NBA Basketball Thread 2007-2008: Regular Season

[ShiftyPowers]

God, I hate Euros with an unrivaled passion. What's up with this Danilo Gallinari kid getting all this undeserved hype? People have been trying to convince me that the EuroLeague's quality and competitiveness excedes that of the NCAA, but I'm just not sold on that viewpoint man.


And how is that pudgy, doughy faggot Kevin Love a consensus top five pick? I saw quite a bit of this kid this past season and I was thoroughly unimpressed with him just about everytime as far as his ability to translate his attributes to the League is concerned. I also saw him a couple of years ago at the ABCD camp getting thoroughly assraped by Oden, but I suppose he should be pardoned a bit for that outing, as he was I think just a junior at that time and Oden was already a fully fledged BEAST! Nevertheless, if you put a somewhat athletic and long player on this kid, he can be easily nullified.


Have his measurements been posted online yet?

Won't know measurements until the Orlando Pre-Draft camp is over. I think. Should be any day now though. Love is not a consensus top 5 guy, at least not if you take a survey of anyone credible. It's pretty solidly Rose, Beasley, Mayo, Bayless, and then it comes down to personal preference. Those are the only consensus top 5 guys though.

EDIT: Just checked, they take measurements today.

EDIT 2: Just saw this, might not be accurate, but probably is... Kevin Love 6'7.75 without shoes, so he's about 6'9

 

[Yossarian]

wtf.....has Flip been fired?


Dumars must be pissed.....'Sheed's gonna get shipped next, Id imagine.

 

[Yossarian]

Won't know measurements until the Orlando Pre-Draft camp is over. I think. Should be any day now though. Love is not a consensus top 5 guy, at least not if you take a survey of anyone credible. It's pretty solidly Rose, Beasley, Mayo, Bayless, and then it comes down to personal preference. Those are the only consensus top 5 guys though.

EDIT: Just checked, they take measurements today.

EDIT 2: Just saw this, might not be accurate, but probably is... Kevin Love 6'7.75 without shoes, so he's about 6'9

Cool. I'm just not high on that kid as a lot of others are, bro. And also the Lopez twins...they might be a ****tier version of the Collins twins.....if that's even possible.

Hey, why don't you list your top 15 players? 'll get it started...


1.Mayo

2.Beasley

3.Rose

4.Bayless

5. Gordon

6.Jordan

7.Walker

8. Westbrook

9.CDR

10.Lawson

11. Rush

12.Budinger

13. Greene

14.Randolph

15.The less ****tier of the Lopez brothers...nah, check that! I'll go with that Whitey who's got the Negro vert at the 15th spot. I'm really digging what I'm hearing about his workouts.

 

[twigsanberries]

saunders is out... espn reports it. i wonder who's next...? common sense says 'sheed since he folded like a jenga puzzle that's being done by a kid with tourretes. not sure mcdyess could handle starting though with his health history.

 

[Yossarian]

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/


MEASUREMENTS ARE OUT!


some observations....



-Westbrooks is quite the midget for the position he's projected to be playing in the League

-Randolph makes Auschwitz prisoners look full figured

-Hendrix is a ******* condor....the dude's got longer wings than most 7fters

-Gordon is an absolute beast.....222pnds and a 40inch vert? Didn't realize that he was that fantastically athletic, man

-Ewing jr's standing vert is OUTRAGEOUS....35 ******* inches? he might be a D-league invite now...or even a late second rounder...


-the less ****tier of the Lopez twins is stupidly long

Jordan is a ridiculously long bastard aswell....GOOD GOD!

-Love is surprisingly athletic and his length is decent aswell

-Mayo and Bayless are slightly short armed, but they're also shockingly athletic...especially Mayo, who was considered to be the least athletic of the top four...the dude tied for the best running vert!

-Rose....as expected, really. Absurdly athletic and long for his size....only 6'1" yet he possesses the wings of someone atleast half a foot taller than 'em.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

I was more surprised that Jerryd Bayless measured out a half inch taller than Derrick Rose. Never would have expected that.

Joe Alexander is a ******* MAN! 6'8''+, almost 7' wingspan, 38' vertical (!!!!!!!!!), benched 185 24 times (second best), second fastest 3/4 court sprint (behind Sonny Weems, who is a D-Leaguer or an overseas guy), and a top 50% lane agility time. Seriously, that kid is unbelievable. Pair that with his super Tournaments (NCAA and Big East) and I think kid is a top 10 pick.

 

[Jacky]

^ and he's born in taiwan
if he's top 10 then he'd be 3rd player born in asia to go top 10 since yao and yi!!

 

[Yossarian]

^^hurhur...Carlos*y with his usual interesting facts.



Yeah, I got to see several WVU games this year and I wasn't as shocked with his vert as I was with his combination of length and strength. He's really gonna need to work on his mid range touch, dribbling and evasive moves arsenal if he wants to succeed in the League.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

1. Chicago - Derrick Rose
2. Miami - Michael Beasley
3. Minnesota - OJ Mayo
4. LA Clippers - Eric Gordon
5. Memphis - Kevin Love
6. New York - Danilo Gallinari
7. Seattle - Brook Lopez
8. Milwaukee - Jerryd Bayless
9. Charlotte - Russell Westbrook
10. New Jersey - Anthony Randolph
11. Indiana - Kosta Koufos
12. Sacramento - DJ Augustin
13. Portland - Donte Green
14. Golden State - Joe Alexander
15. Phoenix - Brandon Rush
16. Philly - Darrell Arthur
17. Indiana - Mario Chalmers
18. Washington - Robin Lopez
19. Cleveland - Roy Hibbert
20. Charlotte - Alexis Ajinca
21. New Jersey - Courney Lee
22. Orlando - DeAndre Jordan
23. Utah - Jason Thompson
24. Seattle - JeVale McGee
25. Houston - Chris Douglas-Roberts
26. San Antonio - Nicolas Batum
27. Portland - Ante Tomic
28. Memphis - Mareese Speights
29. Detroit - JJ Hickson
30. Boston - Bill Walker

I won't be available during the draft this year, but I'll make comments after the draft late tonight, or tomorrow.

EDIT before draft starts: Could see all picks the same, BUT 6: Bayless, 8: Randolph, 10: Gallinari

 

[$teauA]

I can't believe the best C prospect in the draft was right under our noses and we decided to take like the 2nd or 3rd best PG in the draft which we'll use as a backup. I want to puke, what a piece of crap draft. The Charlotte Bobcats are f*cking retarded!

 

[leungtl]

Kevin McFail does it again

Happy to see the Rockets acquiring Donte Green just for trading off Batum though.

 

[Rocky]

The Nets had the best draft. Brook Lopez at #10? Steal. Charlotte is stupid for not taking a big man which they needed for frontcourt help.

 

[Deisler]

Danilo Galinari?
That's it, i am defecting to the Nets.

 

[twigsanberries]

awesome. bulls pick 2 guards in the draft. we now have a total of 24235624323423545345 guards on our roster. our best offensive big man is drew gooden. read that sentence as many times as you'd like. it will still sound completely ridiculous. our best defensive big man is noah. can't wait to win championships with that lineup. no true SG on the roster. Hughes, Hinrich and Sefalosha all play PG, they are not good enough shooters/athletic to play the 2. now teams will ******* sit back and wait until the bulls beg for people to take the guards off their hands. I thought if they pick rose they will do some kind of draft day deal, package hinrich/sefalosha/gordon/2nd round pick to deal back into the first round and get a big man... but no. **** it. we'll just play with 3 ******* point guards and a big man that even lebron ******* james couldn't make look good. **** me. **** me good.

 

[SlayerDeuS]

Kevin McHale is a damn good GM. I like their deal for Love and Miller. Love will help in the front-court and Miller is one of the most underrated players in the league.

 

[Payaah]

awesome. bulls pick 2 guards in the draft. we now have a total of 24235624323423545345 guards on our roster. our best offensive big man is drew gooden. read that sentence as many times as you'd like. it will still sound completely ridiculous. our best defensive big man is noah. can't wait to win championships with that lineup. no true SG on the roster. Hughes, Hinrich and Sefalosha all play PG, they are not good enough shooters/athletic to play the 2. now teams will ******* sit back and wait until the bulls beg for people to take the guards off their hands. I thought if they pick rose they will do some kind of draft day deal, package hinrich/sefalosha/gordon/2nd round pick to deal back into the first round and get a big man... but no. **** it. we'll just play with 3 ******* point guards and a big man that even lebron ******* james couldn't make look good. **** me. **** me good.

What other guard you on about? Weems? I think they traded him for this 7-foot guy Asik.

 

[twigsanberries]

i'm just venting. they won't get any value back for hinrich, who is most likely to be traded now. i'm still shocked they hired vinny as their coach. unbelievable.

 

[$teauA]

i'm just venting. they won't get any value back for hinrich, who is most likely to be traded now. i'm still shocked they hired vinny as their coach. unbelievable.

At least you have Rose to look forward to, a bonafide superduperstar in the making.

The Bobcats are just being run ragged into the ground by his airness. Thanks MJ, go f*ck yourself.

 

[twigsanberries]

yea I was just going to comment on your situation. ours can be fixed, but they have to start now. surround vinny with people that know what to do, trade for david lee and you might have something going. you guys are just screwed. who's starting at PG? for you i mean

 

[$teauA]

yea I was just going to comment on your situation. ours can be fixed, but they have to start now. surround vinny with people that know what to do, trade for david lee and you might have something going. you guys are just screwed. who's starting at PG? for you i mean

Oh there's no doubt that Felton will start at PG (unless we trade him). We basically drafted Augustine so we could have a back-up PG

9th pick in the draft and we take a back-up PG...