2012 - CB draft board "Let's get it on!"

[Evantime34]

The Brooklyn Nets select Serge Ibaka and Kenneth Faried.

That's an athletic team right there. undersized, but athletic.

I think Ibaka at 6'10 240 of solid muscle is big enough to guard pretty much all of the centers in the league.

Your bigs are better offensively but mine are better rebounders and defenders.

[Who]

The Brooklyn Nets select Serge Ibaka and Kenneth Faried.

That's an athletic team right there. undersized, but athletic.

I think Ibaka at 6'10 240 of solid muscle is big enough to guard pretty much all of the centers in the league.

Your bigs are better offensively but mine are better rebounders and defenders.

I take Aldridge/Horford over Faried/Ibaka defensively.

[KCattheStripe]

The Brooklyn Nets select Serge Ibaka and Kenneth Faried.

That's an athletic team right there. undersized, but athletic.

I think Ibaka at 6'10 240 of solid muscle is big enough to guard pretty much all of the centers in the league.

Your bigs are better offensively but mine are better rebounders and defenders.

I take Aldridge/Horford over Faried/Ibaka defensively.

Thank you , Who. Also, Deron Williams is a beast.

[TheTruthFot18]

Wasn't crazy about the Philly trade for them, but Pierce + Millsap + 3 third rounders could be a very nice balanced starting lineup if those third rounders are drafted well.

That's my plan. Millsap was just as productive as Aldridge minus some scoring. Better rebounder for a small guy.

I swapped very similar players and moved my three future picks way down to target the last group of useful players. I like the trade.

[StartOrien]

The Brooklyn Nets select Serge Ibaka and Kenneth Faried.

That's an athletic team right there. undersized, but athletic.

I think Ibaka at 6'10 240 of solid muscle is big enough to guard pretty much all of the centers in the league.

I'd be concerned about the defensive discipline of this tandem. Pump fakes can cause a lot of troubles.

[indeedproceed]

Wasn't crazy about the Philly trade for them, but Pierce + Millsap + 3 third rounders could be a very nice balanced starting lineup if those third rounders are drafted well.

That's my plan. Millsap was just as productive as Aldridge minus some scoring. Better rebounder for a small guy.

I swapped very similar players and moved my three future picks way down to target the last group of useful players. I like the trade.

Millsap is 6'8 with shoes on, really closer to 6'6. LaMarcus Aldridge is a legit 6'10 who can defend either frontcourt spot and score from 15 feet on in basically on anyone.

[Who]

Wasn't crazy about the Philly trade for them, but Pierce + Millsap + 3 third rounders could be a very nice balanced starting lineup if those third rounders are drafted well.

That's my plan. Millsap was just as productive as Aldridge minus some scoring. Better rebounder for a small guy.

I swapped very similar players and moved my three future picks way down to target the last group of useful players. I like the trade.

When are your three third round picks? Which picks are they in the third round?

[KCattheStripe]

The Brooklyn Nets select Serge Ibaka and Kenneth Faried.

That's an athletic team right there. undersized, but athletic.

I think Ibaka at 6'10 240 of solid muscle is big enough to guard pretty much all of the centers in the league.

I'd be concerned about the defensive discipline of this tandem. Pump fakes can cause a lot of troubles.

I google image searched "LaMarcus Aldridge + Pumpfake" I got an image of Josh Smith with his head down at half-court. I don't know why.

[TheTruthFot18]

Wasn't crazy about the Philly trade for them, but Pierce + Millsap + 3 third rounders could be a very nice balanced starting lineup if those third rounders are drafted well.

That's my plan. Millsap was just as productive as Aldridge minus some scoring. Better rebounder for a small guy.

I swapped very similar players and moved my three future picks way down to target the last group of useful players. I like the trade.

When are your three third round picks? Which picks are they in the third round?

Should be 2 third rounders. 3.4 and 3.16

[Evantime34]

The Brooklyn Nets select Serge Ibaka and Kenneth Faried.

That's an athletic team right there. undersized, but athletic.

I think Ibaka at 6'10 240 of solid muscle is big enough to guard pretty much all of the centers in the league.

I'd be concerned about the defensive discipline of this tandem. Pump fakes can cause a lot of troubles.

Since they are young you can't expect them to always make the right play but they are two bigs that play with more energy than just about anyone in the game. Their energy and athleticism and effort will make up for their shortcomings.

I think the NBA is going in the direction of smaller lineups, these guys are both quick enough to play against smaller lineups but big enough so they can crush those lineups on the boards.

[The Walker Wiggle]

Hey, THE Walker Wiggle is taking a break from the parry and riposte with IP and Champkind to try and update the big board. Any change a mod has the time to compile missing trades in the trade post? There are clearly a couple and it's holding me up.

[Lucky17]

Champ?

[action781]

Wasn't crazy about the Philly trade for them, but Pierce + Millsap + 3 third rounders could be a very nice balanced starting lineup if those third rounders are drafted well.

That's my plan. Millsap was just as productive as Aldridge minus some scoring. Better rebounder for a small guy.

I swapped very similar players and moved my three future picks way down to target the last group of useful players. I like the trade.

Millsap is 6'8 with shoes on, really closer to 6'6. LaMarcus Aldridge is a legit 6'10 who can defend either frontcourt spot and score from 15 feet on in basically on anyone.

So you're saying Millsap wears high heels on the court?

(And height w/o shoes on really doesn't matter because he's playing the game w/ shoes on.  It can generally affect wingspan, which is important, but even that can vary.)

But I absolutely agree that there is a significant difference between Aldridge and Millsap outside of their statistics in favor of Aldridge.  If a team tries to play an undersized defender against Aldridge, you can make them pay by lobbing the ball to him on the low post and he will make a short turn around jumper/baby hook right over the top of his defender.  Defensively, taller PFs (like Pau, KG) cannot do that over Aldridge, but could do that over Millsap.

I also second IP's claim that Aldridge is a guy you can isolate on offense whereas I haven't seen Millsap do that as effectively.

[ChampKind]

Time for me to hate myself:

Clips select Roy Hibbert.

[action781]

Time for me to hate myself:

Clips select Roy Hibbert.

I really like this Dirk-Hibbert front court pairing.  I don't know why you hate it.