General 2010 NBA Draft Discussion

[jiggy_55]

Adrian Wojnarowski, WojYahooNBA on twitter:

Rod Thorn "doesn't love" Nets draft spot now and open for right bid to move down, sources say. "He's fine with sliding back," source says

http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA

[benefactor]

I have a little inside info on the NBA as I have 2 friends that play in the NBA and a relative that has worked as a trainer for a couple NBA teams, I think thats more than most of the people you have anointed as having a specific beat or aspect of the franchise.

Spurs dont work out many players, they do however visit other NBA workouts to watch players.....dont know if this is part of the SA mystic or the fact they dont want to pay for boat loads of players to come into town but if im not mistaken they didnt work out Blair in SA either.

Take it for what its worth but what I was told is SA is ready to settle for James but should they move TP they really like Crawford as he can play pg or SG, has unlimited range on his shot, can get to the rim and is a great finisher/ great athlete.

If TP stays Alabi and Orton are the targets. They love Alabit as the FO has stated he is one of the sharpest guys they have ever interviewed. He can help right now by clogging the lane and blocking shots.

D Ort, not sure why they like him unless they are looking to get Okl to panic and try to move up.

Others that made the list D Jones of SFlor, Larry Sanders of VCU and hold your breath.......Bledsoe.

lol sources

[benefactor]

They didn't even take Alabi at 49.

roflmao

[jesterbobman]

I don't know whether he was discussed here(I was at the other site at the time), but to all the people who looked with intent at Marcus Dove as a potential 2nd round pick as a long Defensive 3...We drafted someone from OK State, That kinda counts.

Right?

[TheProfessor]

I don't know whether he was discussed here(I was at the other site at the time), but to all the people who looked with intent at Marcus Dove as a potential 2nd round pick as a long Defensive 3...We drafted someone from OK State, That kinda counts.

Right?

Oh man, that feels like forever ago

[Sissiborgo]

I want the Spurs to draft someone good...

What do you mean? spurs are always 20-27 pick! it is hard to pick a super good college player so late! but spurs have been able to make a future players on late draft picks!

[TimDunkem]

Alabi fell because he had hepa is B. I'm glad to hear that he'll be just fine.

[galvatron3000]

This Paul George guy will be something special, is there any package we can give the Pacer to pry this guy? I am going out on a limb but George maybe a star in the next 3-5 years. His work ethic is the only thing that can hinder him. He could very well be in the mold of Scottie Pippen, taken a bit to develop into a superstar but the potential is definitely there from what I've seen. I think I'd let Hill go for George and pickup and backup through free agency or the d league or something. Temple can play the point for a few minutes. I'm intrigued by this George player

[Chieflion]

This Paul George guy will be something special, is there any package we can give the Pacer to pry this guy? I am going out on a limb but George maybe a star in the next 3-5 years. His work ethic is the only thing that can hinder him. He could very well be in the mold of Scottie Pippen, taken a bit to develop into a superstar but the potential is definitely there from what I've seen. I think I'd let Hill go for George and pickup and backup through free agency or the d league or something. Temple can play the point for a few minutes. I'm intrigued by this George player

http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/web_100624.html

Nope. They drafted George to keep him. Don't think they are going to trade him.

[Gino2882]

This Paul George guy will be something special, is there any package we can give the Pacer to pry this guy? I am going out on a limb but George maybe a star in the next 3-5 years. His work ethic is the only thing that can hinder him. He could very well be in the mold of Scottie Pippen, taken a bit to develop into a superstar but the potential is definitely there from what I've seen. I think I'd let Hill go for George and pickup and backup through free agency or the d league or something. Temple can play the point for a few minutes. I'm intrigued by this George player

George Hill for Paul George really is an intriguing trade idea. In terms of value, there is something for both teams here. The Pacers are desperate for a point guard and Hill is a hometown guy. Paul George has tremendous upside as a 6'9 2 guard. This trade would of happened on draft night had it been in the workings but it really is a trade that would have made a LOT of sense.

[Bruno]

What surprised me in this draft is that both Raduljica and Shved haven't been drafted and it was because they wanted it.

For an international player, being undrafted is more interested than being drafted. When/if they pan out, they can negotiate with 30 teams a NBA contract instead of being limited to one.

I hope the NBA will fix that in the new CBA even if I don't know how they could do it. It doesn't respect the spirit of the draft like when richest teams get pciks with some cash.

[mountainballer]

Bump.

preseason isn't done yet, but most rookies from the 2010 class have already played enough games to make a few assessments.

overall: with a few exceptions the 2010 class looks horrible!

while preseason isn't regular season, during the last years it allowed a good assumption how the rookies have adjusted to the NBA and how successful they might be in the upcoming season. if this trend continues, some teams will be very disappointed with their 1st round (lottery) picks.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

It's interesting to see how the players the Spurs could have been interested in ( or at least here on ST ) are doing. Way too early obviously, but still :

Gordon Hayward, picked 9th, 2.7 PPG on 0.367 shooting and 0.143 on 3s.10.9 mins.
Paul George, picked 10th, 6.0 PPG on 0.382 shooting and 0.318 from 3. 17.7 mins.
Xavier Henry, picked 12th, 6.8 PPG on 0.400 shooting and 0.000 from 3. 14.4 mins.
Luke Babbit, picked 16th, 1.2 PPG on 0.250 shooting and 0.200 from 3. 5.2 mins.
Damion James, picked 24th, 2.1 PPG on 0.294 shooting and 0.000 from 3. 7.9 mins.
Dominique Jones, picked 25th, 0.9 PPG on 0.333 shooting, 0.000 from 3. 6.3 mins.
Q.Pondexter, picked 26th, 3.3 PPG on 0.500 shooting and 0.667 from 3. 11.7 mins.
Lazar Hayward, picked 30th, 2.4 PPG on 0.158 shooting and 0.300 from 3. 8.7 mins.

Pretty bad. Our James Anderson compares extremely well with any of these. Together with the struggles of other rookies, most notably Evan Turner ( some of the other rookies picked early have barely played ), it seems that the early signs are that the Spurs did extremely well in the draft. Of course there's a lot of time for these guys to turn it around but in any case what we see now is that neither of these could have been the answer for the Spurs for the wing position, even as a 7th/8th man, not to mention replacing RJ.

All in all, it's really surprising for me how bad this class is doing early on.

[Chieflion]

Only Paul George is performing relatively well. Despite his poor shooting percentages, and playing behind one of the most prolific scorers in Granger, he has been able to earn minutes not through his offense, but his ability to play defense.

He also displayed relatively good 3 point shot from the rest of the pack, except Anderson. Seeing how 22 out of 34 of George's shots have been 3 point shots, he is not getting a lot of chances to create for his shots, seeing as the Indiana Big three of Collison, Granger and Hibbert are probably the only 3 players to ever step foot into the paint.

Overall, I stick by my belief in Paul George to be one of the top players in the 2010 draft.

[TheProfessor]

Only Paul George is performing relatively well. Despite his poor shooting percentages, and playing behind one of the most prolific scorers in Granger, he has been able to earn minutes not through his offense, but his ability to play defense.

He also displayed relatively good 3 point shot from the rest of the pack, except Anderson. Seeing how 22 out of 34 of George's shots have been 3 point shots, he is not getting a lot of chances to create for his shots, seeing as the Indiana Big three of Collison, Granger and Hibbert are probably the only 3 players to ever step foot into the paint.

Overall, I stick by my belief in Paul George to be one of the top players in the 2010 draft.

Isn't George out of the Pacers' wing rotation already? Pretty sure O'Brien criticized his shot selection and practice habits as well.