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Bulls get the #1 pick! 2008 NBA Draft Discussion

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Banedon GOAT

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I know the thread has a Bulls slant, but there's a lot of general NBA draft discussion already underway in this thread...lets keep it there. No need for two threads to follow for this...

 

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=48652

 

But there was a need for 5-6 threads to follow the MLB draft? ;)

 

MLB has a draft?

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I know the thread has a Bulls slant, but there's a lot of general NBA draft discussion already underway in this thread...lets keep it there. No need for two threads to follow for this...

 

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=48652

 

Just let it go, man. It's the Social thread and it's all pretty much on the same topic.

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Pacers fan thrilled with the trade. They are gambling on Ford's heath, true. However, it's a low-risk, high-reward deal (though I also like it from Toronto's perspective):

 

1. Despite Ford's injury history, he has been healthier and played more games than O'Neal recently (Ford 55-72-75-51 to O'Neal's 44-51-69-42). Ford's health is actually an improvement over O'Neal's.

 

2. There is always the risk that Ford's next injury ends his career, but (i) I believe his contract is insured so that wouldn't cost the Pacers anything and (ii) I believe O'Neal's injuries are dehabilitating and put him squarely on the downside of his career. Ford is only 25 and could (hopefully) play the rest of his career with no indication of the seriousness of his spinal situation. O'Neal isn't likely to ever be the player he once was.

 

3. The Pacers desperately needed a point guard and Ford was sixth in the league in PER last year. He's not great, but he's good and a marked improvement.

 

4. On a team with severe PR problems, they replace a pouty, unlikeable player (Jamaal Tinsley -- who I'm sure will be dumped for anything, if possible) for an extremely likable guy in Ford.

 

5. O'Neal was due $44 million over the next two years and isn't going to earn that amount. Ford is due $25 million over three years.

 

5. Nesterovic is lumbering, but he is useful. His deal also comes off the books next year.

 

6. The 17th pick in the draft figures to be a player with some potential. My personal hopes include one of the Gordon-Bayless-Brook Lopez trio dropping to 11 (this scenario seems reasonable from most mock's I have seen, though perhaps too good to be true), and then taking either a Rush/Chalmers or the best big guy available depending on who they get at No. 11. Please stay away from big gambles at No. 11 (Randolph -- yuck; Jordan -- meh; Koufos -- like him fine at 17; etc). Gambling big at 17 is acceptable to me, even if it means Hibbert, Robin Lopez or some international player. They can, and should, do much better at 11.

Banedon GOAT

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I know the thread has a Bulls slant, but there's a lot of general NBA draft discussion already underway in this thread...lets keep it there. No need for two threads to follow for this...

 

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=48652

 

Just let it go, man. It's the Social thread and it's all pretty much on the same topic.

 

If there are other similar topics in the social forum, they'll be locked/merged too. This is not a new procedure.

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The Nets are trading Jefferson to the Bucks for Yi and Bobby Simmons.

 

Ford's latest mock has the Pistons taking Jason Thompson from Rider which would be alright.

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So I am a trailblazer fan. It looks like they will have another fun draft night. They have 5 picks now. I am sure that they will use them to move up. Eric Gordon would be a nice replacement for Jarrett Jack.
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The Sonics just traded their #4 to the Clippers for the #7 and a protected pick next year. Reports are the Clips are gonna take Westbrook and the Sonics are looking to take Lopez at 7.

 

Looks like Bayless might drop to 11.

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The Sonics just traded their #4 to the Clippers for the #7 and a protected pick next year. Reports are the Clips are gonna take Westbrook and the Sonics are looking to take Lopez at 7.

 

Looks like Bayless might drop to 11.

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So I am a trailblazer fan. It looks like they will have another fun draft night. They have 5 picks now. I am sure that they will use them to move up. Eric Gordon would be a nice replacement for Jarrett Jack.

you guys just keep buying picks. you took our pick for 3 million. the blazers could be really scary now that they are using their bundles of money correctly.

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Exile on Waveland

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The Sonics just traded their #4 to the Clippers for the #7 and a protected pick next year. Reports are the Clips are gonna take Westbrook and the Sonics are looking to take Lopez at 7.

 

Looks like Bayless might drop to 11.

:beg:

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RynoRules Knoxville Smokies

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That would be a really shrewd move for the Sonics. Lopez fits a need, they add a future pick, and there's a chance a quality guard falls to them at 32.

 

They could wind up with Walker at 32.

 

BTW, if he falls to the Bulls 2nd rnd pick, Pax would have to be an idiot not to take him.

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I'm reading speculation that Miami could draft Mayo and then deal him with Marion for Brand and the newly acquired #4. Also, the Cavs might be using the Milwaukee deal to try to move into the lottery, possibly involving Varejao, the Cavs pick at 19, and the Bucks pick at 8.
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Dickie V just connected John Paxson to Steve Bartman. I love Vitale, but c'mon...

I agree with him on the one year out of high school thing, they should have the same rules as football (Minimum 3 years in college) or just let them go right out of high school.

 

This is silly as is

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