Wednesday, July 06, 2005

The Gerald Green Draft


The Celtics are "lovin' it"
This is your one-stop shopping location for all discussion of the NBA Draft. The review of the Eastern Conference picks is up over at the mothership (www.whatifsports.com/insider) and the Western Conference breakdown will be up shortly. For now, feel free to use the comment option to leave scathing criticism for Isiah Thomas, Rob Babcock, or The Guru. Don't take any shots at me though, or I'll delete your post. Enjoy.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That scoring system is pretty sweet, actually. You obviously weren't too sure about it, but it was a new way of trying to measure the results, which is good. It seemed like all the analysts praised certain picks, even if their draft board said the team should have picked someone else. This method holds teams to the players you originally identified as being the best fit, so that you don't get swayed after the fact. The only problem that I see is that your list is totally arbitrary, but that is the case for all such lists. Anyway, good job by both of you, it was a good read.

Also, you heard it here first. The steal of the draft is going to be Nate Robinson. You both felt he went too high, but just watch. He's going to be a combination of Spud Webb (hops and stature), Antonio Daniels (stifling pressure D), and Steve Francis (ability to get into the lane at will). Mark my words, he will be an All-Star in the not-too-distant-future.

Jeff Dritz said...

Travis, I agree. The Bobcats are building a solid team, and are another draft away from having a very strong foundation. Felton can run their point, and they've now got a strong 3-man rotation in the 4/5 spots (Okafor, May, and Brezec). They need to add a couple good wing players, but they'll be competitive in a couple years.

As for Adam's knock against me for not counting the Cavs' horrible trade of their first-rounder for Jiri Welsch against them, that trade was made while Jim (the lesser) Paxson was still running the club, and I didn't want to go after the new management for mistakes that weren't theirs.