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What has hurt the most Batum draft stock this year has been his average year in Euroleague. Scouts were waiting for a breakout year in this compe ion and it didn't happen.
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This time last year, Gallinari was considered a no-brainer as a top five pick. Now he's more like 6-10. If Bargnani and Belinelli wouldn't have busted, Gallinari would still be going in the top five.
What has hurt the most Batum draft stock this year has been his average year in Euroleague. Scouts were waiting for a breakout year in this compe ion and it didn't happen.
No thanks.
PICK MARIO!
Batum>Chalmers
Batum has everything the Spurs need. As much as the backup PG void needs to be filled, it isn't as important as a swingman to this team.
i think mario will be availible in the 2nd round, albeit early 2nd round.
We already have enough foreign players. If we draft a swingman id rather have Brandon Rush. And if we dont pick a PG (chalmers) we better sign Duhon
What's wrong with foreigners?
Its nice to have an american guy who played college ball that every1 knows about for a change
This isn't a popularity contest. It's the NBA.
according to the NBA it is a popularity contest. They did wutever they could to get Lakers/Celtics in the finals
And they just happened to make it happen for the Lakers by giving them.. *gasp a foreigner!
we have to many anyways its nice to be able to pronounce a name easily
Nicolas Batum is easy to say.
chalmers is easier. and he's better anyways
Even if he is better, which I doubt, Batum would fill more of a need than Chalmers would.
we need to draft chalmers. he would be a solid backup PG. with damon leaving, we will need a better backup PG than jacque. theres plenty of good swingmen on the free agent list
Perhaps on a couple of sites, but by no means universally. At one point Batum and Gallinari were considered fairly equal and the idea of Gallinari at NYK's position was unthinkable. Of course the change in Knicks regime has made a difference, but even a move of 5-8 spots in the lottery, which has generally been the case, is a great leap in a year.
You're not addressing the main point, however. You assert Euros are taking a hit in reputation. As always it's a case-by-case basis. Gallinari has risen, Batum fallen. Otherwise there is a host of very young, unproven big men. Next year you'll have Ricky Rubio perhaps getting a top three slot. There are no trends here.
The swingman need in the draft is needed more than the backup point guard need in the draft. We can get a point guard in the free agent market. We need to get young swingmen. Getting older point guards is ok.
theres plenty of young talented swingmen free agents. how bout azabuike, pietrus, james jones, fred jones, rj smith
there is 1 good pg and thats duhon
if we do as u say we better sign duhon and one of those guys i named
There's some nice point guards in the free agent market as well, such as Tyronn Lue, Ramon Sessions, Carlos Arroyo, Louis Williams, and Jannero Pargo.
And it isn't a guarantee that we'll be able to get any of those swingmen you mentioned, so we should play it safe and get Batum if he falls to us.
tyronn lue is old, sessions is good but still improving and im sure the bucks wont let him go, arroyo will probobly want 2 much $, williams is ok, pargo is not a bad choice but duhon is the best free agent PG we can get for what we have
Duhon has worse work ethic than Beno and has off-court issues. He isn't good.
beno was terrible until he went to the kings. duhon needs 2 get out of chicago then maybe he'll play better like beno did. i have no problem with pargo he would make a good backup
Beno played better because he was the only real point guard the Kings had so he had more playing time. Duhon would probably get less.
whoever our new backup PG will be will not get bad playing time unless were stuck with jacque
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