About That 2nd Rounder

If Danny has a strength that is obvious, it is his evaluation of players and subsequent draft picks.

I would love to see us pick up a legit rotation player. If we get Oden we need a wing or better yet a pure defense PG. If we get Durant, we need to draft a real 7 footer with this pick. Gasol or Fazekas would be fine with me. 8)

  There are plenty of good looking prospects who haven’t gotten any press. Herbert Hill from nearby Providence is a Big East guy with lots of size and lots to like. And , of course there’s BC product Sean Williams. How’d he fit into Wyc’s code of conduct???
   The second round has the advantage of not being guaranteed, and you may be able to move up into the first round cheaply. Or trade it with Telfair for something desireable. This draft has lots of sidebars that make it really interesing. Like the "04 draft when we had 3 choices.

We need a great draft to help erase part of what happened last year. Brandon, as many predicted, is the ROY.

Derrick Byars can really play.

Dudley could be good, but he seems like a copy of Ryan Gomes, so pass. Fazekas? Hmm…no. Aaron Gray? Eh. Herbert Hill could be something though. If I had any confidence that Sean Williams doesn’t flame out [ha!] then him,yes.

Fazekas may not be the best player in the early second round, but he is a smart 7 footer who runs the floor, is a lights out shooter and leaves it on the court every time out there.

Brick, I really like Byars as well. I think he is a rotation guy NLT January. Also like Taureen Green as an upgrade over Telfair.

Lost of good looking foriegn guys. If Belinelli or Gasol slips, I think we gotta take one of them. 8)

If the Cs don’t get Oden, they might go for a young Euro center like 7’2" Croatia Ante Tomic, a skinny 20 year old with a lot of ball skills. If they get Oden, I can see them picking a veteran college swingman like Rush or Stucket, or a PG like Aaron Brooks, Bobby Brown, or Gabe Pruitt if they move Telfair.

Here’s some info on Tomic
http://www.draftexpress.com/viewprofile.php?p=257

wouldn’t mind gettin the gasol brother so pau might want to come play

i like Jared Dudley in the 2nd round, the value is there.
we could sign a vet pg to team with west and rondo
a vet pg , another rebounder who can score and a lottery
pick should right this ship

Trade it to save the owners fifty bucks.

It’s funny because honestly, this ground of second rounders this year would have probably rounded out the Top 10 in last years draft.

and by ground, i mean group

I heard rumors of us packaging this pick with telfair before his arrest, I wonder if Ainge will still try to move the two of them as a package. We really don’t need to work another rookie besides our first rounder so if we can’t trade the pick I think it would be better to follow what tripleOT was saying and draft a euro who we can keep overseas for a year or two while they develop.

Good point Jeff-

If we miss out on the Top 2 I hope DA trades the high pick for some veteran help… and at least we’ll have this later pick to fall back on.

Good point Jeff-

If we miss out on the Top 2 I hope DA trades the high pick for some veteran help… and at least we’ll have this later pick to fall back on.

I dont agree with the statement that Marc Gasol is less skilled than Pau. The problem with Marc is his athleticism, not his IQ. He can pass, he can score and he will be one of the strongest centers in the NBA once he turn his fat into muscle. That was a process he started lately last year (he lost at least 20 pounds) and today he is putting terrific numbers in Spain.
I dont know if you remember last World Championship when Schorsianitis (babyshaq) destroyed the American team in the semi-finals. He couldnt do the same in the final because Marc Gasol was in front of him.
I dont doubt he would be a good addition for our roster if he is available in the second round

we have many options with pick#2 and this is a danny specialty, excepting one factor—he doesn’t go foreign player. is this an area where we don’t use a scout? danny went to china but does anyone follow the euro league for us? we have plenty of youth- we need quality vets. i am sure there are plenty of athletic euro vets who have received good coaching who are available. look at toronto.

I like Rush if he’s there. Like Jeff Green, there are some questions about his intensity but you can say that about a lot of guys. Julian wright comes to mind there. The thing about rush is that you know what he is. He is a shooting guard who has a decent handle and a nice stroke. he’s not another tweener. We already have a roster full of tweeners ; I would like to see us use the 2nd rounder to fill a need as opposed to BPA avaialble. Danny needs to stick to his philosophy of building an athletic, fast team so that would be my other criteria- don’t draft a plodder!

I also like Byars and Dudley with Stuckey or Almond a possibility
Could use it in sign and trade for Steve Blake or trade down about 10-15 spots and take Haluska of Iowa

how about gabe pruitt and rodney stuckey. Personally i like pruit alot. He would be a first rounder any given year. But with higher profile name players this year he was bumped into the second round by projections. He has barely any weakness cept he is not a natural pg, and he is compared to devin harris according to nbadraft. I saw him play once and i thought he would go #1 for sure, looked savvy and with good quickness(scored well also)

Since telfair is gone and west really should’t play pt, we could look hard at this guy. He is also 6’4 and can score, so he could be used a sg sometimes also

Other than sean williams, jason smith, kyle visser , and marc gasol i wouldn’t touch any other big man to draft in the second round. Facts show most do not make it in the nba. Lots of nice sf to pg players for the 2nd round , we should concentrate on that

Nice idea on Byars. Problem is he is projected by several boards as going late lottery so it may be a tad optimistic to think Ainge will pluck him at #32. Same for brother Gasol. He’s a first-rounder.

I do like Pruitt a little bit but, code of conduct or not, Sean Williams is who I’d select if he’s on the board. Other than that, I’d go Euro or Asian for the future.