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Following potential 2014 draftees

'Diamond in the rough' is not an idiom that applies to lottery picks, these players are well known commodities by draft time

Amare Stoudemire was the #1 player in his Highschool class theres nothing 'diamond in the rough' about that
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
'Diamond in the rough' is not an idiom that applies to lottery picks, these players are well known commodities by draft time

Amare Stoudemire was the #1 player in his Highschool class theres nothing 'diamond in the rough' about that
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So why was he the 9th pick?



MCW to me was somewhat a diamond in the rough last year since he was clearly missed by lots of teams (and most of JazzFanz). If we were to re-do that draft, pretty sure he goes #1 no questions asked.
 
I'm getting all confused. I thought we were talking about player whose performance justifies a $20M paycheck, not a $10M in his prime years only with max 2 all star appearances.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
So why was he the 9th pick?



MCW to me was somewhat a diamond in the rough last year since he was clearly missed by lots of teams (and most of JazzFanz). If we were to re-do that draft, pretty sure he goes #1 no questions asked.
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I think that MCW will take a step back next season.

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BTP said:
I'm getting all confused. I thought we were talking about player whose performance justifies a $20M paycheck, not a $10M in his prime years only with max 2 all star appearances.
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We're talking about not going through the motion of just selecting who the consensus player is for that particular pick, but looking deeper into who can be a game changer player for your franchise.
 
Brook Lopez wasn't a diamond in the rough at #9 overall, he was the best C on the board.

Gilbert Arenas, Monta Ellis, DeAndre Jordan, Nikola Pekovic, Isaiah Thomas are diamonds in the rough.

the lottery is not 'the rough' its just that simple, your guaranteed over 3million dollars as a lottery pick, even if you pull a Royce White.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
We're talking about not going through the motion of just selecting who the consensus player is for that particular pick, but looking deeper into who can be a game changer player for your franchise.
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So MCW is a game changer in your opinion who's deserving a $20M paycheck w/o getting keep getting 'em checks remarks from Jalen Rose?
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
Brook Lopez wasn't a diamond in the rough at #9 overall, he was the best C on the board.

Gilbert Arenas, Monta Ellis, DeAndre Jordan, Nikola Pekovic, Isaiah Thomas are diamonds in the rough.

the lottery is not 'the rough' its just that simple, your guaranteed over 3million dollars as a lottery pick, even if you pull a Royce White.
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this is the diamond in the rough type picks. add Paul millsap to that list.
 
Gamer13 said:
funny you put lance stephensen on there he dropped for the exact reason he is killing the pacers this year. he is a head case.
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Nah, Roy Hibbert is killing them by sucking, which happened because Vogel played Hibbert too much. Also their bench sucks because they added Evan Turner who is awful.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Nah, Roy Hibbert is killing them by sucking, which happened because Vogel played Hibbert too much. Also their bench sucks because they added Evan Turner who is awful.
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Hibbert averaged 30 mins/per. He's 12th in terms of centers. As reference, "old man" Tim Duncan still averages 29 mins/per.
Simply not true that Vogel played any of those guys too much, including George (36 mins) and Stephenson (35 mins).
 
Hantlers said:
I want. I want. I want.

Oh, and lol at Randle being better than Saric. Only thing Randle has on him is athleticism.
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I have never seen saric before but doesnt randle also have better size?
 
Hantlers said:
I want. I want. I want.

Oh, and lol at Randle being better than Saric. Only thing Randle has on him is athleticism.
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You can bet Lindsey and Zanik will be doing due diligence on Saric during their international trip. I wouldn't be too surprised to see the Jazz choice be Vonleh or Saric (if Jazz finish outside of top-4). Wing can be picked up at #23.
 
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