The kid was a monster so far and was said to start for blazers, the spurs should have took him or traded for him when he was getting shipped.
if you only followed the draft you would have known that batum wanted to play for the spurs that's why he never worked out for another team after he worked out for the spurs. too bad the blazers picked ahead of the spurs and picked batum without a pre-draft workout done. i was hoping batum would force a trade but apparently the blazers assured him playing time.
Last edited by BOHOLANO#21; 11-01-2008 at 10:15 AM.
Now he's a true SF with size, length and the kind of defensive prowess that Tayshaun Prince would be proud of. It's a goddamn shame this kid isn't playing here. Especially in a season where Bowen has started to appear as though he heading down the same steep, but rapid path to decline that Robert Horry took last season.
All the while, we're left with basically a collection of small, undersized spare parts at the SF position. I curse Pop and RC for doing so very little to fortify this position over the past few years. Poor judgement and personnel decision-making.
That's why it's such a freaking "kick to the groin" to see this kid flourishing on the team that already has the most young talent in the NBA.
... and it was Houston that put the screws to the Spurs with the trade that moved Portland up.
I hope Artest has one of his famous combustible meltdowns and craters any potential playoff success expected for this team. I hate those bas s for this.
The Spurs got pritch-slapped.
Honestly, I wish we'd just quit talking about. Nothing can change what happened and we have more than enough irritating situations to deal with right now. No need in adding another one.
Personnel decisions shortened the Spurs' zone of contention. But Batum wasn't available when the picked; they just got reamed by the Rockets. Once again.
this guy reminds me of Tayshawn by the way he played last night. Long arms , good defense.
yup. i was kinda mad last night watching him play well. 19 years old and lots of upside....That's why it's such a freaking "kick to the groin" to see this kid flourishing on the team that already has the most young talent in the NBA.
so let me get this straight, I guess the initial plan was to maybe take Batum first round and then take Hill in the second round. But when Batum was off the boards, they went with the next best which was Hill because according to some, the Celtics were looking at taking Hill at 30 and the spurs wanted to make sure that they'd at least get him. Am I right maybe? Just imagine, we coulda had both Batum and Hill.
The fact of the matter is had Batum been available and the Spurs did decide to take him, there's no way that Hill would've been available to them in the second round. They would've had to pull of something of a trade scenario like PHX did with them in order to get Dragic.
, it's a nice thought, but not a likely scenario. As good as I think Hill will be and as glad as I am to have him on the squad, I would've taken Batum in a heartbeat had he been available.
I thought we should have taken Beasley.
don't make and assumptions until you see George Hill play a game into the regular season...
Yes, that seems to have been the case...until Pritchard and Morey did a swap just before we picked...wow, this still hurts...
Anyone else see Parker speaking with Batum after the game, Parker was shaking his head like, "dude, we needed you..." it was in the corner of the screen right before they interviewed Roy...
Curse that draft day deal...
blame da rockets
Luck has so much to do with the draft. The Spurs wanted Parker but Boston, Indy, etc. almost took him. The Spurs got lucky and snapped him up.
They mised Batum by one spot in the draft. Just bad luck.
Same with Splitter. They made a great pick but didn't get any benefit due to bad luck -- no way to sign him under NBA rules.
Mahinmi and Hill, on the other hand, were picks the Spurs had way ahead of where other teams had them -- if they don't work out we can't blame luck.
Our draft day dealings since Lindsey got here from Houston leave much to be desired.
We Rocket fans tried to warn y'all..........Dennis leaving Houston was addition by subtraction.
Houston can kiss my ass......we give them Scola for nothing....and then to show their thanks, they screw us out of Batum.....
another 1st round exit for those Reds will be just what the doctor ordered to cure my sour stomach on the matter.
It will take much more than that if Batum ends up becoming a stud, the "long-three" we've been searching forever (it seems)....
What I don't get about George Hill, no matter how 'good' he'll be... is the only position he can play is behind our one young superstar.
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