Draft discussion. (It had to happen sooner or later)

Does anybody here?

I’m still buying into Harrison Barnes as the so-called “obvious top pick” at the beginning of the season. His production hasn’t been great, although it’s picked up quite a bit lately, but he still has incredible physical talent and from what I’ve heard he’s a great teammate.

Vesely has HUGE upside though. His position is kinda strange, what with being a paradoxical small forward, but the athleticism is incredible. The only thing that worries me is memories of Joe Alexander. Even if Vesely can jump REALLY high, can he actually PLAY the game effectively?

Ain’t that lovely.

Kris Joseph in Round 2 please. Love to see an athletic scorer type in Round 1.

Very Impressive, he has a lot of confidence, can score in a lot of different ways and makes a lot of good passes. He also tries to force things a lot though, but when you score as much as he can I guess you can afford too…

I think the only problem would be that for a team looking to get more athletic like the Bucks he’s not the kind of player you would want. But he can create his own shot.

I only saw about 20 minutes of his game against Real Madrid but he looked about how I expected from reading about him. Played SF, looked to post smaller defenders, played with a ton of energy and emotion, active defensively. The only guy he really reminded me of was Kirlenko, but I always hate comparing young players to established players who have very atypical games…for better or worse, AK47 is a very unique player and I’m skeptical Vesely would every get to that the elite level defensively. But he’s probably more athletic and is similar in terms of having that tweener style.

He’d be an intriguing guy to take in the late lottery, but I have to think he’d be a bit of a project rather than someone who could come in immediately and contribute (which isn’t typical for late lotto picks anyway).

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/magazine/mag-13Player-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

Seems to me, the issue with Jones is a lack of aggression or killer instinct. He reminds me of Derrick McKey or Marvin Williams in that respect. Players with immense skills and athletic gifts that lacked the killer instinct to be top level players.

how has this years bunch of rookies gone? havent really followed it and havent read anything much about guys standing out, all been about Blake Griffin…..so Im assuming it has been a lean year?

I am hoping someone call fill me in a bit on Alec Burks. Guy is a scorer for sure and I think we could use one or two of them.

Perry Jones was the guaranteed #1 pick. Now on nbadraft.net (my preferred mock draft site) he’s fallen to the Bucks at #9.

Personally, in that 8-12 range I’d take Jones, Jimmer, Marcus Morris or either of the Kentucky kids.

Jimmer is a bit of a risk, but hey, he can definitely score the ball, something the Bucks simply cannot do. Jones is more of a playmaker to compliment Bogut and possibly Gooden. Not sure where Sanders would fit in next year then however.

Marcus Morris and Terrence Jones are both guys that provide some height and athleticism to the 2/3 spot and they both can score as well.

All of it is a toss up, but I think if they could land in the 5-10 range they’ll get a pretty good player. Maybe not a star, but a good player.

But it looks now like the Bucks will be in the 8-11 or 15 spot barring a big move by any team near them.

I think Derrick Williams could be one of the best players in this draft class. His TS% and FT rate are off the charts and he has the athleticism to match. Only problem is that he’s only 6’8.

To comment. I am looking for people who can score and he seems to get a fair amount of positive press, I realize that he would likely be a top 10 reach but maybe trade down if you’re interested.

It’s obvious the niether BJ or Bogut are going to be the “stars” that all good teams have – but Bogut still offers a lot in way of Defense, Reb, etc… he’s also 7’ ; )

I’m aware that no draft picks are “sure things” – but I’d also wager the K.I. is better than Jennings right now, let alone a few yrs down the road.

Jennings is and will always be a glorified TJ Ford, IMO.

I’d also be cool w/ B Knight, but he doesn’t seem to be the pospect that K.I. is

But Irving is bigger, more athletic, better shooter, and appears to have a higher BB IQ than BJ.

And FWIW Kyrie is also supposed to be a high-character, great teammate, sort of dude.

I’m just sayin that what you see is what you get w/ BJ, while K.I. is supposedly one of the best PG prospects to come along in a few yrs, and looks to be an all-star at the NBA level.

Plus, hasn’t BJ alluded to possibly going elsewhere as a FA?