[bircan]

That angry emoticon is just so funny hehe.

Yes, I think we shouldn't trade Diaw, for like you said, the guy can be an outstanding contributor to our team, more so when Hill retires and Diaw gets more minutes.

Return Giricek and Skinner cheap, they have a yr under their belt and hopefully they will be more effective under our next coach. Strawberry is already under contract isn't he? Well, hes a useful young guard for us. Hopefully with better control, less TOs and better defensive effort, we can slap this squad into shape <- Depends on coach.

[IceMan23and3]

Okay, who should the Suns draft this year? My picks are Joe Alexander or Anthony Randolph at 15. We don't get our own pick this year unfortunately. But we do get two second rounders.... we gotta get the crazy Israeli Omri Casspi just because he would have a built in awesome nickname or call him the Hebrew Hammer.

[Aylwin]

I don't watch college ball but I had a look at the videos here: http://search.nba.com/search/?sp_a=s...08+Prospect%22

From what I saw, Joe Alexander looked good. I also liked Brandon Rush and Richard Roby. Anthony Randolph looks like he'll be in the top 10, at least according to the mock draft.

I would've liked to get Brook Lopez. He seems to move well around the basket and also plays good D.

[Ruff Draft]

I don't think much needs to be done after singing a swingman like Pietrus, and finding a more complete coach. Of course there are Diaw/Barbosa rumors, but I wouldn't rush into them. Barbosa can run where he wants. Diaw I don't see working out too well.

[Dissonance19]

I merged the draft thread in with the offseason thread. No point in making a separate thread. I put specific links in the first post for the draft so it acts as one.

Joe Alexander, D.J Augustin, Darrell Arthur, Brandon Rush, Roy Hibbert are some of prospects I like that are close to or are in this range. There are some others I wouldn't mind, too.

But I still really wish we could move up. Not enough ammo.

[IceMan23and3]

Originally Posted by Dissonance19

I merged the draft thread in with the offseason thread. No point in making a separate thread. I put specific links in the first post for the draft so it acts as one.

Joe Alexander, D.J Augustin, Darrell Arthur, Brandon Rush, Roy Hibbert are some of prospects I like that are close to or are in this range. There are some others I wouldn't mind, too.

But I still really wish we could move up. Not enough ammo.

Hibbert sucks. He'll be a 12 million a year player because of his size putting up 10pts and 10reb a game at his best.
I like Arthur but he probably won't be there, and we have Amare. If we were to draft him, it'd move Amare back to Center and he can't play center. We don't need or want an undersized PG who is not athletic in Augustin. We could draft Rush, but I would put him behind Alexander and Randolph

[Dissonance19]

Honestly, I just threw Hibbert's name in there.

I want no part of Randolph. Looks like he'll be kind of a project. Suns are probably going to get someone who can help right away.

[Aylwin]

How about Nicolas Batum:

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[Kekai]

^ I'd rather have Donte Greene or Brandon Rush. Batum seems kind of raw and I wonder how he would handle taking a beating in the NBA being so skinny. I hope our new coach actually plays the rooks/DJ/Alando though, or better yet I hope we don't trade away our damn picks this year.

[Dissonance19]

I doubt we bring in someone who's going to take time. As I said before, judging by what Kerr's said, we're going to go after someone they think can help out right away.

[Kekai]

I wonder if we'll have a coach by draft time.

[Dissonance19]

If I had to guess, it'd be during the NBA Finals or shortly after. But they better hurry up. Taking so damn long in the 1st leg of interviews.

ps Kekai, nbadraft.net has DeRozan going #2 in their '09 mock.

[Aylwin]

The draft is still a month away so I'm guessing yes.

I guess Batum does look like a project. I think he has potential though. Maybe we can pick him up in the 2nd round if he's still available.

[Kekai]