Charlotte 2014 Picks Watch Thread

Post #201 » by **Diop** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 3:01 am

JDR720 wrote:If we have this kind of luck in the lotto i will be very very happy

tinypic sucks, i always use imgur

Eoghan · Post #202 » by **Eoghan** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:35 am

JDR720 wrote:If we have this kind of luck in the lotto i will be very very

I'd kiss liver pooty on the mouth wearing a "Biz sucks" shirt if we got the 3rd pick.

Liver_Pooty · Post #203 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:43 am

BrotherDave wrote:
JDR720 wrote:If we have this kind of luck in the lotto i will be very very

I'd kiss liver pooty on the mouth wearing a "Biz sucks" shirt if we got the 3rd pick.

Lol I dont think he sucks. He just pisses me off, along with the entire organization at times.

Liver_Pooty · Post #204 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:44 am

And if we got the third pick I'll do craziest fan dare you guys request and make a YouTube video of it. Not even kidding.

Then after we select James McAdoo 3rd I'll kill myself.

lmcguir5 · Post #205 » by **lmcguir5** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:19 am

The lotto has never been kind to us, I don't have much optimism we get the third. I would be pretty satisfied with even the 7th pick though.

Elden Payton · Post #206 » by **Elden Payton** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:24 am

Anywhere in the top 9 would be sweet imo.

Surely this year we may have a bit of lotto luck.

HornetJail · Post #207 » by **HornetJail** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 4:57 pm

If we got the 7th, 16th, and 25th picks, I'm positive we'd be able to move them up for a top 5 pick. The idea of Kemba/Exum in the backcourt gives me a boner.

mrknowitall215 · Post #208 » by **mrknowitall215** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:06 pm

Biz Gilwalker wrote:If we got the 7th, 16th, and 25th picks, I'm positive we'd be able to move them up for a top 5 pick. The idea of Kemba/Exum in the backcourt gives me a boner.

Starting to look very possible...but a backcourt of Kemba Walker/Zach Lavine is more intriguing to me. LaVine is one of the best pure shooters with athleticism & ball handling ability that I've seen in collegiate basketball in a while, and Kemba will continue to grow as a player, scorer, and leader

countryboi · Post #209 » by **countryboi** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:14 pm

holy **** Zach Lavine's shot is money....I am very impressed

MasterIchiro · Post #210 » by **MasterIchiro** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:14 pm

I like a Lavine - Kemba backcourt pairing as well with our pick.

How far can we move up by packaging DET at 9 or 10 and Portland at 25-27?

Is MKG + 9 + 26 enough for Wiggins?

countryboi · Post #211 » by **countryboi** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:26 pm

MasterIchiro wrote:I like a Lavine - Kemba backcourt pairing as well with our pick.

How far can we move up by packaging DET at 9 or 10 and Portland at 25-27?

Is MKG + 9 + 26 enough for Wiggins?

this draft is too deep to give up player assets...we could just move to 5 and take who ever falls to us. its not like parker, wiggins randle, embiid have done anything to lock up the number one spot

dmutombo321 · Post #212 » by **dmutombo321** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 5:27 pm

Biz Gilwalker wrote:If we got the 7th, 16th, and 25th picks, I'm positive we'd be able to move them up for a top 5 pick. The idea of Kemba/Exum in the backcourt gives me a boner.

I would argue just the opposite - that there's no way in hell any team sitting in the top 5 is going to trade us their top 5 pick, highly likely to yield an allstar talent, for three picks likely to yield role players.

The top 5 is set to be some combo of

Parker
Embiid
Wiggins
Randle
Exum

Exum is a dark horse at this point. If he blows GMs' socks off with combine and workout performances, he could infiltrate the top three. If he disappoints he could be supplanted by Marcus Smart in the top 5.

Either way - there is a huge talent drop off from the top 5-6 picks to the rest of the draft. If we're sitting at #7 or #8 (which is likely since the FO made the impetuous decision to sign Jefferson the year before the strongest draft in a decade to get a few more counterproductive wins), we'll be on the outside looking in.

If I'm a GM holding a top 5 pick that guarantees me one of those guys above, I'm certainly not trading it for some likely combination of Gary Harris, Glen Robinson III and whoever's still on the board at the high 20s Portland pick.

Unless we're able to continue this recent stretch of abysmal play and crack the top 5 on our own, we should all prepare for the prospect of a Gary Harris, Levine or Rodney Hood type addition Vs. a Parker/Embiid/Randle/Exum/Wiggins one.

HornetJail · Post #213 » by **HornetJail** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:13 pm

MasterIchiro wrote:I like a Lavine - Kemba backcourt pairing as well with our pick.

How far can we move up by packaging DET at 9 or 10 and Portland at 25-27?

Is MKG + 9 + 26 enough for Wiggins?

unless he really starts to suck, Wiggins won't be falling past 4 or 5. I wouldn't trade MKG and another top 10 pick for Wiggins if he were to suck, and if he doesn't suck, a team won't trade him for MKG and the 10th pick.

HornetJail · Post #214 » by **HornetJail** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:27 pm

My top 10:

Embiid
Exum
Parker
Wiggins
Randle
Lavine
Harris
Hood
Robinson
Young

Do not want: Smart - seems like he'll be like Rodney Stuckey

With our other picks, we need to go after McDermott, Young, Napier, anybody that can hit 3s well.

MasterIchiro · Post #215 » by **MasterIchiro** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:50 pm

Biz Gilwalker wrote:
MasterIchiro wrote:I like a Lavine - Kemba backcourt pairing as well with our pick.

How far can we move up by packaging DET at 9 or 10 and Portland at 25-27?

Is MKG + 9 + 26 enough for Wiggins?

unless he really starts to suck, Wiggins won't be falling past 4 or 5. I wouldn't trade MKG and another top 10 pick for Wiggins if he were to suck, and if he doesn't suck, a team won't trade him for MKG and the 10th pick.

So if Wiggins is on par to be drafted 3rd, then MKG + pick 9 + POR pick would not be considered enough?

HornetJail · Post #216 » by **HornetJail** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:59 pm

MasterIchiro wrote:
Biz Gilwalker wrote:
MasterIchiro wrote:I like a Lavine - Kemba backcourt pairing as well with our pick.

How far can we move up by packaging DET at 9 or 10 and Portland at 25-27?

Is MKG + 9 + 26 enough for Wiggins?

unless he really starts to suck, Wiggins won't be falling past 4 or 5. I wouldn't trade MKG and another top 10 pick for Wiggins if he were to suck, and if he doesn't suck, a team won't trade him for MKG and the 10th pick.

So if Wiggins is on par to be drafted 3rd, then MKG + pick 9 + POR pick would not be considered enough?

As crazy as it sounds, probably not. I don't think anyone is trading a top 3 pick in this draft. On top of that, I wouldn't throw the 9th pick AND Kidd-Gilchrist at the chance that Wiggins alone turns out better than a duo of MKG/Levine or something along those lines. MKG is too important of a piece.

MasterIchiro · Post #217 » by **MasterIchiro** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 9:27 pm

Biz Gilwalker wrote:
MasterIchiro wrote:
Biz Gilwalker wrote: Wiggins alone turns out better than a duo of MKG/Levine or something along those lines. MKG is too important of a piece.

I'm saying we get Lavine with our pick so we have Lavine/Wiggins after the trade, not Wiggins alone.

I don't think Wiggins is untouchable at this point and certainly MKG + the DET pick at 9 or 10 is a compelling package.

Lavine-Wiggins could be sensational.

Joest2003 · Post #218 » by **Joest2003** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:57 pm

Parker and Wiggins will be going 1 and 2 in no particular order but if you think either of them will fall beyond 3 your out of your mind.

thruthefire · Post #219 » by **thruthefire** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:42 pm

dmutombo321 wrote:
Biz Gilwalker wrote:If we got the 7th, 16th, and 25th picks, I'm positive we'd be able to move them up for a top 5 pick. The idea of Kemba/Exum in the backcourt gives me a boner.

I would argue just the opposite - that there's no way in hell any team sitting in the top 5 is going to trade us their top 5 pick, highly likely to yield an allstar talent, for three picks likely to yield role players.

Would you trade those three picks for someone already in the NBA, like Michael Carter-Williams? MCW and Kemba together could be like a bigger, reversed version of the Suns' Bledsoe-Dragic pairing.

Elden Payton · Post #220 » by **Elden Payton** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:50 pm

Why the obsession with trading MKG?