Kevin Love mocks it up...

PeeDee · Post #1 » by **PeeDee** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:47 pm

ESPN did a mock where they polled current NBA players on the teams picking in the first round. Here is who Kevin picked:

6. Timberwolves/Kevin Love select ...

Brandon Jennings, PG, Lottomatica Roma

"We need a good 3, but since DeMar and Harden are off the board, I like Brandon," says forward Kevin Love. "I admire his passing, and I've been on the good -- and bad -- end of ones that resulted in dunks. Plus, he's a lefty, which makes him unorthodox and a tough matchup."

18. Timberwolves/Kevin Love select ...

Austin Daye, F, Gonzaga

"Austin's got potential," says Kevin Love. "He's a guy you can gamble on, like Anthony Randolph in Golden State. His upside is, at 6'10", he's going to get better." The question is whether he'll get better in college or the NBA. He hasn't signed with an agent and might return to Gonzaga.

28. Timberwolves/Kevin Love select ...

Josh Heytvelt, PF/C, Gonzaga

Here's the pick that completes the KG 7-for-1 deal with the Celts in 2007. Back then, Kevin Love was finishing up high school in Oregon. "Being from the Northwest, I've seen Josh play," Love says. "He can help as an inside presence and give us depth in our frontcourt rotation."

Esohny · Post #2 » by **Esohny** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:54 pm

Thank God Love doesn't have any authority. That's a brutal draft.

PeeDee · Post #3 » by **PeeDee** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:55 pm

BTW, here's who Kevin passed up

#6 Curry, Evans and Flynn

#18 Clark (!), Holiday (!), and Mullens

Post #4 » by **C.lupus** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:57 pm

After that draft he should be traded to Memphis

Winter Wonder · Post #5 » by **Winter Wonder** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:14 pm

Not huge on Jennings, but it isn't an insane pick (would MUCH rather have Evans though). Jennings is comparable to Curry and Flynn on my board, just a bigger question mark but possibly more potential. Jennings is still slightly behind those other two, but it is more from not knowing than anything. The potential is there.

Don't hate the Daye pick either, though passing on two of those three would be crazy as I think there is great value with Holiday (especially) and Clark. Mullens and Daye are about on par right now and it depends on the team needs as to who picks them and I think at this point I may like Daye over Mullens.

I actually hate his #28 pick the most...

john2jer · Post #6 » by **john2jer** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:25 pm

He went with the guys he knows. Jennings was on his AAU team, and he's from Oregon, so he's seen a few Gonzaga games in his time.

Hopefully the draft goes exactly like that, except that we ignore Love and take Evans, Clark, and anyone not named Heytvelt cause we could get him in the 2nd round.

tvwolves7 · Post #7 » by **tvwolves7** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:36 pm

He has to say Jennings.

GopherIt! · Post #8 » by **GopherIt!** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:38 pm

Kevin Love wrote:We need a good 3, but since DeMar and Harden are off the board

Harden a good 3??? Stephen A Smith would rather eat Cheez Doodlez than see Harden play at SF.

Winter Wonder · Post #9 » by **Winter Wonder** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:40 pm

GopherIt! wrote:[quote= "Kevin Love sayeth"]"We need a good 3, but since DeMar and Harden are off the board

Harden a good 3??? Even Stephen A Smith could do better than that.[/quote]

Don't overestimate S.A.S.'s abilities. I would have believed that S.A.S. could do it LOUDER than that or more annoyingly than that, but not better than that.

GopherIt! · Post #10 » by **GopherIt!** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:45 pm

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY ABOUT SAS?

NEXT THING YOU KNOW KEVIN LOVE WILL SAY "SLAVA MEDVEDENKO HAS A GREAT HANDLE, I THINK WE SHOULD GO AND SIGN SLAVA"!!!

john2jer · Post #11 » by **john2jer** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:46 pm

Oh Stephen A, how we never missed you, always hated you, and wished you just get duct taped across the mouth. Ahhhh, memories.

Post #12 » by **Calinks** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:12 pm

I miss Stephen A. Hope he gets another major tv deal.

4ho5ive · Post #13 » by **4ho5ive** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:28 pm

"Dear ESPN, Quite Frankly I cannot believe you did this to me. Here I am *let me think now* here I am, one of the premiere NBA analysts, sports personalities and entertainers of our age and Im here sitting here deciding whether or not to interview Serge Ibaka, Quite Frankly, This. Is. An. Out. Rage. I should quit tomorrow. Howeva!, this is the only job I have left. In conclusion, I will stay, but I won't be happy about it.

Sincerely,
Stephen A. Smith"

Esohny · Post #14 » by **Esohny** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:41 pm

4ho5ive wrote:"Dear ESPN, Quite Frankly I cannot believe you did this to me. Here I am *let me think now* here I am, one of the premiere NBA analysts, sports personalities and entertainers of our age and Im here sitting here deciding whether or not to interview Serge Ibaka, Quite Frankly, This. Is. An. Out. Rage. I should quit tomorrow. Howeva!, this is the only job I have left. In conclusion, I will stay, but I won't be happy about it.

Sincerely,
Stephen A. Smith"

He certainly does suck.