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Still, even if Dalembert is all he is that is still worth a top 5 pick probably. He could always be more, you never know. but with kwame, curry and all the other big men taken up there that don't pan out I wouldn't be unhappy with a serviceable center.
Any time someone posts this:
I have nightmares.Quote:
Bottom line is, you find a 7'3" guy with that skill set, you go out and get him.
I don't know why. None of us had any clue what Darko's true skill set was. We just knew what we heard via 3rd-hand scouting reports.
I don't think he ever resembled a #2 pick on the floor.
Exactly, yet they passed on Melo, Wade, Bosh, Kaman and a bunch of other guys to take the Euro 7 footer with the great skill set.
7 foot fuckers with good skill sets freak me out.
Can't we just draft a nice 6'5" combo guard that can team with Stuckey? Isn't that the backcourt Joe has spoken about? (I think I read an article where he said that would be his "ideal" backcourt)
Being afraid of every 7-footer available is silly. It's like the Bulls saying "I'll never draft Derrick Rose because of Jay Williams! PGs with that skill set freak me out!"
Thabeet's odds of being a bust are very, very slim. And even in that scenario, he's a worst-case Dalembert, which is still a full time starting center.
Center is the toughest position to fill in the NBA. Always has been, always will be. You have a chance at a big man that good, you go for it.
Besides, there isnt a real quality combo guard available in this year's draft. the best are mostly PGs and Power forwards, with one real center.
Um, I was joking about the nightmares/being freaked out.
If we draft the best player available I'll be happy.
If we draft someone who ends up being a waste of fucking space then I will wanna know why our scouts are so shit.
Not really the same. Williams was in a terrible accident and couldn't play for 2-3 years. Darko just sucked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kstat
Isn't Harden a 6-5 shooting guard that can handle the ball a little bit?Quote:
Besides, there isnt a real quality combo guard available in this year's draft.
Nobody is going to confuse Hardin for a point guard. He's an undersized 2, but he has zero PG skills.
Don't get me wrong, I think he has a great feel for the game and he's a natural leader, but he isnt a point guard.
I wasn't sure, it was worth asking.
Stein:
Have to correct some errant bookkeeping from yours truly in a trade-chatter column earlier this week.
The trade Detroit made to send Alex Acker to the Clippers for a future swap of second-round picks did better than get the Pistons within $20,000 of the luxury-tax threshold.
It actually got them $479,649 under the $71.2 million tax line because, according to NBA front-office sources, $500,000 in potential All-Star bonuses to Rasheed Wallace and Richard Hamilton also will be dropping off Detroit's payroll along with Acker's $711,517 salary.
The Pistons were $731,868 over the NBA's tax line before shedding Acker's contract. But they now also will be able to shed the $250,000 bonuses in Wallace's and Hamilton's contracts, which were deemed "likely" bonuses and thus counted against Detroit's cap. Yet since neither made it to the All-Star Game, Detroit will get to subtract an additional (and crucial) $500,000 when the league does its official tax calculations in June.