Isn’t O’Neil another player who could opt out after the draft? If so, (I think I’m right) that trade would make no sense to Toronto. Also, how would they make those salaries add up?

I really like Randolph. The only thing is he is either the next KG or the next Tim Thomas. or somewhere in between.

about Augustin’s size…. maybe I still do.

But his recent impressive NBA workouts, matched along with the body of work he put together at Texas have sold me. His explosiveness, vision and unquestioned ball handling ability should outweigh his (literal) shortcomings, and it’d be interesting to have a true point guard here.

We could do a lot worse than ending up with DJ at #13.

Randolph on the other hand is like Augustin’s mirrored opposite. You look at the guy and say “wow, now that’s an NBA player!” but his stats undermine that opinion (check lietothegirls’ recent post on college power forwards); and after his recent workouts in front of scouts he’s gone from a projected top 6 or 7 pick to down into Kings territory or below. He can’t shoot, he’s not a good defender.

If Augustin falls to us, great! If not, I’d rather roll the dice on Ajinca or Speights or even trade the pick rather than draft Randolph, who’s looking like a potential underachiever.

A blogger over at RealGM.com called the bizness posted this after watching Anthony Randolph workout for the Grizzlies:

”...Randolph’s focus and effort flagged throughout the workout. Occasionally he would bear down and flash an extra gear athletically that no one else in the gym could match, but more often he seemed to be coasting. In live, three-on-three drills, Randolph seemed to be holding the ball a lot…. Randolph also seemed to tire easily.”

Here’s his entire post:
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=814773

Hey, if Randolph turns out to be another Tim Thomas, that wouldn’t be so bad, but the KG comparison doesn’t work for me. At all.

Kevin Garnett is the absolute epitome of 100% focus and effort in an athlete. I doubt he even knows the meaning of the word “coasting”. Hell, I’ve seen him at Arco sweating hard from his pre-game warm-up routine!

Again, I appreciate the hope of coming up with an athletic big man in this draft, but I hope the Kings let somebody else take a chance on Randolph.

A complete derailment of this thread but I’m otherwise unqualified to post here. I simply read the article, noticed a sidebar link and found myself on TMZ.com watching yet another hilarious Shaq rap video performed in NYC this week.

I’m too stupid to figure out how to link the video directly (you’ll have to click the video link in the posted link to watch) into the fanshots section, so anyone with mad skillz is welcome to post it there if you find it funny enough.

Definitely NSFW but funny as hell. By the third listen, I was bobbing my head and smiling. Ah, good times!

Consummating this trade would basically mean that Colangelo has turned Charlie Villanueva into Jermaine O’Neal. Injury concerns aside, wow.

I still think the TOR – Kings deal makes more sense for both teams but Colangelo might really want tp blow things up.

I’m just not convinced J O’Neil will eve play the way he did before – and I think he was good – but overrated at that.