Lemme break this shiat down....This might be as long as Tyler's NBA preview, so hold on.
This is only factoring first round picks.....
Po'Land (A) - What could you say? They couldn't have done wrong with either pick. This wasn't Reggie Bush/Mario Willams. These two guys are stars. Superstars. Greg Oden is not Sam Bowie. Dizude can ball and even though he never made me go wow (cept for the Gtown game) I think he's going to be a great NBA center.
UPDATE: They acquired severeal other first round picks, Rudy Fernandez and the Finland PG. What a day for them, standing fucking O.
Seattle (A) - Again, Durant = Superstar. Now the fact that they bamboozled the Celts is what gives them the A grade. Well fucking done. Jeff Green is a stud too. I would think they are going to deal one of thier 3 PG's so another deal is imminent. I wonder if Rashard Lewis is staying? If not they will be real young but real talented.
Hawks (B+) - Al Horford (did Stern have to say from the Domincan Republic?) is a beast. Outright. Eat's rebounds, blocks shots and can handle the rock. Now ATL has some balls in the paint and with pick #11 they grab a fearless PG who loves the last 2 minutes of a game. I can't believe I'm saying this but the Hawks really improved tonight.
Grizz (C) - I think Conley is a stretch at #4 overall but they need a PG real bad. I hope he shoots 1000 shots a day til training camp cuz he doesn't have much of a jumper to speak of. He can penetrate a defense though. I mean with Stromile/Gasol/Warrick/Gay and either Miller or Lowry they got something cooking. If Gasol stays.
Boston (F) - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA. Right after this trade went down SG bound and killed his wife, pumped Dooze full of roids, suffocated him, placed a copy of "Now I Can Die In Peace" by the two of them and hung himself with his Basketball Jesus throwback jersey. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
Bucks (D) - Someone had to take the gook. Question is, can they afford to bide 2-3 years for this guy to develop? They weren't very good last year and they really didn't improve much roster wise. Andy Katz is saying he doesn't even want to report to Milwaukee. That hurts. The nucleus of Bogut/Redd/Villanueva is going to be solid but they need more. Is this guy the next Yao Ming? The Szechun Dirk? Jury, out.
T-Wizzles (C+) - Brewer can defend, run and score. Good player. I like his game. But with Garnett being traded (most likely) they should have went with Brendan Wright.
Bobcats (D) - They grab Wright who I just mentioned, so that's three Tarheels, 2 on the front court (May & Wright) and then down at 22 they scoop Dudley. Jarod is going to be Shane Battier but without the head stretch marks that give me nightmares.
UPDATE: They trade Wright to Golden State.......for Jason Richardson. Not a good move. Never trade a young big for a streaky guard.
Chicago (C) - Eh, Noah can play D and rebound. But that's what they are paying Ben Wallace for. I know it didn't quite work out for Ben dub but Noah is kind of the same player. I thought Julian Wright was the pick here. I guess they figure Noah fits Skiles system.
Sacratomatoe (F) - Losers. Spencer Hawes is the token white stiff. They couldn't wait til round 2 and grab Aaron Gray? Take Julian here and a white stiff later. This was a disaster pick for them.
Philly (B) - They need a bunch of help. Anybody they grabbed was good enough for me. They have three picks in the first round. Thaddeus is very athletic and works hard. Cook they flipped for a 7 footer and then drafted a international star from Finland. I'll roll with that.
UPDATE: They trade the Finland kid to Portland,
New O'leanz (B) - Julian fell to them. Listen when he announced most analysts had him top 5. He dropped and Bryon Scott reaps the rewards. The guy is a solid player. This team is taking a nice shape. Good bigs, a couple of shooters and young.
Clips (B) - Thorton can ball. Dunleavey will need some patience though. The knock on this kid is that he is a bit dumb.
Deeeeetroit (B) - They loved Stuckey, they got Stuckey. I heard "dwayne wade" like. I really dunno, not gonna pretend I do so they get a standard B. I hated the Afflalo pick though. He's soft.
Wiz (A) - They needed scoring help. They drafted scoring help. Young is a nice little player. And they scored some value here. Young could have gone higher.
Brick City (B-) - Sean Marshall is a risky pick. Sort of a nut but shit, he can block a shot and defend the low block. They needed some toughness so I can't kill them here.
Golden State (B) - No clue. They say he's a good shooter but he had his worse year and may not report this year. As the case with every Intl player. I would have thought they would go with Jason Smith who ended up in Philly but they wanted a shooter.
UPDATE: I had them at a D until they stole Brendan Wright for Richardson. Well done.
Lake show (F) - Another PG. I thought they run the triangle. Isn't the PG useless in the triangle? Smush? Farmer? Now first round, gteed $$$ to another PG? Silly.....
Miami (A) - Flipped Jason Smith to Philly for a shooter in Cook. I like this. Any way to spread the floor for Wade and Shaq is a good thing.
Knickerbockers (A) - Legitimate front court. Legitimate. Randolph flanking Curry with Lee looking for clean up dunks and rebounds. Oh shit I'm officially stoked. Who cares if they took Wilson Chandler who is Renaldo Balkman but a better scorer.
Suns (C-) - Looking to tap into that international talent again. Diaw, Captain! and now Fernandez. Alando Tucker, eh. He's a nice guy. Mike D'Antoni said they think they can turn him into a shooter. We'll see.
UPDATE: They traded their pick, again. To Portland who jesus did they clean up or what.
Utah (B) - Best shooter in drafr according to many scouts. So that works because wathcing Okur throw 30 footers in the air was not fun. Solid pick.
Houston (F) - Terrible pick. Brooks is narely 6 foot, not NBA ready and with a roster that already has Luther Head/Mike James/and Alston. Van Gundy is laughing his ass off. What was wrong with Big Baby here? Or Tiago Splitter?
Spurz (B) - Getting Splitter with the 28th pick is value. The guy was a legitimate prospect two years now.
Notes:
2nd round picks I liked/disliked:
Suns getting DJ Strawberry ? Confusing, another non shooter.
Mavs getting Fazekas is nice
Portland in the 2nd round grabbing Green and Nichols out of Syracuse....I mean they had a fucking day.
The Knick pick was confusing but how could you kill them? Zeke stole a 25 yeard old bulldog and if anyone can relate or control him it may just be Thomas.
Lakers drafting last night reminded me of Ray Charles driving on the Autobahn. Just scary.
I could go on and on, this was a great draft. I'll end here so we can comment up.
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