Official 2009 NBA Draft Day Thread

[ffadicted]

Mcclinton is about a 1000x better shooter than Hill is. McClintons ability to pull up and drive with turnover ratio was off the charts. He is a really really underrated player.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUih97fU8Bs

Watch

for the 51st pick? I'm sold

[El Jefe]

I don't want to get too crazy on McClinton yet, his size bothers me.....

But his numbers for catch and shoot jumpers are insane.

I'm talking 1.7 points per possession, 56.8 FG%, 85%(!) adjusted FG%

His other numbers are pretty good too, but one thing is certain. The kid can shoot.

[VI_Massive]

What is the difference between speed and quickness? Seriously.

Speed is the ability to move fast over longer distances. Quickness is the ability to move fast in the space of 2 feet or so.

[Blackjack]

Never underestimate a man named "Jack."



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[Brazil]

De Colo. :tu

a new buddy for TP and Ian

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Not bad overall but I thought the Spurs would use their last pick on a big. They must have a deal done and waiting for the July 8th deadline that will bring them another front court player. Right now we have TD, Bonner, Mihinmi and Blair. Not gonna go far unless we get Timmy so real help down low.

Um, we weren't going to find anyone that would be in the top 3 bigs in our rotation at picks 51 or 53.

This team is pretty much set now, just need to out and use the MLE on their big, whoever that may be, and call it a summer.

[Libri]

Not bad overall but I thought the Spurs would use their last pick on a big. They must have a deal done and waiting for the July 8th deadline that will bring them another front court player. Right now we have TD, Bonner, Mihinmi and Blair. Not gonna go far unless we get Timmy so real help down low.

Spurs will try to find somebody in the free agent market.

[timvp]

If De Colo doesn't sign with Spurs, he will go to Valencia. Valencia is coached by Neven Spahija, Pop's friend.

Does he have anything that won't allow him to play in summer league?

[benefactor]

Mavericks took Nivins...probably their best pick of the night. lol

[EricB]

Damn, you get a Udonis Haslem type and a Jannero Robinson type player in one draft.

If they can pan out, damn..... :smokin

[Spurtacus]

Anyone believe with these two guards that Finley's days are numbered?

[Bruno]

Does he have anything that won't allow him to play in summer league?

Yeah, French NT.

[Russ]

McClinton can create his own shot!

[Spursfan092120]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lrps1-OvLo&feature=related

Watch that for driving ability.
I've been digging this guy for a while now...just hope he gets rid of those ugly ass orange shoes.

[Knoxxx]

For the 2009 draft there are two French players that are on the minds of NBA scouts: teammates Rodrigue Beaubois and Nando De Colo. Beaubois has been mentioned by NBADraft.net since the 2007 draft, now it's time to introduce you to the player who has made huge strides over the past year: Nando De Colo (http://draftday.nbadraft.net/admincp/profiles/nandodecolo.html).

Nando, a late bloomer, who over the last 15 months has become one of the premium European talents for the 2009 draft (currently projected to be drafted early in the second round (http://nbadraft.net/mocks/2009_nba_mock_draft.html).)

Over the last 12 months he has been rewarded for his play by being named an All Star and MVP of the top French Pro league and selected as a member of the French National team. With the French National team, he became one of the key players in the qualification rounds of Euro 2009.

Nando led the team in scoring prior to the arrival of Tony Parker, Diawara, and Turiaf (Parker did not participate in exhibition games due to fatigue, while Diawara and Turiaf were free agents and still finalizing their new contracts). Once the NBA veterans joined the team, he was no longer the focal point but remained a starter and has had strong performances such as the 28 points on 9 for 9 shooting he scored against Belgium.
Nando At 6-5, 190 lbs, is a combo guard who is a good shooter and a great passer for his height. In the last 6 months he has climbed the mock draft and will look to improve on that with an excellent season. Antoine Rigedeau, (French 2000 Silver medalist, Former Dallas Mavericks and European Star) had this to say about the young talent:

"He (Nando)'s a good player (who) can do it all. (He) can drive to the basket or take a pull-up jump shot in traffic. (He) can shoot threes and can play the pick and roll and one on one. He's explosive and has good feet quickness. He's really a good passer so he can score and make the others better. And his first quality is his brain...he's smart and really mature even if he played only one season as a professional."

[Spursfan092120]

McClinton can create his own shot!
which is exactly what we need. Now we have Parker, Manu, RJ, and McClinton who can create...

[timvp]

Yeah, French NT.

:depressed

[50 cent]

Anyone believe with these two guards that Finley's days are numbered?

We all know Finley's days are numbered - we are just hoping it's more like 10 and not 320.

[Blackjack]

Suns with the "Pretzel Dick.":lol

[exstatic]

I'm pretty sure that McClinton can make the 15 man roster. Give him Vaughn's slot and stick him in Austin for a year.

[Brazil]

Yeah, French NT.

:lol but he will train with TP

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

By the way, read somewhere that De Colo blew up Mills in some workouts prior to the draft. Spurs obviously liked what they saw there....

[mardigan]

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/sethhoward/340x.jpg

[SouthTexasRancher]

I'm pretty sure that McClinton can make the 15 man roster. Give him Vaughn's slot and stick him in Austin for a year.

Yep!

[Spursfan092120]

Stuart Scott - "A lot of people don't know about Danny Granger"

Who the fuck are these people?

[kobyz]

why not take Mills instead of De Colo?

[kbrury]

:depressed
Blair will play twice as hard in Nando's absence lol

[Brazil]

Antoine Rigedeau, (French 2000 Silver medalist, Former Dallas Mavericks and European Star) had this to say about the young talent:


"He (Nando)'s a good player (who) can do it all. (He) can drive to the basket or take a pull-up jump shot in traffic. (He) can shoot threes and can play the pick and roll and one on one. He's explosive and has good feet quickness. He's really a good passer so he can score and make the others better. And his first quality is his brain...he's smart and really mature even if he played only one season as a professional."


A. Rdigaudeau one of my favorite french player !

[Spurtacus]

Stuart Scott - "A lot of people don't know about Danny Granger"

Who the fuck are these people?

:lol

[Texas_Ranger]

Phoenix like Slovenians..uuu

[Mugen]

its a longshot that mcclinton sees any court time this season but def a good gamble.

[Biggems]

Dammit we pass on Nivins and he goes to the Mavs of all places

[timtonymanu]

again with the Shaq to Cavs talks. Jesus!

[SouthTexasRancher]

Green to the cavs = :(

Love to have De Colo with one of the 50s though


And you got your wish...!

[pad300]

If Lee Cummard doesn't get drafted, I'll be very disappointed if Pop isn't on the phone right away to get him into our summer league team...

[exstatic]

I don't want to get too crazy on McClinton yet, his size bothers me.....

But his numbers for catch and shoot jumpers are insane.

I'm talking 1.7 points per possession, 56.8 FG%, 85%(!) adjusted FG%

His other numbers are pretty good too, but one thing is certain. The kid can shoot.

He was the only guard in the draft with a score over 1.0 in every category. You run him in the backcourt with Manu or Mase or Marcus Williams and cross match on defense.

[Spursfan092120]

Next thing you know, Stuart Scott is going to be saying "One unknown player who is really starting to come into his own is a guard by the name of Tony Parker"

[Mhak]

Blair: Great pick for a second round.
Mcclinton: Too short, can't defend, nough said.
De Colo: Promising player.

Spurs need a front line. I hope we get some help for TD he can not do it by himself.

[SouthTexasRancher]

again with the Shaq to Cavs talks. Jesus!


I agree...it is getting old. But, ESPN loves their darlings.

[symple19]

I'm pretty sure that McClinton can make the 15 man roster. Give him Vaughn's slot and stick him in Austin for a year.
for sure! been watching the videos on McClinton and I'm impressed. An excellent draft indeed.

[Russ]

Spurs got DraftExpress number 11 (Blair) and 34 (McClinton) prospects.

[SpursFanInAustin]

I like McClinton's swagger after he makes a shot. Very Stephen Jackson-esque

[Spursfan092120]

Elonu is actually a good pick..

[SouthTexasRancher]

Blair: Great pick for a second round.
Mcclinton: Too short, can't defend, nough said.
De Colo: Promising player.

Spurs need a front line. I hope we get some help for TD he can not do it by himself.



Not to worry...Pop & R.C. will come through and probably big time!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Alright, Elonu got drafted. Glad to see, hate to see who it's by.

[Spursfan092120]

Miami had a hell of a draft...lol..

[exstatic]

Blair: Great pick for a second round.
Mcclinton: Too short, can't defend, nough said.
De Colo: Promising player.

Spurs need a front line. I hope we get some help for TD he can not do it by himself.

2 posts, nough said.

[coyotes_geek]

Alright, Elonu got drafted. Glad to see, hate to see who it's by.

Same here. Hopefully the lakers trade him.

[symple19]

been fun peeps - Good draft - I'm out

"Let's get back to playing championship, soul-crushing defense"
Go Spurs Go!

[50 cent]

Good for Elonu.

[Spursfan092120]

Alright, Elonu got drafted. Glad to see, hate to see who it's by.
yeah..I know...he's gonna work his tail off in the league...as a Horns fan, I respect the hell out of his work ethic.

[Mhak]

McClinton will end in the D league.. Don't have any thing against his offensive skills but Spurs thrives on D and boy don't have it. He is better off to play on a phoenix sun run and gun offense

[exstatic]

Spurs got DraftExpress number 11 (Blair) and 34 (McClinton) prospects.

DX knows their shit.

[Biggems]

Blair, Nivins, De Colo would have been an absolutely sweet draft.

But hey, at least we now have a 3rd PG who can actually score

[SPURSGOAT]

I'm pretty sure that McClinton can make the 15 man roster. Give him Vaughn's slot and stick him in Austin for a year.

:nope if he makes the roster, then he better stay... no stashing!

[exstatic]

McClinton will end in the D league.. Don't have any thing against his offensive skills but Spurs thrives on D and boy don't have it. He is better off to play on a phoenix sun run and gun offense

Oh, he'll probably play in Austin this year as a Spurs roster player, but that kind of scoring efficiency in a guard won't be kept out of the NBA.

[timvp]

Couldn't have asked for more out of this draft. I would have been happy to have seen the Spurs trade up to 23 to pick Blair. To get him at 37 is gold.

McClinton is a straight up shooter. This team can always use shooters.

De Colo is a very good talent for 53.

Great couple days for Spurs fans.

[wildbill2u]

I know Blair was supposed to go higher, maybe in the first round, but then why didn't he? You don't see many 6'6" power forwards in the NBA, especially those with 2 ACL operations.

People talk about wingspan as though it made up for lack of size. How many times do you see a 6'10 or 6'11 guy shoot over a shorter player before you realize it isn't how high you can reach but how high you can jump and reach.

Oh well, I hope he makes a good bench player. Most second round guys don't work out at all.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

yeah..I know...he's gonna work his tail off in the league...as a Horns fan, I respect the hell out of his work ethic.

Yep, I was really hoping the Spurs would go PG with the 51 and grab Chin with the 53.

But they already have one project big in Ian, guess that was enough for them...

[pad300]

Gone to Utah.

At what pick? He didn't get drafted. Utah took Maynor and Sutton...

[Spurtacus]

Van Gundy says SA is his winner of the draft.

[Spursfan092120]

JVG giving SA some love...biggest winner in the draft.

[EricB]

:nope if he makes the roster, then he better stay... no stashing!


You can only play 12 at a time...

[EricB]

Spurs don't have 1 first round pick and they are the winners of the draft :lol

I doubt that, I think Sacramento had a good draft.

[scottspurs]

Van Gundy says spurs had best draft wow....lol

[exstatic]

:nope if he makes the roster, then he better stay... no stashing!

Why not develop him with heavy minutes at Austin? It's likely he won't get enough minutes this year if he stays in SA to learn enough. He needs to learn the system by immersion, and there's no better place for that than Austin.

[Libri]

...and now the draft grades

[xellos88330]

Question. What does this draft mean for George Hill?

[Mhak]

i am out. ill be waiting for what our FO move on July 1st.. I was static on what RC said on the interview promising it will be exciting but i only got excited i one of our 3 picks. "Blair"

[spursbird]

Question. What does this draft mean for George Hill?
No meanings. He'll stay and be a good backup guard.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Bringing in McClinton probably gives the Spurs the green-light to fully put Mason on the block.

[Dex]

JVG thought that the Spurs had the most successful draft day.

Not bad at all for a 37th freakin' pick.

[exstatic]

I know Blair was supposed to go higher, maybe in the first round, but then why didn't he? You don't see many 6'6" power forwards in the NBA, especially those with 2 ACL operations.

People talk about wingspan as though it made up for lack of size. How many times do you see a 6'10 or 6'11 guy shoot over a shorter player before you realize it isn't how high you can reach but how high you can jump and reach.

Oh well, I hope he makes a good bench player. Most second round guys don't work out at all.

Fuck you.

Sincerely,

Gilbert Arenas
Paul Milsap
Carlos Boozer
Manu Ginobili
Gordon Giricek
Carl Landry
Big Baby
Marc Gasol
Ramon Sessions
Brandon Bass
CJ Miles
Ronny Turiaf
Von Wafer
Monta Ellis
Andray Blatche
Marcin Gortat
Anderson Varejao
Chris Duhon
Trevor Ariza
Jason Kapono
Luke Walton
Steve Blake
Zaza Pachulia
Mo Williams
James Jones
Kyle Korver
Roger Mason
Dan Gadzuric
Juan Carlos Navarro
Flip Murray
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Rasual Butler
Luis Scola
Mehmet Okur
Earl Watson
Bobby Simmons
Marco Jaric
Eddie House
Eduardo Najera
Michael Redd

[Summers]

Well, he did say "most".

[Spurtacus]

Question. What does this draft mean for George Hill?

Nothing. He'll still be a backup. Probably means that Vaughn is out now.

[Bukefal]

shame abrams wasnt drafted. Can he still return to texas?

[GOSPURS733]

shame abrams wasnt drafted. Can he still return to texas?
wasent he a senior this year?

[bigdog]

Abrams was a senior, I believe. I expect someone to pick him up for Summer League.

[Bukefal]

wasent he a senior this year?

yeah i think he was

[Bukefal]

Abrams was a senior, I believe. I expect someone to pick him up for Summer League.

I like him and definitely want to see him in the NBA

[galvatron3000]

anyone hear Shaq say "the first to 5" could he be talking about Tim and Kobe?

[Bukefal]

I like him and definitely want to see him in the NBA

he'll probably go to europe