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arenas809 · 06-17-2005, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by yamaneko

knowing the clippers luck, the lakers or someone ahead of the clippers will pick him. lol

Which just means someone could fall us, which just might be what the Clips want to happen...

**Weasel** · 06-17-2005, 06:19 PM

Thanks for providing the info arenas, sounds like more each day that the Clippers are the one that gave him a promise.

**yamaneko** · 06-17-2005, 10:40 PM

But, if its a soft promise, that means he can still work out for other teams, also means he might be only on a list of the clippers. if its a soft promise that means the clippers must have people ranked ahead of him. If so who do you think they are? Granger and wright?

What worries me is the Skita syndrome. Skita i still think is decent, but not worth what he was picked at. He was picked without anyone really seeing him. Just based off of hype, potential, video, and age. Sterling doesnt strike me as that kind of guy to give a guaranteed multimillion dollar contract to someone like that, nor the guy who would give XX buyout clause to get said unproven player.

Would i like to see this guy in clipper uniform? Yes, i think so. He has ak47 type potential, not just on the court, but in the media, and could make thousands of russians clipper fans. But im still not convinced 100% it will happen. this whole thing is just so different than the clipper history.

Good news is we have only a week and a half to see what happens. I wonder if the clippers are telling lawler NOT to put him in his next mock so as not to raise suspicions. Lawler never picks who the clippers end up getting year in and year out, and youve got to have an idea that he pretty much knows who the clippers will get when it comes time....so hes probably given a list of names he can put on his draft so as to not give it away. So lets hope korolevs name doesnt show up there as the clippers pick.

**Weasel** · 06-17-2005, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by yamaneko

Would i like to see this guy in clipper uniform? Yes, i think so. He has ak47 type potential, not just on the court, but in the media, and could make thousands of russians clipper fans. But im still not convinced 100% it will happen. this whole thing is just so different than the clipper history.

It may be different from past notions but this may be a good thing seeing that the Clippers haven't had such a nice past.

arenas809 · 06-18-2005, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by yamaneko

But, if its a soft promise, that means he can still work out for other teams, also means he might be only on a list of the clippers. if its a soft promise that means the clippers must have people ranked ahead of him. If so who do you think they are? Granger and wright?

What worries me is the Skita syndrome. Skita i still think is decent, but not worth what he was picked at. He was picked without anyone really seeing him. Just based off of hype, potential, video, and age. Sterling doesnt strike me as that kind of guy to give a guaranteed multimillion dollar contract to someone like that, nor the guy who would give XX buyout clause to get said unproven player.

Would i like to see this guy in clipper uniform? Yes, i think so. He has ak47 type potential, not just on the court, but in the media, and could make thousands of russians clipper fans. But im still not convinced 100% it will happen. this whole thing is just so different than the clipper history.

Good news is we have only a week and a half to see what happens. I wonder if the clippers are telling lawler NOT to put him in his next mock so as not to raise suspicions. Lawler never picks who the clippers end up getting year in and year out, and youve got to have an idea that he pretty much knows who the clippers will get when it comes time....so hes probably given a list of names he can put on his draft so as to not give it away. So lets hope korolevs name doesnt show up there as the clippers pick.

Yes he can work out for other teams, but as it's clearly been stated 1000 times in every press release about the kid, he's NOT working out for other teams. He sat at the Eurocamp in flip flops, this kid is doing exactly what Robert Swift did last year.

I wouldn't compare him to Skita...at the time of Skita every GM in the league was looking for the next Dirk and he was able to cash on the fact that he was a 7'0 kid with the mobility of a shooting guard...this kid Korolev is one of the best players in the CSKA Moscow franchise which is probably the most powerful professional basketball organization outside of the NBA. These Russian kids are tough, they're tall, their athletic, and they clearly know how to play the game (fundamentally), he's a much better prospect than either Monia or Khryapa last year, and I'm not too discouraged from him having little senior league experience because CSKA plays to win, hell half of their starting lineup is Americans, they're not gona stick him out there anytime soon...

It won't surprise me one bit when this kid is playing next year...if we can learn anything from recent history that is taking these international guys and storing them on the bench is not a good step that you should take towards their success, you've gotta let these kids play, otherwise they rot on the bench, then you end up not picking up their option in year 4, or trading them for nothing.

We don't need him to necessarily help us win games next year, but if Rick Brunson, Lionel Chalmers, N'Diaye can play, this kid will get a shot next year.

**yamaneko** · 06-18-2005, 08:52 AM

but i thought he only played on the junior team? At least skita was on the senior team. Im not saying he will be a skita, but there are some parallels here.

**yamaneko** · 06-18-2005, 08:54 AM

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NBADraft.net learned recently that the Clippers are the lottery team with a promise with Russian sensation Yaroslav Korolev. Look for Korolev to be taken with their 12th pick.

http://www.nbadraft.net/2005teamneeds001.asp

**yamaneko** · 06-18-2005, 11:46 AM

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Yaroslav Korolev Promise: LA Clippers

NBADraft.net received confirmation from sources close to Yaroslav Korolev on Friday that the rumored deal with a lottery team turns out to be the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers, realizing they aren't competing for a championship next year or any time soon, have taken a very smart approach to the draft, grabbing Shawn Livingston last year, and now appear to be making a pick for the future with Korolev.

Korolev will most likely come over next season, instead of staying in Moscow with CSKA. Remember Portland drafted Sergei Monya last year, and scouts feel his progress has seen little development over the past two seasons there.

Korolev was the most impressive prospect at the Moscow at the European final four junior Championship.

http://www.nbadraft.net/draftbuzz044.asp

**Weasel** · 06-18-2005, 12:22 PM

If this is all true and no one picks him up before the Clippers, I think this guy will be the Clipperes pick.

cmd34 · 06-18-2005, 03:52 PM

I think it's a decent decision. No one really stands out at #12 that makes me think they can come in and challenge a current Clipper for minutes.

PG - The Future
SG - Corey
C - Chris Kaman
PF - Elton and Wilcox
SF - a re-signed Bobby Simmons

There doesn't seem to be a center at 12 that can push Kaman. Is Danny Granger a sure thing to be better than Simmons?

I originally liked the idea of McCants coming in and challenging for minutes on the wings but it's looking like 12 may be too high to take him.

**yamaneko** · 06-18-2005, 08:49 PM

its going to be pretty embarrasing for some of these mock drafts if this guy does get picked by the clippers, because as i mentioned before, if this happens, it will be the first time that someone who just a couple weeks before the draft, did not show up on this years mocks nor next years mocks, all of a sudden became a lottery pick.

Most are trying to make up for it now, as they haev him right smack dab going to the clippers with the 12th pick.

**Weasel** · 06-19-2005, 11:24 AM

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketb...hrough/?page=3

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Korolev, a 6-foot-9-inch forward, is believed to have an agreement with a team drafting ahead of the Celtics (the Clippers at No. 12), which would explain why he'd stay in the draft. He is regarded as the best young player in Russia.

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