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Nilanka wrote: View PostYeah, I'm pretty sure we picked Hibbert on Pacers' behalf.
My point though was it really doesn't matter that Toronto selected for Indiana. Had Toronto not traded the pick they'd still have had the option of drafting Hibbert, and thereby still traded the option of drafting Hibbert. Given Toronto's desire for a C at the time, the idea of drafting Hibbert isn't exactly a long shot. While Toronto may not have drafted him, they may have aswell. No one can say one way or the other as it never took place. (and anyone who says Hibbert wasn't talked about, we can just point to Ross, Ed and Val... none of which were in any serious discussion of being drafted until the draft took place)
One can either look at it as Toronto traded the option of selecting Hibbert, or traded the 17th pick (which was Hibbert himself). In the end its 6 of one or half a dozen of the other.
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Notable players drafted after Hibbert in 2008:
- JaVale McGee
- JJ Hickson
- Ryan Anderson
- Courtney Lee
- Serge Ibaka
- Nic Batum
- George Hill
- DeAndre Jordan
- Omer Asik
- Luc Mbah A Moute
- Goran Dragic
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akashsingh wrote: View Posthibbert wouldn't have helped things at the time (prevented bosh from leaving) he had very little impact his first couple of years in the league
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Craiger wrote: View PostWhat would have kept him from being Toronto's pick? The fact that Toronto traded for O'neal is evidence they wanted a C, and Hibbert was right in and around that range in alot of mock drafts.
There is as much evidence that they would have picked him as not. Either way the pick they did trade was Hibbert, so in essence they traded Hibbert for O'neal.
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Craiger wrote: View PostWhat would have kept him from being Toronto's pick? The fact that Toronto traded for O'neal is evidence they wanted a C, and Hibbert was right in and around that range in alot of mock drafts.
There is as much evidence that they would have picked him as not. Either way the pick they did trade was Hibbert, so in essence they traded Hibbert for O'neal.
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dont forget Rondo was in bargs draft too..& Sonny is a scrub..he can stay were he is
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ceez wrote: View Postits funny, but for all the issues at SF we've had over the years, and yet we traded away a guy like Delfino who's actually quite effective. I never really understood what happened there.
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I can't find an article confirming, but I seem to remember that Aldridge came out and said he wasn't interested in coming to Toronto, so drafting a 7 foot sharp-shooter with better athleticism than Dirk was the only choice to make. Even if LA hadn't made those comments, drafting Bargnani was the right pick at the time. Hindsight with drafting is too easy. Technically speaking, I'd argue that the player to draft from that class should have been Rajon Rondo, but I would have been laughed at if I had tried to argue him for the top pick back then.
You could also add Rudy Gay and Kyle Lowry to that discussion (and Brandon Roy if you don't count injuries). Either way, the Raps picked at the top of one of the weakest drafts ever. Can't knock them for taking one of the 5 (or 6 if you count Roy) best players in that draft. That is still a heck of a lot better than a lot of top picks. I'm sure there were people back then who wanted Adam Morrison taking #1, so at least BC got that one right.
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Mack North wrote: View Post*BRYAN Colangelo's legacy will be two Daniel Stern trophies(once they rename it in 10 years). Until then he'll keep selling us on crap every year.
Can we please stop with the Roy Hibbert pick. He wasn't likely to be our pick anyways, we drafted him only to trade him for JO who was a proven commodity back then.
There is as much evidence that they would have picked him as not. Either way the pick they did trade was Hibbert, so in essence they traded Hibbert for O'neal.
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ab7 wrote: View Postwe had chris bosh as our pf why draft aldrige ???the only prob is thinking bargs was a center
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*BRYAN Colangelo's legacy will be two Daniel Stern trophies(once they rename it in 10 years). Until then he'll keep selling us on crap every year.
Can we please stop with the Roy Hibbert pick. He wasn't likely to be our pick anyways, we drafted him only to trade him for JO who was a proven commodity back then.
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we had chris bosh as our pf why draft aldrige ???the only prob is thinking bargs was a center
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