Comments on: Friday Bolts – 11.20.09

By: Chas

Chas — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:36 +0000

@Crow Very nice rundown. The only ones that I would want to reconsider would be Landry and possibly Jordan (over White, I like Ibaka too much).

By: Crow

Crow — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:25 +0000

The best coulda hads in the draft during the Presti era, at least looking right now, are Lopez, Noah, Love, Landry, M Gasol, Blair, Jennings, Speights, Gallinari, J Thompson, Hibbert, Batum and Thaddeus Young.

Maybe in the future you’d add D Jordan, Llull, Chalmers, CDR and perhaps others.

You only get a few shots and everybody misses a good deal but still…

Green, Westbrook, Harden, Ibaka, White, Mullens can be judged compared to the appropriate set of others.

Rerun things they coulda had some of the following Noah (over Green), Landry (over cash), Gasol (over Baby Davis % the trade), Speights or Jason Thompson (over Westbrook?), Jordan (over Ibaka or White), keep Harden for now, Blair (over Mullens). Good young bigs are valuable.

By: Chas

Chas — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:10:24 +0000

4razr : Start a list:players we could have had (traded their draft rights or were picked with our traded pick). I’ll start with Big Baby and Carl Landry.

But, would you trade Big Baby for Green? I wouldn't but I guess it could still be up for debate. We can't just say we should've drafted some player, we also have to decide if we'd be willing to give up the player that was actually traded. Such as, Lopez instead of RW0. Also, I really think that Weaver should be given a shot because he had proven last year that he was worth his 2nd round pick and I think he fits our team mold better than Ollie or Livingston (not that I'm not happy with either player). Also, I remember hearing a quote last year about Weaver relishing the opportunity to guard big time offensive players which fits this team mind set this year more than last year. FREE WEAVER!

By: Crow

Crow — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:19 +0000

Yeah ESPN has roles and formulas.
But I’m not paying for that. The blogosphere does fine, often better,

08 was a deep draft class. Appreciation for it is increasing with time.

By: Rhett

Rhett — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:48:17 +0000

I understand trading an raw PG for a raw C since we need more help in the middle, BUT
Mullens is still a stiff.

At least Presti traded Roddy B. to my 2nd favorite team.

By: Jax Raging Bile Duct

Jax Raging Bile Duct — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:47:39 +0000

@Crow

I have a hunch that ESPN wants Thorpe to be that way. He never says anything controversial, rarely goes out on a limb.

I remember hearing the formula to constructing a boy band. You want one guy for each main type that girls like. Strong and silent type, romantic type, bad boy type, popular kid type, preppy dresser type, etc… That way, teeny bopper girls find the one they like most and relate to them and buy the whole band’s music.

I kinda think ESPN is that way with their guys too. Hollinger is the stat dude who is out in left field, Ford is the breaking news guy, Thorpe is the guy who never rocks the boat, Adande is the guy with the human interest stories, etc…

I just prefer people who are willing to go ahead and state a hard and fast opinion. Reading Thorpe is like listening to Jay Bilas tell us that every player to ever play basketball is long and athletic and can really help his team.

By: Crow

Crow — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:35:49 +0000

For all his access to the players Thorpe doesn’t often say much beyond what an intelligent fan can see / already knows. He probably could say more but he writes short and thinks it is enough.

By: Crow

Crow — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:32:51 +0000

I kinda figured Beaubois was playing mostly SG right now in Dallas despite 82 games having him all at PG (miscoded based on height) but the low assists still seemed worth noting.

By: Jax Raging Bile Duct

Jax Raging Bile Duct — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:32:43 +0000

@J.G. Agreed. I like White in limited minutes. But I LOVE Weaver at 20 minutes a game. I really, really hope he gets there someday soon.

By: J.G.

J.G. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:28:29 +0000

@Jax Raging Bile Duct Ibaka, Weaver and White need to see more minutes...at whatever position. I'd love Weaver as a PG, I love Ibaka down low and I just want White to be on the floor, at the 3 or the 4 (surely Durant can spare some of his 40+ minutes to White so KD can rest and White can actually impact a game with his shooting touch and rebounding rate).