Raptors think Walker is the real deal.

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No Raptors you don't.

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by ZenBaller on Jun 8, 2011 3:48 PM PDT reply actions 9 recs

He is not the PG you are looking for.

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by sac_faithful on Jun 8, 2011 3:50 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Smokescreen, eh?

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by section214 on Jun 8, 2011 3:53 PM PDT reply actions

I have a feeling Walker may slide a bit

I just don’t know if teams are gonna want an undersized high volume combo guard without elite athleticism

Can't wait for October

by KingsFanInPortland on Jun 8, 2011 3:58 PM PDT reply actions

Chad Ford is also reporting

Utah, Washington, and Toronto are impressed by Vesely. Reps were in Europe watching him play today.

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by edm7 on Jun 8, 2011 4:05 PM PDT reply actions

I hope we can find trading partner for pick.

But considering my favorite, Jonas prob isn’t coming over because of huge buyout, right now if we are forced to pick I’d like Jimmer or Jan

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by KingsFanInPortland on Jun 8, 2011 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions

what about montiejunas?

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by Mr. Know it all on Jun 8, 2011 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Aykis has scared me off

And I like Jimmer because we could always use shooters

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by KingsFanInPortland on Jun 8, 2011 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions

if Motiejunas dropped into the 20s. I have a feeling he pulls out of the draft again to try to get into the lottery next year. That’d be a mistake in my opinion. He pulled out last year because his stock dropped, and its dropping this year. Next year the draft is even more stacked, and unless he really, REALLY improves next year, he’ll be even further down the board.

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by Aykis16 on Jun 8, 2011 10:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Do you know if he has a big buy out?

Same with Jan. I liked Jonas but his 3 mil buy out scares me

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by KingsFanInPortland on Jun 8, 2011 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I don't know if we can afford to take the risk

And from the little I have seen I really like him

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by KingsFanInPortland on Jun 8, 2011 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes

If (and that’s a big if) it is determined that he is the best player available at #7, grab him. Heck, there’s a 50/50 chance that there will be no season this year anyway. That said, it might be a tough trigger to pull if there is another player left on the board that excites management, even if it is a little less than Valanciunas. For example, if GP saw something that he liked in a Walker or Fredette or Leonard or Singleton and they were on the board, could he / should he resist?

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by section214 on Jun 9, 2011 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Or Biyombo

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by lietothegirls on Jun 9, 2011 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions

But I think they feel they either have to add that guy

on the roster this year – or trade the pick.

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by lietothegirls on Jun 9, 2011 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions

It would be very interesting

If we have yet another situation where the player most of us want (Brandon Knight) somehow slips to us again.

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by Aykis16 on Jun 8, 2011 4:22 PM PDT reply actions

That's what I'm thinking

Cavs – Irving
Minny (or even if they trade it) – D Will
Jazz – Kanter, Vesely?
Cavs – Kanter, not another PG
Toronto – Kanter, Vesely, Kemba
Wiz – Leonard, Vesely, not a PG
Kings – Knight!!!

We thought Rubio was gonan be there at 4

We thought it was unlikely Cuz was gonna be there at 5

Crazier things have happened.

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by edm7 on Jun 8, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Should say

We thought Rubio wasn’t gonna be there at 4

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by edm7 on Jun 8, 2011 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions

True, crazier things have happened I suppose

butIMO Rubio and Cousins falling into our were a lot more likely than Knight falling to us at 7 this year.

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by wallywagon11 on Jun 8, 2011 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions

wow how drunk am I

but IMO Rubio and Cousins falling into the Kings lap were a lot more likely than Knight falling to the Kings at the 7 spot this year

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by wallywagon11 on Jun 8, 2011 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions

And it unfolds just like this...

…until newly (re)hired Portland GM Kevin Pritchard trades into the 6th slot and drafts Knight.

Pritchslap II, biatches!

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by section214 on Jun 8, 2011 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes, we have never recovered from the Jerryd Bayless Pritchslap

by R-Man on Jun 8, 2011 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions

I think we did a little bit

I like Tyreke a lot better than Bayless.

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by kingsfan300 on Jun 8, 2011 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I was kidding...

People were furious at the time and had to be talked off the ledge, but it turned out that Petrie made a good pick without moving up.

by R-Man on Jun 8, 2011 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Yup, JT is still a solid pick, especially with his improvement towards the end of this season.

Still got hope.

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by kingsfan300 on Jun 8, 2011 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions

I think you feel into the sar chasm

Since Thompson has been better than Bayless, I think he was cracking wise.

by SPTSJUNKIE on Jun 8, 2011 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Yup guess I did

Doh.

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by kingsfan300 on Jun 8, 2011 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Happens to us all, these forums are fraught with sar chasms

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by PhutureKings on Jun 9, 2011 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

I remember watching that draft and being heart broken

when I thought Bayless was falling to us only to have Portland trade up and snag him.

One of the many fun things about the draft.

by SPTSJUNKIE on Jun 8, 2011 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions

As someone who lived in Portland during the Pritchard era

I’m glad I will never have to hear Pritch Slap ever again

Can't wait for October

by KingsFanInPortland on Jun 8, 2011 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Pritchslap!

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by section214 on Jun 8, 2011 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

Son of a Pritch

by SPTSJUNKIE on Jun 8, 2011 8:49 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs

Smack My Pritch Up.

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by PhutureKings on Jun 9, 2011 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

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by KingsFanInPortland on Jun 8, 2011 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions

The Jazz will take Knight

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by lietothegirls on Jun 9, 2011 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh please please please basketball gods hear our prayer!

by BearKing on Jun 8, 2011 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Barring a mix up via a trade in the top 6 I see it like this

1) Irving
2) Williams
3) Knight
4) Kanter
5) Walker
6) Vesely/Leonard
7) I think it’ll be Jimmer or Bismack.

by Smills9133 on Jun 8, 2011 7:43 PM PDT reply actions

I agree, as of now

maybe not in that order but 1-5 will be gone before the 7 pick. 3 of those 4 (6-7) will be availabe).
I think Singleton will get some consideration at 7.
Oddly of those 5 only Fredette has been scheduled for a visit.
60/40 we trade the pick.

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by ElRonToro on Jun 8, 2011 8:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Personally I think it's a bit unlikely we trade the pick

just because we are in a really weird jumble of prospects where nobody has a clue who is what

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by wallywagon11 on Jun 8, 2011 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I think Jan Vesely and Jonas Valanciunas could land anywhere from 3-9...

…which could shuffle the board and move the guards down.

The key spots are Utah at #3 and Toronto at #5. If Utah goes big with Kanter (and tries to get a guard—say, Jimmer—at #12), Kemba and Knight could slide. Also, if Toronto goes for someone big to pair with Bargnani like Vesely or Valanciunas, we could get lucky.

If Utah does go big at #3, I think we should try to trade Casspi and #7 for Cleveland’s #4 to get Knight, but that’s not really Petrie’s MO.

by R-Man on Jun 8, 2011 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Sound right to me

depends on Minny

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by lietothegirls on Jun 9, 2011 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Apparently the Kings skipped Biyombo's workout in Europe

So unless we bring him in for a workout, would be hard to see Petrie drafting him. He doesn’t have enough of a track record to think that Petrie would be comfortable pulling the trigger without seeing him in workouts.

by SPTSJUNKIE on Jun 9, 2011 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions

According to Chad Ford

every team picking 3 through 18, except Washington, has already been to Spain to scout him. Only 4, Dubs, Jazz, Pistons, and Raptors, are there today for a workout run by Biyombo’s own trainer. Every other team will be there to watch the same workout in Treviso on Saturday at Eurocamp.

Got all the info from chad ford’s twitter

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by edm7 on Jun 9, 2011 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Thank you for the clarification

I’m glad to hear it. I have no idea how good he will be though his stats and build are encouraging. But I am glad Petrie is at least doing his full due diligence.

by SPTSJUNKIE on Jun 9, 2011 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions