Official 2011-12 NBA LOCKED IN Thread

[grayfox]

Glad McGee came down to earth. Still don't regret getting rid of him and Nick Young. At least now we will suck in a more professional manner.

as a semi-wiz follower living in the dc area now, i think it was a great move by the wiz to oust them. nene is an addition i like, and soon they'll have a lot of cap room.

with wall, seraphin, nene, they have a good start.

[grayfox]

but then again i have no idea what to make of vesely. i like the guy but i mean, he doesn't really seem like a starter, he's some weird hybrid 3/4 spot

[flimsy]

yeah cause hybrid 3/4's never make it in the NBA

[flimsy]

[s/ns]

I don't understand why teams take dudes like Enes Kanter and Jan Vesely so early in the draft.

Like, how do Faried and Lawson go early 20s?

The NBA is so weird.

[ecto]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_NBA_Draft

[ecto]

the amount of scrubs taken before rondo, and the fact that the suns literally sold us rondo for $1m, always amuses me

scouts are clueless

[jumpcut]

Paul Pierce is the best.

[grayfox]

yeah cause hybrid 3/4's never make it in the NBA

i don't remember which analyst said it, but someone said 'vesely is pretty good at running and jumping, i just don't know if he's any good at basketball' which i think is pretty accurate. he has a weird skillset

[sako]

suns selling rondo still baffles me.

[s/ns]

Suns also sold the Bulls Lu Deng.

[sako]

lets give the organization credit for letting boris diaw have a brohawk in 2006

[kid pretentious]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... NbBlgOaq5A

kg interviews are still the best

[ecto]

christ that reminds me of simmons' what if column from like 4 years ago

Just for the hell of it, let's give them Igoudala in that '04 draft because he's better than Deng, and they might have taken him anyway. And let's say they don't make the Shaq/Marion trade because they wouldn't have needed to dump Marcus Banks in the deal (they wouldn't have signed him if they had Rondo for one-fourth the price), and besides, they already have Kurt Thomas. Here's your 2008 Suns roster right now: Nash, Barbosa and Rondo as the guards; Igoudala, Hill and Bell at the swing spots; and Stoudemire, Marion, Diaw and Thomas up front ... as well as the rights to their No. 1 and Atlanta's No. 1 in this year's draft.

[blake]

I was pretty surprised when kenneth faried fell as far as he did. Isn't it common knowledge that rebounding is one of the few things that usually translates to the NBA level?

[pissydan]

anyone but miami bandwagon.

welcome. the water is just fine.

[IRZ]

I was pretty surprised when kenneth faried fell as far as he did. Isn't it common knowledge that rebounding is one of the few things that usually translates to the NBA level?

You realize that a lot of NBA teams still don't have any concepts of advanced basketball statistics? As crazy as that sounds, its completely true.

My two picks in the draft last year, outside of the top 5 were Shump and Faried.

[douchechill]

yeah cause hybrid 3/4's never make it in the NBA

i don't remember which analyst said it, but someone said 'vesely is pretty good at running and jumping, i just don't know if he's any good at basketball' which i think is pretty accurate. he has a weird skillset

[blake]

That was a good call on Shumpert. I never thought he would be this effective.

I was pretty high on Isaiah Thomas going into that draft but thats mainly because I'm a Washington homer and watched every college game he played, just like I'm pretty high on Terrence Ross this year (and Tony Wroten might end up being a real steal if he ends up in the right situation).

[doc shivers]

that OKC article on grantland was disgusting.

[WAC]

How does Bill Simmons not have a restraining order against shivers

[WAC]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_NBA_Draft

On August 19, 2005, Phoenix acquired L.A. Lakers' 2006 and Atlanta's 2007 first-round draft picks and Boris Diaw from Atlanta in exchange for Joe Johnson.[34] Previously, Atlanta acquired L.A. Lakers' 2006 first-round draft pick, Gary Payton, Tom Gugliotta and Michael Stewart on February 24, 2005 from Boston in exchange for Antoine Walker.[35] Previously, Boston acquired a 2006 first-round draft pick, Gary Payton, Rick Fox and cash considerations on August 13, 2004 from the L.A. Lakers in exchange for Chris Mihm, Chucky Atkins and Jumaine Jones.[36][37] Phoenix used the 21st pick to draft Rajon Rondo.

Just look at that list of NBA players that turned into Rondo.

[doc shivers]

How does Bill Simmons not have a restraining order against shivers

please, I should slap a restraining order on him. Dude's stolen countless material from me and not given an ounce of credit.

[5% Tint]

why dont you have a better outlet than hpn then

[sako]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_NBA_Draft

On August 19, 2005, Phoenix acquired L.A. Lakers' 2006 and Atlanta's 2007 first-round draft picks and Boris Diaw from Atlanta in exchange for Joe Johnson.[34] Previously, Atlanta acquired L.A. Lakers' 2006 first-round draft pick, Gary Payton, Tom Gugliotta and Michael Stewart on February 24, 2005 from Boston in exchange for Antoine Walker.[35] Previously, Boston acquired a 2006 first-round draft pick, Gary Payton, Rick Fox and cash considerations on August 13, 2004 from the L.A. Lakers in exchange for Chris Mihm, Chucky Atkins and Jumaine Jones.[36][37] Phoenix used the 21st pick to draft Rajon Rondo.

Just look at that list of NBA players that turned into Rondo.

those names would make for a great irs tax evasion party

[Kuboaa]

glad that Googs is in that list and that there is a little piece of him in Rondo's career forever

[WAC]

How have we not talked about this Boozer quote

"I thought I played well, especially with the kind of season it was," Boozer said, when asked to assess his second season in Chicago. "We had the best record again in basketball, won our division again, had the top seed again, that's all that matters, yo."

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/8980/boozers-season-again-ends-with-a-thud

[Asian Santa Baby]

I had to click on the link because I thought you added the "That's all that matters, yo" part. Good lord, Boozer. The Bulls literally have no other option but to get rid of him this offseason, huh?

[WAC]

I can't imagine what Chicago talk radio is like right now.

[Kuboaa]

has anyone checked on Derrick Rose today? his head may have exploded after reading that quote
I really hope they at least think about using the amnesty clause on him, maybe if an OJ Mayo s+t (or another scoring SG) is a good possibility they will