:: Official NBA Draft Thread - June 26, 7PM EST ::

[blackmagnus514]

ya'll watching this special on ESPN?

 

[jpzx]

Originally Posted by blackmagnus514

ya'll watching this special on ESPN?

Yeah they showed it yesterday and around noon today along w/ the one at around 7-8 tonight...I watched the noon one
And yeah someone should start awhole new NBA Draft Thread on Thursday....

 

[bhzmafia14]

If the Grizzlies come out the draft getting Jordan with the 28th pick.

 

[willinc]

That's gotta be pretty cool to have a brother in the draft


but they seem like complete stiffs

 

[blackmagnus514]

^ for real

 

[i nasmatic i]

not even i believe this

ESPN radio reported that the Lakers and Heat are in talks that would trade Lamar Odom and the #58 pick to Miami. In exchange the Heat would trade to the LakersMark Blount, Udonis Haslem and Miami's coveted #2 pick in the draft. Rumor has it Riley is trying to clear cap space as much as he can, and wants Odom backin the fold.

http://www.clublakers.com/forums/espn-radio-lakers-miami-rumors-heating-up-not-marion-t98549.html

do it anyways mitch

 

[lnmymind]

@ Mike's reaction to his height measurements at camp

 

[bigmike23]

that was funny when they got measured for height

and that laker and Miami trade

its pointless on both sides. lakers dont need beasely so why get the number 2 pick and for miami no point pretty much even tho odom is a better fit in the east

 

[blackmagnus514]

Beasley in the triangle?

 

[my name is grafh]

Originally Posted by I NaSmatic I

not even i believe this

ESPN radio reported that the Lakers and Heat are in talks that would trade Lamar Odom and the #58 pick to Miami. In exchange the Heat would trade to the Lakers Mark Blount, Udonis Haslem and Miami's coveted #2 pick in the draft. Rumor has it Riley is trying to clear cap space as much as he can, and wants Odom back in the fold.

http://www.clublakers.com/forums/espn-radio-lakers-miami-rumors-heating-up-not-marion-t98549.html

do it anyways mitch

Miami does want LO back but not for #2, they would more likely trade Marion for LO & Mihm or someone other bench player

 

[i nasmatic i]

third straight year the blazers buy a draft pick

The Portland Trail Blazers will acquire the 27th pick in the draft from New Orleans in exchange for cash considerations, according to a report from ESPN.

The deal was agreed to verbally between the two teams on Tuesday night, according to the source. The teams have scheduled a trade call with the league in themorning to make the deal official.

source

 

[blackmagnus514]

 

[willinc]

Originally Posted by I NaSmatic I

not even i believe this

ESPN radio reported that the Lakers and Heat are in talks that would trade Lamar Odom and the #58 pick to Miami. In exchange the Heat would trade to the Lakers Mark Blount, Udonis Haslem and Miami's coveted #2 pick in the draft. Rumor has it Riley is trying to clear cap space as much as he can, and wants Odom back in the fold.

http://www.clublakers.com/forums/espn-radio-lakers-miami-rumors-heating-up-not-marion-t98549.html

do it anyways mitch

, Thursday can't get here soon enough, these deals keep getting worse and worse

 

[kiddin like jason]

The Portland Trail Blazers will acquire the 27th pick in the draft from New Orleans in exchange for cash considerations, according to a report from ESPN.
.....................

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

looks like miami is considering drafting OJ Mayo at #2 now....that is what they said on Sportscenter

 

[mateen cleaves]

SMH, no way Lakers get the 2nd pick.

 

[stringer bell 32]

Originally Posted by I NaSmatic I

not even i believe this

ESPN radio reported that the Lakers and Heat are in talks that would trade Lamar Odom and the #58 pick to Miami. In exchange the Heat would trade to the Lakers Mark Blount, Udonis Haslem and Miami's coveted #2 pick in the draft. Rumor has it Riley is trying to clear cap space as much as he can, and wants Odom back in the fold.

http://www.clublakers.com/forums/espn-radio-lakers-miami-rumors-heating-up-not-marion-t98549.html

do it anyways mitch

 

[japanair21]

Source: Hornets Trade 27th Draft Pick To Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers will acquire the 27th pick in the draft from New Orleans in exchange for cash considerations, according to a report from ESPN.

The deal was agreed to verbally between the two teams on Tuesday night, according to the source. The teams have scheduled a trade call with the league in themorning to make the deal official.

From RealGM, they plan to take Ante Tomic. They also own the 13th, 33rd pick, 36th pick, 55th pick,

 

[jonfarr]

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

Source: Hornets Trade 27th Draft Pick To Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers will acquire the 27th pick in the draft from New Orleans in exchange for cash considerations, according to a report from ESPN.

The deal was agreed to verbally between the two teams on Tuesday night, according to the source. The teams have scheduled a trade call with the league in the morning to make the deal official.

From RealGM, they plan to take Ante Tomic. They also own the 13th, 33rd pick, 36th pick, 55th pick,

haha and so it starts. This looks like step one for Pritchard to prolly move up or get a vet in the draft. Portland now has 5 draft picks I believe.

 

[franchise3]

Originally Posted by I NaSmatic I

not even i believe this

ESPN radio reported that the Lakers and Heat are in talks that would trade Lamar Odom and the #58 pick to Miami. In exchange the Heat would trade to the Lakers Mark Blount, Udonis Haslem and Miami's coveted #2 pick in the draft. Rumor has it Riley is trying to clear cap space as much as he can, and wants Odom back in the fold.

http://www.clublakers.com/forums/espn-radio-lakers-miami-rumors-heating-up-not-marion-t98549.html

do it anyways mitch

 

[friscostylez]

I never thought i would ever say this but DO IT MITCH. OJ + Kobe = Dynasty

 

[messiahchild]

Originally Posted by Kiddin Like Jason

The Portland Trail Blazers will acquire the 27th pick in the draft from New Orleans in exchange for cash considerations, according to a report from ESPN.

.....................

There has to be more to this story, such as if it was a money issue, then why not just get one of Portland's second round picks. I really believe thatthere is something else about this transactin, that would answer itself later on this off-season. The part that sucks the most is that I'm going to drafttoo, so hopefully I can find a Hawks fan to wild out with....

 

[messiahchild]

Double Post

 

[kiddin like jason]

From Hornets247 like six days ago:

Unless something major changes over the next few days with the workouts for the Hornets, I'm feeling pretty certain about one thing:

The Hornets won't be drafting in the first round.

The Hornets have only brought in three players who are generally accepted as possible 1st round prospects: Mario Chalmers, Gary Forbes and Courtney Lee. When Lee was brought in, it was also before a string of workouts that appears to have moved him solidly into the first round. If the Hornets were bringing in guys who were on the bubble: Richard Hendrix, Ryan Anderson, Jason Thompson, Nathan Jawai, or DJ White, I might just think they were covering their bases, but they aren't.

The Hornets pick is 27th. Typically you'd bring in prospects rated 20-40 and take a look at them. The Hornets, however, seem to be bringing in prospects rated 40-undrafted. The few higher rated players they have brought in strike me as more of a "Plan B" - or smokescreen to cover what they are doing.

This, of course, leads to lots of wild speculation on my part. They probably have a trade in place, but is it just a cost cutter? Dropping from the first round to the second to save money, while assuming they can still get a player of the same quality after falling?

Or do they have some trade in place for a more important piece, having used the 27th pick as a sweetener? That would fit more, since this draft evaluation process seems like a way to find potential prospects for the summer league team, not a late-first, early-second round pick.

So unless the quality of the players brought in for workouts improve greatly over the next couple days, we can probably expect some sort of move on Draft night. I'll be watching.

Updated list of Players that have worked out for the Hornets, along with where they went on the DraftExpress mock draft(DraftExpress rules, by the way):

Guards:
22: Courtney Lee, Western Kentucky
50: Jamont Gordon, Mississipi State
Undrafted: Antoine Agudio, Hofstra
Undrafted: Bo McCalebb, UNO
Undrafted: Stanley Burrell, Xavier

Wings:
39: Gary Forbes, Massachusetts
46: JR Giddens, New Mexico
47: Shan Foster, Vanderbilt
49: Kyle Weaver, Washington State
53: Sonny Weems, Arkansas
56: Bryce Taylor, Oregon
Undrafted: Marcellus Kemp, Nevada
Undrafted: Mark Tyndale, Temple
Undrafted: Patrick Ewing Jr, Georgetown
Undrafted: Davon Jefferson, Southern California

"Big" Men(some ain't so big, but they play the post):
40: Joey Dorsey, Memphis
44: Trent Plaisted, Brigham Young
55: Othello Hunter, Ohio State
Undrafted: David Padgett, Louisville
Undrafted: Tyrelle Blair, Boston College
Undrafted: Keith Brumbaugh, Hillsborough Community College
Undrafted: Josh Duncan, Xavier
Undrafted: Frank Elegar, Drexel
Undrafted: Aleks Maric, Nebraska
Undrafted: Longar Longar, Oklahoma

Worked out, but withdrew from Draft:
Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga
Wayne Ellington, North Carolina
Lester Hudson, Tennessee Martin

 

[al3xis]

Portland is about to be dealing