TalkBulls Mock Draft discussion thread, Post your picks here! |
TalkBulls Mock Draft discussion thread, Post your picks here! |
Jun 12 2008, 08:11 PM
Post
#1
|
|
Superstar Group: Administrator Posts: 3,914 Joined: 13-March 06 Member No.: 23 |
Ok, I didn't even think about this until now (Especially since we didn't have a coach)...if people want to do a mock draft through this site this year, here's your chance.
Since there's barely 2 weeks left, I'm just going to put up the list. If you want to sign up for a team, please reply in this thread and state which team (s) you want. Let's make a goal of getting the lottery teams filled up first. If you want a non-lottery team, you can grab them, but I can't guarantee we'll get to them. We'll start the draft when all the Lottery teams are taken. If you want the Bulls...send me a PM or post here within 24 hours, and tomorrow night I'll do a microsoft excel random number generator style raffle, as I did with the TalkBears one (And just to let you know, I'm putting myself in the running for that one, but I promise it will be conducted fairly. If the Bulls can win the lottery so can I.) 1 Chicago Bulls - ZoomSlowik 2 Miami Heat - CBF 3 Minnesota Timberwolves - DotheDuhon21 4 Seattle SuperSonics - Soxfan1 5 Memphis Grizzlies - dasox24 6 New York Knicks - cowch 7 L.A. Clippers - Balta 8 Milwaukee Bucks- ZoomSlowik 9 Charlotte Bobcats - steve9347 10 New Jersey Nets - Bulls91 11 Indiana Pacers - CBF 12 Sacramento Kings - Soxfan1 13 Portland Trail Blazers - Eddog2 14 Golden State Warriors - steve9347 15 Phoenix Suns - Bulls91 16 Philadelphia 76ers - DotheDuhon21 17 Toronto Raptors - Balta 18 Washington Wizards - cowch 19 Cleveland Cavaliers - dasox24 20 Denver Nuggets - ZoomSlowik 21 New Jersey Nets - Eddog2 22 Orlando Magic - steve9347 23 Utah Jazz - cowch 24 Seattle SuperSonics- SoxFan1 25 Houston Rockets - Eddog2 26 San Antonio Spurs - Steve9347 27 New Orleans Hornets - Balta 28 Memphis Grizzlies - dasox24 29 Detroit Pistons - cowch 30 Boston Celtics - DotheDuhon21 |
|
|
Jun 17 2008, 05:42 PM
Post
#2
|
|
Superstar Group: Administrator Posts: 3,914 Joined: 13-March 06 Member No.: 23 |
F***, you grabbed the guy the Clippers wanted! Blast!
|
|
|
Jun 17 2008, 08:42 PM
Post
#3
|
|
Leading Scorer Group: Members Posts: 1,285 Joined: 5-July 06 Member No.: 193 |
F***, you grabbed the guy the Clippers wanted! Blast! Why do you need Gordon when you are getting Martell Webster to be your SG? Unless you plan on him being your 3. As GM of the Blazers I would like to confirm the earlier report that the Blazers have formally agreed to the following trade: The L.A. Clippers will trade Elton Brand and Shaun Livingston to the Portland Trailblazers for LaMarcus Aldridge, Jarrett Jack, Martell Webster, and the expiring contract of Raef Lafrentz. Due to trade restrictions on both of the players on the Clippers, the deal can not be approved by the league until after the July 1 deadline. However, both parties including the players involved have expressed their desire to accept the trade and once the paperwork is complete I we will sign Elton Brand and Shaun Livingston to new extensions. I truly believe that this trade makes the Blazers championship competitors next season and for the next decade. While I wish both Webster and Aldridge the best of luck and I know they will develop into exceptional NBA players, we felt we were addressing the need for veteran leadership by trading for both Brand and Livingston. At this point in his career, Brand is a better rebounder, and better shot blocker and defender than Aldridge and he's a solid veteran with playoff experience. He will be huge for the development of Oden (or any other bigs we have when the season starts). We feel that Brand will complement Oden in ways unseen from a big man duo since Robinson/Duncan. As for Livingston, we understand that he is recoving from a very serious injury and we intend to do everything we can to ensure he has a long successful career in a Blazers uniform. We really like Livingston's unselfish game and feel he has star potential at the PG position. If Livingston does fully recover he will complement a star studed lineup of scorers that include Oden/Brand/Roy/&Outlaw. I must say that Webster will be missed. He's an excellent young talent. However, we expect big things out Rudy Fernandez and we wanted to ensure that each of our SG's (Roy and Fernandez) would get significant minutes next season. With Webster becoming an emerging starter we simply felt that we did not have the mintutes to spread to 3 quality SG's. We appreciate everything Webster did for this organization and we wanted to trade him to a team where he could battle for the starting position. I truly believe he will do that with the Clippers. Fernandez will be the lights out scorer off the bench that this team was lacking and we believe his outside shot can be just effective or more effective than Webster's. The Blazers are now deep at every position and ready to charge to the top of the West. Oden/Pryzbilla Brand/Frye Outlaw/James Jones Roy/Fernandez Livingston/Rodriguez/Jack/Blake As a team we have a lot of flexibility with guys who can play multiple positions. We will experiment with Roy at the PG position more next season and we expect to use a smaller rotation at times to get our fast break going. That's why we are happy to have Brand who can play the center position at times and we feel Outlaw should be able to play some PF for us next season. While I am happy with this trade and how it transforms the team, I will continue to explore possible trades to add another 3/4 to the lineup and possibly add some other quality veterans to the team. I am willing to listen to all trade offers. |
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 1st August 2024 - 07:18 AM |