Draft Thread

[Thomas]

7 minutes ago, JTB said:

Agreed. I wanted the risk on Giles ! We had nothing to lose.

Only the 19th pick.

[Afro]

Just now, Dolfan23 said:

Giles is gonna be Danny Manning if he came into the NBA with busted knees. I'm thrilled we didn't take that risk with how much we needed someone who can play right away. I'm predicting a very short career for Giles.

Who was the last big man with knee issues that worked out? Recent ones I can think of were all constantly getting reinjured

[coachx]

Solid pick and a great finisher. We will be a young and fast team next year.

[Admin]

If I recall he had a PER of around 35 last year. 

Son of a Navy man, went to Wake, listed as a PF and incredibly efficient scoring. If he was bigger and defended he'd be a weird love child of the Spurs towers. 

[Alex]

1 minute ago, coachx said:

Solid pick and a great finisher. We will be a young and fast team next year.

Young, fast, and lottery bound!!!

[Lurker]

I'm fine with it but it's not my first choice, outside of being a bad passer he already has quite a bit of skill on offense. My guy on board was Allen but I really think once Patton was gone I would have traded down a few spots.

If the Hawks are actually trying to win, Bud will keep him planted on the bench this year because of his shaky passing and defense.

At worst I think he's Enes Kanter.

[Admin]

Now get back into the 1st and get us a legit sized 5 or a backup PG please. 

[coachx]

Just now, Alex said:

Young, fast, and lottery bound!!!

Which is good. Time to start over.

[Thomas]

Allen ended up in Brooklyn.

[Admin]

Allen looks like he got out of a time machine from the 70's. 

[Alex]

1 minute ago, Lurker said:

I'm fine with it but it's not my first choice, outside of being a bad passer he already has quite a bit of skill on offense. My guy on board was Allen but I really think once Patton was gone I would have traded down a few spots.

If the Hawks are actually trying to win, Bud will keep him planted on the bench this year because of his shaky passing and defense.

At worst I think he's Enes Kanter.

That's a lofty comparison.  Kanter was one of the best sixth man this past season until that chair mouthed off to him.

2 minutes ago, Dolfan23 said:

Now get back into the 1st and get us a legit sized 5 or a backup PG please. 

Are they ever going to address the lack of shooting?  

Just now, Dolfan23 said:

Allen looks like he got out of a time machine from the 70's. 

18 or 1970s?

[hazer]

Projected 13th, highest PER in the entire draft.

[ShooterSays]

How bout this summer league team we're gonna have? Prince, Bembry, Cordinier, and now Collins throwing it down. Going to be fun to watch!

 

[Afro]

I'll take frank mason 

[Admin]

1 minute ago, Alex said:

That's a lofty comparison.  Kanter was one of the best sixth man this past season until that chair mouthed off to him.

Are they ever going to address the lack of shooting?  

18 or 1970s?

We have Belli and THjr so we have good shooters. Right now we have nothing at C. 

[capstone21]

1 minute ago, Alex said:

That's a lofty comparison.  Kanter was one of the best sixth man this past season until that chair mouthed off to him.

Or until he got to the playoffs and was exposed on d and had to be benched

[devilwentdown2GA]

^Ceiling isn't as low as Giles considering the injuries, but Giles ceiling a way higher. 

[Thomas]

3 minutes ago, ShooterSays said:

How bout this summer league team we're gonna have? Prince, Bembry, Cordinier, and now Collins throwing it down. Going to be fun to watch!

 

Phi Slama Jama!!!

[TheFuzz]

Gotta be honest ... not huge on the pick, whereas I loved the Prince pick from the get go. I'll root for him though, the stats don't lie and I think he's got the quickness to be fine on D, but he's both raw and kinda small. Not a freak athlete either.

[GameTime]