2010 NBA Draft (Running BCP Big Board)

[SWedd523]

Originally Posted by teej

That's it. Yeah I was only half watching but he had a huge game. So unless he's Chuck Hayes part two, that's worthless.

Is Deon Thompson supposed to be drafted? He could be a camp kid to make the roster.

I think he's 6'8'' too so he's not likely a target

[BRNC]

Originally Posted by SWedd523

Alabi is a fringe lottery pick if he keeps playing well solely because he's an interesting project. He's got tremendous size and playing exclusively around the rim so he'd be a guy that would work well for us. He does have a lot of room for improvement.

Pittman is a guy that I really like. He's the guy that weighed 400 pounds when he arrived at Texas and has since dropped to 300 mostly by working his ass off in the gym. (Which really shows me how much of a hard worker he is and the amount of drive he has to get better) He is constantly working on his physique and should be around 280 or so in the NBA. He's shown exceptional improvement in his time and has a great go-to hook shot in the post.

Ogilvy has probably the smoothest post moves in college. He can work off either block and finish confidently with either hand. Very Kaman-esque. Other than that, he's a pretty average player.

Udoh (see Alabi, smaller but better)


DX compares Jordan to Theo Ratliff... 'nough said

thanks SWedd...if you had to pick one of these guys...who would you go with today...?

[teej]

Swedd, we're not getting a 7 footer undrafted that's worth jack shit.

Most 7 footers that ARE drafted aren't worth jack shit (See Ajinca, Alexis)

I'd take a flier on Collins or Thompson if they weren't drafted. If Charles Barkley can play PF at 6'2, and Chuck Hayes can play center at 6'6, then these guys can do it.

[SWedd523]

teej all the guys I'm talking about are going to get drafted. Everything I posted was under the hypothetical situation that we jump back into the late first/early second round of the draft.


Thompson is going to get drafted, Collins is likely to go to, towards the latter half of the second. Neither are remotely close to being a Center in the NBA.





BRNC, I'd take Pittman far before the rest, then Udoh, Alabi, Ogilvy, and Jordan (in that order)

[teej]

Originally Posted by SWedd523

teej all the guys I'm talking about are going to get drafted.

Yeah, and Derrick Brown and Rashard Lewis and Dejuan Blair were all supposed to go in the upper half of the first round.

Are there any bigmen who aren't getting any hype at all that you like?

[teej]

Temple's Juan Fernandez.

I know he's not coming out this year, or would be foolish to. But what can you tell me about him?

[JamieMcNeill]

If we are talking second round bigs why not Derrick Caracter from UTEP? He's a skilled big man who many say has lottery ability but he apparently lacks what his last name implies. He has good physicality but he's only 6'9''. Even if he isnt the center we need, I think he would make a good pick. LB can handle him. I havent watched much of him but plan to watch him in the tourney for more info.

Second guy- Have yall heard about Artsiom Parakhouski? Hes a Belarussian that plays for Radford. He's a legit center. Not a lot of athleticism but he does all the things required of centers- good rebounder, shot blocker, even has a nice stroke. Little inexperienced though. Oh and btw, before you say he kills small school competition- he dropped 23 and 14 on Duke along with 21 and 13 on Cole Aldrich and Kansas.

Also what about Daniel Orton?

Final comment- I wasnt aware how far down the board Pittman is? Question is- good NBA player or Sean May 2.0?

[teej]

Originally Posted by JamieMcNeill

Final comment- I wasnt aware how far down the board Pittman is? Question is- good NBA player or Sean May 2.0?

If he can stay healthy, being Sean May 2.0 is a good thing, especially where I've seen him projected.

And Parakhouski is a fringe first round pick, so I don't think we'd be able to get to him without paying up.

[JamieMcNeill]

Originally Posted by teej

If he can stay healthy, being Sean May 2.0 is a good thing, especially where I've seen him projected.

And Parakhouski is a fringe first round pick, so I don't think we'd be able to get to him without paying up.

Being Sean May 2.0 is not good. Though it may be expected for someone being projected where he, it's not good by any means.

I think to get any value we need to get into the late first.

[teej]

Originally Posted by JamieMcNeill

Being Sean May 2.0 is not good. Though it may be expected for someone being projected where he, it's not good by any means.

I think to get any value we need to get into the late first.

I agree that to get any value we need to be in the late first. Which is why Pittman being May 2.0 would be a relatively solid acheivement for him. Most second round picks never play more than a season or two at most in the NBA, May's working on his fourth playing season and 5th in the league, and he was productive in the first part of that.

A mid-second round bigman averaging over 5ppg would be surprising, much less 10 (Sean May 06-07)