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haha, this draft should be an SNL skit with all these trades.
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lol @ the crowd booing the Knicks.
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President of Freedonia
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Who the fuck is Renaldo Balkman? And why did the Knicks just waste their first round pick on him when Marcus Williams is available?
Fuck you Isiah. I'm glad I stopped giving a shit about basketball before the Knicks fell apart. |
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ROFLLLLL@ Dan Dickau getting trade again though
Telfair could be pretty cool in Boston, I haven't really followed his career but that special they had on ESPN on him made him seen like he is a pretty cool shit. I know he didn't really have a jumper coming into the NBA (doubt its changed much) so we'll see, probably better than any other guy we could have drafted regardless. |
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Come on Wolves, it's round 54 and Pittsnogle and Taj Gray are still out there. At least they have a remote chance at making the team!
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hahahah stupid Knicks!!
Woohoo, Jazz drafted Dee Brown as well. Brown and Brewer definitley address our awful guard position |
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Well the Wolves officially had a pretty stupid draft. For some reason they drafted Brandon Roy, many peoples pick to be the Chris Paul of this year. Then they trade him basically straight up for the player picked right after him. I don't mind since Foye is the man and will fit the team well, but that was a stupid way to go about it. For one, they could have taken Luther Head from Houston and swapped picks and still got Foye. Second, now there could easily be a stupid money dispute because does Foye deserve No. 6 or 7 pick money?
Then the second round, I don't know what it was but our second, second round pick, some guy from Miz U, was traded. Probably a really minor deal, but I want to know what it was. So we got a 6-7 power forward who looks alright, but c'mon he is 6-7. Then some guy from Greece, meh. |
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Blazers are idiots.
Knicks are bigger idiots. |
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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SCHRAGER ON THE SCENE: The Orlando Magic take Redick, arguably the greatest shooter on Earth. Redick joins Dwight Howard and Darko Milicic on what instantly becomes one of the most intriguing teams in the league. The Madison Square Garden crowd boos. Unlike me, they apparently HATE J.J. Redick, AND his poetry. The "Over-Rated" chants start, and cameras flash. ESPN cuts to Dick Vitale and he seems to be crying. Redick then scurries off the stage so he can jot his thoughts down in a poignant haiku:
Taken by Magic Will miss my Xbox at school No More Appletinis |
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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SCHRAGER ON THE SCENE: Yikes. The roof's going to come off of this place. Personally, I don't think Isiah meant to take Balkman. I'm convinced he thought he was taking former Dallas Maverick and Knick great, Ronaldo Blackman. He probably remembered Blackman lighting him up in the 80s, saw the draft board, and decided, "Yes, yes that guy's good! Let's take him!" Charles Dolan then likely ate a $100 bill, took a bath in Poland Spring water, and said "Go For it!" The Knicks fans are beyond outraged. There's an "F-Dolan" chant going at full force, which I'm sure is really delightful for the ESPN sound crew. So the Knicks have Balkman. I can't wait until Isiah realizes it's not the guy he thought it was. And I can't wait until Nate Robinson hazes him next year. What a disaster this team is.
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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SCHRAGER ON THE SCENE: Great stuff out of the NBA right now. They just handed out a bunch of faces-on-sticks of Russ Granik. The crowd has a "We Want Russ" chant going, too. You've gotta love Granik — the face of second round steals and NBA sturdiness. Granik looks like a dorky uncle, and who doesn't have a soft spot for their dorky uncle? Meanwhile, a British guy who looks 12 was just taken. Joel Freeland's highlights are not of him. The one ESPN just showed had him running the floor and not even touching the ball. Yep, just a shot of him running up and down a basketball court. Really, how could anyone pass on this guy? I'm stunned he slipped until 30.
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King of Love and Piss
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Indiana actually drafted someone whos scouting report used the word atrocious in it. I dont know , if any part of your game is described with that word, you probably shouldnt be drafted at all.
I loved how we passed on Marcus Williams too. That was amazingly funny. He's only gunna be a multiple time all star on the Nets when Kidd retires, but yah fuck him. The one position we didnt need at all, Indiana drafted two of. Both players arent that good at all. Our first round pick probably would have been there at pick 45. |
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WTF@ Houston giving up Rudy Gay and Swift for Shane Battier.
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Who the fuck is Mouhamed Saer Sene? Although I'm happy we got Denham Brown, I fucking hate UConn but I always saw him as a NBA player (not Ginobili potential though)
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lol @ the Warriors drafting 2 7 foot projects... I thought after drafting Ike Diogu and Monta Ellis last year they were beginning to figure out. Nah
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After looking at it, Delonte West is already a better PG than Telfair. I figured Telfair would have a lot of assists or something but he really does not. He also does not score that much. Delonte averages more minutes but I dunno, his stats are a lot better than Telfairs, Telfair probably won't even start for the C's.
Celtics got a long of young (legit) talent at every position now though PG: Delonte West, Sabastian Telfair, Rajon Rondo (We'll see about Rondo) SG: Tony Allen SF: Gerald Green PF: Ryan Gomez C/PF: Kendrick Perkins, Al Jefferson Getting Theo Ratliff in that trade is kind of interesting too. If he has anything left, he could definetly help the team with a presence inside. |
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Oh I almost forgot, WE GOT THE JEW!!!
![]() ![]() Yotam Halperin Ra'anana, Israel |
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I am kind of glad to see the C's get Telfair tho instead of some random dude, I mean even if he doesnt pan out to be something great he is an interesting pick up either way. If they ended up getting someone like Thabo Sefalosha or Renaldo Balkman I'd be like "uhhhhh what"
Also, thank god they didn't draft Reddick |
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Thabo Sefalosha lol cmon
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I don't know about you but I'd want a black Swiss guy on my team. We already got the Hebrew Hammer though so I'm satisfied
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SF Kirlenko
PF Boozer C Okur SG Brewer PG Williams Woohooo here comes the playoffs baby! |
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You realize that Telfair is 20 years old though right? He was the first ever point guard to go right out of high school, so if you consider that I still think he can become a very solid NBA player.
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Yeah he could end up being good, we'll see.
Kwane Brown was the first high schooler drafted first overall so being the "first" doesn't always really mean much. |
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That has nothing to do with it though. Kwame is far from the first power forward selected right out of high school. He is the first point guard to ever be selected right out of high school, which means that under normal circumstances he would be going into his junior year right now. Say Marcus Williams for example, drafted No. 21 by New Jersey this year. If he puts up 9.5 points and 3.6 assists in 24 minutes per game, it will be considered a solid rookie season. Telfair has a long way to go before he is called a star or a dud.
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The Celtics are stocking up to trade for A.I
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#107 |
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The Hawks look to have a package including Josh Smith and Al Harrington. I think there is one more player but I forget who.
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I don't really see why it matters if he was the 1st all time or 8th all time PG drafted out high school. Also he wasn't the first PG drafted straight out of high school, LeBron James was drafted the year before him.
He is only 5'11 so we'll see, hopefully he can tap into his potential. Ainge also said they got Telfair to have him play for the Celtics, not to trade him to Philly for Iverson so we'll see if that holds true or not. |
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LeBron James is a forward who is talented enough to play point guard when needed.
I don't get what you don't understand? You can't compare Telfair to anybody, ever, so there is no reason to question his upside when he is 20 years old and still developing. The fact that he was the first point guard to enter the draft out of high school isn't where the emphasis is. The fact is that Telfair is 20 years old, and any 20 year old point guard in the NBA who averages nearly 10 points and four assists in 24 minutes would be right on track to have a successful NBA career. What I am saying is that you basically got a rookie who has a lot of upside who also happens to have two years practicing with NBA players and playing solid minutes (albiet for an awful team) instead of playing for a college. |
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LeBron is probably listed as a SG but I'd say he is a PG. He was definetly a PG coming out of SMSV high school.
I wasn't really saying that was the emphasis, I was just saying that Telfair being the first or second or thrid really has no factor on anything really. I'm definetly happy to see the Celts get Telfair since he would be better than other option that they could have drafted. All this talk about the Celtics getting a good veteran kind of got me amped up tho but oh well. If half of these young guys the C's have right now pan they could be in a pretty good spot for the future. |
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The reason that Telfair being the first PG picked has any significance is because he is basically a rookie with two years of NBA experience instead of NCAA experience. The main reason that I think he has upside is because he is 20 though, the only reason I mention that he was the first PG picked is because it makes it impossible to compare his progress with anybody.
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Yeah thats what Ainge really liked about him, that he has logged "X" (forget how many) minutes in the NBA. Probably said it like 200 times in the press conference.
Definetly gonna be interesting to see what he can do but Delonte West will probably still end up beating him out for the starting spot and I can see him keeping it. While Telfair is only 21, Delonte isn't even 23 yet even though he went to college for a few years so they are pretty similar in that regard. I like how Telfair is more about getting his teammates involved (I remember him trying to get the asists record at the McDonalds All-American game) but West is a much better shooter than Telfair ever will be so next year should be interesting. I am definetly glad the Celtics actaully got an interesting pick, if they just ended up with Rondo without getting Telfair it'd kinda be like the same old shit - some random guy I barely remember from college. |
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Yeah I have been hearing a lot of good things about Delonte. Was he the guy who was Jameer Nelson's sidekick during that run in 2004?
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2506311
ESPN reporting the Raps have traded Villanueva to the Bucks for TJ Ford. |
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Heard a rumour on the radio today that Kevin Garnett could go to the Bulls.
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I'm kinda pissed about TJ leaving, but the more I think about it, the more I LOVE the trade.
Ford was good for like 10-14 points and 8-10 assists a night....good numbers but not GREAT. Magloire isn't doing anything for us, so picking up Villanueva was a solid move. Now we need to ship Magloire for someone |
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Peja verbally agrees to a 5 year/65 million deal with the Hornets
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Lake Show got Radmanovic. Clips got Tim Thomas.
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