The Official Draft Thread

[DirtyDez]

#6 to Portland.

Not completely sold on that.

I am.

#4 to Portland IMO.

[jredsaz]

Legion Sports: Gerald Wallace has told Nets officials that he will decline his $9.5 mil player option for next season and will become a free agent. Twitter
BROOKLYN NETS, FREE AGENCY, GERALD WALLACE | SHARE

http://twitter.com/MySportsLegion/statu ... 3058056192

At least I am not a nets fan. Wow, the #6 overall for Wallace... Maybe. Someone needs to get fired for that. We all knew that he would opt out for a longer contract but this is comedy.

[phx#7]

Rivers#10
Waiters#11

Ross#13

Yes, please.

[JMac1]

Why would NO do this?! To sell tix's period.

Now I will give it my Kerrsed spin of it ain't gonna happen, because I/the Suns want Rivers myopia.


1. It is not a good foundation to build a winner. Two two identical players vying to do what they do best will create animosity towards eachother; with the "anything you can do I can do better" attitude; that will eventually freeze out the franchise player and stunt his growth, causing a toxic situation in New Orleans.

2. I don't think Rivers would want to go there and be 2nd or 3rd fiddle, knowing the city of Phoenix and state of AZ will be clamouring for him to be their new savior upon the exit of Nash. We have never won a title, but we have had our share of super star players here in Phoenix, and they were all highly adored.

3. We are going to get their 10th pick anyways, via a Grotat threeway

I totally disagree.

1. The coach has known Rivers his whole life, is comfortable with the kid, and thinks he can be a dominate player in the league.

2. Hornets probably think Rivers can play a little bit of PG and that the team can run small sometimes with Rivers at the 3 (especially after he measured in at 6'5"). Jack/Gordon/Rivers/Ariza/Davis. Davis can make up for a lot of defensive deficiencies and allow the Hornets to attack on the other end.

3. He probably views Rivers as a bench player for the next couple years anyway, who can spell Gordon and add scoring off the bench.

If Lillard is gone, and I think he will be gone at 6, Rivers makes plenty of sense for the Hornets.

Rivers ain't going for that!!

Edit

Neither is Sarver. Outside of Davis, I think Rivers is the most marketable guy in this draft..... He is already getting hyped up big time. After Nash leaves, we will be the ONLY team in the league without at least one marketable player..... No way we don't get Rivers.....better or worse than Lamb, Ross or Waiters he will be a Sun. Thus, we can move on about the Curry fiasco...

Quote me after the draft....please!

[Avp115]

I am excited for the upcoming draft, regardless of results, because it seems that we are going to make a smart decision. I honestly do trust upper management, and based on that Blanks conference it sounds like we are going for a perimeter player, which is exciting. Rivers, Waiters, Ross, or Lamb. There's no way that 5 SGs (including Beal) go before us. Beal at #2, Waiters at #8, and we will have the luxury of choosing between Rivers, Ross, and Lamb. Can't really go wrong.

[JMac1]

Legion Sports: Gerald Wallace has told Nets officials that he will decline his $9.5 mil player option for next season and will become a free agent. Twitter
BROOKLYN NETS, FREE AGENCY, GERALD WALLACE | SHARE

http://twitter.com/MySportsLegion/statu ... 3058056192

At least I am not a nets fan. Wow, the #6 overall for Wallace... Maybe. Someone needs to get fired for that. We all knew that he would opt out for a longer contract but this is comedy.

Hmmmm......


Nash
Rivers
Wallace
KG
Gortat

[Kerrsed]

LMAO @ the Nets. They gave up the #6 pick for 14 games of Gerald Wallace.

Then again, i have read that the are the favorites to signing him.

But still.......

[DirtyDez]

Legion Sports: Gerald Wallace has told Nets officials that he will decline his $9.5 mil player option for next season and will become a free agent. Twitter
BROOKLYN NETS, FREE AGENCY, GERALD WALLACE | SHARE

http://twitter.com/MySportsLegion/statu ... 3058056192

At least I am not a nets fan. Wow, the #6 overall for Wallace... Maybe. Someone needs to get fired for that. We all knew that he would opt out for a longer contract but this is comedy.

Hmmmm......


Nash
Rivers
Wallace
KG
Gortat

Why would KG leave Boston for Phoenix?

[bwgood77]

LMAO @ the Nets. They gave up the #6 pick for 14 games of Gerald Wallace.

Then again, i have read that the are the favorites to signing him.

But still.......

Yeah, but he would have opted out in Portland too. They still could have signed him.

[lilfishi22]

At this point, I like PJ3, Ross, Waiters and then Rivers at #13.

[JMac1]

Why would KG leave Boston for Phoenix?

To play with a better PG in a better city!

[Kerrsed]

The Blazers have the Nos. 6 and 11 picks in the June 28 draft, and they worked out several players considered worthy of those picks, including Ohio State's Jared Sullinger, North Carolina's John Henson, Kentucky's Terrence Jones (who played at Portland's Jefferson High School) and Baylor's Perry Jones III.

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index ... kouts.html

[JMac1]

At this point, I like PJ3, Ross, Waiters and then Rivers at #13.

Perry Jones has dropped for a reason. Been there done that with EC5 (no position, no motor)........no thanks. Ross, Waiters, Lamb, and Rivers is all a crap shoot. I prefer the best player; since we don't know who that will be immediately, I prefer the guy with more star power....RIVERS.

[JMac1]

The Blazers have the Nos. 6 and 11 picks in the June 28 draft, and they worked out several players considered worthy of those picks, including Ohio State's Jared Sullinger, North Carolina's John Henson, Kentucky's Terrence Jones (who played at Portland's Jefferson High School) and Baylor's Perry Jones III.

http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index ... kouts.html

Those guys are for the 11th pick. I hope someone takes Jones before we draft; giving us one more SG to choose from.

[jredsaz]

I am excited for the upcoming draft, regardless of results, because it seems that we are going to make a smart decision. I honestly do trust upper management, and based on that Blanks conference it sounds like we are going for a perimeter player, which is exciting. Rivers, Waiters, Ross, or Lamb. There's no way that 5 SGs (including Beal) go before us. Beal at #2, Waiters at #8, and we will have the luxury of choosing between Rivers, Ross, and Lamb. Can't really go wrong.

I am not so sure. If we want Rivers we are going to have to move up in the draft, probably get that 10th pick. And JMac1 makes a strong point even if its a bit melodramatic...

Neither is Sarver. Outside of Davis, I think Rivers is the most marketable guy in this draft..... He is already getting hyped up big time. After Nash leaves, we will be the ONLY team in the league without at least one marketable player..... No way we don't get Rivers.....better or worse than Lamb, Ross or Waiters he will be a Sun. Thus, we can move on about the Curry fiasco...

It is scary to think that we would be one of the few teams in the league without a truly marketable player. That will drive Sarver's FO to make some moves. Maybe give up Gortat to move up.

Either way next year will resemble the '03-'04 season for sure. Probably worse.

[carey]

Either way next year will resemble the '03-'04 season for sure. Probably worse.

Without Nash? Absolutely. It's going to be worse. Much worse. We don't have a young and overpowering Amare. No burgeoning Brazilian' Blur. No "in his prime" Shawn Marion. No increasingly confident Joe Johnson.

What's the best we have right now? 28-year-old Marcin Gortat? Or is it the coolest role-player ever in Dudley? I know it's not perpetual bench warmers Childress and Warrick. No Nash next year and we're a 15-20 win team regardless of who we draft unless our FO pulls a rabbit out of their magic hat.

[jredsaz]

I am excited for the upcoming draft, regardless of results, because it seems that we are going to make a smart decision. I honestly do trust upper management, and based on that Blanks conference it sounds like we are going for a perimeter player, which is exciting. Rivers, Waiters, Ross, or Lamb. There's no way that 5 SGs (including Beal) go before us. Beal at #2, Waiters at #8, and we will have the luxury of choosing between Rivers, Ross, and Lamb. Can't really go wrong.

I am not so sure. If we want Rivers we are going to have to move up in the draft, probably get that 10th pick. And JMac1 makes a strong point even if its a bit melodramatic...

Neither is Sarver. Outside of Davis, I think Rivers is the most marketable guy in this draft..... He is already getting hyped up big time. After Nash leaves, we will be the ONLY team in the league without at least one marketable player..... No way we don't get Rivers.....better or worse than Lamb, Ross or Waiters he will be a Sun. Thus, we can move on about the Curry fiasco...

It is scary to think that we would be one of the few teams in the league without a truly marketable player. That will drive Sarver's FO to make some moves. Maybe give up Gortat to move up.

Either way next year will resemble the '03-'04 season for sure. Probably worse.

[ATTL]

Either way next year will resemble the '03-'04 season for sure. Probably worse.

Atleast we had a few young promising players that season in Amare, leandro, JJ, Casey Jacobsen and I hadn't given up on zarko at that point yet.

[DirtyDez]

Why would KG leave Boston for Phoenix?

To play with a better PG in a better city!

It all makes sense now!

At this point, I like PJ3, Ross, Waiters and then Rivers at #13.

Ross and PJ for sure but i'm still not feelin' Waiters for some reason...

Either way next year will resemble the '03-'04 season for sure. Probably worse.

Without Nash? Absolutely. It's going to be worse. Much worse. We don't have a young and overpowering Amare. No burgeoning Brazilian' Blur. No "in his prime" Shawn Marion. No increasingly confident Joe Johnson.

What's the best we have right now? 28-year-old Marcin Gortat? Or is it the coolest role-player ever in Dudley? I know it's not perpetual bench warmers Childress and Warrick. No Nash next year and we're a 15-20 win team regardless of who we draft unless our FO pulls a rabbit out of their magic hat.

Is it wrong to get excited about that? I mean would people prefer a 10 seed in the West over a top 5 pick? Last season was maybe the most usless season in Suns' history.

[lilfishi22]

At this point, I like PJ3, Ross, Waiters and then Rivers at #13.

Ross and PJ for sure but i'm still not feelin' Waiters for some reason...

Rivers/Waiters is interchangeable for me. Both undersized (Waiters more so) SG who will have issues with defending NBA 2's.