Built Ford Tough

Bucks must be pretty upset. They almost had both Ed Davis and Patrick Patterson falling to them and instead of to settle for Larry Sanders. I know I would be upset if I was their GM.

And who is this talented point guard that they should've went after? There are no point guards left in the draft worth even considering at 5. Bradley and Bledsoe are the two next best point guards, and they are fringe lottery picks.

How sick are Johnson's pants? I think he became my new favourite player in this class.

Alright, here are all of the mock drafts that I have received. Once I post this thread I will not go and edit anymore drafts in. Here we go: Dash 1. Washington Wizards: John Wall 2. Philadelphia Sixers: Evan Turner 3. New Jersey Nets: Derrick Favors 4. Minnesota Timberwolves: Wesley Johnson 5. Sacramento Kings: DeMarcus Cousins 6. Golden State Warriors: Greg Monroe 7. Detroit Pistons: Ed Davis 8. LA Clippers Clippers: Al-Farouq Aminu 9. Utah Jazz: Luke Babbit 10. Indiana Pacers: Gordon Hayward 11. New Orleans Hornets: Ekpe Udoh 12. Memphis Grizzlies: Paul George 13. Toronto Raptors: Avery Bradley 14. Houston Rockets: Cole Aldrich 15. Milwaukee Bucks: Patrick Patterson 16. Minnesota Timberwolves: Xavier Henry 17. Washington Wizards: Damion James 18. Oklahoma City Thunder: Larry Sanders 19. Boston Celtics: James Anderson 20. San Antonio Spurs: Elliot Williams 21. Oklahoma City Thunder: Daniel Orton 22. Portland Trailblazers: Eric Bledsoe 23. Minnesota Timberwolves: Kevin Saraphin 24. Atlanta Hawks: Soloman Alabi 25. Memphis Grizzlies: Devin Ebanks 26. Oklahoma City Thunder: Hassan Whiteside 27. New Jersey Nets: Darrington Hobson 28. Memphis Grizzlies: Dominique Jones 29. Orlando Magic: Armon Johnson 30. Washington Wizards: Quincy Pondexter xx. 1. Washington Wizards - John Wall 2. Philadelphia 76ers - Evan Turner 3. New Jersey Nets - Derick Favors 4. Minnesota Timberwolves - Wesley Johnson 5. Sacramento Kings - DeMarcus Cousins 6. Golden State Warriors - Ekpe Udoh 7. Detroit Pistons - Greg Monroe 8. Los Angeles Clippers - Al-Farouq Aminu 9. Utah Jazz - Ed Davis 10. Indiana Pacers - Gordon Hayward 11. New Orleans Hornets - Paul George 12. Memphis Grizzlies - Luke Babbitt 13. Toronto Raptors - Patrick Patterson 14. Houston Rockets - Cole Aldrich 15. Milwaukee Bucks - Xavier Henry 16. Minnesota Timberwolves - Avery Bradley 17. Chicago Bulls - Damion James 18. Oklahoma City Thunder - Solomon Alabi 19. Boston Celtics - James Anderson 20. San Antonio Spurs - Eric Bledsoe 21. Oklahoma City Thunder - Tibor Pleiss 22. Portland Trail Blazers - Eliot Williams 23. Minnesota Timberwolves - Hassan Whiteside 24. Atlanta Hawks - Daniel Orton 25. Memphis Grizzlies - Quincy Pondexter 26. Oklahoma City Thunder - Craig Brackins 27. New Jersey Nets - Terrico White 28. Memphis Grizzlies - Kevin Seraphin 29. Orlando Magic - Dominique Jones 30. Washington Wizards - Jordan Crawford Confidence 1. John Wall 2.Evan Turner 3.Derrick Favors 4.Wesley Johnson 5.DeMarcus Cousins 6. Ekpe Udoh 7.Greg Monroe 8.Al-Farouq Aminu 9.Ed Davis 10.Luke Babbitt 11.Patrick Patterson 12.Gordon Hayward 13.Eric Bledsoe 14.Cole Aldrich 15.Xavier Henry 16.James Anderson 17.Damion James 18.Soloman Alabi 19.Paul George 20.Craig Brackens 21.Kevin Seraphin 22.Daniel Orton 23.Quincy Pondexter 24. Dominique Jones 25. Jordan Crawford 26.Hassan Whiteside 27.Avery Bradley 28.Lazar Hayward 29.Darington Hobson 30.Greivis Vasquez Real Deal 1) WAS - John Wall 2) PHI - Evan Turner 3) NJN - Derrick Favors 4) MIN - Wesley Johnson 5) SAC - DeMarcus Cousins 6) GSW - Ekpe Udoh 7) DET - Greg Monroe 8) LAC - Al-Farouq Aminu 9) UTA - Ed Davis 10) IND - Gordon Hayward 11) NOH - Xavier Henry 12) MEM - Paul George 13) TOR - Patrick Patterson 14) HOU - Cole Aldrich 15) MIL - Larry Sanders 16) MIN - Luke Babbitt 17) WAS - Damion James 18) OKC - Eric Bledsoe 19) BOS - Avery Bradley 20) SAS - Jordan Crawford 21) OKC - Solomon Alabi 22) POR - Daniel Orton 23) MIN - James Anderson 24) ATL - Hassan Whiteside 25) MEM - Craig Brackins 26) OKC - Kevin Seraphin 27) NJN - Tibor Pleiss 28) MEM - Greivis Vasquez 29) ORL - Quincy Pondexter 30) WAS - Elliot Williams Cotton Camby 1. John Wall 2. Evan Turner 3. Derrick Favors 4. Wesley Johnson 5. DeMarcus Favors 6. Ekpe Udoh 7. Greg Monroe 8. Al-Farouq Aminu 9. Ed Davis 10. Gordon Hayward 11. Luke Babbitt 12. Paul George 13. Patrick Patterson 14. Xavier Henry 15. Larry Sanders 16. Cole Aldrich 17. Daniel Orton 18. Avery Bradley 19. Damion James 20. James Anderson 21. Kevin Seraphin 22. James Anderson 23. Elliot Williams 24. Dominique Jones 25. Solomon Alabi 26. Tibor Pleiss 27. Jordan Crawford 28. Lance Stephenson 29. Devin Ebanks 30. Quincy Pondexter BasX 1 WSH - John Wall 2 PHI - Evan Turner 3 NJ - Derrick Favors 4 MIN - Wes Johnson 5 SAC - DeMarcus Cousins 6 GS - Epke Udoh 7 DET - Greg Monroe 8 LAC - Al-Farouq Aminu 9 UTH - Gordon Hayward 10 IND - Eric Bledsoe 11 NO - Patrick Patterson 12 MEM - Luke Babbitt 13 TOR - Avery Bradley 14 HOU - Cole Aldrich 15 MIL - Paul George 16 MIN - Xavier Henry 17 CHI - James Anderson 18 OKC - Craig Brackins 19 BOS - Solomon Alabi 20 SA - Damion James 21 OKC - Daniel Orton 22 POR - Larry Sanders 23 MIN - Hassan Whiteside 24 ATL - Kevin Seraphin 25 MEM - Jordan Crawford 26 OKC - Gani Lawal 27 NJ - Grevis Vasquez 28 MEM - Sherron Collins 29 ORL - Willie Warren 30 WSH - Quincy Pondexter STL10 1. Wizards: John Wall 2. 76ers: Evan Turner 3. Nets: Derrick Favors 4. Timberwolves:Wesley Johnson 5. Kings: DeMarcus Cousins 6. Warriors:Greg Monroe 7. Pistons: Ed Davis 8. Clippers: Al-Farouq Aminu 9. Jazz: Luke Babbitt 10. Pacers: Gordon Heyward 11. Hornets: Ekpe Udoh 12. Grizzlies:Paul George 13. Raptors: Patrick Patterson 14. Rockets: Cole Aldrich 15. Bucks: Xaiver Henry 16. Timberwolves: Hassan Whiteside 17. Bulls: James Anderson 18. Thunder: Daniel Orton 19. Celtics: Avery Bradley 20. Spurs: Tibor Pleiss 21. Thunder: Kevin Seraphin 22. Blazers: Elliot Williams 23. Timberwolves: Damion James 24. Hawks: Dominique Jones 25. Grizzlies: Eric Bledsoe 26. Thunder: Larry Sanders 27. Nets: Quincy Pondexter 28. Grizzlies: Nemanja Bjelica 29. Magic: Grevis Vazquez 30. Wizards: Craig Brackens TheHutch 1. Washington – John Wall 2. Philadelphia – Evan Turner 3. New Jersey – Derrick Favors 4. Minnesota – Wesley Johnson 5. Sacramento – DeMarcus Cousins 6. Golden State – Ekpe Udoh 7. Detroit – Greg Monroe 8. L.A. Clippers – Al-Farouq Aminu 9. Utah – Ed Davis 10. Indiana – Gordon Hayward 11. New Orleans – Patrick Patterson 12. Memphis – Paul George 13. Toronto – Eric Bledsoe 14. Houston – Cole Aldrich 15. Milwaukee – Xavier Henry 16. Minnesota – Luke Babbitt 17. Chicago – Avery Bradley 18. Oklahoma City – Soloman Alabi 19. Boston – Damion James 20. San Antonio – Craig Brackens 21. Oklahoma City – Kevin Seraphin 22. Portland – Daniel Orton 23. Minnesota – Larry Sanders 24. Atlanta – Hassan Whiteside 25. Memphis – Jordan Crawford 26. Oklahoma City – James Anderso 27. New Jersey – Dominique Jones 28. Memphis – Lazar Hayward 29. Orlando – Darington Hobson 30. Washington – Quincy Pondexter Waldo 1) John Wall 2) Evan Turner 3) Derrick Favors 4) Wesley Johnson 5) DeMarcus Cousins 6) Greg Monroe 7) Ekpe Udoh 8) Al-Farouq Aminu 9) Luke Babbitt 10) Ed Davis 11) Xavier Henry 12) Paul George 13) Cole Aldrich 14) Gordon Hayward 15) Patrick Patterson 16) Avery Bradley 17) James Anderson 18) Eric Bledsoe 19) Larry Sanders 20) Solomon Alabi 21) Jordan Crawford 22) Damion James 23) Hassan Whiteside 24) Kevin Seraphin 25) Gani Lawal 26) Elliot Williams 27) Dominique Jones 28) Craig Brackins 29) Stanley Robinson 30) Quincy Poindexter deestillballin 1. Washington Wizards: John Wall 2. Philadelphia 76ers: Derrick Favors 3. New Jersey Nets: Evan Turner 5. Sacramento Kings: Greg Monroe 6. Golden State Warriors: Al-Farouq Aminu 7. Detroit Pistons: DeMarcus Cousins 8. L.A. Clippers: Luke Babbitt 9. Utah Jazz: Ed Davis 10. Indiana Pacers: Ekpe Udoh 11. New Orleans Hornets: Cole Aldrich 12. Memphis Grizzlies: Paul George 13. Toronto Raptors: Avery Bradley 14. Houston Rockets: Gordon Hayward 15. Milwaukee Bucks: Xavier Henry 16. Memphis Grizzlies: James Anderson 17. Chicago Bulls: Jordan Crawford 18. Oklahoma City Thunder: Daniel Orton 19. Boston Celtics: Patrick Patterson 20. San Antonio Spurs: Dominic James 21. OKC: Hassan Whiteside 22. Portland Trailblazers: Eric Bledsoe 23. Minnesota Timberwolves: Kevin Seraphin 24. Atlanta Hawks: Craig Brackins 25. Minnesota Timberwolves: Larry Sanders 26. OKC: Quincy Pondexter 27. New Jersey Nets: Dominique Jones 28. Minnesota Timberwolves: Lance Stephenson 29. Orlando Magic: Devin Ebanks 30. Washington Wizards: Solomon Alabi FreeAgent 1. John Wall 2. Evan Turner 3. Wesley Johnson 4. Derrick Favors 5. DeMarcus Cousins 6. Al-Farouq Aminu 7. Greg Monroe 8. Luke Babbitt 9. Ed Davis 10. Gordon Hayward 11. Paul George 12. Xavier Henry 13. Avery Bradley 14. Hassan Whiteside 15. Ekpe Udoh 16. Cole Aldrich 17. Daniel Orton 18. Eric Bledsoe 19. James Anderson 20. Damion James 21. Solomon Alabi 22. Larry Sanders 23. Patrick Patterson 24. Jordan Crawford 25. Domonique Jones 26. Elliot Williams 27. Kevin Seraphin 28. Craig Brackins 29. Lance Stephenson 30. Quincy Pondexter MoeRoadKill 1: John Wall 2: Even Turner 3: Derrick Favors 4: Wesley Johnson 5: DeMarcus Cousins 6: Al-Farouq Aminu 7: Greg Monroe 8: Ed Davis 9: Luke Babbitt 10: Ekpe Udoh 11: Cole Aldrich 12: Paul George 13: Patrick Patterson 14: Gordon Hayward 15: Xavier Henry 16: Avery Bradley 17: Hassan Whiteside 18: James Anderson 19: Elliot Williams 20: Larry Sanders 21: Daniel Orton 22: Devin Ebanks 23: Lance Stephenson 24: Damion James 25: Armon Johnson 26: Jordan Crawford 27: Gani Lawal 28: Eric Bledsoe 29: Craig Brackins 30: Kevin Seraphin Built Ford Tough 1. Washington - John Wall 2. Philadelphia - Evan Turner 3. New Jersey - Derrick Favors 4. Minnesota - Wesley Johnson 5. Sacramento - DeMarcus Cousins 6. Golden State - Ekpe Udoh 7. Detroit - Greg Monroe 8. LA Clippers - Al-Farouq Aminu 9. Utah - Ed Davis 10. Indiana - Gordon Hayward 11. New Orleans - Xavier Henry 12. Memphis - Paul George 13. Toronto - Cole Aldrich 14. Houston - Patrick Patterson 15. Milwaukee - Larry Sanders 16. Minnesota - Luke Babbitt 17. Chicago (to Washington) - Damion James 18. Oklahoma City - Avery Bradley 19. Boston - Eric Bledsoe 20. San Antonio - James Anderson 21. Oklahoma City - Soloman Alabi 22. Portland - Daniel Orton 23. Minnesota - Craig Brackins 24. Atlanta - Hassan Whiteside 25. Memphis - Elliot Williams 26. Oklahoma City - Kevin Seraphin 27. New Jersey - Jordan Crawford 28. Memphis - Greivis Vasquez 29. Orlando - Darrington Hobson 30. Washington - Quincy Pondexter Good luck to everybody.

Five minutes and then I am going to start making the thread with all of the mocks in them. Anybody who wants to participate needs to get me their mocks by then.

I'll sign on AIM if I can remember my password (haven't logged in for the last half year or something). I'm not sure how much I'll pay attention to the chat, but I'll join it.

I won last year on NBAD with a score of 40 points. Most people were around the 25-33 range, if I recall correctly.

Waiting on mocks from AboveLegit, Dash, Prodigy, xx. and ATDI. Try to get them in at some point within the next 40 minutes, preferebly ASAP.

I can do that if you guys want me to, but I was just going to create a new thread right before the draft with all of the mocks posted in them. Then once the draft is over I will tally them. I really don't care about winning the prize anyways. Just a friendly competition is enough for me. To be perfectly honest, I doubt I would even win anyways as I have almost no feel for this draft outside of the top 8 or so. Hell, I don't even know who the hell Toronto is going to pick, haha. And just a reminder, I'll accept mocks for the next 30 minutes. Once I begin making the thread with all of the mocks, I will no longer accept anymore. I will begin making that thread at 3:30 (6:30 EST) when I get back from running a few errands. EDIT: I just realized that the draft starts at 7:30 EST and not 7 EST like I had though. I'll give you guys until 7 EST to get me your mocks so that I have half an hour to organize everything, which should be plenty of time.

Found this on RealGM and I have no idea if the poster is legit or not, but with around 3 hours before the draft, I figured what the hell, I might as well post it as we will find out soon enough if there is any validity to it. I think that these are all realistic rumours and none of them sound too far-fetched. I can see some of these things happening, so it wouldn't surprise me if they were true. They basically continue on what many of us have speculated in the past (having to include the draft pick to get a team to take on Turkoglu, Indiana wanting a point guard etc...).

Bump. Just wanted to remind you all once again to get your mocks in ASAP. I'd prefer to have them all in within the next 2, and will accept them within the next 2 and a half hours at the absolute latest. Also, if you want to edit your mocks at all because of trades, new rumours or whatever, make sure to do that and send me your revised copy. I've only receieved 5 mocks so far out of the 15 (myself not included) people that have signed up.

If you want to get technical, it actually does. His contract decreased by $500,000 to $8.5M for next season and then the season after that it decreases by $1,000,000 to $8M. ^_^ Wizards get a capable starting point guard who can knock down open shots and defend any point guard and small two guard in the NBA, along with the 17th pick in the draft for what I imagine will be absolutely nothing. What a deal for the Wizards. And now once this trade happens and with the Heat's trade yesterday, both Miami and Chicago can now offer two max contracts. Chicago is in the best position in the NBA when it comes to free agency, with Miami 2nd. They can offer two max contracts while maintaining 4/5ths of a starting lineup that brought them to the playoffs last year while Miami had to absolutely gut their roster in order to get their cap space (aren't Chalmers and Beasley the only ones under contract now?). Trade makes sense for both teams. Hinrich is exactly the kind of vet that you would want around a young player like Wall. I think this spells the end of Arenas in Washington as well, which is probably another reason why Washington would do it, haha.

I don't buy it. I think this is a huge smokescreen by Presti. I think his real target is Aldrich and he is just using Hayward as a prop to take the attention off of Aldrich.

Much to my relief, it sounds like the Fernandez + 22nd for the 13th trade is dead. Also, according to Chad Ford, the Raptors and Oklahoma City have been discussing a trade that involves the Raptors 13th pick. Don't know anything else. I wouldn't mind seeing the Raptors trade the 13th for the 18th and either the Thunder's (I still hate calling them that, by the way) 21st pick or teh 26th pick that originally belonged to the Suns. I think that if the Raptors don't draft Bradley and with Miami trading their 18th pick to the Thunder (again, hate calling them that) that there is a very good possibility that he will still be on the board at 18 as the Rockets, Bucks, Bulls and Wolves have no use for a player like Bradley with Brooks, Jennings, Rose and Flynn and Rubio on their teams already (well, the rights to Rubio at least). If they could trade down to 18 and still get one of the players that they want while obtaining another pick in the process, I would love it. Even if Bradley isn't on the board, the Raptors seem to like Bledsoe as well and I guarantee that at least one of them would still be available. You would have to think that Aldrich is the guy the Thunder are targeting and trying to move up for. I know that there have been rumours of Hayward, but I don't buy them. I think Hayward is a smokescreen and OKC is after Aldrich. He just makes too much sense for them, while Hayward makes absolutely no sense. I can see a scenario happening where Colangelo tells Presti that he likes Aldrich as well and has no problems drafting him. If Bradley is still on the board at 18, Presti will draft him and then the Raptors will swap Aldrich for Bradley while gaining the either the 21st or 26th pick. If Bradley is gone, Colangelo will probably be content to just keep Aldrich. And, lastly, Michael Grange thinks that the Raptors will be drafting a big: From his Twitter account.

I don't know who Gery Woelfel is or how credible he is, but this makes sense for both teams. The Pacers desperately need a point guard and Andre Miller is one of the better point guards in the NBA. The only thing about this trade for Indy is that their system is so heavily dependant on three point shots, and Miller is a poor shooter from distance. However, I think that with his playmaking ability, it would compensate for his lack of three point shooting because it would open things up more for the rest of the team. As for Portland, they clearly want to hand over the reigns to Bayless and Miller is in his way. They trade a player who isn't in their plans and they aren't exactly thrilled with and the 22nd draft pick to get into the top 10. I don't see why they wouldn't do this, if this rumour is actually legit. EDIT: I just realized that Miller is 34 years old. For some reason I thought he was younger than that. His age makes this a bit of a head scratcher for the Pacers. Not sure if it makes much sense to trade the 10th pick for a 34 year old point guard who will probably only be with you for another 2 years.

Just a reminder to get your mockes in one hour before the draft starts tomorrow. I'll accept them 30 minutes before the draft starts, but I would much rather have all of them an hour before so that I have plenty of time to organize everything before the draft starts. Also, if you have sent me a mock already and want to edit it after the trades that have happened today, make sure that you send me a revised copy, or else I will use the one that I currently have.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/17022/wednesday-night-draft-chatter Umm... Where do I sign up? On a serious note though, you have to think that there is more to this. I can't see the Warriors simply trading away the 6th pick and Monta Ellis just to dump salary. It makes absolutely no sense. The Warriors have made some head scratching moves in the past, but this is just insane.

Why would Colangelo do this? The Raptors already have their Rudy Fernandez in Marco Belinelli. They are basically the exact same player. Just look at how similar they were statistically last season. Season Averages Belinelli: 7.1 ppg/1.4 rpg/1.3 apg/40.6 FG%/38.0 3PT% in 17.0 mpg Fernandez: 8.1 ppg/2.6 rpg/2.0 apg/37.8 FG%/36.8 3PT% in 23.2 mpg Per 36 Minutes Belinelli: 15.1 ppg/3.1 rpg/2.9 apg Fernandez: 12.6 ppg/4.1 rpg/3.2 apg Advanced Statistics Belinelli: 12.6 PER/54.3 TS%/20.1 USG%/106 ORtg/114 DRtg Fernandez: 13.1 PER/54.0 TS%/17.7 USG%/108 ORtg/107 DRtg These two play very similar games and put up basically the exact same numbers. Belinelli (24) is one year younger than (25) Fernandez. They are basically the exact same size as Fernandez is 6-6, 185 while Belinelli is 6-5, 192. It makes absolutely no sense to trade down 9 spots in the draft to acquire a player who you already have basically an exact replica of. The only way that this makes any sense at all is if the Raptors have a guarantee that the player they want at 13 would still be there at 22, and even then, what is the point in making such a risky move anyways? Terrible trade idea and I hope to god that nothing comes of it.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/17035/why-deng-to-clips-in-swap-of-picks-would-be-good-fit Luol Deng and the 17th pick for the 8th pick. I think I would probably pull the trigger on this if I was the Clippers because, like stated in the article, there is basically no chance that the Clippers land a marquee free agent this summer. The 8th pick would probably be somebody like Aminu, and I don't think that he will ever be as good as Deng is, or at the very least, his best case scenario would be something similar to what Deng will give you now. The Clippers solidify their starting lineup and would also get the 17th pick to use in hopes of getting a solid bench player. I don't know how valid this rumor is, but I think that it makes sense for the Clippers, and the Bulls clear even more salary to work with in free agency, while adding a young piece with the 8th pick. This trade would have to wait until July 1st though as the Clippers would need to wait until they officially have cap space in order to absorb Deng's contract, so the Clipps would pick somebody at 8 for Chicago and the Bulls would do the same at 17 and then they would swap the picks along with Deng after July 1st. EDIT: Looks like Confidence already posted this while I was typing up my post.

With all of the questions surrounding Orton's knees, conditioning, lack of playing time and rawness, I don't think that the Thunder needed to make this trade to get Orton as he probably would still be on the board at 21, or maybe even 26, although I think somebody would take a chance on him by then. Should be interesting to see what the Thunder do with their three picks. Do they keep all of them or do they try and package them together and move even further up the draft? If they do keep all three, who do they take with them? This draft is going to be so unpredictable.

Nevermind, judging from your responses in this thread, it is not even worth saying anything to you.

It sounds like the Raptors have narrowed their board down to 4 players (at least according to Doug Smith and his "sources"), and, assuming this is correct, the Patterson rumors were a smokescreen. http://www.thestar.com/article/827637--muddled-draft-makes-work-tough-for-raptors Basically the three players that I knew the Raptors were interested in, and then Udoh, who I expected that the Raptors were interested in, but didn't know for sure. Out of this group of 4, I would rank them: 1. Paul George 2a. Avery Bradley 2b. Cole Aldrich 4. Ekpe Udoh I would be happy with any of the first three though. I'm not sure how I would feel about Udoh because I don't see him as a center in the NBA and I don't know how effective a Bargnani/Udoh frontcourt would be.

Why don't you actually post the entire sentence that I wrote? This is actually what I wrote: I guess it would be no good posting the bolded parts though, as those parts of my post don't suit your agenda. I love it when people take out one or two sentences of an entire post and try to twist it around to prop theirsleves up.

I'm leaning more towards Bradley just because he has a higher ceiling. I'm at the point where I want the Raptors to go for broke this draft and just pick somebody who has a high ceiling. Bradley probably has the highest ceiling out of any of the players that they seem interesetd in other than maybe Paul George, who I don't see falling to 13 anyways. Not that I would be upset with Aldrich though. He is never going to be anything more than a Kendrick Perkins type of defensive big man (not comparing the two, just the roles that they will have throughout their career), which there is absolutely nothing wrong with. he just lacks the potential that Bradley has, and with the Raptors roster in shambles and them probably going to be blowing it up this summer, I just want them to roll the dice on somebody. Then again, they are going to suck next season and have a high pick next year. From my understanding, the draft next year looks to be pretty strong with guards/wing players with players like Harrison Barnes, Josh Selby, Kyrie Irving and maybe Brandon Knight being one and dones and fairly thin at the 5 (Jared Sullinger and is that it?), so it may make sense to get your future center in this draft and then look for your future guard next year.

God dammit, can't these other teams share the wealth here? The Thunder already had the 21st and 26th picks and now they feel the need to get the 18th as well?