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CalgaryRapsFan wrote: View PostFrom Hollinger's chat on ESPN:
1) DRUMMOND
Bram (Netherlands)
How far can you see Andre Drummond fall? In some scenario's people are already discussing him falling to the Pistons.
John Hollinger
(1:37 PM) I'd say that's the absolute floor, and that if he really falls that far somebody will likely trade up to 6-7-8 to snatch him.
Detroit clearly wants a center, and if Drummond were there at 9, they would take him in a second. Knowing this, even if BC hates Drummond he would be foolish not to pick him. If he lets him go, Detroit gets him at 9, and we get, say, Lamb or Rivers for the price tag of the 8th pick. At the very least, he could just trade the 8th pick to Detroit straight up -- that's right: FOR FREE. You still get whatever player you wanted (not named Drummond), you just pay him less money.
That's the worst case scenario though. Ideally, you take Drummond at 8, and trade him to a team that covets him (Portland maybe?) while still getting some assets back, PLUS the player you want.
Unforunately, if Drummond is there at 8, it means that every player I'm excited about is gone (can't speak for everyone). But that doesn't mean we should let him slide by, no matter how little we want him.
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themasao wrote: View PostI put a lot of thought into this (sad, I know), but Drummond's floor HAS to be 8, or else BC is an idiot. Here's why:
Detroit clearly wants a center, and if Drummond were there at 9, they would take him in a second. Knowing this, even if BC hates Drummond he would be foolish not to pick him. If he lets him go, Detroit gets him at 9, and we get, say, Lamb or Rivers for the price tag of the 8th pick. At the very least, he could just trade the 8th pick to Detroit straight up -- that's right: FOR FREE. You still get whatever player you wanted (not named Drummond), you just pay him less money.
That's the worst case scenario though. Ideally, you take Drummond at 8, and trade him to a team that covets him (Portland maybe?) while still getting some assets back, PLUS the player you want.
Unforunately, if Drummond is there at 8, it means that every player I'm excited about is gone (can't speak for everyone). But that doesn't mean we should let him slide by, no matter how little we want him.
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Just came across this..
Just spoke to two NBA execs today and they both said that they expect Syracuse’s Dion Waiters to be there when the Warriors’ No. 7 pick comes up tonight.
There’s a lot of chatter that Waiters could go higher–at 4 to Cleveland or 6 to Portland–but for now, both wired-in execs say that the late-talk probably won’t pan out.
We shall see in a few hours. Obviously, things are exceptionally volatile at the top this year.
But if Waiters there, both execs also believe that the Warriors will select him. I totally agree with them: If Waiters is there, he’ll almost certainly be a Warrior around 5 p.m. tonight.
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Without any trades, I think either Drummond or Barnes will be available at #8.
If the Hou/Sac trade goes down, I think there's a stronger chance that Barnes will be available at #8.
If the Cha/Cle trade goes down, I think either Drummond or Barnes will be available at #8, unless Washington takes Robinson at #3, then I think Drummond will be the one to drop.
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Official 2012 NBA Draft Thread
Hey guys, just so that we don't have 50 million threads going around, we're going to use this as the Main thread. Anything goes, well, pretty much everything, and every pick, 1-60 can be discussed in this thread.
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