Talkhard

This kid is the real deal. He was all over the court tonight--blocking shots, dunking, rebounding, passing beautifully, and setting great screens. I think he's going to be a great pro, and would be a great fit with our young core in Portland. At 6'11, his height and athleticism remind me of Rasheed Wallace (except with heart and brains), Marcus Camby, and Dirk Nowitzki.

The kid is a fierce competitor, and he has great genes. He may have just launched himself into the No. 1 pick in the draft with his performance tonight in the biggest game of his life.

I've seen Noah listed in some mock drafts for 2006. Anyone know if he's going to declare?

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Dan

how about lets not just jump on a bandwagon and pick a player that no one of us know who the hell he was 3 weeks ago?

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Talkhard

You can do whatever you want, as far as I care. Just don't tell the rest of us which college players we have to like. We're all capable of making those decisions ourselves.

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iverson101

Way to take completely unnecessary (and incorrect) shots at 'Sheed.

Dan

then don't be surprised when people start to wonder how long it'll be before you jump on another players bandwagon after he's had a good draft work-out.

whats "hot this week" isn't how you do NBA drafts.

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bucketboy

NO THANKS! He needs to add bulk to his body. He would get killed right now in the NBA.Simply at this point way to young and not strong enough. Look at his body compared to Tyrus Thomas. We need either Tyrus,Lamarcus.Andrea or Adam.

Schilly

Coulda fooled me

Tince

A year ago people on here were saying the same thing about Sean May.

I could see Noah going anywhere from 4-11, and hopefully Portland doesn't have one of those picks.

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YoYoYoWasup

Noah has been good all season. Come tournament time, though, he stepped his play up a notch. Lest we forget, he went for 37 earlier in the season.

Dan

and those who have done it, have shown to be stupid.

LaRue Martin, Ed O'Bannon, Juan Dixon, Sean May. And altho it's early, the guy isn't going to be as good as his tournament implied.

It's no coincidence that fans have all the sudden decided that Glenn Davis, Noah, Thomas and others are "the one", when a month ago, outside of maybe Thomas, they were unknowns.

You take Noah IF after the work-outs, interviews etc, he proves to be the best. Not because he had a good 6 game stretch.

It doesn't mean you're getting the best player, or the player with the most potential, especially if their regular season #'s weren't spectacular (as in, Carmelo Anthonys regular season #'s were really good, and it's not like his tournament was the deciding factor).

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riehldeal

paralysis by analysis

people sayin no to Noah clearly are tryin way too hard to find reasons to not pick this kid

Dan

I'm not sure how that analogy works. I think it's over-eager analysis by short attention span thinking.

people saying yes to Noah are clearly trying way to hard too find a reason to draft whoever is hot this week.

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zagsfan20

And the same thing goes for every player in the draft...

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zagsfan20

Noah has a weak offensive game but is a pretty good shot blocker...I don't see him getting regular minutes for awhile anyways...

This team needs someone who can make shots...P

Pryzbilla's 9 blocked shots really helped us last night

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