Official 2013 Draft Thread - Part VIII

Post #741 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:19 am

See, Noel and McLemore went 1 2. They just waited 5 picks before doing it.

Davis and Noel together. That's hard to digest. Do they keep em together? Any chance this causes Davis to become available?

AWIZZINGBULLET · Post #742 » by **AWIZZINGBULLET** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:19 am

mhd wrote:
TGW wrote:
mhd wrote:
Prince was a hardened senior. You think Porter at 198 can defend Lebron, Melo, Pearce, Joe Johnson, etc? Those guys will EAT HIM UP.

Who cares if he weighs 198 now? You do know it's possible for a 19 year old to gain weight. He's not going to be 198 forever.

I'm sure by the time he's 23, he'll be big enough for your liking. Sheesh...calm down.

Porter isn't going to help us at all this year. I have no doubts Noel will be the much better NBA player in the future.

You really don't believe Porter could give as much as Trevor Ariza offensively off the bench or defensively? He's likely already better at getting others involved in the game than Trevor Ariza.

The Consiglieri · Post #743 » by **The Consiglieri** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:20 am

Rafael122 wrote:
The Consiglieri wrote:
Rafael122 wrote:MJG - the problem is you can't swing for the fences with the #3 pick. Noel won't play until January, has to gain weight, has to develop an offensive game. Too many questions.

You don't make top 3 draft picks for the first two months of the season. You make them for the next ten seasons. This was the kind of pick an idiotic front office would make. Not shocking that ours made it. The philosophy behind it is a guarantee for failure at worst, and sub-mediocrity at best. You do not win when you do not take risks, and you never reach greatness when your major F.O. decisions are always based upon tomorrow, instead of the long view (the next decade).

Short sited thinking by a GM desperate to save his own arse. Nice job Ted. With competent management, we might have not made such an idiotic decision.

As it is, if nothing else, Porter won't be a bust, and could attract a FA big man that will cost 25x as much as Noel's rookie deal. Lovely.

Zeller and Len got drafted over him. This isn't just a Wizards issue, everyone is scared away of the knee. You don't take a guy with a knee issue and expect everything to be fantastic for the next 10 years.

The F.O.'s that passed on him are run by the Suns, a team that waited five years too long to rebuild, and Charlotte, a team that's made one or two quality first round picks in the past decade. I give Cleveland and Orlando a pass because at least they selected players that many scouts view as having the potential for greatness and #1 overall talent out of this draft. The teams that passed on him after that, us, Charlotte, and the Suns, have been run off the road and into the ditch for the past near decade running, none of the three are run by intelligent F.O.'s, although Cho has my respect, and Phoenix is at least starting over w/new management.

mhd · Post #744 » by **mhd** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:20 am

Ruzious wrote:See, Noel and McLemore went 1 2. They just waited 5 picks before doing it.

Davis and Noel together. That's hard to digest. Do they keep em together? Any chance this causes Davis to become available?

No way, Davis is a true franchise talent. NO is run by a smart FO (see how they swindled us last year). They took BPA.

MikeTheKid · Post #745 » by **MikeTheKid** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:20 am

NBADraft.net @nbadraftnet

Nerlens Noel went 6th for the New Orleans Pelicans but Pick made for someone else. #NBADraft

stevemcqueen1 · Post #746 » by **stevemcqueen1** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:21 am

Ruzious wrote:See, Noel and McLemore went 1 2. They just waited 5 picks before doing it.

Davis and Noel together. That's hard to digest. Do they keep em together? Any chance this causes Davis to become available?

No, Davis is a lot better than Noel. You have to build around him. They'll deal Noel if it comes to that.

Post #747 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:21 am

doclinkin wrote:Hah! It was destined at birth and from his name: Nerlens to Nawlins.

Can't spell New Orleans without NERLENS

A marketer's dream and a coach's dream.

mhd · Post #748 » by **mhd** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:21 am

AWIZZINGBULLET wrote:
mhd wrote:
TGW wrote:
Who cares if he weighs 198 now? You do know it's possible for a 19 year old to gain weight. He's not going to be 198 forever.

I'm sure by the time he's 23, he'll be big enough for your liking. Sheesh...calm down.

Porter isn't going to help us at all this year. I have no doubts Noel will be the much better NBA player in the future.

You really don't believe Porter could give as much as Trevor Ariza offensively off the bench or defensively? He's likely already better at getting others involved in the game than Trevor Ariza.

Ariza is one of the best defender's in the NBA. We all saw that last year. No way is Porter a better defender than Ariza. Otto Porter at 198 pounds isn't going to get PT over him. Martell showed he's a great shooter. I don't see how Porter gets any meaningfull PT at SF with those two playing their vast majority of minutes at SF.

Floater · Post #749 » by **Floater** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:21 am

Nerlens is a 76er

Post #750 » by **Rafael122** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:21 am

Noel being traded to the Sixers, I guess as Bynum's replacement.

mhd · Post #751 » by **mhd** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:21 am

MikeTheKid wrote:NBADraft.net @nbadraftnet

Nerlens Noel went 6th for the New Orleans Pelicans but Pick made for someone else. #NBADraft

Yes!!! Do the trade down EG!!!!

GhostsOfGil · Post #752 » by **GhostsOfGil** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:22 am

mhd wrote:Porter isn't going to help us at all this year. I have no doubts Noel will be the much better NBA player in the future.

+1

Post #753 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:22 am

stevemcqueen1 wrote:
Ruzious wrote:See, Noel and McLemore went 1 2. They just waited 5 picks before doing it.

Davis and Noel together. That's hard to digest. Do they keep em together? Any chance this causes Davis to become available?

No, Davis is a lot better than Noel. You have to build around him. They'll deal Noel if it comes to that.

Yeah, I think they give it plenty of time to work.

Edit - at least 5 seconds!

Floater · Post #754 » by **Floater** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:22 am

T @WojYahooNBA Philadelphia sends Jrue Holiday and a first-round pick in 2014 to New Orleans for Noel, league source says.

WTF???

Post #755 » by **LyricalRico** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:22 am

MikeTheKid wrote:NBADraft.net @nbadraftnet

Nerlens Noel went 6th for the New Orleans Pelicans but Pick made for someone else. #NBADraft

OKC? Makes sense for them to take a chance on the knee.

mhd · Post #756 » by **mhd** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:22 am

Philly made a great trade to get their man. I think Thad Young is going to NO.

Deivy202 · Post #757 » by **Deivy202** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:22 am

You guys think will trade for a vet in the second round? EG did say he wanted a vet and we do have two second rounders so there is a possibility that we get a PF who can shoot well.

TGW · Post #758 » by **TGW** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:23 am

Rafael122 wrote:Noel being traded to the Sixers, I guess as Bynum's replacement.

LOL now they'll have two bigmen with bad wheels.... :lol:

Knighthonor · Post #759 » by **Knighthonor** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:23 am

Why NO take Noel when you have Davis? This draft is crazyy

Post #760 » by **LyricalRico** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:23 am