2011 CelticsBlog Draft Board

[Rondo2287]

As for the other trade, is a JO who will miss 40+ games more valuable than having Andray Blatche in your lineup?  I'd say probably yes.

Finally, a little positive thing for Dray.

I think Roy is saying 42 games of JO is more valuable than a season of blatche

[Roy H.]

As for the other trade, is a JO who will miss 40+ games more valuable than having Andray Blatche in your lineup?  I'd say probably yes.

Finally, a little positive thing for Dray.

I think you misread my garbled sentence (and understandably so).  I'd rather have JO, even though he's going to miss at least half the season.  Blatche is that big of a negative on a team, in my opinion (and this is coming from somebody who drafted Blatche in the Pick 2 draft a couple years ago, before I saw what a deadbeat he was).

[indeedproceed]

Trade:

Magic trade Jared Dudley
Blazers trade Corey Maggette

I don't like this for the Blazers.  Why?  Because they once again don't have a true SF.  Say what you want about Corey Maggette, but he's athletic, he gets to the line, and he's extraordinarily efficient.  Jared Dudley, while a very nice role player (and one of my binkies), isn't nearly the impact player that Maggette can be.

This means that the Blazers have to put a 3/4 back into their starting lineup, rather than a true 3.  I don't like it.  I guess trades have to be made to appeal to those doing the voting, but from a basketball standpoint (rather than a reputation one) this makes very little sense to me.

I couldn't figure out a way to justify both Maggette and TA (neither being good 3pt shooters) on the wing. Dudley played the vast majority of his minutes in Phoenix on the Wing, and not in that kind of 'he's a 3 but we're going to play him like a 4' kind of way. He defended 3's and sometimes 2's, he hovered around the 3pt line, and played as a wing. I like him there for me.

[Kane3387]

Trade:

Magic trade Jared Dudley
Blazers trade Corey Maggette

I don't like this for the Blazers.  Why?  Because they once again don't have a true SF.  Say what you want about Corey Maggette, but he's athletic, he gets to the line, and he's extraordinarily efficient.  Jared Dudley, while a very nice role player (and one of my binkies), isn't nearly the impact player that Maggette can be.

This means that the Blazers have to put a 3/4 back into their starting lineup, rather than a true 3.  I don't like it.  I guess trades have to be made to appeal to those doing the voting, but from a basketball standpoint (rather than a reputation one) this makes very little sense to me.

Agreed the Blazers lost out on a ton of talent here. I loved Maggette and Amare. Opposing teams forwards would be in foul trouble a lot. I was worried about that combo getting Pierce and Gasol in trouble. Now Utah is very very happy!!!!!

[Bahku]

With their 8th-round pick in the 2011 CelticsBlog Draft, the South Beach Samurai, (aka: Miami Heat), select 6'11", 250-pound Power Forward from Rider University ...







... Jason Thompson.

[indeedproceed]

Trade Announcement:

Bulls send: JRich, Beasley, Bass, 9.12

Magic send: Al Jefferson, Terry, and 12.8

[Lucky17]

Nice pick, Bahku.

He's facing a minutes crunch in Sacto this year (again), but I have a soft spot for JT.

[Kwhit10]

With their 8th-round pick in the 2011 CelticsBlog Draft, the South Beach Samurai, (aka: Miami Heat), select 6'11", 250-pound Power Forward from Rider University ...







... Jason Thompson.

Nice pick, I almost picked him instead of Ed Davis last round.

[jgod213]

With the 188th pick in the 2011 CB Draft, the LA Conspiracy select:

DJ Augustine, pg

[Kane3387]

Trade:

Magic trade Jared Dudley
Blazers trade Corey Maggette

I don't like this for the Blazers.  Why?  Because they once again don't have a true SF.  Say what you want about Corey Maggette, but he's athletic, he gets to the line, and he's extraordinarily efficient.  Jared Dudley, while a very nice role player (and one of my binkies), isn't nearly the impact player that Maggette can be.

This means that the Blazers have to put a 3/4 back into their starting lineup, rather than a true 3.  I don't like it.  I guess trades have to be made to appeal to those doing the voting, but from a basketball standpoint (rather than a reputation one) this makes very little sense to me.

I couldn't figure out a way to justify both Maggette and TA (neither being good 3pt shooters) on the wing. Dudley played the vast majority of his minutes in Phoenix on the Wing, and not in that kind of 'he's a 3 but we're going to play him like a 4' kind of way. He defended 3's and sometimes 2's, he hovered around the 3pt line, and played as a wing. I like him there for me.

Just bring TA off the bench like in 2010. He had a great run as the backup wing for Pierce.

[Rondo2287]

Trade Announcement:

Bulls send: JRich, Beasley, Bass, 9.12

Magic send: Al Jefferson, Terry, and 12.8

Love it for the bulls

[Rondo2287]

With the 188th pick in the 2011 CB Draft, the LA Conspiracy select:

DJ Augustine, pg

Nice, he was gonna be my guy if i didnt take Jack

[Edgar]

Bullets select Delonte West

Hey look! I just saw Edgar's head explode!

PS Come on sell me a 9th rounder
even a late one
I will pay with an early 10th and an 11th rounder

ty I willr eally appreciatte that

[Gainesville Celtic]

With the 188th pick in the 2011 CB Draft, the LA Conspiracy select:

DJ Augustine, pg

unbelievable that he went after some other PGs this round... would have taken him with 9.4 even though i didnd't really need him just b/c he was too good to pass over.


I like the Bulls side of the deal too in the Big Al/JRich deal

[Bahku]

Thanks, Kwhit & Lucky ... and congrats, Jgod, I'm surprised DJ went this late - would've considered him if I didn't have PG's already. (TPs)