Photo: API BARELY watched last night - actually only until the Pistons picked Daye. I had never heard of him either. He is one talk, skinny dude. I loved how Bilas said, "He is a very skilled player.....he is not athletic."
Sweet. Why would I want a 6'11" 190lbs, un-athletic player? If you were built like that, wouldn't you want to make up for your lack of beef with a little athleticism? A slow dude with skill will get pushed around by a 250lb big dude. Makes no sense at all. I hope he proves me wrong.
Also, I had never heard of Michael Rubio before Tuesday. I had not seen a highlight of him until last night. I kind of like his game. I am not sure if what he was doing in foreign lands will translate to the NBA Game, but he has a Pistol Pete/Steve Nash aura about him. And he is only 18.
Highlight of the night: Minnesota drafting 3 PG's in the first round!!! I had a chance to listen in on a conversation Sebastian Telfair had with friends while watching the draft. Here was the conversation as each pick happened.
Stern: With the 5th Pick, the T-Wolves select Michael Rubio.
Sebastian: Alright, alright. Nice little guy to back me up. I'll be teachin things to the young guy.
FIVE MINUTES LATER.....
Stern: With the 6th Pick, the T-Wolves select Johnnie Flynn
Sebastian: Hmmm, I'm not sure why they did that. Must be trading this pick for a big guy. If, not, me and the GM will have words.
45 later.....
Stern: With the 18th pick, the T-Wolves select Ty Lawson.
Sebastian: What the $%$????? (TV busted and furniture all overturned).
The video of this is way funnier, but you could imagine.
T-dogg
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Not to correct you T-Dogg, but it's Ricky Rubio, and he's sweet. He should have gone higher than 5, and Curry should have gone higher than 7. Rubio played awesome in the Olympics and was schooling the NBA guys on the USA team in the gold medal game. This was a TERRIBLE draft class, but the three best players I think will be Griffin, Rubio, and Curry. Thabeet going #2 will go down as the worst #2 ever next to Darko.
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That would tell you how much I pay attention to the NBA these days. Michael, Robby, Ricky...all the same to me.
ReplyDeleteThis draft clearly shows the rich get richer (Magic, Spurs, Cavs) and that wasn't even through draft picks. What a pathetic draft.
T-dogg
I just heard that Ricky Rubio will not play for the Timberwolves. Supposedly his 'camp' doesn't want him playing in such a small market so he's going to go back and play in Spain unless the Wolves trade him to a someone else. And I guess the T-Wolves knew that was possible, which is why the drafted Flynn too. They'll probably make out pretty good with Flynn at the point and then getting some good players in return for Rubio.
ReplyDelete~ Chris "CSB" Broussard, reporting from ESPN
Ok - if that is the case, then maybe it was a good draft pick.
ReplyDeleteProposed trade:
Michael "Ricky" Rubio and Kevin Love for Rip Hamilton & Rasheed.
Would you do it? Can I start the rumor? Pistons will suck anyway, it seems like a good trade for the Pistonians. It won't happen. Maybe it would have to be Stuckey and Rasheed or Stuckey and Hamilton.
T-dogg
I'd take Michael Olowakandi for Sheed straight up at this point.
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