The 2012 NBA Draft Thread

[kristie]

who do you guys want your favorite NBA team to pick in this draft? anthony davis is, of course, going to new orleans.

 

[silverbear]

Bradley Beal to the Wizards... John Wall gets a stop and pop running mate who can actually hit a jump shot...

 

[kristie]

Bradley Beal to the Wizards... John Wall gets a stop and pop running mate who can actually hit a jump shot...

maybe beal & wall could wind becoming the next great backcourt duo.

 

[romomania]

Very happy for Thomas Robinson and his little sister.

 

[casmith07]

Wizards made a good pick so far.

 

[casmith07]

Houston with some solid picks.

 

[baj1dallas]

I'm psyched about the Pistons getting Drummond. A true center with a defensive presence to pair with Greg Monroe down low, a respectable back court in Knight and Stuckey, and a handful of guys to hold down the SF position. Things are definitely looking up in Detroit.

 

[MonsterD]

LOL interview the guy Dallas drafted, "how is it going to be playing with Dirk?"
Talks about learning from Dirk.

15 minutes later-traded to the Cavs. Gotta love NBA draft.

 

[DFWJC]

I was wondering why the Mavs would take Zeller, as he was not on their radar from what I could tell. I like Zeller okay enough in the right situation...maybe Cleveland will be it for him.

They do have 3-4 guys still left that are on the radar, but trading all the way down to 24 seems pretty dumb at this point. It's a deep draft so maybe it works out for once.

As great a franchise as they are--and they have become a great franchise--they really have sucked at drafting for the most part over the last 10 years. They could take some pointers from SA for sure.

 

[MC KAos]

i like the rockets and hornets picks so far the most, i actually kind of like the zeller pick for the mavs. the most surprising thing to me so far is the lack of trades! but i guess everyone is scared of the luxury tax on steroids coming up in 2013

 

[MC KAos]

as for my favorite team, i guarantee that the spurs pick, whenever it happens, will be a guy none of us has ever heard of

 

[MC KAos]

just noticed that the mavs are trading zeller to cleveland, lol. there is the first trade of the night

 

[Yeagermeister]

The Griz blew it as usual. They need a shooter and they take a PG. *smh*

I'm not saying Wroten is a bad player just not what we need.

I suspect OJ Mayo is getting traded soon.

 

[MC KAos]

god, look at stern, he is so proud of his team!

 

[silverbear]

maybe beal & wall could wind becoming the next great backcourt duo.

Oh, I surely hope so... I'm quite optimistic about the moves the Wizards have made the past few months... as the announcers said on ESPN, for some time now my Wiz have been Knucklehead Central... they had a few good ballplayers with rotten 'tudes-- Andray Blatche, Javale McGee and Nick Young...

Well, Young and McGee are gone, and Blatche is likely to be sent packing as the Wizards take advantage of the amnesty provision... in their place the team has added Nene, Emeka Okafor, Trevor Ariza and now Bradley Beal...

One thing all four have in common is defense-- they all play it, and play it well... the Wizards should be a better rebounding team too, even Beal averaged almost 7 rebounds a game at Florida this past season (at 6-4)...

After adding Okafor and Ariza, what the Wizards needed most was some offense, especially perimeter offense... that's Beal, for sure... if he can start knocking down those kickouts from Wall, it will open the floor up for the NBA's fastest point guard...

Now, I'm really curious as to what the team will do with pick 32... I think I'd look to add even more perimeter offense... one thing I've just noticed, as things stand right now the Wizards don't have a single 7 footer on the roster...

On an unrelated note, I'll wager that Perry Jones is real happy to be selected by the Thunder...

 

[Biggems]

who cares............I am going to go out on a limb and say the player picked by my team will be an international player with a name containing almost exclusively consonants and pretty much unpronouncable........oh and the guy will either be traded away for a future 2nd or simple stashed over in Europe to rot.

 

[silverbear]

Wizards made a good pick so far.

Really, it was a no-brainer, but man, was I sweating out that second pick... all those rumors about teams looking to trade up to steal Beal from the Wizards had me almost paranoid... I mean, my team hasn't exactly been shot in the butt with luck here lately...

 

[silverbear]

who cares............I am going to go out on a limb and say the player picked by my team will be an international player with a name containing almost exclusively consonants and pretty much unpronouncable........oh and the guy will either be traded away for a future 2nd or simple stashed over in Europe to rot.

I just noticed, it hasn't exactly been a good draft for the international players... I probably wouldn't have realized that but for your post...

 

[Biggems]

I just noticed, it hasn't exactly been a good draft for the international players... I probably wouldn't have realized that but for your post...

as long as the Spurs stay away from Jacovan Brown, I am happy. I hate that he plays for Texas. He is a poor shooting ball hog that plays with little control, loses his temper, and is not a very good passer.

 

[Risen Star]

The Sixers did well getting Harkless and Moultrie.

I doubt they don't win a championship now.