2014 NBA Draft Thread (No Spoilers You Clowns)

[ifmanis5]

Smart pairs up well with Bradley but not Rondo. Will be interesting to see how that works out

Agreed but all 3 at the same time would be a terrifying full court press.

 

[Corsi]

 

[pdaj]

I love his toughness and he is NBA ready, especially on D. Well spoken, too.

 
I would have loved if Embiid slipped, but this is a fantastic pick/fit at #6. Boston's a few years away from competing, so drafting Smart and dealing Rondo makes good sense. He's smart, super tough, and a 2-way player. We're going to love this kid.

 

[bowiac]

Same here. Smart might be very good, but feels like the real elite guys were four or five deep

I don't see a big difference between Smart and Gordon to be honest.

 

[pdaj]

Can we add NO SPOILERS! to the thread title? It might help with the morons.

 

[bowiac]

Woj says the Kings are gonna make a bad pick.

 

[DannyDarwinism]

So they really wanna get rid of McLemore.

 

[luckiestman]

How does this guy go over Payton?

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Rondo & 17 for Stauskas

 

[wibi]

I really dont like these hats they're giving the kids

 

[MakMan44]

I really dont like these hats they're giving the kids

They look pretty stupid

 

[Greg29fan]

I really dont like these hats they're giving the kids

 
flat brims are hideous

 

[Cellar-Door]

How does this guy go over Payton?

 
They play different positions and have entirely different skill-sets?
He;s a shooter/scorer and a 2. Payton is a defensive 1.

 

[DannyDarwinism]

He's nowhere near the athlete that Drazen was.

 

[Stitch01]

I don't see a big difference between Smart and Gordon to be honest.

He'd be the one I exclude.

 

[Statman]

Woj says the Kings are gonna make a bad pick.

 

NO SPOILERS please.  There is another thread for that. 

 

[ifmanis5]

Glad someone else took this guy.

 

[bowiac]

 

@GroupStats

Kentucky's Points Per Possesion with Randle on the court- 1.12 Kentucky's Points Per Possession with Randle on the Bench- 1.18

 

 

[Cellar-Door]

IF Charlotte takes McDermott (not a spoiler I'm just making a guess) will he get compared to anyone who is not white?

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

And wiht the ninth pick, Charlotte selects a Chik-Fil-A breakfast sandwich

 

[dylanmarsh]

I love the Smart pick. Having watched Dragic and Bledsoe all season, I'd love to see a two PG set with Rondo and Smart in Boston.

 

[bowiac]

So what's Stauskas's best non-white comp?

 

[Eric Ampersand]

Agreed but all 3 at the same time would be a terrifying full court press.

 
Rick Pitino just came.

 

[Moosey]

I'm hoping Saric falls to 17 now.

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

 
flat brims are hideous

And the folded so both sides touched looked hideous when I was in high school...didn't stop me from folding my brim.

 

[bowiac]

I love the Smart pick. Having watched Dragic and Bledsoe all season, I'd love to see a two PG set with Rondo and Smart in Boston.

While I agree with this in principle, as a direction the NBA is headed, I'm more optimistic in that this means Ainge is committed to getting rid of Rondo.

 

[DJnVa]

How does this guy go over Payton?

 
THIS AIN'T TWITTER!!
 
Give some thought to why you say that.

 

[luckiestman]

So what's Stauskas's best non-white comp?

 
 
white players are only allowed to be gritty and be compared to other white players. 

 

[Cellar-Door]

So what's Stauskas's best non-white comp?

Short Jalen Rose?

 

[dylanmarsh]

While I agree with this in principle, as a direction the NBA is headed, I'm more optimistic in that this means Ainge is committed to getting rid of Rondo.

It's either Rondo or AB because they can't pay that much for three guards, right?

 

[RedOctober3829]

I'm imagining a Smart-Bradley defensive backcourt and am currently feeling claustrophobic.

 

[DannyDarwinism]

Short Jalen Rose?

 
Maybe a Kevin Martin.

 

[soxhop411]

Michael Scotto ‏@MikeAScotto  12m
Source: Boston Celtics passed on Noah Vonleh partly due to character concerns. #NBADraft

 

[riboflav]

 
Michael Scotto ‏@MikeAScotto  12m
Source: Boston Celtics passed on Noah Vonleh partly due to character concerns. #NBADraft
 

 
Lack of effort? Or what am I missing?

 

[Sprowl]

I love the Smart pick. Having watched Dragic and Bledsoe all season, I'd love to see a two PG set with Rondo and Smart in Boston.

 
A good-pass, no-shoot backcourt? Dragic and Bledsoe can both score.
 
Rondo is on the move very soon.

 

[MainerInExile]

 
Michael Scotto ‏@MikeAScotto  12m
Source: Boston Celtics passed on Noah Vonleh partly due to character concerns. #NBADraft
 

Bad brain type.

 

[kazuneko]

Can we add NO SPOILERS! to the thread title? It might help with the morons.

I'm a bit confused here. What is this thread for other than to discuss the ongoing draft? 95% of the posts since the draft started could be considered spoilers...

 

[thehitcat]

 
Lack of effort? Or what am I missing?

Wonder if it's something that stretches back to his local days in high school.  Worried he might hook up with "the old crowd?"  I don't know

 

[Cellar-Door]

I'm a bit confused here. What is this thread for other than to discuss the ongoing draft? 95% of the posts since the draft started could be considered spoilers...

It means no posting picks before they are announced on TV.

 

[MainerInExile]

I'm a bit confused here. What is this thread for other than to discuss the ongoing draft? 95% of the posts since the draft started could be considered spoilers...

Don't announce the pick before ESPN.  It's simple.

 

[MakMan44]

I'm a bit confused here. What is this thread for other than to discuss the ongoing draft? 95% of the posts since the draft started could be considered spoilers...

No posting tweets that spoil the pick before it's actually announced. 

 

[DJnVa]

I'm a bit confused here. What is this thread for other than to discuss the ongoing draft? 95% of the posts since the draft started could be considered spoilers...

 
If you don't realize that the picks are tweeted before ESPN broadcasts them I don't know what to tell you.
 
No picks in here until they're on ESPN.

 

[bbc23]

Wow, Ford and Woj both totally whiffed that pick.

 

[Sprowl]

Payton's got the big hair.

 

[MakMan44]

MCW did not look happy

 

[soxhop411]

 
Lack of effort? Or what am I missing?

 
 

Bad brain type.

 
 

Wonder if it's something that stretches back to his local days in high school.  Worried he might hook up with "the old crowd?"  I don't know

I never saw any "character issues" at IU ...
 
Alex McCarthy ‏@akmccarthy  9m
Wow. I don't see that at all. Odd. RT @MikeAScotto Source: Boston Celtics passed on Noah Vonleh partly due to character concerns. #NBADraft
 
(IUBB writer)

 

[sachmoney]

Best:

 

[DannyDarwinism]

 
Lack of effort? Or what am I missing?

 
I assume that's it.  

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Vonleh is pushing 250 lbs. "character issues" is a nice way of saying fat, lazy fuck.

 

[Steve Dillard]

Woj had said Philly was considering Saric.  Would have killed their playoff hopes.