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Re: with the #4 pick in the 2008 nba draft, the clippers select:...
Right now I would go with Bayless, Gordon and then Mayo, but that could change because their really isn't much separation between the 3 of them and all three bring different things.
Bayless is like a Arenas/Monte Ellis clone, he isn't a pure point but he can handle it if needed. Has good range on his shot but also attacks the rim and gets to the line. Out of the 3 Bayless is the most capable of running the point, the safest pick and has the most upside. That's why he is the first one on my list.
Gordon is like Mitch Richmond, he has even better range than Bayless,he also gets to the line and has that killer instinct that very few players have when he keeps attacking his opponent relentlessly when he sees that they can't guard him. But his is a little one-dimensional, he doesn't do much more than score. Out of the 3, Gordon is probably the best pure shooter and scorer.
Mayo reminds me of Billups, a combo guard who has enough passing and ball handling skills to play the point. At SC, he might have been a little too unselfish, there many times when SC would go on long scoring droughts and desperately needed a basket but Mayo would still play passive, so that concerns me a little. And I don't know if I would want him to play point full time, especially on his team where he would be responsibily for getting the ball to EB, Kaman, AL, and maybe Corey, which would make him the 5th option at best. Out of the 3 he is the best defender, has the best NBA body and the one I think the Clippers will need up with, in part to the fact he is local, and already has a connection to Dunleavy, with him being friends with Dunleavy's son, who you know is going to be giving his dad info about OJ.
I really want Rose but there is only like a 10% chance that we are in position to get him so it probably wouldn't happen. With that said if the Clippers pick 6th, we will definitely be in a position(unless Dunleavy and Baylor **** it up) to get a really good player at one of our positions of need which is PG or SG.
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Last edited by PAIDNFULL23 : 04-05-2008 at 12:41 PM.
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