Ford: Brandan Wright Could Slip to Kings
I think Chad Ford is trying to crush our hearts or something. His latest mock draft has Brandan Wright slipping to #10:
But it's hard to see him slipping past the Kings. He fits a need and just has too much talent to pass on here.
Um, yes?
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by pookeyguru on Jun 25, 2007 12:46 PM PDT 0 recs
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by DB on Jun 25, 2007 12:49 PM PDT 0 recs
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by Ziller on
Jun 25, 2007 1:53 PM PDT
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You crushed the proverbial nail on the head.
by Reverend John on Jun 25, 2007 1:27 PM PDT 0 recs
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by louismg on
Jun 25, 2007 5:26 PM PDT
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Oden
Durant
Horford
Brewer
2. The ones that SHOULD be gone before us:
Jianlian
Noah
Conley Jr.
B. Wright
3. This tier are the ones that will PROBABLY make it down to our pick. Obviously ONE will be gone since the other 2 tiers have 8 players.
Hawes
J. Wright
Green
Horford
Splitter
J. Smith
Crittenton
Law IV
Nick Young
T. Young
I REALLY doubt that someone from tier 2 will drop down to us. The only way that happens is if TWO players from tier 3 are chosen before us. Of those players, I only see Hawes, Wright and Green possibly chosen before us. SO it's POSSIBLE that up to TWO players from tier 2 can drop to the #10 slot, one at the most.
by dalt99 on Jun 25, 2007 1:29 PM PDT 0 recs
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Jun 25, 2007 1:30 PM PDT
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by section214 on Jun 25, 2007 1:48 PM PDT 0 recs
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by section214 on Jun 25, 2007 3:08 PM PDT 0 recs
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Tomorrow night will determine whether I remain a Kings fan. I cannot take any more bad moves by our suddenly inept management. It's as if the Maloofs and Petrie woke up one morning and decided to copy the management of the Atlanta Hawks.
by bballblog on
Jun 26, 2007 1:51 PM PDT
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It's hard to believe that a player who is considered a Top 10 pick in 95% of all the mock drafts can be as bad as he's being made out to be here.
I've watched Hawes play. Is he great? No. Is he awful? Of course not. He's a very competent offensive player who is not terribly athletic. He is not a great defender or rebounder. In short, he's pretty good. He's not great. But, then again, almost nobody is. Making him sound like the worst Top 10 prospect in this history of basketball is simply unreasonable.
I can't wait for the regular season because between the coaching selection and the draft, the hyperbole and histrionics is getting unbearable.
by Kusian on Jun 25, 2007 4:28 PM PDT 0 recs
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by section214 on
Jun 25, 2007 4:33 PM PDT
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by pookeyguru on
Jun 25, 2007 4:39 PM PDT
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I think some of the anti-Hawes sentiment comes with the camparisons to Brad Miller. A couple of years ago that would have been a compliment and everyone would be excited to have Hawes. After last year, not so much. As I said, if he's good enough for Petrie...
by section214 on
Jun 25, 2007 4:41 PM PDT
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Re: Ford: Brandan Wright Could Slip to Kings
You mean like jumping off one of the highest buildings in the world if the team drafts Spencer Hawes? You have a very low threshold for hyperbole and histrionics, I think. ;)
Generally, beyond the first few picks of any draft, the whole thing is a crapshoot. These guys are all different athletes, who played for different coaches against different levels of competition. Considering that, I feel more comfortable just trusting in Petrie's excellent record in this regard than worrying about Hawes v. Wright v. Conley v. Jianlin, etc.
by otis29 on
Jun 25, 2007 4:42 PM PDT
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True.
by Kusian on
Jun 25, 2007 5:06 PM PDT
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Jun 25, 2007 5:24 PM PDT
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by DB on Jun 25, 2007 5:16 PM PDT 0 recs
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- - I don't call the drafting of Martin or Garcia stumblebumming, especially given how late they were taken. Too early to call Douby.
- - Thomas' contract is about 1/3 of Webber's, so I would have to call Petrie's trading of that contract for three smaller contracts a success in spite of the ineptness of K9 (woof!).
by section214 on
Jun 25, 2007 5:49 PM PDT
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- First off the trading of Webber put the Kings under the lux tax for 2005.
- Next it allowed the Kings to break up Skinner's contract into 2 other contract's allowing them to save more money
- Next Webber's contract if still on the books would cost 19 million at likely a very diminished production of what it was. Not acceptable at this point.
- Webber's production in 2004-2005 season was not any longer a production of a superstar. A superstar who is making up a 3rd of your salary cap who is no longer a superstar is not worth the money. Webber was no longer a superstar, and anybody who didn't think so is outright foolish and I include you DB, and those who want to believe otherwise are kidding themselves.
- The idea that Webber lifted this franchise is a false one. Webber didn't do it by himself. In fact in the first season the 10 wins in 11 games to put the team in the 1999 playoffs WAS DONE WITHOUT HIM. I'm not sure how Webber resurrected this franchise without everyone else that was here.
by pookeyguru on
Jun 25, 2007 5:59 PM PDT
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Post-injury C-Webb was just plain sad. Like watching Willie Mays play past his prime, it almost made you sick to watch him. It amazed me though, that people thought him selfish, when he could have stayed at home and collected his paycheck. Were the people that criticized Webber for playing the same people that later criticized Peja and B-Jax for not playing?
Webber may be the greatest player of the Sacramento era. It's him or Richmond. Without the knee injury it wouldn't have been close.
by section214 on
Jun 25, 2007 6:08 PM PDT
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Jun 25, 2007 9:14 PM PDT
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by pookeyguru on
Jun 25, 2007 10:10 PM PDT
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Seriously though, that trade was bad but it wasn't horrible...I don't think we were going anywhere that year with Webber (although we might have made it past Seattle - that's crazy to think that two years ago Seattle was in the 2nd round) and now we've got a third of that monster contract. We probably could have gotten better value and Thomas is pretty much a waste of money, but our cap situation sure is better now.
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Jun 25, 2007 6:03 PM PDT
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by pookeyguru on
Jun 25, 2007 6:25 PM PDT
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i think he is more a waste of skin and air.
by diehardkingsfan5 on
Jun 25, 2007 9:05 PM PDT
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However, his ability to build around his draft talent is certainly suspect at this point. The jury's still out on his ability to build a team for anyone but Rick Adelman.
I'd still give him the benefit of the doubt, based on the fact that some of the obstacles Petrie encounters with this squad is the result of moves that were made a few years back to try to win a championship. And I much prefer that to a GM that wouldn't make a few risky moves to get there.
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Jun 25, 2007 8:07 PM PDT
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Jun 25, 2007 9:36 PM PDT
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Then again, I don't want to be tortured by the cutesy plays off his name ("Brendan Be Right" for example) in newspaper headlines and Arco Arena signs for the next ten years. So I'm town.
by coachtheus on Jun 25, 2007 6:07 PM PDT 0 recs
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i also forgot to add salmons to that mix, that would be a pretty good team.
by diehardkingsfan5 on
Jun 25, 2007 9:03 PM PDT
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Jason Smith would be interesting to pick and i would pick him if Noah or Brandan Wright were not available at 10th but the kings have not worked out with him? Why the hell not? that does not make much sense to me atleast give him a chance for god sakes damn.
And also has this team worked out with Brandan Wright yet? i have heard they worked out with NoahYiHawes but there is a small chance Wright drops to 10th (even know i think he will not) there still is a chance so i would work him out because outside of Oden, Durant, and Al Hortford i would pick Brandan Wright #4 for this team.
Please trade for extra picks this is a deep draft and this team only has 1 damn pick come on i want Chris Richard i want atleast 1 big man from the florida gators (Hortford, Noah, and Richard obviously) of course Noah and Richard are much more realistic than getting al Hortford but this team NEEDS to try to offer atlanta something anything outside of Kevin Martin if you are going to rebuild you need to have a big draft next year's draft isnt filled with as good big man as this year's draft from what i have heard so take advantage of it please, can't wait until the draft.
~ ya boy, rimrock.
by rimrock101 on Jun 25, 2007 8:39 PM PDT 0 recs
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Failing that, see if we can move up to get Conley, Jr. I don't think Petrie is down with that plan, but it's something to keep me warm at night, at least.
by xtop on Jun 25, 2007 9:27 PM PDT 0 recs
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by rimrock101 on Jun 25, 2007 10:03 PM PDT 0 recs
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by rimrock101 on Jun 26, 2007 12:09 AM PDT 0 recs
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by NYCFan on Jun 26, 2007 6:46 AM PDT 0 recs
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Do we have a second round pick this year, and are any of the known PGs expected to be around at that spot?
by xtop on Jun 26, 2007 6:47 AM PDT 0 recs
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Oh and Bibby has two years of bloated salary left to steal. (the only steal he can get)
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