2009 Celticsblog Draft: Draft Thread

[Gainesville Celtic]

While we wait for PORTLAND to pick Jack Sikma,.....


the ORLANDO MAGICS have both the 4.27 and 5.1 picks coming up --- and have 3 good offers for one or the other or BOTH !!!

PM offers to me and/or Lucky17 (still waiting on the coin flip for who's playing good cop and who's bad cop today  ). All solid offers get a TP.




And stop pickin' on Edgar's AWESOME scrolling text! (TP for IP though, that was hillarious).

[jgod213]

Mavs can offer a combo of an early 6th + late 7th or an early 7th + 2 9ths for a mid/late 5th rounder!!!!

[Roy Hobbs]

Hobbs and Edgar are forming a very unhealthy team. Redd, Manu and now Jermaine? 3 players that played under 100 games combined last season. ( I'm pretty sure anyway)

what are the chances that all 3 are healthy all year? chances don't seem great.

See, people can believe myths, or look at facts.  O'Neal played in 68 games last season (and the last two he sat out were when Miami was resting its starters before the playoffs).

We're pretty happy with our team, which now has five all-stars.

[indeedproceed]

Suns select Ramon Sessions

I still don't hold him this high, others may though.  If he signs with the Knicks his stats will be inflated.

The Knicks thing comes into it, but also I mean the kid can play. 9th best assists per 48 stat, 9th best assists to TO ratio, 18th in league in assists last season despite playing only 27 mins per game..13th in Per for points. He's the only proven starting quality point left for my money. People just don't know yet.

[jgod213]

Hobbs and Edgar are forming a very unhealthy team. Redd, Manu and now Jermaine? 3 players that played under 100 games combined last season. ( I'm pretty sure anyway)

what are the chances that all 3 are healthy all year? chances don't seem great.

See, people can believe myths, or look at facts.  O'Neal played in 68 games last season (and the last two he sat out were when Miami was resting its starters before the playoffs).

We're pretty happy with our team, which now has five all-stars.

Oh i know Jermaine has the ability to stay healthy for a full year, i was simply wondering the chances of all 3 staying healthy for a full year.

Granted even if one guy did go down for a period of time, it looks like you'd be able to perservere pretty well despite it.

[Hoyo de Monterrey]

While we wait for PORTLAND to pick Jack Sikma,.....

HEY!

Now this is the second incident of poaching we have had on our staff. Dave Cowens is not the Head Coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, buckner's revenge, he is the ASSISTANT COACH AND BUS DRIVER OF THE PROUD SEATTLE SUPERSONICS!!

Jack Sikma is NOT going to Portland. Unless Seattle and Portland can work out a deal. Just me and the two moderators working in tandem, an extremely fair and totally evenly matched fight that's not one sided in the slightest.

[Roy Hobbs]

Suns select Ramon Sessions

I still don't hold him this high, others may though.  If he signs with the Knicks his stats will be inflated.

The Knicks thing comes into it, but also I mean the kid can play. 9th best assists per 48 stat, 9th best assists to TO ratio, 18th in league in assists last season despite playing only 27 mins per game..13th in Per for points. He's the only proven starting quality point left for my money. People just don't know yet.

The reasons we went with Bibby over him were shooting and experience.  He's got a chance to be a very good starter for your team.

[The Walker Wiggle]

Late to the morning session. The best pick thus far, in Houston's opinion, is Dallas's selection of Jason Terry, 8th.

A lot of players selected that our front office rates highly but possibly not so high as the early 4th, such as Varejao (who we prefer over Bogut in fact), Deng and Courtney Lee.

[Rondo2287]

From a new Dime Magazine Article,

"It all starts with Gilbert Arenas. Everything I’ve read out of D.C. lately says Arenas is lighter, quicker, and more importantly than just the physical condition of his problematic knee, Arenas mentally trusts his knee on the court. For somebody in Gil’s situation, the psychological hurdle is often the toughest to clear. And when he came back for spot duty at the end of last season, Arenas showed flashes of a style that could take the Wizards into the postseason; he was more of a playmaker than a straight gunner. If he wants to, Arenas can be one of the better all-around point guards in the League. People forget because he’s been gone so long, but few players can match his ball-handling ability (Arenas wasn’t mentioned once in our big “Who has the best handle?” debate). He’s got the vision, and he has plenty of scorers around him. If Saunders can impress some of what he’s picked up from working with Sam Cassell and Chauncey Billups on Arenas, he could average 8-9 assists per game easy."

http://dimemag.com/2009/07/wizards-crashing-the-2010-postseason-party/

[The Walker Wiggle]

I feel for you on this issue Toronto, I really do.

[Evantime34]

Late to the morning session. The best pick so far in Houston's opinion was Dallas's selection of Jason Terry, 8th.

A lot of players selected that our front office rates highly but possibly not so high as the early 4th, such as Varejao (who we prefer over Bogut in fact), Deng and Courtney Lee.

The problem with Terry is that he plays best at the two. The problem with that is he's 6'2. Tough to play defense with an old Jason Kidd and a 6'2 sg in the back court, which is what the Mavs saw last year.
Deng is 24 and at one point was considered a great young star, that star will rise again this year.

[Kwhit10]

But can Arenas still play the same? We will see

[crownsy]

In case Edgar wasn't clear...  Jermaine O'Neal.

Very happy. 

Until the major knee injury in week 3  

He was healthy last season, and was a defensive beast.

Just having a bit of fun at the glass man's expense, i think it was a very good pick, doubly so this late in the round.

I passed on him due to his age not fitting in with what im trying to do with my team of flamingo's, not from a talent standpoint, that's for sure

[jgod213]

Late to the morning session. The best pick thus far, in Houston's opinion, is Dallas's selection of Jason Terry, 8th.

A lot of players selected that our front office rates highly but possibly not so high as the early 4th, such as Varejao (who we prefer over Bogut in fact), Deng and Courtney Lee.

Wiggle, i think the matchups between our two teams would be pretty fun to watch from a fans perspective.  J-Smoove v. Chris Bosh, the dynamic between Ellis and Kidd, and the long range bombing between Terry and Johnson.  I'm hoping my depth can match your 3 stars at this point.

Hope people aren't sleepin on the SW.

[ChampKind]

From a new Dime Magazine Article,

"It all starts with Gilbert Arenas. Everything I’ve read out of D.C. lately says Arenas is lighter, quicker, and more importantly than just the physical condition of his problematic knee, Arenas mentally trusts his knee on the court. For somebody in Gil’s situation, the psychological hurdle is often the toughest to clear. And when he came back for spot duty at the end of last season, Arenas showed flashes of a style that could take the Wizards into the postseason; he was more of a playmaker than a straight gunner. If he wants to, Arenas can be one of the better all-around point guards in the League. People forget because he’s been gone so long, but few players can match his ball-handling ability (Arenas wasn’t mentioned once in our big “Who has the best handle?” debate). He’s got the vision, and he has plenty of scorers around him. If Saunders can impress some of what he’s picked up from working with Sam Cassell and Chauncey Billups on Arenas, he could average 8-9 assists per game easy."

http://dimemag.com/2009/07/wizards-crashing-the-2010-postseason-party/

Oh, we're talking about Gilbert Arenas?  This is new and original.