CB Draft '09 Mock Press Conference: Pacific Divison

[Roy Hobbs]

How of your guys are a year or less younger than Bruce Bowen, who is 38 years old?

One.  Lucky for us, centers age a lot better than wings do.  For the sake of comparison, Kareem was averaging 23.4 points when he was 38 (one year older than Shaq), and Robert Parish was averaging 14.9 ppg at 37.

[indeedproceed]

How of your guys are a year or less younger than Bruce Bowen, who is 38 years old?

One.  Lucky for us, centers age a lot better than wings do.  For the sake of comparison, Kareem was averaging 23.4 points when he was 38 (one year older than Shaq), and Robert Parish was averaging 14.9 ppg at 37.

Yes those are two very firm exceptions to the rule if I've ever seen them.

You have to admit, you have very lofty expectations of a very tenuously healthy player.

[Roy Hobbs]

How of your guys are a year or less younger than Bruce Bowen, who is 38 years old?

One.  Lucky for us, centers age a lot better than wings do.  For the sake of comparison, Kareem was averaging 23.4 points when he was 38 (one year older than Shaq), and Robert Parish was averaging 14.9 ppg at 37.

Yes those are two very firm exceptions to the rule if I've ever seen them.

You have to admit, you have very lofty expectations of a very tenuously healthy player.

Yes, we have high expectations, but Shaq is a top-five center of all-time, who was leading the league in FG% at age 36.  We don't expect him to fall off of a cliff at age 37.

[indeedproceed]

How of your guys are a year or less younger than Bruce Bowen, who is 38 years old?

One.  Lucky for us, centers age a lot better than wings do.  For the sake of comparison, Kareem was averaging 23.4 points when he was 38 (one year older than Shaq), and Robert Parish was averaging 14.9 ppg at 37.

Yes those are two very firm exceptions to the rule if I've ever seen them.

You have to admit, you have very lofty expectations of a very tenuously healthy player.

Yes, we have high expectations, but Shaq is a top-five center of all-time, who was leading the league in FG% at age 36.  We don't expect him to fall off of a cliff at age 37.

Having the highest FG% when 72% of your shots come within 5ft of the basket (23% are dunks) isn't exactly scaling mount everest. It just shows that Shaq is realizing his own offensive limitations.

Both Joel Pryzbilla and Andris Biedrins shot better or close to O'Neal for exactly the same reason.

[Edgar]

How of your guys are a year or less younger than Bruce Bowen, who is 38 years old?

One.  Lucky for us, centers age a lot better than wings do.  For the sake of comparison, Kareem was averaging 23.4 points when he was 38 (one year older than Shaq), and Robert Parish was averaging 14.9 ppg at 37.

Yes those are two very firm exceptions to the rule if I've ever seen them.

You have to admit, you have very lofty expectations of a very tenuously healthy player.

Yes, we have high expectations, but Shaq is a top-five center of all-time, who was leading the league in FG% at age 36.  We don't expect him to fall off of a cliff at age 37.

and he will be very motivated after kicking big show derrier

How of your guys are a year or less younger than Bruce Bowen, who is 38 years old?

One.  Lucky for us, centers age a lot better than wings do.  For the sake of comparison, Kareem was averaging 23.4 points when he was 38 (one year older than Shaq), and Robert Parish was averaging 14.9 ppg at 37.

Yes those are two very firm exceptions to the rule if I've ever seen them.

You have to admit, you have very lofty expectations of a very tenuously healthy player.

Yes, we have high expectations, but Shaq is a top-five center of all-time, who was leading the league in FG% at age 36.  We don't expect him to fall off of a cliff at age 37.

Having the highest FG% when 72% of your shots come within 5ft of the basket (23% are dunks) isn't exactly scaling mount everest. It just shows that Shaq is realizing his own offensive limitations.

Both Joel Pryzbilla and Andris Biedrins shot better or close to O'Neal for exactly the same reason.

Oneal eat Joels and Andris for breakfast.

[Roy Hobbs]

Having the highest FG% when 72% of your shots come within 5ft of the basket (23% are dunks) isn't exactly scaling mount everest. It just shows that Shaq is realizing his own offensive limitations.

Both Joel Pryzbilla and Andris Biedrins shot better or close to O'Neal for exactly the same reason.

And yet, only one of those guys commands a double team or can consistently create his own offense.

[riah32]

Sacramento:

1) Will starting a fairly raw rookie like Thabeet hurt you?;

2) Roy and Hedu are both super talents, who want to "win now"; is your team good enough to do so?

1. I dont Thabeet starting hurts me as much as people think it will. If you look at his numbers at Uconn they go up all threes which just so happens to be him getting more experience since he hasnt played as long as most have.

2. If there Supertalents then why is my team getting no respect. They should make the playoffs with just those 2 alone. So yes we can win now provided a rookies step up and Desmmond Mason comes back healthy. I also think no one is giving craig smith the respect he is due. Jason Thompson should also flurish playing with hedo and roy cause he wont have to be the focal point if the offense. This team is going to run pick and rolls at times with thabeet and roy or hedo.

[johnnyrondo]

Sacramento intrigues me some. If Thabeet can be a solid defender and shot blocker as a rookie, I think they could be very good. They have two solid pg's, great wings, and a nice PF rotation. comes down to Thabeet, but I think the Kings are being a little underrated. There was a rumor I believe that Danny tried to trade Perk for the #2 pick to take Thabeet I believe. He should give the Kings something this yr and if he is a defensive force, I think they'll do very well.

Questions for the Kings

You made a big trade of Murphy for Thompson and Smith. explain why you think that improved your team?

Flynn vs. Blake? Blake is great pg insurance. How do you think Flynn will do in the NBA?

[indeedproceed]

Having the highest FG% when 72% of your shots come within 5ft of the basket (23% are dunks) isn't exactly scaling mount everest. It just shows that Shaq is realizing his own offensive limitations.

Both Joel Pryzbilla and Andris Biedrins shot better or close to O'Neal for exactly the same reason.

And yet, only one of those guys commands a double team or can consistently create his own offense.

Are we talking about Kareem again? Because I don't think any of those three guys can create their own offense.

[riah32]

Questions for the Kings[/size]

You made a big trade of Murphy for Thompson and Smith. explain why you think that improved your team?

Flynn vs. Blake? Blake is great pg insurance. How do you think Flynn will do in the NBA?

That murphy trade helped my team because it gave me a semi vet in Craig Smith as a back-up....at the time I made that trade Sean Marks and Dante Cunnigham were my back-ups. I;ve seen Thompson play while he was at Rider cause I went to Niagara and he was a really good then and played well last year and had similar numbers to murphy but also play a lot less minutes then murphy last year.

As far as Blake vs Flynn I believe either one could be the started on a given night or either one can play more than other each night. Blake is the veteran point guard I was looking for to help mentor Flynn. I think Flynn will be in the running for rookie of the year and that he will be an all star in the next couple of seasons just because he is so quick and can create his own shot. I think his shooting will be a little better cause he wont be asked to do it all with Hedo and Roy on the team which I think those 2 alone make this team better and thus better than a majority of teams out west. We should be a 5-8 seed with a shot and the divison if the rookies all pan out or thabeet plays really well.

[riah32]

I got a question for the other gm's in my divison...How is your team better than mine with the exception of Portland if they stay healthy? I dont see how I can't win this divison....forgot how young my team is and think about how talented my team is.

[Rondo2287]

I would say your bench is pretty weak

[riah32]

I would say your bench is pretty weak

I think my bench is better than yours at most postions and my bench will be just fine..Flynn will be really good and I think craig smith is a really nice bench guy and if desmond mason comes back strong then I'm good to go as far as my bench is concerned.

[Rondo2287]

I would say your bench is pretty weak

I think my bench is better than yours at most postions and my bench will be just fine..Flynn will be really good and I think craig smith is a really nice bench guy and if desmond mason comes back strong then I'm good to go as far as my bench is concerned.

I dont see it

[riah32]

I would say your bench is pretty weak

I think my bench is better than yours at most postions and my bench will be just fine..Flynn will be really good and I think craig smith is a really nice bench guy and if desmond mason comes back strong then I'm good to go as far as my bench is concerned.

I dont see it

With the exception of the back-up Center spot I think My players are better. I also think if Camby or Big Z get hurt then my team is better. Those two are both injury prone.