does anyone think the spurs could draft undersized pg's like brooks or dominic james ??
Aaron Brooks IMO is a good player but i didn't saw a lot of things about james but he seems to be quick , with great speed and maybe here with the no 58 pick
my mock is
no.28 Pruitt or Byars / Bellineli if they still there
no.33 Dudley/ Fazekas
no.58 ??
Lot of options also considering Nichols who can be good with our second round pick .
the problem with that is that even the "successful" undersized points like boykins tend to be large (no pun intended) liabilities on the defensive end of the floor. in 2005, we saw how a guy like billups could just outmuscle and work over the top of parker, and tony's 6'2.
i could see pop going with a guy like vaughn over a greatly undersized point.
I'm starting to see mock drafts with Taurean Green as a Spur at #28. I hope not - he seems like a Shammond Williams to me.
I agree, theres no way I take him at 28. And the only way I take Green is if Zadian Dowdell is already off the board anyways. Not to mention Gabe Pruitt.
Have the Spurs really expressed much interest in Green to begin with?
According to Bruno's post at #1631 there is no indication of a workout with Green. The only PGs figured out yet (due to Spurs' CIAdom) are Jared Jordan, Zabian Dowdell, and Pruitt. Since I see Jordan as highly unlikely, that means there are only two PGs so far the Spurs are interested in.
But we still have three weeks.
Spurs never brought in Mahinimi, Krstic, or a bunch of players they reportedly had interest in. Based on past practices I'd say there is a better than 50/50 chance we haven't a clue based on who they work out who they may be interested in.
Krstic???
Consider this a bump..
Beno or Duhon/Barry to Cavs
Scola to bulls
Nocioni to Spurs
Spurs receive 2nd rd pick from bulls
Eveyone is happy!!
I don't think that works within the CBA, unless I'm missing what the Cavs give up equal in salary to Cleveland.
the cavs would have to give up either snow or marshall..Just a thought.
In my mind, I have the Spurs going after a perimeter player (combo guard or sg) and a big at the #28 and #33 picks. How would that effect the Spurs ability to nab a free agent sf (Nocioni, Posey, Pietrus, etc.)? and who would you prefer the Spurs going after?
I'd rather have Barry than either - don't see Chicago wanting either one.
I think that's reasonable. I can see a Marc Gasol or Kyle Visser at #33. Whomever they draft will likely have little effect on their going after Nocioni or someone like that; there is no starter-caliber SF still available that late in the draft, at least right away.
While I can believe that there is no immediate starter available, I don't think that we would find an immediate starter at SF if we were drafting 1st, even if we passed on Oden, Durant, .... We have effective veterans at that point, and Pop is a tough taskmaster for rookies. I can't see a rookie snagging a starting spot anywhere except maybe at C (even then Oberto has the starting C spot pretty locked up right now), just because of the level of veteran talent on this team.
I can see us picking up whomever we think is the best prospect at both #28 and #33. In particular, we know we will have spaces in our wing spots in the coming years, and there appear to be several good prospects that will be available in that range. I can see us getting 2 Wings - eg. Dudley and Demitris Nichols...I do hope we don't get Visser or Gasol; I'm not really impressed with either of them...
Visser/Gasol is more likely to start as a Spurs C than Nichols/Dudley at SF, because they aren't as important of positions in today's league. That's my point.
Don't discount the possibility that Spurs trade the 28th or the 33th (or both).
Packaging draft picks with expiring contracts to a team in rebuildng mode for a solid vet makes way more sense for Spurs than developing young players. Spurs are in win now mode and vets will help them more than rookies.
Zabian Dowdell and his 6'10" wingspan is too quite impresive.
Yeah it would suck to have barbosa or josh howard right about now
I was thinking about a team like Indiana who has no draft picks this year..
#28, #33, Beno for Diogu/or Granger(salaries match) and 2nd round pick 2008.
Yeah, but he's not foreign dude....we're talking about the Spurs here.
Diogu maybe....Granger, not in your wildest dreams.
I even think Diogu is questionable because they might need him if they decide to ship out Jermaine O'Neal.
Jeff Foster is a more realistic solution.
Not at 5+ mil for 2-3 years left on contract. Diogu is more realistic for #28/beno and granger is not going anywhere..
Indiana won't trade Diogu for a late first round pick while Foster could be available for that kind of package.
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