2011 NBA Draft Official Discussion Thread

[elcheato]

I was pissed though when he originally went to Minnesota. I wasn't near a computer or anything during the draft and someone sent me a text telling me that the Heat traded for him lol. At least he'll have an opportunity at early playing time, only thing I'm glad about.

 

[elcheato]

Chalmers is a much better shooter and is definitely a better defensive player

Cole played against a bunch of shitty teams this entire year

Only quality opponent was Butler and Cleveland State lost both times

Cole has plenty of range on his jumper, and his 3PT% wasn't as high as you would want because he rarely was taking open 3s, because he was never left open.

Right now, I would say Cole is near defensively (already really good now), and in the future will definitley be a better defender.

Cole is a good athlete, can get the rim better then Chalmers and is a better play maker. If he went to Duke or Kansas, he would have been near the lotto.

 

[Elite]

He wouldn't have been a lotto pick if he went there because he's just simply not good enough

 

[elcheato]

How many times have you watched him to even have a valid opinion? I watched almost all of his games and he'll be a solid player but I'm not sure if he fits with the Heat, but he will be a better player then Chalmers, if he isn't already better.

 

[elcheato]

Funniest part about the draft though was Marcus Morris saying that he would send Markief flowers or fruit lmao

Then even Valanciunas basically took a shot at Bosh without realizing it lol.

 

[The Young One]

Funniest part about the draft though was Marcus Morris saying that he would send Markief flowers or fruit lmao

Then even Valanciunas basically took a shot at Bosh without realizing it lol.

That real life bromance

 

[elcheato]

Marcus looked legit pissed that Markief went before him lol

 

[The Young One]

I figured the suns would take Markieff before him..I believe givony said they really liked him a few days ago. Once Klay went 11 I figured Marcus would fall to the mid-teens. Thank god for houston.

 

[Rios15]

Valanciunas seems pretty legit actually!

 

[$tunna]

Hopefully this Keith Benson guy exceeds expectations

 

[elcheato]

And did Portland really flip Andre Miller for Raymond Felton? Wtf?

 

[Rios15]

It would've been pretty sweet to have Tristan Thompson as a Raptor because he grew up in the Toronto area.

 

[RipCity32]

Real happy with the Pistons draft.
Brandon Knight goes without saying. Will be our starting point next year.
Kyle Singler is a hard worker, with a good basketball IQ. If he can improve his jumper he can be a very serviceable player for us.
And don't know much bout Vernon Macklin, but he is a huge body. Could be a nice big off the bench for us down the round.

 

[RipCity32]

Also, nice to see Morris go to spot he has a chance to get some play in.
Same goes for Benson.
Hopefully they both do well.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

My reaction...

***Picks #1-3 went as I expect.

***Tristan Thompson at #4 was a little surprisng, but I thought it would be him or Valanciunas.

***Toronto had Brandon Knight fall into their laps and passed him up for Valanciunas...stupid.

***Detroit got the steal of the draft. Congrats Rip, you don't have to see Biyombo AKA Ben Wallace 2.0

***Kinda surprised Markieff went a pick ahead of Marcus and surprised with how far Kawhi Leonard falled.

***Had Iman Shumpert to the Knicks nailed on the head. Gotta love the Knicks reaction. LOL

***When I saw Marshon Brooks, Jordan Hamilton, and JaJuan Johnson on the board at 25 I got very excited.

***Then they went back-to-back-to-back and I got a little depressed...

***Then I realized it was a shit draft anyway and we weren't gonna get an impact player regardless.

***Still kinda depressing we won't see this Mirotic guy until 2016 or whatever, but maybe he's that good.

***Corey Joseph to the Spurs at #29 was a laugher.

***Jimmy Butler AKA Michael Oher was not my pick. I would've loved Selby's potential playing behind Rose.

***Really surprised with how low Selby fell. Basically just disappointed in the Bulls, I would rather have Malcom Lee and Norris Cole then wait 5 years for Mirotic, no matter how good he is. LOL

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Marcus looked legit pissed that Markief went before him lol

Exactly what I was thinking. LOL

Dude was crying cause he went after Markieff, not cause he was happy for him. LOL

 

[RipCity32]

***Detroit got the steal of the draft. Congrats Rip, you don't have to see Biyombo AKA Ben Wallace 2.0

Thank you

 

[elcheato]

I guess I'm still alone in the camp of thinking BK will not be a good NBA PG..

 

[RipCity32]

IDK, I've wanted Knight since March.
I really like this kid. He is too intelligent not to succeed.

 

[bestkeptsecret13]

Now I'm seeing the Bulls had made the trade for pick #23 before hand and had a chance at Brooks/Hamilton and chose this guy, they didn't trade for him after the fact...

Makes me even more upset, because Hamilton/Brooks could help our chances now. This guy won't be over for at least four years, if ever... I mean, if he turns out to Toni Kukoc in 2016, whatever, but we're not building for the future, we're trying to win now.