By knux-future Go To PostOkafor is talented but his style of game requires the team to be built around him….Basically 3 3-D wings, maybe 2 who who can slash and a defensive stretch 4.
Patrick Beverly
Wes Matthews
DeMarre Carrol
...uh....Draymond Green? Future Best Outcome Noel? Anthony Davis? Karl Towns?
Okafor
By Morzingis Go To PostMudiay looks like a little Tyreke Evans with less athletic ability. His fall from sure fire top 4 to 7 or 8 woulda happened a lot sooner if he played college ball. Might have fallen out of the top 10.Less athletic ability than... Tyreke Evans? What in the actual fuck.......
The thing about Jrue and Reke is that they were tweeners on both ends of the floor when they came into the league. Jrue figured out how to be a PG. Reke didn't. Mudiay is 100% a PG, no question. He'll have a much easier time acclimating himself to the NBA game. Why am I hearing John Wall comparisons? Mudiay's handles, off-hand, and start/stop/hesitation game are all already way more advanced.
By IWMTB19 Go To PostI don't like the idea of trading him for picks at all, but trading him for a Jimmy Butler tier guard if they can sign Millsap wouldn't be a bad move.Isn't that like impossible to find right now? Jeez, this era's crop of SGs are complete shitsauce.
By IWMTB19 Go To Postedit: Some teams are saying that Mario is trying to sabotage his draft stock so he can get picked by… Detroit?
Is Mario the first person in the last 30 years who would want to take less money to go to Detroit?
This can't be the actual story, can it? There's nothing about the city of Detroit or that team that screams "Euros will be embraced with open arms."
By IWMTB19 Go To PostGobert is our best player, but Favors is also a star and a top 30 guy and one of the three basketball players on our team.
I don't like the idea of trading him for picks at all, but trading him for a Jimmy Butler tier guard if they can sign Millsap wouldn't be a bad move.
edit: Some teams are saying that Mario is trying to sabotage his draft stock so he can get picked by… Detroit?
Is Mario the first person in the last 30 years who would want to take less money to go to Detroit?
arr tellem is his agent and he's got that front office job with the pistons
the Lakers are indeed leaning towards selecting D'Angelo Russell with the No. 2 pick, the Celtics are trying to trade for the No. 3 pick in the hopes of selecting Jahlil Okafor, reports ESPN's Brian Windhorst.Yeah, I don't know, man. Unless it's 2 unprotected future firsts, Okafor has way too much potential. I really hope you guys keep the pick, knux. By the 2016 off-season, you potentially have Okafor, Noel, Saric and (a hopefully still breathing) Embiid. Obviously at least one of those guys has to go but that's a way better problem to have than wondering wtf to do with the trash that Ainge dumps on you.
"A lot of rival executives believe Danny Ainge of the Boston Celtics are prepared to give a Godfather offer to get in there for Jahlil Okafor if he's available at 3 — including multiple first-round picks, potentially Marcus Smart, who knows what he'll put on the table," Windhorst said on SportsCenter, according to NESN.com.
By Omega Go To PostWCS 4? not even the knocks are that dumbHow do you feel about Kaminsky at 4? Because that's equally as possible.
By Red Blaster Go To Postarr tellem is his agent and he's got that front office job with the pistons
Oh, okay.
By Dark PhaZe Go To Post"pure point"Larry fucking Brown said Mudiay had more pg skills than anyone he'd ever seen at that age. But naw phaze says he ain't shit so that's just the way it is.
dude
no. seriously.
And using the Evans comparison as some sort of slight is funny to me. Y'all forgot that Evans was roty or something? Evans problem is that he's a black hole and dumb as bricks, I haven't heard anything like that about Mudiay. If Mudiay comes into the league with the same amount of raw talent that Evans has then whoever drafts him will be very lucky.
Okafor and Embiid doesn't work. Embiid can't guard 4s fulltime..Okafor cant guard 5s right now. Okafor and Noel kinda sorta does only if Noel has leveled up his jumper any.
That Boston deal suuuucks....but it can be salvaged if we can get back into the top 10 and perhaps get a Winslow or Mario type.
Fuck everything
That Boston deal suuuucks....but it can be salvaged if we can get back into the top 10 and perhaps get a Winslow or Mario type.
Fuck everything
I hate the Celtics enough that I hope we take Okafor and don't give them the opportunity to trade up. Philly would do it too.
/hattip IWMTB:
Gondo, pls.
Turkish basketball player Enes Kanter, who has made no secret of his links to the Gülen movement — a civil society group also known as the Hizmet movement that is inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen — has stated that he has been excluded from Turkey’s basketball team for the 2015 European Basketball Championship due to his beliefs.
Gondo, pls.
By reilo Go To PostLarry Brown wouldn't know what a PG was.I'm no Larry Brown fan but dude gets a lot of his PGs generally. Sure it happens after he eats their souls but he knows somethings. He kinda salvaged Billups' career.
By knux-future Go To PostI'm no Larry Brown fan but dude gets a lot of his PGs generally. Sure it happens after he eats their souls but he knows somethings. He kinda salvaged Billups' career.So he's 1-8 on PGs.
Mudiay unguarded from 3 is a safer bet than whatever LB says about a PG
this nigga mudiay was about to go to the SMU Mustangs with Larry Brown as a top recruit
that wasn't suspect at all
of course not
that wasn't suspect at all
of course not
By tom penny Go To PostCeltics are getting Okafor and the Hornets pick tonight.Kemba for Isiah? Sure
Larry caping for Mudiay on sportscenter right now.
Hinkie...listen to Larry Brown.
this is where i have gone...willing to listen to Larry Brown.
Hinkie...listen to Larry Brown.
this is where i have gone...willing to listen to Larry Brown.
By tom penny Go To PostCeltics are getting Okafor and the Hornets pick tonight.this makes me sick.
By tom penny Go To PostYa dumb fucks are taking fatty Sullinger off our hands.Fine. Kemba for Avery
So the Grizzlies essentially traded a second round pick (already made) for Matt Barnes? That's a steal...
You know why I am like 80% sure the knicks pick is Winslow.
They worked winslow out first and reportedly had him back to MSG 2-3 times and he was the first person they worked out.
They worked winslow out first and reportedly had him back to MSG 2-3 times and he was the first person they worked out.
By knux-future Go To PostLarry caping for Mudiay on sportscenter right now.Im kinda hoping y'all take Mudiay if LA takes Russel. I don't think Phil would pick Mudiay while I'm pretty sure he would take Okafor.
Hinkie…listen to Larry Brown.
this is where i have gone…willing to listen to Larry Brown.
Mudiay seems like a sixer kind of player too.
By masud Go To PostIm kinda hoping y'all take Mudiay if LA takes Russel. I don't think Phil would pick Mudiay while I'm pretty sure he would take Okafor.
Mudiay seems like a sixer kind of player too.
trade bait?
By Zeus Ex Machina Go To PostYou know why I am like 80% sure the knicks pick is Winslow.I think Winslow is the right choice for NY at 4....maybe even ahead of Okafor if he falls, he may not have Super Star ceiling but he seems like the least likely to be absolutely useless and it allows Fish to play Melo at the 4.
They worked winslow out first and reportedly had him back to MSG 2-3 times and he was the first person they worked out.
Mario is the sexier choice but that attitude in NY plus rookie/sophmore struggle might make him catch a body. Zingis has huge bust potential and Mudiay didn't wow a single solitary soul in his few workouts.
Somebody needs to restrain Phil. Dude's full on senile.
Phil....stop trying to draft for fit you idiot, take the BPA and keep him. It's simple when you're as bad as the Knicks are. GET AS MUCH TALENT AS YOU CAN.
By Morzingis Go To PostI think Winslow is the right choice for NY at 4….maybe even ahead of Okafor if he falls, he may not have Super Star ceiling but he seems like the least likely to be absolutely useless and it allows Fish to play Melo at the 4.Yeah... Fuck drafting someone who doesn't have a superstar ceiling with the 4th pick in a deep draft. I wanna roll the dice on a potential superstar (no euro)
Mario is the sexier choice but that attitude in NY plus rookie/sophmore struggle might make him catch a body. Zingis has huge bust potential and Mudiay didn't wow a single solitary soul in his few workouts.
the 4th pick is no man's land when tier one players are gone after the third pick.
2nd tier players like mudiay, hezonja, winslow are available, yet you are willing to trade down?
phil done lost his mind. im kinda glad he doesn't run the lakers FO now.
2nd tier players like mudiay, hezonja, winslow are available, yet you are willing to trade down?
phil done lost his mind. im kinda glad he doesn't run the lakers FO now.
By reilo Go To Post/hattip IWMTB:Read up on Gulen this morning, very interesting guy. Seems to be a moderate so it isn't like Kanter is supporting an Islamic coup in Istanbul or anything.
Gondo, pls.
By obijkenobiThe Jeremy Lamb Era in OKC is over. :( don't know how the Thunder recover from losing Coach Brooks and Lamb in thr same offseasonPray for us.
By masud Go To PostYeah… Fuck drafting someone who doesn't have a superstar ceiling with the 4th pick in a deep draft. I wanna roll the dice on a potential superstar (no euro)
But SuperStar ceiling might be exclusive to Towns and Russell. by the 4th pick shit gets murky.
By KingGondo Go To PostRead up on Gulen this morning, very interesting guy. Seems to be a moderate so it isn't like Kanter is supporting an Islamic coup in Istanbul or anything.
Gondo literally optimistic about a cult if a Thunder player is a member.
GUYS WE'RE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.
By Morzingis Go To PostGondo literally optimistic about a cult if a Thunder player is a member.I read his Wikipedia article. I didn't see anything about a cult. If that's true then I'm obviously not cool with it.
GUYS WE'RE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.
By SamuraiX- Go To PostVivek has to bite the bullet and fire Karl. He won't tho.Take a fucking hike, Karl. Enjoy living the illusion that you're a HoF coach on another team.
pretty much i didnt bother posting when people talked about nobody wanting to coach for kings after a potential karl fire
like, bruh, we aint know motherfucker was gona hijack the team from jump lul
like, bruh, we aint know motherfucker was gona hijack the team from jump lul
Jared Sullinger is following the Hornets on twitter suddenly...is no longer following the Celtics.
DY...
DY...
Ford's (last?) Mock now has Towns-Okafor-Russell-Mudiay-Porz.
Ford admits he has no idea on the Knicks if they pick at 4 and is just guessing. Also says his sources are convincing him of Russell for Philly over Mudiay.
Kaminsky to Hornets, DY!!!!!
Ford admits he has no idea on the Knicks if they pick at 4 and is just guessing. Also says his sources are convincing him of Russell for Philly over Mudiay.
Kaminsky to Hornets, DY!!!!!
Moris, can you mention something in the title thread to spoiler tag picks they get from twitter before silver announces them?
By knux-future Go To PostJared Sullinger is following the Hornets on twitter suddenly…is no longer following the Celtics.I will hold the line
DY…
SB saying Okafor's 2nd workout in LA wasn't as strong as his first and Russell was hitting everything in his workouts, which might have pushed Mitch from Oka to Russ
By K@do Go To PostMoris, can you mention something in the title thread to spoiler tag picks they get from twitter before silver announces them?It's Rodeo's thread, he has had off season duties for a bit now.
By KingGondo Go To PostYo Moris, check this out for more on Gulen.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fethullah-gulen/
Gondo out here, "Have you heard the good word my brother?"