2011 CB Draft Interest Thread/Team Assignment+Lottery

[nickagneta]

IMHO
Overseas deals are nothing and theyre written on toilet paper
As long as theres a Season all of them are coming back

 

Yeah, agents everywhere are laughing at the notion that Deron Williams will even go to Turkey to a team that has already on different occasions stopped making payments to players including Allen Iverson last year. If he even thinks about getting on that plane to Turkey I would be surprised.

[Bahku]

This year could be super interesting: There's a couple guys this year that I feel like could go anywhere from late first round to the start of the fourth round.

Era changes will do that.

Interesting point. Also, a lot of guys too that would've been surefire 1st rounders (Roy for instance) are now risky business like Tom Cruise.

Roy Hobbs is more like Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire. Except when he's making trades, then he's more like Jay Mohr, no scruples.

I think he meant Brandon Roy.

[indeedproceed]

IMHO
Overseas deals are nothing and theyre written on toilet paper
As long as theres a Season all of them are coming back

 

Yeah, agents everywhere are laughing at the notion that Deron Williams will even go to Turkey to a team that has already on different occasions stopped making payments to players including Allen Iverson last year. If he even thinks about getting on that plane to Turkey I would be surprised.

Henry Abbot had a great take on it here:

I love this move by Williams. To me it is all upside, for an assortment of reasons:

Now there's real pressure on Mikhail Prokhorov, and implied pressure on every owner with valued stars, to get the NBA season started on time. There's nothing like watching the future of your franchise take the floor night in and night out in a chippy overseas league. If Williams gets injured in Turkey, it's bad for Williams, but it's dreadful for the Nets, who are hoping to use Williams to lure fans to a new arena in Brooklyn a year from now, not to mention a big free agent like Dwight Howard. Without Williams, the Nets' roster is pretty sad, and Prokhorov's investment in basketball endures a major setback.
   
The Nets can ill afford hardball. Before they can make Williams the centerpiece of the next phase of their existence, they need to woo him into signing a contract extension.
   
Williams is guaranteed not to miss an NBA game next season. FIBA makes member nations honor each other's contracts. So NBA players with contracts, like Williams, are only available to the likes of Turkey's Besiktas because NBA owners have locked out players, making them unemployed. So long as that's true, he's free to sign elsewhere. But when the NBA is back in business, Williams is back in the NBA ...
   
Which means he has not so much agreed to play in Turkey. He has instead picked up a Plan B for himself, to earn some money if and only if he remains locked out at the end of the summer. There's little risk.
   
More than a few NBA players have expressed an interest in playing overseas next year, but there won't be roster spots and cash for all of them at the end of August. The time to get the good deals is now.

[StartOrien]

IMHO
Overseas deals are nothing and theyre written on toilet paper
As long as theres a Season all of them are coming back

 

Yeah, agents everywhere are laughing at the notion that Deron Williams will even go to Turkey to a team that has already on different occasions stopped making payments to players including Allen Iverson last year. If he even thinks about getting on that plane to Turkey I would be surprised.

I'd have to guess the owners are as well:

I'm sure they wouldn't mind paying these guys 200k a month.

[StartOrien]

Eh, I said I wouldn't but I wanna stir the pot a little:

Indiana Pacers looking to move back from 1.11. Would need a first rounder in return. Please - for the love of god - don't offer me a trade without a first round pick.

I'm aware it can't be official.

[indeedproceed]

Draft Board is almost up. Still a PITA.

[indeedproceed]

Who knows where I can find a players list?

[Bahku]

Who knows where I can find a players list?

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_playerrankings.php


Should be complete.

[Who]

Who knows where I can find a players list?

You should copy the player list from last year's CB draft.

That should save you some time.

[StartOrien]

Who knows where I can find a players list?

Alphabetical

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players?type=lastname&query=A

[Evantime34]

Entertaining offers for my first rounder. Looking for a 2nd, 3rd and change.

[RebusRankin]

Be interesting to see how the first round plays out after the first 5. Could be some interesting risers and fallers.

[KCattheStripe]

Crazy KC's is open. Make a legit offer, get a TP.

[indeedproceed]

borrrrrinnnnnggggg

[StartOrien]

So, Yao Ming, right?