I love the Pendergraph pick. I was hoping Portland would look for a beefy PF type in the draft, and this kid fits the mold exactly.
I'm sorta blah on Claver and Cunningham, unless they're used as part of a deal. Claver is more interesting, and I like the idea of keeping him in Spain for a while. I hope, though, that we see Koponen stateside before Claver.
I'm torn on Patty Mills. At first, I was very anti. I told my wife minutes before that pick how much I hated midget point guards... then bam. 5'10" Mills. Stupid fucking karma.
But then I realized this was the guy from the Aussie team that impressed the hell out of me in the last Olympics. Think I'm waffling on this.
And I have to disagree about Bayless. I'm just not a fan of shoot-first point guards. That's not to say that I don't want a PG who can get it done when he needs to... I'm just more into the Deron Williams type: a guy who looks to distribute and lead first, but is able to go to the hole when he knows that the other guys aren't converting.
Pendergraph is a dunce with a basketball IQ in the negatives. As an ASU alum I'm sorry to see him come our way. The rose quarter is not the SRC. Alas, I hope I'm wrong.
Nice.
I'm sorta blah on Claver and Cunningham, unless they're used as part of a deal. Claver is more interesting, and I like the idea of keeping him in Spain for a while. I hope, though, that we see Koponen stateside before Claver.
I'm torn on Patty Mills. At first, I was very anti. I told my wife minutes before that pick how much I hated midget point guards... then bam. 5'10" Mills. Stupid fucking karma.
But then I realized this was the guy from the Aussie team that impressed the hell out of me in the last Olympics. Think I'm waffling on this.
And I have to disagree about Bayless. I'm just not a fan of shoot-first point guards. That's not to say that I don't want a PG who can get it done when he needs to... I'm just more into the Deron Williams type: a guy who looks to distribute and lead first, but is able to go to the hole when he knows that the other guys aren't converting.
Not soft back then, playing against Bill & KC at USF!