So on our roster we have...
#3 draft pick Derrick Favors
#3 draft pick Enes Kanter
#2 draft pick Marvin Williams
basically #1 draft pick Mo Williams
WOW.
Has to be the most top 3 picks of anyone in the league, right?
at the point the clippers traded that pick, they were pretty much locked into the 7-11 range. then the cavs got extremely lucky -- as in, 28 chances out of 1,000 lucky -- and suddenly they had traded mo for a top pick.
Mo...because he changed hsi jersey number.
Dallas was trying to CLEAR cap space to make room for Deron Williams. The Mo Williams deal was FINALIZED on June 30th, but agreed to several days earlier. Deron Williams made his final decision on July 3rd, shunning his hometown team for the Nets. Had the situation been reversed (i.e. Deron telling the Mavs he would be signing with NJ) PRIOR to the trade, Dallas could have very well opted to take back Mo. Then again, their secondary target was Nash. And they struck out on Steve AFTER the Mo trade was done.
Sorry, Nerd, I usually agree with your points. But on this one, I think you're very biased. To say Mo's value isn't very high because Dallas didn't want to take back his salary on June 30th is simply wrong. Dallas thought they had a good chance at landing Deron. He was deciding between the Mavs and New Jersey. Of course Dallas wanted to shed salary by dumping Odom. They were positioning themselves to give the MAX to Deron. And KOC wanted Mo. Other teams may have wanted Mo as well, but we had the best offer - i.e. the ability to absorb his salary and not have to give back any players in return.
I don't need to vote in this one. BTW, within a couple years at most, I think people are going to be comparing Burks to Harden.
Harden with a mid-range game.
After this round it gets interesting.
No doubt. Next round will be close and from then on I bet they're nearly even (for who gets ousted).
I have my five mapped out in my head, but honestly really want to see the Jazz build around this core 5 (and hopefully some guys like Marvin are part of that).
Wonder where the GS pick would go if it was an option.
Good idea! Should I add it next round? No way it would've gotten voted off already, right?
I certainly wouldn't have voted for it. I'd be cool with it as an option. Not sure what everyone else will think. Hmm...
Some people will spazz...F it I'm the one running the game!
Are you running the game? Or is the game running you? Think about it.