe dream) I would be very happy.

Rapsfan07 · Post #795 » by **Rapsfan07** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:11 pm

JN wrote:
Rapsfan07 wrote:And for those who don't know

UNC vs Ohio @ 7:47pm tonight
NC State vs Kansas @ 10:47pm tonight
UK vs Indiana @ 9:45pm tonight
Baylor vs Xavier @ 7:15pm tonight.

All big games.

UNC is playing Ohio, not Ohio St.

My bad. Fixed.

sunny · Post #796 » by **sunny** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:17 pm

updated with nbadraft.net and draftexpress today:

Scott Howard-Cooper from nba.com (march 20th)

1) Anthony Davis
2) Harrison Barnes
3) Andre Drummond
4) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
5) Jared Sullinger
6) Brad Beal
7) Thomas Robinson
8) Cody Zeller
9) James Mcadoo
10) Perry Jones
11) Jeremy Lamb
12) Damian Lillard
13) John Henson
14) Austin Rivers

nbadraft.net (march 23)

1)Anthony Davis
2) Harrison Barnes
3) Thomas Robinson
4) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
5) Andre Drummond
6) Jeremy Lamb
7) Arnett Moultrie
8) Brad Beal
9) Meyers Leonard
10) Jared Sullinger
11) Austin Rivers
12) Damian Lillard

Chad Ford (march 17)
1) Anthony Davis
2) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
3) Thomas Robinson
4) Brad Beal
5) Harrison Barnes
6) Andre Drummond
7) James Mcadoo
8) Perry Jones
9) Cody Zeller
10) Jared Sullinger
11) Tyler Zeller
12) Damian Lillard
13) Jeremy Lamb

draft express (march 23)

1) anthony davis
2) andre drummond
3) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
4) Thomas Robinson
5) Brad Beal
6) Jared Sullinger
7) Harrison Barnes
12) Jeremy Lamb

sunny · Post #797 » by **sunny** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:19 pm

Davis is going 1
Gilchrist is going 2-5
Robinson is going 2-6
Drummond is going 2-8
Beal is going 2-8
Barnes is going 4-8
Lamb is going 6-8
Sullinger is going 5-8

ballislife · Post #798 » by **ballislife** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:22 pm

I think Barnes will go anywhere from 2-6... hopefully it's us.

Rapsfan07 · Post #799 » by **Rapsfan07** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:26 pm

nbadraft.net is a joke...they've got some of the craziest draft rankings I've ever seen.

Honestly, as long as we're in the top or even 6, we're going to get a star potential player. My preferences in no order are Beal, Barnes, Lamb and Drummond. Also want Quincy Miller.

sunny · Post #800 » by **sunny** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:54 pm

Rapsfan07 wrote:nbadraft.net is a joke...they've got some of the craziest draft rankings I've ever seen.

Honestly, as long as we're in the top or even 6, we're going to get a star potential player. My preferences in no order are Beal, Barnes, Lamb and Drummond. Also want Quincy Miller.

I have a huge supporters of the guys from .net. They are devoted fans of the game and give their opinions.

Just because they aren't the same as express/chad ford, doesn't mean they are bad. They are just their opinion.

Go look at the high school rankings from scout, rivals, espn etc. They are all vastly different.

Who do you want the Raptors to select in the 2012 NBA draft?