Let's draft Joakim Noah!

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Talkhard

Discussion Starter · Apr 4, 2006 (Edited)

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

· #2 · Apr 4, 2006

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?

Talkhard

Discussion Starter · #3 · Apr 4, 2006

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?

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.

iverson101

· #4 · Apr 4, 2006

Talkhard said:
At 6'11, his height and athleticism remind me of Rasheed Wallace (except with heart and brains)

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

Dan

· #5 · Apr 4, 2006

Talkhard said:
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.

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.

bucketboy

· #6 · Apr 4, 2006

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

· #7 · Apr 4, 2006

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

Coulda fooled me

Tince

· #8 · Apr 4, 2006

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.

YoYoYoWasup

· #9 · Apr 4, 2006

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

· #10 · Apr 4, 2006 (Edited)

Schilly said:
Coulda fooled me

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).

riehldeal

· #11 · Apr 4, 2006

paralysis by analysis

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

Dan

· #12 · Apr 4, 2006

riehldeal said:
paralysis by analysis

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

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.

zagsfan20

· #13 · Apr 4, 2006

riehldeal said:
paralysis by analysis

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

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

zagsfan20

· #14 · Apr 4, 2006

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

mgb

· #15 · Apr 4, 2006

Talkhard said:
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?

This article agrees with you.

Any team that has the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft and doesn't take Noah, should he make himself available, would be unbelievably dumb.

Tince

· #16 · Apr 4, 2006

zagsfan20 said:
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

I wouldn't say he has a weak offensive game...

In comparison to NBA players his height he'd be above average passes, dribbler, and FT shooter. He finishes well near the hoop and has a high basketball IQ.

He doesn't have the range nor the bulk, but both those things can be added. I'm not a huge Noah fan, but the guy has offensive skills, he just isn't a pure shooter.

ThatBlazerGuy

· #17 · Apr 4, 2006

I think that this kid right now has 2 weaknesses.

1) Lack of Mass: He is far to skinny right now, and really needs to bulk up. Sadly, his frame reminds me of Mikki Moore. That said, Noah seems to have the drive and confidence to hit the weights and get up to at least 240 if not 250.

2) Akward Jumper Form: He shoots from a low point and just looks like a goof. This can be corrected with a good shooting coach and I think that he has the potential to be shooting NBA 3's a few years from now

Looking at his 2 weaknesses, you can see both can be corrected with a weight trainer and a shooting coach.

Now look at what he is good at. First, he is both quick making post moves and off the ground and has NBA speed up and down the floor. He has great shotblocking instincts, and uses his long arms very well to grab rebounds. He also can handle the ball as well as any other 7' footer I have seen since Dirk or KG, and has passing skills that simply can not be tought.

Then you have to take into account his passion. Other than Adam Morrison, I have yet to see a NCAA player this year play as hard, only Noah plays hard on both sides of the floor. He never stops moving, has a motor that is simply hard to find. These X factors make him my favorite pick after Adam, and maby Andrea.

I hope that we can trade up into the top 10 and grab Noah, as I feel teams may shy away from his schronnyness and bad J form and we could steal him.

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Stepping Razor

· #18 · Apr 4, 2006

It seems to me we need to get somebody in this draft who has (in this order):

1. Star-level skill
2. Fiercely competitive mentality
3. Length
4. Defense

Noah is definitely one of the guys we need to take a hard, hard look at (IMO along with Bargnani, Thomas, and Morrison). I don't want any part of Aldridge or Gay because I think they're both severely lacking in #2 above.

Stepping Razor

STOMP

· #19 · Apr 4, 2006

ThatBlazerGuy said:
I think that this kid right now has 2 weaknesses.

1) Lack of Mass
2) Akward Jumper Form

Bingo! Though in this draft he still may be as bright a prospect as any other to my eyes. I'll be very interested to see how he measures out in the predraft. I'm hoping he has the size/length to (eventually) guard 4s and 5s... something in the 6'9.5+ height (barefoot) with a 7+ wingspan would put him in the top prospect mix.

I do like Bigs with D.

STOMP

chromekilla

· #20 · Apr 4, 2006

Stepping Razor said:
It seems to me we need to get somebody in this draft who has (in this order):

1. Star-level skill
2. Fiercely competitive mentality
3. Length
4. Defense

Noah is definitely one of the guys we need to take a hard, hard look at (IMO along with Bargnani, Thomas, and Morrison). I don't want any part of Aldridge or Gay because I think they're both severely lacking in #2 above.

Stepping Razor

I dont want gay or aldridge either.

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