Draft Thread: Who do you want with the 13th pick? Stanley Johnson and WCS added..change votes if you want

Post #101 » by **bwgood77** » Wed Mar 4, 2015 2:32 pm

Cutter wrote:I wonder if McD has a sleeper PF in mind for this draft? I love the Len pick, and after all is said and done I think McD will ride the Len pick for job security for several years.

If he can find a hidden-gem of a defensive, two way PF I would be ecstatic.

There will be plenty of power forwards....stretch and banger guys around where we pick. Maybe Kaminsky, Looney, Christian Wood, Cliff Alexander, Bobby Portis, Montrezl Harrell. He will have a choice between at least 4-5 guys projected to go between 12 and 20.

SideSwipe · Post #102 » by **SideSwipe** » Wed Mar 4, 2015 4:17 pm

Jarlaxle0204 wrote:I'd still be happy if the Lakers wound up with the 6th and lost their pick even if it wasn't us getting it. Whatever keeps the Lakers at the bottom of the NBA brings a smile to my face.

If it goes to 6th and Philly grabs Hezonja, I will not be happy. :evil:

Hezonja, Ennis, Plumlee, for RFA Knight= WAY HIGH OVERPAY

TeamTragic · Post #103 » by **TeamTragic** » Wed Mar 4, 2015 8:22 pm

SideSwipe wrote:
Jarlaxle0204 wrote:I'd still be happy if the Lakers wound up with the 6th and lost their pick even if it wasn't us getting it. Whatever keeps the Lakers at the bottom of the NBA brings a smile to my face.

If it goes to 6th and Philly grabs Hezonja, I will not be happy.

Hezonja, Ennis, Plumlee, for RFA Knight= WAY HIGH OVERPAY

Not going to happen. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if LA picked #1/#2. Final season with Kobe. Nash retired. Randle back and cap space.

http://www.tankathon.com/

SideSwipe · Post #104 » by **SideSwipe** » Thu Mar 5, 2015 4:08 pm

GoranTragic wrote:
SideSwipe wrote:
Jarlaxle0204 wrote:I'd still be happy if the Lakers wound up with the 6th and lost their pick even if it wasn't us getting it. Whatever keeps the Lakers at the bottom of the NBA brings a smile to my face.

If it goes to 6th and Philly grabs Hezonja, I will not be happy.

Hezonja, Ennis, Plumlee, for RFA Knight= WAY HIGH OVERPAY

Not going to happen. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if LA picked #1/#2. Final season with Kobe. Nash retired. Randle back and cap space.

http://www.tankathon.com/

Remember that season record only dictates how many Ping-Pong balls you get, not your draft position. It is still possible they pick 6th, unfortunately. I don't think the team with the worst record has gotten the #1 pick in a long time, and that often backs everybody else's picks up.

MilotheSlayer · Post #105 » by **MilotheSlayer** » Sat Mar 7, 2015 10:17 pm

Someone who I would want to take a shot on in the 2nd round would be Chris Walker from Florida. He was a top prospect coming into college. He might not even come out this year but if he does I'd snag his potential up in a heart beat.

carey · Post #106 » by **carey** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 12:40 am

I want Montrezl Harrell on this Suns team badly. I thought he was coming out last year and I wanted to draft him. We don't have anyone on this team that attacks the basket like he does.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #107 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 3:20 am

90% of picks outside the top 10 end up not better than a FA you can get for free.

So aim for All-Star or bust.

I'd be hoping Porzingis drops, and we can maybe trade up if needed.

Harrell is the other guy that is high reward, though I don't like his mentality on defence, a bit Anthony Bennett like.

Mr Puddles · Post #108 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 3:30 am

Mulhollanddrive wrote:90% of picks outside the top 10 end up not better than a FA you can get for free.

So aim for All-Star or bust.

I'd be hoping Porzingis drops, and we can maybe trade up if needed.

Harrell is the other guy that is high reward, though I don't like his mentality on defence, a bit Anthony Bennett like.

Porzingis has great potential as a stretch 4, but his lack of strength is an issue. Still if he slides to 13-14, he'd be a steal. He wouldn't help us address our most glaring weaknesses though in a way that Cauley-Stein and Turner potentially could.

jeff2020 · Post #109 » by **jeff2020** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 3:30 pm

We need an athletic 4 who has a motor in the worst way

MilotheSlayer · Post #110 » by **MilotheSlayer** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 4:42 pm

Harrell would also be a good choice. I think worst case scenario he's Reggie Evans. I actually wouldn't mind Reggie Evans. But I think he becomes much more than Evans in the right system.

letsgosuns · Post #111 » by **letsgosuns** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 7:27 pm

The New York Knicks are reportedly interested in trading the team's upcoming lottery pick for an established player to pair with Carmelo Anthony and help attract another big time free agent. Even though they are not allowed to trade the pick before the draft, they can agree to a trade and draft a player for another team and consummate the trade later. http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/03/knic ... pects.html
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks ... round-pick

I would be open to trading Eric Bledsoe to the Knicks for a top 3 pick. Phil Jackson loves strong guards that play defense and I think Bledsoe would fit well with Carmelo and changing the identity of the Knicks. I am not convinced Bledsoe can run an offense every night by himself and he would not have to playing with Carmelo.

The Suns are a bubble playoff team right now. Two years in a row. Not good enough to really compete and not bad enough to tank. A very difficult position to be in. Trading Bledsoe would kind of be like starting over but so what. What free agent out there that realistically would come to the Suns now would catapult them to elite status? No one I can think of. You need to have a top five player in the league to truly compete for a title. The Suns do not have that right now. None are available this year in free agency. I am all for them going the Seattle Supersonics/OKC Thunder route and building from scratch in the draft. They already have the toughest spot to fill which is the center in Alex Len. They have Warren and Goodwin. Maybe they hold onto Brandon Knight as he is still very young too. If they can draft an elite level power forward prospect it would be a great thing. The worst part about the Suns is that they are not improving with their current team. They are treading water. They need a new direction.

carey · Post #112 » by **carey** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 9:44 pm

letsgosuns wrote:The New York Knicks are reportedly interested in trading the team's upcoming lottery pick for an established player to pair with Carmelo Anthony and help attract another big time free agent. Even though they are not allowed to trade the pick before the draft, they can agree to a trade and draft a player for another team and consummate the trade later. http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/03/knic ... pects.html
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks ... round-pick

I would be open to trading Eric Bledsoe to the Knicks for a top 3 pick. Phil Jackson loves strong guards that play defense and I think Bledsoe would fit well with Carmelo and changing the identity of the Knicks. I am not convinced Bledsoe can run an offense every night by himself and he would not have to playing with Carmelo.

The Suns are a bubble playoff team right now. Two years in a row. Not good enough to really compete and not bad enough to tank. A very difficult position to be in. Trading Bledsoe would kind of be like starting over but so what. What free agent out there that realistically would come to the Suns now would catapult them to elite status? No one I can think of. You need to have a top five player in the league to truly compete for a title. The Suns do not have that right now. None are available this year in free agency. I am all for them going the Seattle Supersonics/OKC Thunder route and building from scratch in the draft. They already have the toughest spot to fill which is the center in Alex Len. They have Warren and Goodwin. Maybe they hold onto Brandon Knight as he is still very young too. If they can draft an elite level power forward prospect it would be a great thing. The worst part about the Suns is that they are not improving with their current team. They are treading water. They need a new direction.

They can have Bledsoe. They won't trade if it's 1-3 but 4-6? I don't see why not. We re-sign Knight and take Hezonja. Roll out a super young team of Knight-Hezonja-Warren-Harrell-Len. It would set us back a couple years but also move us in the right direction talent wise. This has about a .001% chance of happening though.

DirtyDez · Post #113 » by **DirtyDez** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 10:55 pm

The Knicks have a franchise center staring them in the face assuming they get a top-2 pick. If they trade that opportunity for anything less than a superstar Phil should be fired immediately.

Flying Colors · Post #114 » by **Flying Colors** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 11:14 pm

i'd take that deal if its on the table, i think Len could transition to PF if he keeps working on his jumper, we could roll out a twin towers line up :droop:

el13adnino · Post #115 » by **el13adnino** » Sun Mar 8, 2015 11:30 pm

letsgosuns wrote:The New York Knicks are reportedly interested in trading the team's upcoming lottery pick for an established player to pair with Carmelo Anthony and help attract another big time free agent. Even though they are not allowed to trade the pick before the draft, they can agree to a trade and draft a player for another team and consummate the trade later. http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/03/knic ... pects.html
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks ... round-pick

I would be open to trading Eric Bledsoe to the Knicks for a top 3 pick. Phil Jackson loves strong guards that play defense and I think Bledsoe would fit well with Carmelo and changing the identity of the Knicks. I am not convinced Bledsoe can run an offense every night by himself and he would not have to playing with Carmelo.

The Suns are a bubble playoff team right now. Two years in a row. Not good enough to really compete and not bad enough to tank. A very difficult position to be in. Trading Bledsoe would kind of be like starting over but so what. What free agent out there that realistically would come to the Suns now would catapult them to elite status? No one I can think of. You need to have a top five player in the league to truly compete for a title. The Suns do not have that right now. None are available this year in free agency. I am all for them going the Seattle Supersonics/OKC Thunder route and building from scratch in the draft. They already have the toughest spot to fill which is the center in Alex Len. They have Warren and Goodwin. Maybe they hold onto Brandon Knight as he is still very young too. If they can draft an elite level power forward prospect it would be a great thing. The worst part about the Suns is that they are not improving with their current team. They are treading water. They need a new direction.

a person has the right to dream.

In Len We Trust · Post #116 » by **In Len We Trust** » Mon Mar 9, 2015 12:01 am

el13adnino wrote:
letsgosuns wrote:The New York Knicks are reportedly interested in trading the team's upcoming lottery pick for an established player to pair with Carmelo Anthony and help attract another big time free agent. Even though they are not allowed to trade the pick before the draft, they can agree to a trade and draft a player for another team and consummate the trade later. http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/03/knic ... pects.html
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks ... round-pick

I would be open to trading Eric Bledsoe to the Knicks for a top 3 pick. Phil Jackson loves strong guards that play defense and I think Bledsoe would fit well with Carmelo and changing the identity of the Knicks. I am not convinced Bledsoe can run an offense every night by himself and he would not have to playing with Carmelo.

The Suns are a bubble playoff team right now. Two years in a row. Not good enough to really compete and not bad enough to tank. A very difficult position to be in. Trading Bledsoe would kind of be like starting over but so what. What free agent out there that realistically would come to the Suns now would catapult them to elite status? No one I can think of. You need to have a top five player in the league to truly compete for a title. The Suns do not have that right now. None are available this year in free agency. I am all for them going the Seattle Supersonics/OKC Thunder route and building from scratch in the draft. They already have the toughest spot to fill which is the center in Alex Len. They have Warren and Goodwin. Maybe they hold onto Brandon Knight as he is still very young too. If they can draft an elite level power forward prospect it would be a great thing. The worst part about the Suns is that they are not improving with their current team. They are treading water. They need a new direction.

a person has the right to dream.

Yeah, there's no way Eric Bledsoe is worth Okafor, Towns, Mudiay, etc.

The Knicks would only trade that pick for a Demarcus Cousins type of player.

el13adnino · Post #117 » by **el13adnino** » Mon Mar 9, 2015 12:05 am

In Len We Trust wrote:
el13adnino wrote:
letsgosuns wrote:The New York Knicks are reportedly interested in trading the team's upcoming lottery pick for an established player to pair with Carmelo Anthony and help attract another big time free agent. Even though they are not allowed to trade the pick before the draft, they can agree to a trade and draft a player for another team and consummate the trade later. http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/03/knic ... pects.html
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/knicks ... round-pick

I would be open to trading Eric Bledsoe to the Knicks for a top 3 pick. Phil Jackson loves strong guards that play defense and I think Bledsoe would fit well with Carmelo and changing the identity of the Knicks. I am not convinced Bledsoe can run an offense every night by himself and he would not have to playing with Carmelo.

The Suns are a bubble playoff team right now. Two years in a row. Not good enough to really compete and not bad enough to tank. A very difficult position to be in. Trading Bledsoe would kind of be like starting over but so what. What free agent out there that realistically would come to the Suns now would catapult them to elite status? No one I can think of. You need to have a top five player in the league to truly compete for a title. The Suns do not have that right now. None are available this year in free agency. I am all for them going the Seattle Supersonics/OKC Thunder route and building from scratch in the draft. They already have the toughest spot to fill which is the center in Alex Len. They have Warren and Goodwin. Maybe they hold onto Brandon Knight as he is still very young too. If they can draft an elite level power forward prospect it would be a great thing. The worst part about the Suns is that they are not improving with their current team. They are treading water. They need a new direction.

a person has the right to dream.

Yeah, there's no way Eric Bledsoe is worth Okafor, Towns, Mudiay, etc.

The Knicks would only trade that pick for a Demarcus Cousins type of player.

thank you for being realistic .... really

letsgosuns · Post #118 » by **letsgosuns** » Mon Mar 9, 2015 12:41 am

I would not trade a top pick for Demarcus Cousins. That is how little I think of him. Great talent but his mindset and attitude are the furthest things you could ever want from a championship caliber basketball player. He is out of his mind. Just take a look at some examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgpXAsElEdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVVaMEHmvAE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjjSDUDYlmE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kecUkqsVJlk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3E4k16ztXw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFPG8aapllw (one of the most vicious plays I have seen on the basketball court)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRN7cCsP3MQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLPzt_Sclrg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yQOi1fBmmQ

Is that enough examples for people because the examples are endless. Cousins is who he is. You can hold out hope all you want for him to change but this guy is nowhere near what you want from a teammate, team leader, or winner.

MilotheSlayer · Post #119 » by **MilotheSlayer** » Mon Mar 9, 2015 8:15 pm

I like Boogie just because he plays with emotion, he doesn't get many calls so he'd fit in, and I think he'd complete the bad boy Suns roster. Plus instead of our guys holding the Morri back the Morri would be the only ones able to hold Boogie back. The Morri would have to grow up quick.

Frank Lee · Post #120 » by **Frank Lee** » Mon Mar 9, 2015 8:58 pm

carey wrote:
They can have Bledsoe. They won't trade if it's 1-3 but 4-6? I don't see why not. We re-sign Knight and take Hezonja. Roll out a super young team of Knight-Hezonja-Warren-Harrell-Len. It would set us back a couple years but also move us in the right direction talent wise. This has about a .001% chance of happening though.

Would you deal Bled for Stauskas or Landry + #7 ?

Which three guys would you most like to draft if they are there at 13?