So the draft is done, here are some quick thoughts:
~OK, I was pissed about George Hill getting picked by the Spurs, especially with Darell Arthur, CDR, and Mario Chalmers all on the board. But then I read up on the guy a little more, he wrecked shop at the Orlando pre-draft camp. He avg'd 21.5 points last year and shot 45% from 3, so unlike Tony, if teams think they can leave him open for 3 when he's running the point, they will be punished. It also sounds like he's really quick and a good passer, both things i like out of PG's. The main thing that swayed me was the San Antonio Express article that said the Spurs were waiting on him the whole time. They must have seen something in this kid who was pegged as a 2nd rounder in every mock draft out there that they were so pumped he was available at rd 1. Pop did pretty well the last time he drafted a PG late 1st round, so I guess I should just sit back and trust him. Plus, we all know the Spurs are winning it all next year, I mean, it's an odd year.
~Freaking Portland man. They were able to trade their 13th pick, Brandon Rush, and Jarret Jack to Indiana for Jerryd Bayless, a guy who could've possibly been a top 5 guy. Why Indiana would make this trade makes NO sense at all. I guess the upside is now Brandon gets to play with his brother Kareem (altogether now...awwwww). Not only that, but they reloaded for more draft picks. Kevin Pritchard is absolutely running the show right now, why GM's are letting him do this I have no idea.
~Memphis traded Kevin Love to Minnesota for OJ Mayo. Why would you do this you ask? I've been saying this the whole time, my theory is Memphis is putting the pieces together to trade for Michael Beasley from Miami. Now that they have Mayo, I'm thinking a package like Mayo, newly acquired Marko Jaric, and hell, maybe trade Darell Arthur for a 4th time to get Beasley. Maybe you throw in some draft picks. Admittedly they just got Chalmers, so maybe that screws up my plan, I still just dont think Miami keeps Beasley, Riley's got too much of an ego to go with someone he doesn't want.
~Westbrook, Durant, Green...man, the Sonics and Blazers are gonna be freaky good the next few years, good thing Dallas sold their future and we dont have to worry about them anymore.
~The dude from the 2nd round that got drafted by the Blazers from the D-League...that was strange. Apparently since he still had eligibility(cause he got booted off his team) he was still eligible for the draft. Still a weird situation.
Pretty crazy draft on the whole. I'll be interested to see what else shakes out from it. Yall's thoughts?
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Bummer. I was looking forward to the Gay-Love era in Memphis.
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