Ha. In fairness, I was singing the Turks praises.So London likes a guy on the Sixers? Good to know.
What version of Shawn Kemp? Kemp was often listed at a lighter weight than actuality and by his Cavs days he was pushing 3 bills.Athletically, the first guy that comes to my mind is Shawn Kemp.
The Shawn Kemp I remember looked a lot bigger than RWill but as it turns out, RWill is 10 pounds heavier than Kemp. My have times changed.
The Sonics Shawn Kemp. I happened to be in Seattle for a few months in 1992 and that was before the entire world knew how good the Sonics were and people didn't care as much about basketball. I could wall up to a game and a get great seats for 1/2 price. Kemp and Payton and Perkins and Derrick McKey and Nate McMillan and Michael Cage and Eddie Johnson and Ricky Pierce. Plus George Karl and Tim Grgurich. Great team and fun to watch.What version of Shawn Kemp? Kemp was often listed at a lighter weight than actuality and by his Cavs days he was pushing 3 bills.
Shawn Kemp also had incredibly small hands and couldn't palm a basketball. If that sorta thing means anything.
And this is why Seattle no longer has a team.I happened to be in Seattle for a few months in 1992 and that was before the entire world knew how good the Sonics were and people didn't care as much about basketball. I could wall up to a game and a get great seats for 1/2 price.
Eh, I’m sure Sonics Nation still misses Xavier McDaniel’s astute family planning advice...And this is why Seattle no longer has a team.
Not even the best Kareem cameo.Greatest athlete cameo of all time; narrowly edging out Brady in Ted 2 and Kareem in BASEketball.
I consider that more of a supporting role than a cameo.Not even the best Kareem cameo.
One bucket he was fed down low and quick-leapt his way to a dunk. The other he was fed in the post, faced up and sunk a 10 footer.In the brief time he played, how did RWill look offensively? Any mid range jump shots or anything of the sort? Or were his 4 points of the garbage offense variety, ie putbacks?
I love Knox and had him 3rd in my mock. Look out for this kid he's going to be a stud.Not bad
is there a thread around here that has all the draftniks, like yourself, with their pre-draft mock picks?I love Knox and had him 3rd in my mock. Look out for this kid he's going to be a stud.
is there a thread around here that has all the draftniks, like yourself, with their pre-draft mock picks?
7I’ve outsourced my mock to Kevin O’Connor since I don’t watch college ball. Where did I have Knox?
He’s unavailable, recovering from wrist surgery.7
I wonder why Nader isn’t out there. Guy needs all the reps he can get.
I’ve been waiting for Nader to get Demetrius Jacksoned since December but honestly if Smart signs the QO I think they have space to just take the full $450k hit this year and not have to stretch it.Stretch Nader. Sign Bird.
Non-zero chance they don’t even pick up Yabu’s option for 2019-20 at this point.Yeah, Bird has been impressive this game. Yabu not so much.
Probably more than covered if Smart comes back and Wanamaker signed.I don’t mind 49. Will he make team as end of bench PG or do we have enough guys that can handle the ball to not need that
I assume mine was posted in the draft thread a day or two prior to the draft.is there a thread around here that has all the draftniks, like yourself, with their pre-draft mock picks?
Let’s make that happen in 2019. It would be great to watch guys who follow this much more closely than I do post their mocks and update them. If someone reminds me, I’ll start a thread in April. (Of course, I don’t need to be the one who starts it.)is there a thread around here that has all the draftniks, like yourself, with their pre-draft mock picks?
Bird didn't shoot 3's well in the G League. He'll have to improve on that to make it in the NBA. Otherwise he certainly looks the part.Probably more than covered if Smart comes back and Wanamaker signed.
I'd like to see Bird taking more 3s but he has looked pretty good. It'd be nice to have another offensive weapon off the bench.
I'm not really a thread starter but its never to early to start a 2019 Mock Draft.Let’s make that happen in 2019. It would be great to watch guys who follow this much more closely than I do post their mocks and update them. If someone reminds me, I’ll start a thread in April. (Of course, I don’t need to be the one who starts it.)
This is what those of us who wanted to see the Celtics take more of a high risk/high reward strategy in the draft need to keep in mind. One extreme of that is drafting Giannia Antetokounmpo instead of Kelly Olynyk; the other extreme is taking Yabu.Apparently Yabu was pushing up near three bills recently...yeesh. My confidence level in him turning into anything is zero at this point.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/celtics/2018/07/bulpett_guerschon_yabusele_addresses_weight_issues_this_offseason
Wasn’t part of the issue that we needed to take 2 guys who were willing to be stashed in order to have max space available for Horford? Too bad Danny couldn’t have dealt the Yabu/Zizic picks for future 1sts.This is what those of us who wanted to see the Celtics take more of a high risk/high reward strategy in the draft need to keep in mind. One extreme of that is drafting Giannia Antetokounmpo instead of Kelly Olynyk; the other extreme is taking Yabu.
Two problems with that.This is what those of us who wanted to see the Celtics take more of a high risk/high reward strategy in the draft need to keep in mind. One extreme of that is drafting Giannia Antetokounmpo instead of Kelly Olynyk; the other extreme is taking Yabu.
Correct, they couldn't have the cap holds on their books for cap purposes so they needed to either roll the picks or draft guys that wouldn't even threaten to come over. With perfect hindsight they would have been better off spiking Amir Johnson's non-guaranteed $12M or renouncing Tyler Zeller and drafting best players available but at the time they wanted the contracts as salary filler in a potential trade for a star (a reasonable position at the time). The draft was viewed as pretty weak and we were entering the Summer of Evan Turner so teams weren't overvaluing first rounders and everybody was going to have cap space forever so the value of expiring contracts plummeted. Alas, no deals were to be had. That's why the C's picked two Euro stashes, traded 31 and 35 for the future Clippers pick that may end up a 2022 second and picked Abdel Nader late (because he agreed to not sign and play in Maine for the year with the understanding he'd get a contract the following year when the roster crunch was alleviated).Wasn’t part of the issue that we needed to take 2 guys who were willing to be stashed in order to have max space available for Horford? Too bad Danny couldn’t have dealt the Yabu/Zizic picks for future 1sts.
Yeah Ainge makes some shrewd draft day deals every now and then.I never knew that the LAC pick was via MEM in the Deyonta Davis trade. Not a bad deal by Ainge. Trade the 31st (Davis) and 35th (Zagorac) for the LAC protected pick. Worst case, it becomes a random 2nd round pick. But the upside, and especially at the time of the trade, was that it would be a pick in the late teens or early 20's.
I remember one poster going pretty apeshit that we passed on in Davis. I can only presume that he played in the ACC.Yeah Ainge makes some shrewd draft day deals every now and then.
The beauty of this for me is I had Davis as a complete fraud entering that draft.
He's one of the big beneficiaries of LeBron's departure. Cleveland has every incentive now to see what they have in him.Well, Ainge's other stash pick, Zizic, has put up 25-10 and 16-14 in his first two Summer league games.