Obviously. And obviously so might Chalmers. He's not any better than the others.
Not so. Jacque Vaughn is all that stands in the rook's way. For a backup job.
So Lawson and Budinger out? Not great news but also not horrible. Lawson pulling out is a surprise and probably really hurts any chances of landing Chalmers at 26. A PG starved team between 15 and 26 might be forced to go with Chalmers due to the lack of point guard talent in this draft. Budinger would have been a really nice pick at 45.
Still looks pretty promising. Unless disaster strikes and players like Hibbert and McGee start plummeting down the draft, the Spurs should get a pretty nice selection.
I think CDR has a better shot of being available at 26 than Rush. I think Rush would fit and be a rotation player right away. I'm not too sure about CDR -- although he could easily become the better pro. Rush is the better athlete so that makes him a little bit of a safer pick.
Well, the interesting thing is that the Spurs have been taking a look at 2s and 3s such as Donte Greene and Joe Alexander. It might just be their standard draft due diligence, but that is curious.
Unless Wash, Cleve, or NJ fall in love with CDR over Batum or Greene, I'd expect him to be available if the Spurs want him.
What do you mean, other than the rumor posted by some Wisconsin newspaper in Racine? Have Alexander or Greene truly deigned to visit San Antonio?
Chalmers is more likely to fill a role than the others (for the record, I still prefer CDR).
Defensively, he can play in the league right now. And since he is a guy who would only be relegated to automatic bench minutes, he doesn't have to be wildly successful offensively to make the rotation early on.
The nice thing about CDR is he might actually be able to start for the Spurs. You start him at shooting guard and he could average around 10-12 points a game as a rookie. He's shown an ability to score -- and do so by shooting a high percentage.
On the other hand, the NBA athletes might overwhelm him. It's a tough call to figure out whether he's going to be a lesser man's Rip Hamilton or if he's not quite athletic enough to make it. I definitely wouldn't be mad about the Spurs picking him at 26.
I don't like his game, Soft sums it up. The big east made him look super soft in the paint.
OK, but he's projected to go somewhat higher than the Spurs' 1st round pick.
I'm all set for CDR. He has a good game, is a smart player, plays both sides of the ball and has deep playoff-type experience. We can make it work.
Yeah...probably should change that
You'd still need to pull a swingman out of free agency.
My first reaction is that's an error. Or a WV newspaper simply listing teams their readership may know. Technically the Spurs have been at workouts he's been in, but not private ones.
Do you have the full list of private workouts the Spurs have conducted?
Do you know whom the Spurs have privately worked out?
General Question: do you guys (and gals) think that internationals who seek to be drafted in the 2nd round rather than the 1st have much hope of persauding teams to pass them by. In other words, Serge Ibaka would rather be drafted in the 2nd round, but does he have any leverage to prevent a team like Seatte from taking him late in the first?
Yes. Plenty. Teams know full well what happened with Splitter.
Latest RealGM mock draft has us taking Kyle Weaver with the first pick.
The realgm mock I think has been pretty terrible. Weaver would be good in the second, tho.
Okay, so given where the Spurs are drafting and who's in/out, here's my list...
1. Rush (no chance)
2. Batum (probably not)
3. Chalmers (may be there)
4. CDR
5. Lee
And here's what I think will happen...
Rush, Batum, Lee, and I'm going to say Chalmers will be gone.
#26 - CDR
#45 - Jawai
#57 - LR Mbah a Moute
PT - I think that'd be pretty good.
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