[BuckW4GM]

Originally Posted by LameR

Guys I'd take in the lottery:
1. Derrick Rose
2. Russel Westbrook
3. Jerryd Bayless
4. Eric Gordon
5. Michael Beasley
6. OJ Mayo
7. Kevin Love
8. Danillo Gallinari
9. Nicolas Batum
10. Anthony Randolph

i can definately understand drafting rose over beasely, but those other 3 over beasely?! i'm glad that pritchard is a bpa (best player available) type of gm, as far as drafting. bpa after rose is clearly beasely, imo. pritchard would be going against his drafting strategy and losing his mind if he draft those 3 players over beasely.

[PorterIn2004]

If Portland lucks into the 1st pick, take Rose.

If Portland lucks into the 2nd pick, take Rose if there. If not, take Beasley and, if there are significant concerns about his attitude, move him.

If Portland lucks into the 3rd pick... well, that's why Pritchard gets the big bucks. If it were me, though, I'd probably either move the pick or look really hard at the guards (Mayo, Gordon, Bayless, and Westbrook).

[BuckW4GM]

Originally Posted by PorterIn2004

When Portland lucks into the 1st pick, take Rose.

fixed.

[PorterIn2004]

Originally Posted by BuckW4GM

fixed.

That's certainly what people will be saying all over the country if it happens that way.

[LameR]

Originally Posted by BuckW4GM

i can definately understand drafting rose over beasely, but those other 3 over beasely?! i'm glad that pritchard is a bpa (best player available) type of gm, as far as drafting. bpa after rose is clearly beasely, imo. pritchard would be going against his drafting strategy and losing his mind if he draft those 3 players over beasely.

That was taking into account what would be needed to be in a position to draft that player. I wouldn't trade up to the second spot to get Beasley. It'd cost too much for a player that I don't know would work well with this team.

[BuckW4GM]

Originally Posted by PorterIn2004

That's certainly what people will be saying all over the country if it happens that way.

nice!

[BuckW4GM]

Originally Posted by LameR

That was taking into account what would be needed to be in a position to draft that player. I wouldn't trade up to the second spot to get Beasley. It'd cost too much for a player that I don't know would work well with this team.

gotcha. in that case, i'm not sure if i'd move up. depends on what we'd have to give up, of course. after rose and beasely, there's not much of separation in talent, imo.

[Stay Blazed]

Originally Posted by MAS RipCity

I don't think so. He was thought to be a good defender, but Rose worked him over. Rose was an NBA test for Darren and he showed he can't guard the big guards. He is good in the passing lanes, but I am not sold on his overall point guard skills.

Wow, what a complete bull sh*t fabrication this is. This post is a prime example of why you should never listen to someone who looks at stat sheets instead of watching games. Collison had great success against Rose in the game. It was Westbrook that was completely worked over by Rose in that game. At times it didn't even look like Westbrook was even attempting to get in front of Rose, but instead just ran half speed the entire game. Rose did his damage while Westbrook was "defending" him. In my opinion Westbrook simply knew he was outmatched so he didn't even try. Collison did well when he was defending.

By the way Collison already said he was staying for his senior year.


And can someone please explain the logic of coming up with a top 10 list when the Blazers are projected to draft 13th??

[MrJayremmie]

What are you talking about?

Collison was getting posted up and dominated and even the commentators were saying that they should put Westbrook on him. As soon as Westbrook was on him the commentators said that Rose seems to respect Westbrook's defense more.

collison got owned by Rose, and was a non-factor in teh game. UCLA was much better without him in the line-up with Westbrook running the point.

Kinda like how good they were when Collison got injured and Westbrook took over the PG duties and led the Pac-10 in assists.

This post is a prime example of why you should never listen to someone who looks at stat sheets instead of watching games. Collison had great success against Rose in the game. It was Westbrook that was completely worked over by Rose in that game.

Err... I think you might be the one that didn't watch the game.

Of course Westbrook didn't stop him, as i haven't seen anyone stop him, but he made him start dishing the ball out and gettin' rid of it than scoring, as he was quick enough to stay in front of him. He slowed him down.

Rose is a good post up PG that uses his size. Westbrook is as big as Rose, so he couldn't really post up. Rose got collison in foul trouble posting him up. Rose had 12 FT in the game, and made 11, which is where 11 of his 25 points came from.

Westbrook attacked Rose on offense well, and penetrated at will on him.

That being said, i don't think i'm that high on Westbrook anymore. IDK who Portland should take. If we don't get a top 2 pick (lol) then its probably smartest to use the pick in a trade, imo.

Randolph seems pretty enticing. I think I would probably see if we could trade it to get a SF in the league. A young one that would compliment Roy and play D like Deng or Iguodala.. even Childress.

[BuckW4GM]

i thought neither did a good job defensively against rose, but westbrook did a great job of attacking rose on offense. collison had an aweful game at both ends.

[MAS RipCity]

Originally Posted by Stay Blazed

Wow, what a complete bull sh*t fabrication this is. This post is a prime example of why you should never listen to someone who looks at stat sheets instead of watching games. Collison had great success against Rose in the game. It was Westbrook that was completely worked over by Rose in that game. At times it didn't even look like Westbrook was even attempting to get in front of Rose, but instead just ran half speed the entire game. Rose did his damage while Westbrook was "defending" him. In my opinion Westbrook simply knew he was outmatched so he didn't even try. Collison did well when he was defending.

By the way Collison already said he was staying for his senior year.


And can someone please explain the logic of coming up with a top 10 list when the Blazers are projected to draft 13th??

I watched the whole game, Collison looked so horribly bad. It was a good thing he came back to school. It wasn't just that one game either, he was sub-par the whole entire tournament.

FYI, were you "blazed" at the time of either A) watching the game or B) typing this post, because you got everything mixed up.

[ThatBlazerGuy]

Here is my current big board...

1. Derrick Rose PG
2. OJ Mayo CG
3. Michael Beasley F
4. Danilo Gallinari SF
5. Eric Gordon CG
6. Jerryd Bayless PG
7. Russell Westbrook CG
8. Anthony Randolph F
9. Donte Greene SF
10. Nicolas Batum SF
11. Kevin Love PF
12. DJ Augustine PG
13. Brandon Rush SF

[Stay Blazed]

Originally Posted by MAS RipCity

I watched the whole game, Collison looked so horribly bad. It was a good thing he came back to school. It wasn't just that one game either, he was sub-par the whole entire tournament.

FYI, were you "blazed" at the time of either A) watching the game or B) typing this post, because you got everything mixed up.

Collison had a pour tournament but he single handidly won the first game. On the other hand Rose had a very disappointing entire season and only showed his potential during the tourney.

Rose wasn't even the best player on his own team. That would be Chris Douglas-Rogers who carried that team and would be a great fit here. He reminds me of Eddie Jones when he was with the Lakers. Lots of versatility in his game.

I find it funny you try and mock smoking pot when your post is a gramatical nightmare. That and you thought it was a good idea to make a top ten list when the Blazers are projected to draft THIRTEENTH!