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http://youtube.com/watch?v=2r2WueJDD7c
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KyPYO0L6_6U
Some Belinelli vids
If for some reason the Spurs decide to keep their picks, they couldn't go wrong with any of those picks. Not saying they're guaranteed locks, but those are some good risks, although Crittenton I think will be gone before 20. Gabe Pruitt is another tall combo guard. Stuckey I believe will go earlier, but would be very nice. I'm not sold that McGuire will be a good pro, but to see him at 33 would be worth a shot. PG with 28, SF with 33 IMO.
Figure out the roster spaces first.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2r2WueJDD7c
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KyPYO0L6_6U
Some Belinelli vids
I agree with that.
Parker plays 38 mpg in playoffs. Should Spurs spend a quite high draft pick (#28 or "33) and work with a guy who will at best plays 10 mpg when it counts ?
i laugh if we draft some clown out of the blue who we havnt discussed yet or mentioned on nbadraft..net
The problem with the phrase "combo guard" is 90% of the time the player is really a shooting guard who isn't big enough to be a shooting guard in the NBA so he's forced to try to be a part time point guard.
Personally, I'd rather the Spurs just get a straight up point guard than a guy who is supposedly a combo guard. Outside of Gilbert Arenas, I don't know many combo guards who actually panned out late in the draft.
Monta Ellis is quite good too.
The same thing can be said for true point guard.
How many starting or backup PG are second rounder ? Something like 6 with 2 of them being combo guard.
In fact, there are maybe more starting or backup PGs in the nba who have been undrafted than drafted in the second round.
2nd round PGs and SGs who've stuck since 2000
Dee Brown
Salim Stoudemire
Monta Ellis
Royal Ivey
Chris Duhon
Mo Williams
Flip Murray
Earl Watson
Michael Redd
Juan Navarro (not in the league but easily could be)
Not a lot considering that's 7 years worth. Pickings get pretty slim in round two. Packaging 28 and 33 to move up just a little and nab a more sure fire PG, one more likely to be able to contribute sooner rather than later, might be a good idea. Preferably a bigger PG that could play with Parker some and one that could spell him playing the bigger PGs.
Another PG that Spurs should be looking at is Terrel Everett :
http://www.draftexpress.com/viewprofile.php?p=491
He has been undrafted in last year draft but has been huge in french league this year. He will try to play in nba next year.
I saw Everett play at OU and was never impressed with him.
I don't like a pg pick with our first choice at all. Tony is gonna play major minutes per game and there are always some marginal veteran pgs on the market.
But Bowen is gonna have to have some help as father time inexorably moves in on his legs.
It will take a rookie a couple of years to be ready to take Bowen's place but you better get the best available one with your draft pick and get started on his training.
We don't have any choice IMO because we don't have any good trade bait that will get us a potential starter at SF in a year or so.
I agree with wld that picking a pg with our 1st pick is pretty dumb considering some of our other needs such as sf. The spurs are not going to gurantee a 1+ mill. contract for a pg who simply will not play very many minutes. You draft a pg in the 2nd and you invite a couple to training camp and/or possible some in Fa and go from there..From what I remember speedy came pretty cheap in fa.
You're not going to find your SF starter with the 28 pick, most likely. That's the difference. You'll find your back-up PG more easily.
So if byars is still on the board would you still draft a pg at #28?
No.
I really do not think the level of pgs still available at #33 is much different than those still left at #28. The major difference is the guranteed contract which I really do not want a rookie back-up pg to have for only 10-12 minutes a night. I have said this before back up pg's do not last in this league as back-ups very long if they are legit, they simply get overpaid once the rookie contract is up. All Im saying is the SF and SG positions well be open for players after next year, lets draft players who can fill these spots!
The argument is just this: at 28 and 33 your expectations should be all players left are back-ups. We don't need a b-u SF. We need a b-u PG.
Just a general expectation. It's not wrong to look at PGs at 28 because that's one thing we need.
Agreed!! I guess with the success (other than beno) that the spurs have done with FA back-up pg's I really have no problem going this route again. The reason I see this as an important draft is simply to get 1-2 rookies ready to compete for playing time after next year's contract expire. Nobody we draft we these picks well make or break next season's team, due to the fact playing time will be scarce..
Brandon Rush withdrew because he's undergoing surgery for a torn ACL.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/ma...re_acl/?sports
Brother says Rush tore ACL
Jayhawk guard to go under knife next week, JaRon Rush says
JaRon Rush spoke to his younger brother Brandon on the phone at 10 a.m. Saturday, just after the injured Kansas University basketball player climbed out of a soothing pool of water.
Brandon was in good spirits, big brother said, even after informing his sibling he’d need surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee.
“He tore his ACL. He’ll have surgery next week (performed) by the KU doctors. He said they told him four to six months (rehab time),” JaRon Rush said. “Everything is good. He knows he’ll be back. He knows he’ll be fine.”
KU coach Bill Self — who has declined comment about the possible severity of Rush’s injury that was sustained playing basketball on Wednesday — on Saturday reiterated there would be further examination of Rush’s knee early next week, with a final evaluation made at that time.
“He tore his ACL. He wouldn’t have decided to pull out of the draft if it wasn’t that,” JaRon said, referring to Friday’s announcement that Brandon had withdrawn his name from the NBA Draft and elected to return for his junior season. “You always want to get a second opinion (in this case from a Colorado specialist), but it’s a torn ACL.”
JaRon said he talked extensively with Brandon about ACL injuries during their phone discussion Saturday. JaRon Rush tore his left ACL in November of 2005.
“I was back playing in May,” JaRon said, “but it took longer than that to get strong. I didn’t have the expert attention Brandon will have every day at KU. I think he thinks they’ll do a great job (on the knee) and he’ll be back this season.”
Amazingly, JaRon and Brandon hurt their knees the same way.
“I was going up for a layup, and my knee went out on me. He did the same thing. It wasn’t even a game or anything. My friend says it’s the ‘Rush curse,’” JaRon said.
JaRon said Brandon’s mood had improved considerably since Wednesday, when he suffered the injury.
“He was crying to his mother that he hurt his knee. He didn’t even want to come back to school,” JaRon said. “I talked to him today, and he’s fine. He does want to be totally healthy (before playing again).”
KU coach Self said his stance involving comment on the matter was the same as Friday.
“He has hurt his knee. He’ll be evaluated in detail next week. Anything more than that is speculation,” Self said. “We’ll find out how severe when it’s evaluated fully.”
Rush’s AAU coach, John Walker, said Saturday “they said they need to let some of the swelling (inside of knee) subside and let the specialist in Denver evaluate the tests.”
He agreed with JaRon that Brandon was handling the injury well.
“To be hurt is tough on anybody. He’s handled that part well, knowing he’s going to be back at KU because he loves his teammates and he loves being there.
“Even during the whole draft process, he’s been talking about the team and the team’s schedule and how compe ive they could be. I think this (coming back) will reaffirm the progress he has made at KU, and he’ll still have the opportunity to land a dream job that’s been his goal.”
More on the bright side ... “I think it will give him a chance when he comes back to be an improved player, because much of what he can do at first will be things like dribbling drills,” Walker said.
JaRon said his brother could handle whatever surgery might entail.
“Of course. He messed up his arm (in tumbling accident 10 years ago) and came back from that,” JaRon said. “He’s a hard worker and will do what it takes.”
it will be interesting to see some players during the orlando pre-draft camp who begins Tuesday evening at 6 PM
From DE "Some creative teams—like the Houston Rockets for example—are scheduling private workouts in Orlando on the 5th of June, in conjunction with other NBA teams that will be allowed to watch as well. This will give the Rockets a chance to bring in players (like Jason Smith for example, who is already scheduled), that they otherwise would not have to opportunity to work out."
i don't know if the spurs are looking at some players on this camp like mc guire or dudley but maybe this camp can give us good informations about some players.
everett?
yeah that guy didnt come close to regulating on 9 of the 12 pgs in the big 12
Considering Back-up PG's. At pick #58, who's interested in Jared Jordan from Marist? I'm not sure if he cuts it on the physical ability side of things, but boy can he distribute the rock...
I think Avis Wyatt might move up with a good camp, but if he's still there at 58 he might merit a try at an SF conversion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qvDANEk
best youtube video of any athlete in draft which actually shows some skills for a big man!!That said he may a good pick at #33 and a steal at #58 if no other big sf are available.
Avis Wyatt is this year's Keith Closs.
http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=2076
Reyshawn Terry Moving Up?
NBA teams appear to think more highly of Reyshawn Terry than we initially thought, at least according to an unscientific experiment we conducted with NBA scouts and executives this past week. When asked about the one player on our mock draft that is underrated more than anyone else, the name Reyshawn Terry seemed to come up again and again. This prompted us to bump him up into the early-mid portion of the second round, even though many said that they wouldn’t be shocked to see him go as high as the late first round.
One NBA scout we spoke to had the following to say: “we’re talking about a kid with great tools. He’s a 6-8 wing with an NBA body and exceptional athletic ability. He plays lock down defense and shot 44% from behind the arc. I liked your comparison earlier in the year to James Posey, and I don’t understand why you guys went away from that. You can’t judge these Carolina guys by their numbers.”
In our two-week long scouting trip around the country, Terry was indeed one of the players we came across—working out at Tim Grover’s gym outside of Chicago. Watching him in that informal setting, it was hard not to come away with the impression that he’s going to look phenomenal in private NBA workouts. You can read more about that in an article coming later this weekend.
The main question marks we have about Terry has to do with his focus and consistency on the basketball court. Too often he would disappear on the court and not assert himself on either end. He had a tendency to coast throughout his career at North Carolina, and oftentimes Coach Roy Williams would lose his patience with him because of a mental lapse and just yank him from the game. One executive we spoke to was pretty blunt when saying “our coaching staff loves him, but I want to know what’s going on upstairs with that kid.”
Terry will be playing at the pre-draft camp starting on Tuesday and has a real chance to help his stock with a good showing. He doesn’t need to score 20 points a game there, but he does need to play hard and do the little things for his team.
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