2011 CB Historical Draft - Draft Thread

[Donoghus]

Like the Penny & Matrix picks.  Both very solid for this point in the draft.

[Rondo2287]

Dallas Continues Building our bench with another great 6th man:

Manu Ginobili




He is pretty excited about it

[GreenFaith1819]

I love Hardaway as a player, but I think CP3 has that title of best crossover ever.

I've seen Chris Paul turn men into crumpled heaps on the floor with HIS crossover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLzRKeWlIxE

[indeedproceed]

With the eight pick of the round, the Indiana Pacers select.....

(my mouth just morphed away, now I can't talk)

I love this pick, especially with all the elite wing and stretch 4's out there. Marion and Pippen are going to be very useful.

[nickagneta]

The Portland Trail Blazers select:

Yao Ming

[Donoghus]

Dallas Continues Building our bench with another great 6th man:

Manu Ginobili




He is pretty excited about it

Excellent backup for Elgin.

[Rondo2287]

The Portland Trail Blazers select:

Yao Ming

Nice, I have been toying with the idea of taking him for a bit now

[KCattheStripe]

The Portland Trail Blazers select:

Yao Ming

He was my back up pick instead of Unseld.

[Donoghus]

Definitely one of the better rounds I've seen.  Hard to quarrel with most of the picks so far.

[mgent]

The Portland Trail Blazers select:

Yao Ming

Nice, I have been toying with the idea of taking him for a bit now

Yeah I was wondering if anyone was ever gonna take him.

[nickagneta]

We may be in a waiting pattern for a while people. Bahku wanted me to pick for him because he would be AFK but provided no names. He said he would see what he could do to become available or pick tonight.

So he has until 2:30 to make his 2 selections.

Lunch anyone?

[WeMadeIt17]

MR.Crossover to you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0HRPIu02Xo

[StartOrien]

Kinda unrelated, but what has gotten into Shawn Marion as of late? I thought he was the best Maverick last night and has been playing incredible defense as of late.

[indeedproceed]

I love Hardaway as a player, but I think CP3 has that title of best crossover ever.

I've seen Chris Paul turn men into crumpled heaps on the floor with HIS crossover:

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/05/25/sports/basketball/100000000831937/the-crossover-on-display.html

"Tim Hardaway has the best crossover. AI has the easier one to do, but Tim Hardaway's is..hard, but it was probably the most effective. Still to this day you won't see a lot of guys doing it, because a lot of guys can't do it. Tim Hardaway used to come at people 100 miles per hour, and change directions..two ways. And that's hard for a lot of people to do."
-Dwyane Wade, in above video.

(BTW, you guys should just watch it, because that video is awesome. )

[nickagneta]

Awesome round for value talent. Every player is justified and an incredible pick in the 8th round.

I don't know about fit just yet but most of these guys were quality locker room guys as well as great players so probably no issues there, though I will have to look at that tonight.