2008 StR Community Draft Board: Pick #13

by Tom Ziller on Jun 21, 2008 9:12 AM PDT

Darrell Arthur gets the Hollinger bump. (Not really.) Who's the next contestant on (Ronnie) Price is Right?

Poll

Choices, choices...

Danilo Gallinari, Italy

38 votes

Marreese Speights, Florida

35 votes

Roy Hibbert, Georgetown

12 votes

DeAndre Jordan, Texas A&M

14 votes

Brandon Rush, Kansas

6 votes

Alexis Ajinca, France

6 votes

Nicolas Batum, France

0 votes

Mario Chalmers, Kansas

0 votes

Serge Ibaka, Congo

1 votes

Ryan Anderson, Cal

8 votes

120 votes | Poll has closed

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Speights for days.

by Tom Ziller on Jun 21, 2008 9:16 AM PDT reply actions

DITTO!

He can shoot, and he looks great in a suit. Hey, everybody - It's REGGIE TIME!

by dalt99 on Jun 21, 2008 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Gallinari

Then Speights. Though as I said yesterday, if it comes down to these two when it’s our turn to pick I would probably want Speights.

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by section214 on Jun 21, 2008 9:31 AM PDT reply actions

Surprised Anderson made the list...

I think he’s slated to go end of the first round/early second round. If we could grab him with one of our second round picks I’d be elated. I think someone else’s blog mentioned this, but if Anderson had been a European instead of a Cal student he’d be a lottery pick.

I also went with Gallinari, I really don’t think that one pick here will set us up for a run into the playoffs. I am of the feeling that as long as you are in the lottery you need to just take the best availible pick, whether its redundant or not.

by moproblemz on Jun 21, 2008 9:35 AM PDT reply actions

Local trainer/coach/guru Brian McCormick made the comment about Anderson’s lineage. I like Anderson a lot, too; almost as a very poor man’s Dirk Nowitzki.

by Tom Ziller on Jun 21, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah that's right.

Its all coming back to me, but I agree with his asessment. It may just be because we are all biased towards where we live (Northern California), but I am surprised how late he is supposed to go. As per the video you linked a couple weeks ago with Rod Benson and Anderson, he gets props for working out here in Sac.

by moproblemz on Jun 21, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions

It's Odd

A college kid like Anderson gets called a tweener and gets compared to guys like Troy Murphy, while a European kid with the same skill set would be compared to Dirk or Hedo. It makes you wonder how much more excited people would be over Roynaldo Hiberto or Darl Arthurkovic.

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by section214 on Jun 21, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions

I heard Hiberto’s got good potential.

by Tom Ziller on Jun 21, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions

Brandon Rush

I went the “best player available” route. Rush is coveted by a lot of teams and could be part of a deal, and he’ll be a good replacement for Salmons when Salmons is dealt.

by coolcatreportdotcom on Jun 21, 2008 4:31 PM PDT reply actions

One can only hope

Unless you have GP’s home phone number

by BrooklynFan on Jun 21, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Just so I understand...

Why are we doing a 13th pick? Is this now an exercise to create the full draft board of the first round in case the Kings traded down or acquired additional picks?

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by Exhibit G on Jun 22, 2008 8:46 AM PDT reply actions

You have a train to catch?

My bet is that we are running into OT in part because there are still players of interest on the board and discussions to be had. If the Kings do pick Hibbert or Ajinca or someone like that at #12, I would be curious to see where he wound up on our board.

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by section214 on Jun 22, 2008 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions