The NBA Draft Thread

[Vincent Van Goat]

Was Avery Johnson really 5'11.. dude was a rock physically but another possible comp? 

 

[pmatic]

A dream deferred

Kris Dunn postpones hoop dreams to earn a college degree

 

[Retroballer]

How I would like to see the lotto turn out
1.Boston
2.Minnesota
3.Philly
For chaos. Philly tanking and still not winning the lotto. The lakers to miss the pick after tanking. Just maddness.
Or throw the Knicks winning it knowing they won't keep it.

 

[carver]

I did the lottery thing on ESPN and Boston won it 3 of the 5 times MN once and LA once

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Give me:

Boston
Lakers
Suns
76ers

 

[nick.]

1. Philly
2. Phoenix
3. Denver
4. LA

 

[pmatic]

Boston Celtics ready to bounce back at NBA draft lottery

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15563616/nba-boston-celtics-hoping-draft-lottery-woes-come-end

The Rick Pitino quote.

 

[carver]

MN
Philly
Boston
Philly

 

[B Sox]

Boston
Min
Nola
Philly

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

I think the Suns need Simmons the most, but I'm not trying to see him in the west.

Therefore, send him to the Celtics.

I'm down with this. I could catch Ingram or Simmons on the local channels. And the wizard they have disguised as a coach will make good use out of the rook (if they keep the pick).

I could settle for:

Celtics in top 2.

Philly out of top 2. **** them.

Don't care where the Lakers land, but it's gonna be funny as **** if they get 4.

This is gonna be the year Philly finally gets the first pick though.

 

 

[carver]

They fired Hinkie they deserve it.. Id rather them have it than the Lakers.. Then the Lakers pick lands at 4 then the Sixers get Dunn as well.

 

[jumpman91023]

Really need the Knicks to get lucky and get a top two pick . Only team I need Dunn to goto is the Timberwolves. They would have a ridiculous young and talented core if everyone develops

 

[nick.]

The Knicks don't have a pick cause we had to have Andrea Bargnani.

 

[Retroballer]

They fired Hinkie they deserve it.. Id rather them have it than the Lakers.. Then the Lakers pick lands at 4 then the Sixers get Dunn as well.

You know what's going to happen. Sixers win the lottery. Draft Simmons. Simmons will be good. Saric and embiid finally play and colangelo will get all the love like he was the one that turned the franchise around.

 

[stillin729]

Don't let me down Silver

Ben or Bust

 

[6 kiss]

Nike really wants Simmons in LA. I think they'll get the #1.

 

[carver]

They fired Hinkie they deserve it.. Id rather them have it than the Lakers.. Then the Lakers pick lands at 4 then the Sixers get Dunn as well.

You know what's going to happen. Sixers win the lottery. Draft Simmons. Simmons will be good. Saric and embiid finally play and colangelo will get all the love like he was the one that turned the franchise around.

Is Saric finally coming over? If so.. You're absolutely correct Colangelo will get all the credit

Don't let me down Silver

Ben or Bust

hole up...Philly fans wouldn't be happy to get Ingram?!?

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Sixers will never be good.

 

[stillin729]

Is Saric finally coming over? If so.. You're absolutely correct Colangelo will get all the credit
hole up...Philly fans wouldn't be happy to get Ingram?!?

I don't want a consolation prize

 

[MVP]

1. Lakers
2. Celtics
3. Sixers

Let's get it Ben can keep all his kicks.

 

[stillin729]

My perfect Sixers draft:

1. Ben
4. Murray
24. Bembry
26. Malachi

 

[osh kosh bosh]

This lottery is going to cause a ton of pain becuase if you don;'t get pick 1 or 2.


there are infinitesimal degrees of difference between picks 1-25.

 

[carver]

Is Saric finally coming over? If so.. You're absolutely correct Colangelo will get all the credit
hole up...Philly fans wouldn't be happy to get Ingram?!?

I don't want a consolation prize

What if y'all get the top pick and pick Ingram is it still a consolation prize

 

[jumpman91023]

The Knicks don't have a pick cause we had to have Andrea Bargnani.

I know, I'm talking about it from a Nuggets perspective

 

[illoquent aka dsk]

Boston Celtics ready to bounce back at NBA draft lottery

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15563616/nba-boston-celtics-hoping-draft-lottery-woes-come-end

The Rick Pitino quote.

Wow...

In nine trips to the lottery since 1994, the Celtics have never improved their pre-draft position, and the two visits in which they had their best chances to vault toward a top spot -- 1997 and 2007 -- ended with the team absorbing brutal gut punches.

Twiss, the Celtics' jovial media relations czar who this year completed his 36th season on the job, was still trying to wrap his head around what happened. He recalls that, before the formal lottery drawing, NBA officials had conducted a pair of mock draws to demonstrate how the event would run. In the first mock, the Celtics secured picks Nos. 1 and 3. In the second, Boston emerged with picks Nos. 2 and 3. Twiss liked the consistency.

Then came the official draw.

Twiss dutifully wrote down the four-ball combination and glanced at the list in front of him with all of Boston's potential combinations. When he realized it wasn't on his list, his heart sank. Then came the celebration from beside him. Spurs at No. 1. Then the Philadelphia 76ers snagged pick No. 2. The Celtics, who entered that night's draw armed with a 36.3 percent chance at securing the top overall pick, settled for selections Nos. 3 and 6 -- not the worst possible outcome, but try selling that to a team convinced it was about see Duncan in green.

Nine days after Boston's Finals triumph, the Celtics drafted Maryland's Len Bias, a 6-foot-8 swingman who was supposed to help Boston sustain the success of a team that had won three titles in six years. But Bias passed away two days later following a cocaine overdose.

For Boston, this will be its eighth time hoping that the ping-pong balls redeem themselves for that heartbreaking miss in 1997. During that span, the Celtics have never improved their pre-lottery status and have been leapfrogged by teams behind them in three of those years.

Yo.

Always knew about Len Bias, but this is some next level **** when you put it all together like that.