I like it.

Really enjoying these posts, Pardeep— excellent work. Keep ’em coming!!

Of all the guys who have a realistic shot of being available when we pick, Clark is my favorite.

I’d be happy with Clark – definitely seems like he could be a good value. I see him as potentially a Shawn Marion type.

One issue with that clip though – the guy he’s taking off the dribble is Luke Harangody.

I think Clark is one of the few players that will be available that have star potential.

What scares me is that he looked really uncomfortable off the dribble when I watched him play against MSU. Sharpe has similar athleticism and much better skills (from the little I’ve seen of the two).

Then again, Ariza is a pretty bad ball handler too and gets by with straight line drives and athleticism. If Clark can lock down on defense, grab rebounds, develop at consistent three-point shot and all other things Ariza does, he’ll be well worth it. I think that’s a better comparison than Odom (Odom’s a legit ball handler).

I’m leaning away from Clark because of Sharpe. But maybe drafting EC will create some healthy competition between the two…

I’d be thrilled if we signed Clark. Not only could he be the backup 3 we’ve needed for years, but after a year if he pans out he could make Tay expendable without having to spend on a replacement three (like williams, marion, etc). Then Tay can come back in 5 years and become our head coach. TPIAFI?

Slightly OT, but what the fuck is up with Sharpe? Why was he on the active roster all year yet I don’t remember seeing him play one minute? Shouldn’t he be in the D-League or something? I don’t get it.

There has to be some reason we took a 6’9" narcoleptic that wasn’t even on most teams’ draft boards over DeAndre Jordan, a proven C with legit NBA size from a legit college program, doesn’t there?

On topic:

Clark would be a great pick at #15. He and his Louisville buddy T-Will both are guys that I think you really can’t miss on. They’re both lanky, super athletic, defend exceptionally well, and have the definition of a “complementary” offensive game. The two things that put T-Will ever-so-slightly over Clark in my book are:

1) At 6’6", T-Will is an EXCEPTIONAL rebounder, averaging virtually identical numbers as Clark (8.6 v 8.7). 5 apg and 2.3 spg don’t hurt either.

2) I think he’s a potential star. He just has that certain cockiness about him. I can’t pin it exactly, but I have this feeling that he could be Grant Hill but on the All-Defense team too. All he really needs to do is develop a jump shot, because he already has handles, can pass, rebound, do everything else.

Oh, CDR too. Remember that Nets game where he single-handedly killed us? Fucking Sharpe. Either somebody knows something we don’t know or JDIAFI.

One thing that worries me about Clark: we might be drafting Julian Wright.

I’ve never seen this kid play. haven’t really ever heard of him either so I can’t comment.

@ Joel: re Sharpe – I think the plan was to 1. dial in his meds; 2. The guy had bounced around in college and was susupeded for awhile (I believe) that he hadn’t really played alot of structured, organized ball in addition to a “regular” life so they wanted to provide him with alot of structure; 3. traveling with D-League and the other chaos that goes with D-L wouldn’t be beneficial to him; 4. I think Joe/mngmt wanted to really see what he was in terms of how far he might be away.

I forgot #5. Joe D totally fucked up and didn’t want anyone to know so he didn’t kick him to the curb and is hoping he will silently fade into the night this summer while everyone is focused on carping about the CB trade and the cap room it gave us.

I thought Sharpe spent some time in the D-League last year? If I remember right CDR refused to work out for us last year.

http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/2008-09-16/no-d-league-for-walter-sharpe/

“Cranks dat in cruise control”

LOL WUT

Sign me the fuck up!

http://www.detroitbadboys.com/archives/tag/walter-sharpe/

Ok, he did go to the D-League for a bit.

And he played just few enough games to be able to tell us absolutely nothing! Woo hoo!
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbdl/players/s/sharpwa01d.html

Yes, CDR is rumored to have said that he didn’t want to play for the Pistons.

Walter Sharpe is a lottery level talent. Getting him in the second round (even though there’s a strong chance he won’t pan out due to narcolepsy and his lack of game experience) was probably too much of a low risk/high reward gamble to pass up.

That being said, DeAndre Jordan would have been a great pick.

earl clark, if he’s there at 15, is the pick. i don’t know how you’d be able to second guess joe with that one. i watched a decent amount of big east ball this year and i agree with pardeep’s “whoa wtf” assessment of clark. watching him this year i just assumed he was a top 5 pick. the fact we could have him in the middle of the 1st is astounding.

Earl Clark will be the best player out of the draft not named Griffin, Rubio, of Thabeet. If we can get him at the 15th pick I say deal, deal, deal!

If Clark is the solid pick everyone thinks he is why don’t we move up a spot or two shouldn’t be that hard .

we need to stop entertaining these dumb articles. the pistons front office cry every year that we need a impact player like lebron, like kobe, like wade and like the great jordan, but when one in their face they don’t grab him. i’ll repeat gp is not jumping on terrance williams bandwagon for no reason. jordan was not a great player in college but look what he did when he came in the nba. nobody knew kobe would be as good as he is,in the nba or he would have been the #1 pick when he was drafted.so in other the words don’t judge what he did in college, judge what he is capable of.

It appears joe just cut and pasted the above message in all the draft evaluation threads. So it appears the question is, do you believe a prospect is better ranked on proformance or potential? Personally, I like Hansbrough or Blair, but with Dumars saying that Stucky is not a point gaurd, I could see Ty Lawson being the pick (unless a FA like D. Miller or Fenton is on their radar), could be the 1st round pick.
On the performance VS potential question, doesn’t it depend on the amount of years the person spend in college?

Dumars didn’t say Stuckey wasn’t a point guard. Just that he should play off the ball too so he can be more aggressive and look for his shot more.