Hittin' the Links: It's 2010 NBA Draft Week, So Let's Mock It Up

That’s how I see it.

In an earlier thread, I feel like I remember you discussing the option of trading down and then picking Udoh, Aldrich, Sanders. Was that you throwing out an idea (a good one!), or was that something you saw reported somewhere?

the name they put out for the second round was Craig Brackins. He’s no Parakhouski, but he was considered a lottery lock if he had committed to the draft last year.

if we got Aldrich/Whiteside along with Parakhouski and Varnado (both of whom have fallen towards the late second)

One of the things that really makes me interested about Udoh is that he has a good isolation game. I’m curious about how that would translate to the NBA.

And turn it on.

“Now go do that voodoo that you do so well!”

I wonder if teams will actually take that into account when drafting him. You never know as the player still has to sign the contract and Kobe forced his way into LA because of that

RT @boogiecousins: Draft express needs to get there facts straight ….ME nor ANYBODY close to me made those comments ..

Maybe that is why sacramento made Cousins’ workout sound like the greatest thing since sliced bread.

If Sacramento really doesn’t want to risk being stuck with him, which is possible, they take monroe. Then I doubt that GSW will want him either given their current attitude problems with Randolph. Thus we get Cousins.

If Sacramento is a little ballsy then they take Cousins for the sole purpose of trading him, and lets just hope Joe D already crunched the numbers to create a favorable package come Thursday evening.

All this depends on what the first four do, so we won’t know anyhthing til thursday. Of course, if Cousins doesn’t pan out, this pick will be the end of Joe Dumars’ Career

I hope dery wants Cousins as bad as we do, so if we don’t get him i can just direct my feelings to his fantastic rant, where he hopefully loses his voice.

I know the Kings want a veteran small forward, and Prince would certainly be preferable to taking Hedo’s terrible contract. I’d love to take a one year flier on Dalembert, too.

I don’t think Aminu has developed the twitter skill yet, he’s still quite raw, though friends are clamoring for his potential CV31esque tweeting ability.

NY gave them a ton of pieces, including future first rounders to get some more cap space. Because of that, Houston could possibly move up in the draft without giving up their current first

According the Luchey, Udoh’s workout partners are Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson, Kansas center Cole Aldrich, Virginia Commonwealth power forward Larry Sanders and North Carolina power forward Ed Davis.
Luchey also said that Texas center Dexter Pittman replaced Wake Forest forward Al-Farouq Aminu, who canceled his workout.

baha…bahahahahahahahaha

GOD I’M FUNNY. Anyways, I was able to find some limited video on him and posted it in my scouting report in the fanposts. I spent a good 4 hours scrounging up as much information on the guy as I could with DraftExpress having the majority of the info.

In the limited video we have on him, he shows a consistent touch in his jumper 15-17 feet and in, definitely prefers banging in the post, and shows an ability to finish strong around the rim.

He’s an athlete possibly in better condition than any other big in the draft given his extremely low body fat % and while I think someone claimed that while watching him play he seemed to walk up the court on offense, I’m not buying it given he averaged almost 35 minutes a game.

From his stats we know at the very least that he knows how to rebound on both the offensive and defensive glass, and that he could put on another 10-15 lbs of muscle without it affecting his frame or overall quickness, etc. He played soccer up until he was 16 and has shown relatively agile feet in the post and in defending although he needs to get quicker in lateral movement to play a larger role in help defense. He’s only been playing basketball for 5 years so for someone 21 years old, he has a signficant amount of upside.

I think at best, he ends up being better than Gortat on offense and defense. If we somehow got that out of him, and got a legit starter out of the other big we draft, then we’d have to consider this year’s draft a huge success…No point in talking about “at worst” with a 2nd round pick.

Jerebko still won, but only just barely.

if Joe can’t pull off a trade which looks BETTER than that, I’m completely fucking lost.