Quote :

"I hope Charlotte doesn't trade their pick. Unless it means we can get Monta and avoid getting Noah."

thats what i hear is the only likely trade scenario...if you hear us draft Yi, Stern will soon announce the Monta Ellis trade

6/28/2007 12:19:15 PM

you people never learn

never fuck with a moderator

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 12:25 PM. Reason : sdflj]

6/28/2007 12:24:52 PM

ahahahaha

6/28/2007 12:27:00 PM

I only follow the NBA very very casually. But I've heard of this Yi guy and a few things:

1. He's tall
2. He's Chinese
3. Point 2 means marketing money
4. He refuses to work out against anyone meaningful and posted up against a chair in a choreographed video
5. He'll only play in 4 cities

Why is he even being considered for a Top 10 pick? Has the NBA reached the point where they don't even try to make sense anymore as far as winning?

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 12:33 PM. Reason : .]

6/28/2007 12:33:26 PM

he's being considered a top 10 pick because he is a top 10 talent

6/28/2007 12:36:52 PM

Quote :

"i mean, do people really care about your opinion? are you going to be at the draft? by live do you mean while watching it on tv? i know i wouldnt read it"

1. I don't think so.
2. No, I don't have a ticket.
3. Yes.

Well, you don't have to read it. It's cool.

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 12:39 PM. Reason : ticket]

6/28/2007 12:39:03 PM

id be happy to move back or draft Yi and trade the rights to him to the team that draft Al Thorton for the rights to sign him

we all need to post our projected lottery and see how it turns out

id be ok with Wright, not thrilled but ok

6/28/2007 1:06:26 PM

here's my projection as of right now

1-Portland - Oden
2-Seattle - Durant
3-Atlanta - Horford
4-Memphis - Conley
5-Boston - Brewer
6-Milwaukee - Yi Jianlian
7-Minnesota - Wright
8-Charlotte - Green
9-Chicago - Thornton
10-Sacramento - Noah

btw there are over 20 mock drafts (up to the 14th pick) here:

http://www.nba.com/draft2007/board/mock.html

6/28/2007 1:18:08 PM

1. Oden
2. Durant
3. Horford
4. Noah
5. Yi
6. Conley
7. Green
8. Brewer
9. Hawes
10. B. Wright
11. Law
12. Thornton
13. Nick Young
14. Thaddeus Young

6/28/2007 1:28:49 PM

1. Oden
2. Durant
3. Horford
4. Conley
5. Yi
6. Noah
7. Green
8. Brewer
9. Hawes
10. B. Wright
11. Law
12. Crittendon
13. Thornton
14. Nick Young
15. Thad Young

6/28/2007 1:40:41 PM

Quote :

"he's being considered a top 10 pick because he is a top 10 talent"

Is the draft that shallow this year?

6/28/2007 1:56:18 PM

its pretty deep, but he's pretty good

youtube him...he is impressive (http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Yi+Jianlian&search=Search)

he's easily the best foreign player in the draft this year

6/28/2007 2:02:19 PM

yeah, he could be a beast

Yao's problem is he is lacking that killer instinct

i they need to be mean, your 7'5'' how hard is it to act like you are the baddest mofo on the court

6/28/2007 2:05:16 PM

^Yao is developing that nastiness though. If you watch Rockets games now, Yao shows a lot more emotion than he did when he first came into the league.

6/28/2007 4:04:57 PM

"Wing players make best draft picks; senior big men make worst draft picks"

http://www.charlotte.com/bobcats/story/176692.html

6/28/2007 4:31:27 PM

^ The Atlanta Hawks must be the best team in the league!

6/28/2007 4:39:04 PM

I'm still confused about Atlanta not taking Amare. The trade was staring them right in the face. WTH!!!

6/28/2007 4:51:51 PM

amare to bobcats?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2919016

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 4:55 PM. Reason : ]

6/28/2007 4:54:46 PM

the undisclosed player would have to be wallace or okafor but i dont see that deal going through either

any team in the league would love to have amare but i dont see it happening

6/28/2007 5:08:08 PM

Yeah, I would love to have Amare, but not for Okafor and #8. Perhaps for Wallace and #8.

And I thought the bobcats wanted to "build through the draft." But now it seems like they are desparate to get rid of their #8 pick.

6/28/2007 5:11:32 PM

i dont want to part with okafor OR wallace

6/28/2007 5:13:28 PM

my god damn XBOX 360 just broke

the dvd tray wont open or close

6/28/2007 5:16:55 PM

^^ even for stoudemire?

^ and sounds like you need to get your warranty on - that sucks largetime dude

6/28/2007 5:40:40 PM

I would trade #8 and Okafor for Amare anyday.

6/28/2007 5:49:50 PM

fuck yeah get AMARE

and i just got off the phone with Microsoft

they are gonna fix it

sucks i didnt get the Best buy warranty

6/28/2007 5:50:53 PM

^^^^^^ they have "built through the draft," with okafor, felton, may, morrison, and wallace from the expansion draft. there comes a time, however, when moves must be made to acquire veterans in order to complete the process

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 5:51 PM. Reason : .]

6/28/2007 5:51:19 PM

If the Bobcats draft Wright, can we just start calling them UNC Pro?

6/28/2007 6:35:29 PM

if they draft one of the florida players, they will have at least one player from the past 4 national championship teams.

6/28/2007 6:37:11 PM

thats new

6/28/2007 6:37:21 PM

alright, nothing yet

possible:

Seattle: Ray allen

to Boston for

Delonte West, #5 pick, and Wally

6/28/2007 7:11:36 PM

i cant watch preview shows for some reason

6/28/2007 7:17:49 PM

great trade for boston i think. There was no one at #5 that could help them and they rid themselves of Wally World.

Delonte is a decent player but easily replaceable....

The Celtics are a 41-47 win team next year now.

6/28/2007 7:27:04 PM

shit man, all these trades has got me wired up

someone DO SOMETHING

Rachel Nichols in Charlotte with MJ

6/28/2007 7:28:03 PM

They just said Golden State is firmly in the KG sweeps...

KG ot GS
18/Ellis to Char
8/May to Minnesota

?

6/28/2007 7:32:49 PM

Monta is awesome... I'd miss watching him out here.

Oh and 5 minutes b/t picks is just another reason NBA Draft >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NFL Draft

oh and Tirico >>>>>> Berman

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 7:34 PM. Reason : x]

6/28/2007 7:34:17 PM

WHO KNEW?

6/28/2007 7:36:45 PM

"this is greg oden speaking on behalf of Purell"

6/28/2007 7:40:09 PM

Tirico is boring. I kept wishing Theismann would turn around and deck him during MNF.

6/28/2007 7:40:38 PM

wow that trade would be terrible for Boston

Boston would get Ray Allen

the Sonics would get:
the #5 pick
Wally Szerbiak
Delonte West


oh and gg, Oden represent the Buckeyes well in the NBA. I might just have to be a Portland fan with McMillan and Oden up there

6/28/2007 7:43:54 PM

6/28/2007 7:46:25 PM

wtg Atlanta

6/28/2007 7:48:57 PM

there will be ZERO trades tonight.

6/28/2007 7:51:14 PM

If I were ATL, then I would have traded down to 5 or 6 and taken a PG.

6/28/2007 7:51:34 PM

Wow, Atlanta is the Detroit of the NBA. Lets just draft the same position in the first round every year.

6/28/2007 7:51:57 PM

Atlanta is so dumb....

Memphis takes Conley who ATL should have taken.

I mean it really was obvious.

6/28/2007 7:52:50 PM

the pistons are actually the detroit of the nba

6/28/2007 7:53:07 PM

3 Way Trade in the works:

Bobcats get: Greg Oden, Kevin Durant
Blazers get: Matt Carroll
Sonics get: 2nd round pick in 2011

6/28/2007 7:53:18 PM

If the Celtics take the Chinese guy I'm gonna LMAO.

6/28/2007 7:54:11 PM

wtf is up with the colonial tww wolf up there


i was gonna post something draft related, but it totally threw me off

6/28/2007 7:55:02 PM

^Independence Day??? July 4th is this coming week

[Edited on June 28, 2007 at 7:58 PM. Reason : Brewer is still left!!!!]

6/28/2007 7:56:28 PM