Everything Draft 2021

[golden]

I personally really like the idea of trading van vleet!!

I also love the idea of giving Bruno Caboclo a second shot at NBA

people here usually ignore me though ahahaha

Reading your post like....

[Hotshot]

I just don’t care to watch anymore of Barnes, Kuminga, Moody or Keon Johnson. I never got the chance to watch Mitchell but I doubt we take him.

I beg to differ.

[TrueTorontoFan]

Nuthin. That's not really all that surprising. The Cavs are going to draft a guard. When you have the top pick and there's a great big and a great guard/wing, you ALWAYS take the guard/wing.

not necessarily



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_NBA_draft



again don't use the wiseman draft as a marker. GSW only drafted wiseman in my opinion because they needed a guy not because he was equally the same prospect. They had no center and had a chance to grab one. I didn't think Wiseman's skill warranted him getting picked that high. He was mocked in some cases to drop as well.


Mobley is a different dude.

[Jclaw]

How do people remember the 2011 draft? It was not as "top 4" focussed as this one is but we were definitely in the market for a point guard in those days (it was the Jose/Jarrett Jack/Bayliss days). At 5 people were really high on Brandon Knight and maybe a step less high but still interested in Kemba Walker. The conventional wisdom however was that both would be gone by the time the Raps came around at 5. But then...Cleveland did something weird (that can't happen again...can it?) and both were there for the taking. That's when we learned how to pronounce "Valanciunas". Just saying...things get weird.

https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2011...11-mock-draft/

Gotta say.....there was mad love for Kanter in those days and I have to respect one of the commenters who suggested taking some skinny guy named Leonard with our pick. You still here?

[MixxAOR]

How do people remember the 2011 draft? It was not as "top 4" focussed as this one is but we were definitely in the market for a point guard in those days (it was the Jose/Jarrett Jack/Bayliss days). At 5 people were really high on Brandon Knight and maybe a step less high but still interested in Kemba Walker. The conventional wisdom however was that both would be gone by the time the Raps came around at 5. But then...Cleveland did something weird (that can't happen again...can it?) and both were there for the taking. That's when we learned how to pronounce "Valanciunas". Just saying...things get weird.

https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2011...11-mock-draft/

Gotta say.....there was mad love for Kanter in those days and I have to respect one of the commenters who suggested taking some skinny guy named Leonard with our pick. You still here?

god damn people were high on Kanter

[Ebonhawke]

Nilanka guessed that Brandon Knight would be the next Larry Hughes - good guess!

[MixxAOR]

Nilanka guessed that Brandon Knight would be the next Larry Hughes - good guess!

and he wanted Raptors to draft Leonard. Solid

[Ebonhawke]

and he wanted Raptors to draft Leonard. Solid

Might have been an interesting experiment to see how Leonard developed under first year head coach Casey, in contrast to under Pop

[KeonClark]

Nice one, Nilanka

Nilanka • 10 years ago
I like it. Although, lately I've been thinking Leonard might be our guy. Bayless might be able to hold down the fort this season at PG, and depending on whether he sinks or swims, we can attempt to address the PG hole in the 2012 draft (if required). Therefore drafting Walker may not be as much of a priority as once thought.

Aside from Leonard's skillset, he has that "motor" that doesn't seem to stop. The kid's super hungry. And with the unfortunate passing of his father, he seems to be very mature for his age. The weakest part of his game (his jumper) has been miraculously transformed in a matter of 6 short weeks. That kind of steep learning curve should not be overlooked, and speaks volumes of his work ethic.

Plus he's from Compton, which can only help his chemistry with DeRozan, lol.

[G__Deane]

Might have been an interesting experiment to see how Leonard developed under first year head coach Casey, in contrast to under Pop

Kawhi would have wanted out under Casey and we would have traded him to the Spurs for some dude named DeMar DeRozan

[planetmars]

Hey Nilanka... who do you want us to pick at 4 this year? We could use your help

[planetmars]

Found the forum thread for the 2011 draft if anyone wants to read it:
https://forums.raptorsrepublic.com/f...ors-discussion

It was started in November.. basically the start of the season lol.

[magoon]

I think it is worth remembering that Cleveland's front office and scouting is among the worst in the league, which is part of why they keep getting so many high draft picks. They signed Kevin Love to a massive, untradeable deal when it was clear he could never live up to the terms of it. They drafted Joe Harris, then paid Orlando to take him off their hands; he promptly signed with the Nets and immediately proved that Cleveland had made a mistake. They passed on Shai and Mikal Bridges to reach for Collin Sexton, and now that Sexton has proven himself to be a capable scoring guard who can anchor an offense and be a decent secondary playmaker... they're looking to move him.

Cleveland with the #3 pick? Christ, for all we know they decide Keon Johnson is their guy, then explore trading down for the pick, can't figure out how to do it, and end up drafting him with #3. And before anybody says that's unrealistic, that is exactly how they drafted Anthony Bennett with the #1 in 2013.

[Kagemusha]

Best case scenario:

1) Cavs go full Cavs and pick Kuminga or Barnes
2) Any 2 of Suggs/Green/Mobley falls to us
3) Of those 2 guys left, Orlando really wants the guy that we don't want
4) We trade "down" to 5th and still get our guy, plus the Magic pick at #8

Lol.
shades of going up to 4 from 7.
Lightning striking twice?

[The Great One]

not necessarily



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_NBA_draft



again don't use the wiseman draft as a marker. GSW only drafted wiseman in my opinion because they needed a guy not because he was equally the same prospect. They had no center and had a chance to grab one. I didn't think Wiseman's skill warranted him getting picked that high. He was mocked in some cases to drop as well.


Mobley is a different dude.

I didn't say anything about Wiseman. But speaking of Wiseman, Wiseman was highly regarded as one of the best players in last year's draft. Wiseman, Edwards and Ball. They were last year's big 3. But anyway, yes, part of the reason why the Warriors drafted Wiseman 2nd overall last year was because they needed a big. But imagine if they drafted LaMelo(a guard) instead? Like I said, when you're picking high in the draft and there's a great guard/wing and there's a great big. ALWAYS draft the guard/wing.