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even with the low-ranked picks the spurs still can get some elite drafts like Manu and Tony Longoria, and the 2nd rounder from GS has almost the same amount of value as spurs' own 1st round pick.
this is one of the weakest drafts in NBA history..I'd rather just have Hill, Ian, Hairston, Williams, and Gist battling it out to make the roster..
even with the low-ranked picks the spurs still can get some elite drafts like Manu and Tony Longoria, and the 2nd rounder from GS has almost the same amount of value as spurs' own 1st round pick.
The draft is realy weak but they are some players out there who could help us. The problem is that we are going to have to help them on the way and that means we got to give them minutes to play.
I would be happy to bring in Gist and get Green.......I just wish they had some good bigs but they all pretty much suck.
The next Malik Rose!!
nice game, the world beat usa by 8 i think
soooo much talent on the court for both teams
I would like to see a solid C or a defensively minded SF, something that we will be lacking.
Top NCAA rebounder with 37th pick ??
That's exactly what qualifies as a weak draft. The draft is so weak, Buddinger is actually moving UP, and it's not his doing or potential that's making it happen. NBAdraft.net has him going #9 overall now.
Don't count on the Spurs jumping back into the first round, either, and obligating themselves with yet another guaranteed contract. They're already caryying two, Ian and George, who aren't currently in the rotation.
All three are on the first round bubble and it's too early to say which will improve their draft stock by the time the draft comes around.
Some 2nd round prospects
C Jerome Jordan
F/C Jeff Pendergraph
F Ahmad Nivins
SF Lee mard
SG Josh Carter
AJ is a tweener I believe is he not?
IMO, Abrams can be signed as a UDFA. I do not believe he will be drafted.
Please, no more french...
Bring some seniors or juniors with high IQ. That`s all Spurs need.
I am not sure just yet who I want in the draft....I have a few names lined up though.
Ignoring the draft, what about his lineup for next season.....
Vaughn, Oberto, Finley, and Bowen retire.
C - Mahimni, Bonner, Thomas
PF - Duncan, Gooden, Gist
SF - Udoka, Sanikidze, Williams
SG - Mason, Manu, ?
PG - Parker, Hill, Hairston
Casspi sounds interesting.
I don't expect anything out of this draft for the Spurs. If the picks are not traded then they'll just be stashed.
Casspi couldn't get a first round guarantee last year, and now he's cracking the lottery? What an awful draft class.
I don't care if all 3 second rounders are scrubs, I'd rather the Spurs lose in the first round playing second round scrubs major minutes under minimum salaries than the current assortment of washed-up/never-were garbage players.
I'll happily take Jeff Pendergraph and Nando De Colo or Rodrigue Beaubois or Grievis Vasquez or Taj Gibson or anyone . . .
Just get rid of KT, Udoka, Vaughn, Finley, Oberto and Bonner (though he can stay).
If that's our roster next year we're not going anywhere but 1st/2nd round exit. That means we get no significant pick up in the off-season. We need more than just an average player for once!! VC would've been so nice....damn.
As for Budinger, im a UA alumni have seen almost all his games, if he goes in top 15 its a really really weak draft. Bud is soft, doesn't take it hard to the rack, lacking athleticism, and loves to settle for the trey. He had some good games in college, but my guess is he will struggle a LOT in the nba. Hes lucky he has good size but i think he's just gonna be a bencher to come in for a few shots now and then.
As for the spurs who knows, just go for shot in the dark picks-i mean its 3 second round picks in a weak draft. I like green from NC if he goes second round, good size, rebounder, hustle player. Point is no way we make our significant moves in the draft-gotta do it by trades with our expiring contracts next year to get a legit player.
how about matt barnes for whatever the MLE is paying or even less, a point/forward player who can play pg/sg/sf/pf small ball, can handle the ball, play defense, score, hustle....
we are clearly lacking another guy to handle the ball when either parker is on the bench or when ginoboli is injured, didnt like GHILL handling the ball, let alone seeing mason running around with the ball pg duties.
ever since he got more tatts, his been a different player for some odd reason.
jesus, Chad Ford has never been great informed about the Euro players, this year is no exception. Casspi might sneak into the 1st round, but lottery? that's totally nonsense.
far worse is Ford's speculation about Jerebko:
Jerebko is a nice player, maybe some team sees a poor man's Shawne Battier in him and one will pick him early in the 2nd round. late 1st round would be a huge surprise, but lottery???? hey Ford, this is a weak draft class, but college players are still in the draft.One international sleeper to look out for is Sweden's Jonas Jerebko. A late bloomer in Europe, he had a solid year and his body is really beginning to fill out. If he blows up at the Reebok Eurocamp this year, he could also sneak his way into the lottery.
IMO the better chance for a surprising rise up the board has Sergi Llull from Spain and two young players from the Adratic league, Vladimir Dasic and Milan Macvan.
(Macvan might just test waters though).
Llull and Dasic are fantastic athletes for European standards, so the NBA scouts will like what they see in the work outs. Dasic also displays very good size (6-9 maybe even 6-10) and a great frame for a SF. if scouts believe he can play SF in the NBA, he will rise up the board.
Macvan is pretty much the Euro version of Sean May. undersized, strong and overweight. but an unbelievable offensive talent. moves, ball handling, touch and IQ are outstanding. he's just 19. if he can lose 15-20 pounds and therefore add some athleticism and explosivness, he would turn into something like the Euro version of Kevin Love. and if some GM think this is possible, they will take him in the 1st round.
If we traded back into the first round, Young would be a nice pick-up. Don't think he'll last until 37 unfortunately.
The Spurs rarely draft ones we expected. Don't be surprised if another IUPUI was drafted.
My Current Opinions
Positions
1) PG is best set for the Spurs - no need to draft here (especially as Pop will want his 3ed PG to be a long-term vet)
2) We have a number of Wing prospects (Wings : Hairston & Williams, Tweeners : Gist & Sanikidze), already in the system. It is likely those prospects will get the youth spots in next years Wing Rotation. . Wing prospects should be draft and stash
3) Good draft and stash big prospects should be a focus of the draft. For big man prospects we currently have Mahinmi and maybe Splitter and Javtokas ( and tweeners Gist & Sanikidze). That is a pretty short set up all (given the Tweeners are really intended to play wing, and the maybes are pretty big (IMO) wrt Splitter and Javtokas). However, we don't have a lot roster spots for develomental bigs either. If we draft a big, we need to either looking at immediate production (eg. Paul Millsap) or a draft and stash position.
Euro's
IF Milan Macvan is in (currently in & projected 2nd round) take him if available
IF Victor Claver is in (currently in & projected 2nd round) take him if available
Both are 1st round talents without offcourt/at ude issues, who IMO have entered too early, if either drop to us take 'em.
Casspi, Jerebko, Dasic are all decent 2nd round wing/tweener prospects; I find it difficult to distinguish between them based on my currently available info...
Henk Norel is a big man prospect who would be worth a draft and stash IMO
Americans
Three names that might fall to our current #37 and be useful immediately
Tyler Hansborough, Tyler Smith, Sam Young
Late in the 2nd
Jon Bronckman
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