[2016 NBA DRAFT NIGHT THREAD] - Thursday, 6/23/16 7:00 PM EST

[Greenie]

I'm half tempted to set this dude as my avy and I think everyone else should too.

[Greenie]

You're fuken awesome. I bet you believed we can trade oquinn for a 1st rounder also.

Now your just squawking to keep the conversation alive.

For the record I knew the Knicks weren't getting a 1st round pick, but with gaping holes in the roster and the need to preserve cap space for the 2017 free agent period I did have high hopes Phil would get off his **** ass and buy a couple of 2nd round picks so we would have some cheap players with talent who could develop into something more.

It's really not that hard to understand, especially if you watch college basketball, but I bet it passed by you like a breeze......

Couldn't by a couple. Maybe one. Look like the guys Phil wanted dropped anyway. 2nd rd picks were going for damn near the full 3mil we had to spend.

[DrCoach]

Knicks should sign Warney before OKC, GS, or spurs do it.

Would be great to bring in the local kid, reminds me of sweetney

[knickstape21]

Yogi Ferrell to the Nets.

Nets are such a weird team name if you think about it. It's like calling an NFL team the Field Goal Posts.

[EricAnderson]

It's so odd that other then the sixers who are actually gonna try to win some games this year the one team that's looking to destroy and rebuild are the nets who don't even own a pick

If I'm the Celtics I'm loving the Nets right now.. If I didn't know better I'd think they're purposely trying to make all the picks they give to the Celtics as high as possible

[K_ick_God]

Yogi Ferrell to the Nets.

Nets are such a weird team name if you think about it. It's like calling an NFL team the Field Goal Posts.

The St. Louis AstroTurf back in the day.

[Johnny Hoops]

Is the $3M gone now or can it still be used in some fashion to make a deal work or buy a drafted player from another team?

[magnumt]

before you dudes keep clowning on the dude because how he looks see his production. He has some skills

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBckdsSgug0[/youtube]

also if you can see in the highlights he has a lot of kyle korver (who looked kinda dopey coming out of college) and remember Horny fixed his shot. What if Horny can get this kid to become that kind of shooter?

That's the EXACT same thing I saw too, Kyle Korver. When he pulls up at the top of the key each time, it's just like how Korver does it form-wise. He's just more athletic than Korver though.

The other thing is too, if he does manage to make and stay on the Team...Baker, Porzingis, and Melo at the top and opposite sides of the key will be a thing of beauty to watch.

--Mags

[Adelheid]

How did Presti pull that trade off? A regressing Ibaka for dipo and Sabonis? dafuq

[SelbyCobra]

I was reading a Celtics board this morning, and this was by far my favorite line in a thread asking fellow Boston fans to grade their draft:

I think Danny Ainge did okay given his constraints.

[magnumt]

I could start a separate thread but here's a list of some of the most notable undrafted players and where they have signed

Alex Caruso - Texas A&M
Alex Poythress - Kentucky --- Orlando Magic
Andrey Desyatnikov - Russia
Brandon Austin - Alabama
Brannen Greene - Kansas
Cat Barber - N.C. State --- New Orleans Pelicans
Damion Lee - Louisville
Danuel House - Texas A&M --- Washington Wizards
Derrick Jones - UNLV
Dorian Finney-Smith - Florida
Egidijus Mockevicius - Lithuania
Elgin Cook - Oregon
Emmanuel Malou - Australia
Fred VanVleet - Wichita State --- Toronto Raptors
Gary Payton II - Oregon State --- Houston Rockets
Goodluck Okonoboh - UNLV
Gracin Bakumanya - Congo
Isaiah Taylor - Texas --- Houston Rockets
Jalen Reynolds - Xavier
Jameel Warney - Stony Brook
James Webb III - Boise State
Jarrod Uthoff - Iowa
Julian Jacobs - USC
Kaleb Tarczewski - Arizona --- Washington Wizards
Kyle Wiltjer - Gonzaga --- Houston Rockets
Mamadou Ndiaye - UC-Irvine --- Golden State Warriors
Marshall Plumlee - Duke
Moussa Diagne - Senegal
Perry Ellis - Kansas
Prince Ibeh - Texas
Rasheed Sulaimon - Maryland
Robert Carter - Maryland --- Golden State Warriors
Ron Baker - Wichita State --- New York Knicks
Rosco Allen - Stanford
Shawn Long - Louisiana-Lafayette
Sheldon McClellan - Miami --- Washington Wizards
Shevon Thompson - George Mason
Stefan Jankovic - Hawaii
Thomas Walkup - Stephen F. Austin
Tim Quarterman - LSU
Troy Williams - Indiana
Wayne Selden - Kansas
Yogi Ferrell - Indiana
Zach Auguste - Notre Dame

Start a separate thread, it'll be useful info IMO and would get lost in this one.

--Mags

[F N 11]

Sixers are quietly building a beast. Don't sleep.

I'm sure with no guard play at all. And 4 lottery big men lol

[PeoplesChamp]

Beasley baby!!!!

[Triple C]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/chadfordinsider/status/746359771217989632[/tweet]

What?

[JXL]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/chadfordinsider/status/746359771217989632[/tweet]

What?

Fk Chad Ford, why should we get into this weak ass draft when we're constructing through free agency. He's hated Melo since 2011, he's criticized the Porzingis pick, he feels we whine too much, fk Chad Ford.

[Jay10]

Sixers are quietly building a beast. Don't sleep.

I'm sure with no guard play at all. And 4 lottery big men lol

how is your starting lineup getting the tony allen treatment from the tip-off?

the opposing team should be able to get career highs in defensive rebounds when playing the 76ers.

[Knicksfan1992]

before you dudes keep clowning on the dude because how he looks see his production. He has some skills

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBckdsSgug0[/youtube]

also if you can see in the highlights he has a lot of kyle korver (who looked kinda dopey coming out of college) and remember Horny fixed his shot. What if Horny can get this kid to become that kind of shooter?

That's the EXACT same thing I saw too, Kyle Korver. When he pulls up at the top of the key each time, it's just like how Korver does it form-wise. He's just more athletic than Korver though.

The other thing is too, if he does manage to make and stay on the Team...Baker, Porzingis, and Melo at the top and opposite sides of the key will be a thing of beauty to watch.

--Mags

Korver is 6 foot 7 though. Baker's only 6 foot 4. Makes it harder to get that shot off but, yeah he does remind me a lot of Korver outside of that.

[magnumt]

Mr. Perfect has more class than that. It's not even that serious.
You on the other hand 13 year ballboy can eat a D & catch the itis. Hold this block.
Congrats on being the 1st to achieve that.

I was talking about this same thing earlier with my friend, but the strong selling point I was talking about was being in the East with that lineup. KD will check out Rose this offseason and see where he is at Im sure.

That's the same thing I was talking with a friend to about yesterday as well!

The path to the Conference Finals is currently MUUUUUUUUUCH easier in the East than the West.

We also have a team that can take the scoring load off of him more than the Thunder (especially if we add passing Big men like Noah or Gasol). The problem the Thunder made in the Ibalka trade was the dual loss of of post defense, and they still didn't add another perimeter scoring threat (because let's be real, Oladipo is just a slightly above average scorer who derives most of of it from slashing). I mean just look at at his %'s:
- 43% FG
- 33% 3PT
- 46% 2PT

No wonder the Magic were so willing to part with him (a former #2 pick) AND another Lotto pick!

Our only real competition right now IMO are are the Warriors, who of poster Depth & Scoring, but not for East.

--Mags

[F N 11]

Lol at the F

[IllmaticHandler]

I know people like to **** on Brooklyn, but I think they did a decent Job this year getting some youth for the future.