The Quest for Tony's Eyebrows: the 2012 NBA Draft

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Tonight someone will learn that they will be drafting this dude. Also, maybe the Warriors will get a top seven pick and maybe they won't! Here's Chad Ford's top 20 prospects:

1. Anthony Davis PF 6-10 220 19 Kentucky
2. Michael Kidd-Gil. SF 6-7 210 18 Kentucky
3. Bradley Beal SG 6-5 195 18 Florida
4. Thomas Robinson PF 6-9 237 21 Kansas
5. Andre Drummond C 6-11 275 18 Connecticut
6. Harrison Barnes SF 6-8 210 19 North Carolina
7. Damian Lillard PG 6-2 185 21 Weber State
8. Perry Jones PF 6-11 235 20 Baylor
9. Dion Waiters SG 6-4 215 20 Syracuse
10. Jeremy Lamb SG 6-5 185 19 Connecticut
11. Tyler Zeller C 7-0 250 22 North Carolina
12. Jared Sullinger PF 6-9 280 20 Ohio State
13. Terrence Ross SG 6-6 195 21 Washington
14. Terrence Jones PF 6-8 244 20 Kentucky
15. Arnett Moultrie PF 6-11 225 21 Mississippi St.
16. John Henson PF 6-10 210 21 North Carolina
17. Austin Rivers SG 6-4 199 19 Duke
18. Kendall Marshall PG 6-4 188 20 North Carolina
19. Meyers Leonard C 7-0 240 20 Illinois
20. Moe Harkless SF 6-8 190 19 St. John's

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft/results/top100/_/year/2012

This Davis kid is the real deal. I hope he stays healthy so we can watch him for a long time. NBA centers grow into the job slowly.

I barely even watched the tourney this year. I'm not sure I could pick most of these dudes out of a lineup.

I thought the lottery was tomorrow?

it is.

oh I read that it was tonight. oops

So many guys in the top 10 are crazy overrated imo. I feel like this might be a Dirk-Pierce year where the lotto is almost backwards.

tho obvs. Davis is the bomb.

top 4 is very solid imo, drummond could go either way. barnes will turn into a decent pro. 7-10 on that list is def shaky. zeller, jones and henson will be good.

henson is the most underrated player in the draft imo. he's def a bit thin but he's athletic as hell for a center, has game changing blocking ability and is a solid offensive player. i think he's gonna be great in the nba, esp if teams start to trend smaller.

kinda hope the kings get this somehow. davis, cousins, reke, and thomas on the same team? hello new favorite team

ugh god, no

what would not be awesome about that?

only one ball, and Tyreke would still hog it.

the kings are depressing... they are not fun to watch

thomas and cousins are cool, but no team with tyreke and thornton is ever gonna be fun to watch -- shit is just frustrating

come on cavs..... gotta make it happen.

Not meaning to be cruel here, but Davis going to the Sacramento Kings would be as exciting as Kareem going to the Milwaukee Bucks.

i'm rooting for the kings. you guys would rather watch him on the bobcats?

I'd rather him on the Cavs

If the Bobcats get Jerry Sloan then I'm for it.

top 4 is very solid imo, drummond could go either way. barnes will turn into a decent pro. 7-10 on that list is def shaky. zeller, jones and henson will be good.

― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 04:33 (13 hours ago) Permalink

You mean Chad's top 4? I don't see it. Thomas Robinson is tweener city and Beal is "the next ray allen" but he shot 33% from 3.

Drummond is the most terrifyingly risky top 5 prospect I can remember.

thabeet :(

what about the wizards w 1st pick? davis-wall could be brutal

You mean Chad's top 4? I don't see it. Thomas Robinson is tweener city and Beal is "the next ray allen" but he shot 33% from 3.

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 2:07 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

well i think this is generally the consensus top 4 -- robinson is def a bit small for PF but he got his numbers in college and has pretty advanced post moves. he isn't a tweener in the derrick williams sense, tho, yeah he's not gonna be a star. i think he could be a productive offensive PF who is somewhat deficient in other areas of the game a la al jefferson

i've heard beal as "next eric gordon" not "next ray allen"... and his body and game are def similar to gordon's. he was pretty impressive in the tournament and he's still not even 20

If a SG's upside is Eric Gordon I'm not taking him in the top 4.

re: allen

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22ray+allen%22+%22bradley+beal%22&oq=%22ray+allen%22+%22bradley+beal%22&aq=f&aqi=g-bsK1&aql=&gs_l=hp.3..0i8i10i30.962.8414.0.8619.36.28.5.0.0.0.286.2439.22j4j2.28.0...0.0.0t2MNhi5s14&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=df268a9968e5cef1&biw=1366&bih=643

well i think this is generally the consensus top 4 -- robinson is def a bit small for PF but he got his numbers in college and has pretty advanced post moves. he isn't a tweener in the derrick williams sense, tho, yeah he's not gonna be a star. i think he could be a productive offensive PF who is somewhat deficient in other areas of the game a la al jefferson

― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, May 30, 2012 9:42 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Bill Self's tweeners always get their numbers.

re: allen

https://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22ray+allen%22+%22bradley+beal%22&oq=%22ray+allen%22+%22bradley+beal%22&aq=f&aqi=g-bsK1&aql=&gs_l=hp.3..0i8i10i30.962.8414.0.8619.36.28.5.0.0.0.286.2439.22j4j2.28.0...0.0.0t2MNhi5s14&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=df268a9968e5cef1&biw=1366&bih=643

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:22 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

weird... seems like a bizarre comparison

i think beal's upside is that he'd be better than eric gordon... probably a better shooter. similar players tho.

Bill Self's tweeners always get their numbers.

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:25 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah. i mean he's definitely smallish... i think there's a difference between being a smallish player and a tweener. robinson is just a small power forward, but his game is pretty advanced. i think guys like that can succeed even if a few random guys below him will explode into better players. but a low floor can be attractive, too. he's definitely better than aldrich or the morris twins imo.

gilberts son
:( 4th pick

cho is sad

1st NOH
2nd CHA
3rd WAS

wau

wizards are a playoff team next year

errrr misread that

man this sucks, who the hell wants to watch davis play on the hornets

lol c-o-n-spiracy

I'm waiting for the picture of the Hornet logo with Davis' eyebrows instead of the antennae. I'm disappointed I haven't seen it yet.

so cavs ended up w drummond?

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is there a good reason why the NBA doesn't televise the actual drawing of the lottery?

nba likes to cultivate mystery

feel for the bobcats but they'll love MKG

hahaha @ sternspiracy

these results blow btw

Cavs are actually a great, low pressure situation for Drummond I think.

as far as drummond goes

1 nola - obv this is not happening

2 cha - this could be interesting, not sure if the bobcats could develop him or that the culture would be right for him but him & biyombo would def be interesting.

3 was - this would be awful. learn under the tutelage of andray blatche!

4 cle - agree w/ matt that this would be great. would take some pressure of tristan thompson too

5 sac - this would be horrifying, obv

6 por - i think this would be fantastic, outside of the curse of portland taking centers high. but he would have no pressure to be an offensive force down low. this could be great for all.

7 golden state - doubt he even lasts this long and i guess it could work but idk, toxic franchise. plus they have bogut.

i would really like to see portland take him

melo is almost too big to fail but yeah he was hella overrated at cuse and just seems like a huge stiff. like the heat could stick haslem on him & he'd never score.

classic late breaking injury news scenario re pj3

teams hear theres something wrong w/his knee but dont know exactly what, plus all those teams who thought they had no shot at him who made promises to other guys

the hear not trading back up like three spots in the second round to draft doron lamb is insane. seriously some of these teams are just... lamb will be mario chalmers in 2 years but better.

my only thought is that maybe they're confident that they're gonna get ray allen.

if rayrays gonna go to the heat he should just sign w/okc instead, go toward the light ray

idk... how bad could his knee injury be? and, even if he had to miss three months, so what? it just seemed like a convenient excuse for GMs not to take him.

and the stupid thing is that it stopped being a risky pick like outside of the top 12. it's not like the guy is a two time felon or something.

agree totally

but i mean how bad could his knee be is like totally fucked for life i guess, but it def seems worth the risk, unless teams had more infos than we did

pj3 is a classic case I think of GMs downgrading a player bcuz he's not what people thought he would or could be and in the process misevaluating his true talent.

there's no way jones is gonna have a worse career than john jenkins, joedan cunnigham or fucking MILES PLUMLEE.

fab melo and sully.... lol

sully prob was actually worth that pick, but fuck a fab

i can just tell hes gonna be so incredibly frustrating to watch

fabulous mellow

ladies and gentlemen...

sully prob was actually worth that pick, but fuck a fab

― lag∞n, Friday, June 29, 2012 10:15 AM

reading the down the thread consensus went from "sully sux, worst athlete in the draft" to "his back is fucked but not a bad pick! ;)" explain?

its just they got him w/a low pick, i mean hes prob top 5 in the draft as far as basketball skills, but bottom five in athleticism, also an injury risk, seems like an ok pick at 21

his ceiling is prob 'starter'

lot of people think he couldve been top five in last years draft, tho i suspect he wouldve fallen once the combine results came in

track record is not good apparently for ppl who are *that* unathletic. i guess he'll probably be able to score but not sure abt defense.

yeah hes most likely a bench player, but i mean at 22, i wouldve take pj3 tho

and maybe he will get somewhat more athletic once he gets in better shape and his back issues are worked out, this has been known to happen

ok got it. now explain ~fab melo~

friendly 7ft brazilian whos barely played basketball in his life

KG has a clause in his new contract that for 7 minutes a game he gets to pretend he's not playing center.

lol @ windhorst covering the cavs again

http://espn.go.com/nba/draft2012/story/_/id/8111377/2012-nba-draft-cleveland-cavaliers-scenes

i wonder if that's like when you see high school friends

reading this article i learned that the cavs love advanced stats

ay m bison:

Analysis: I really like this pick for the Spurs. Denmon is the sort of efficient combo guard who could thrive in the Spurs' system. He shoots it well, defends and can even play the point in a pinch. I'm not expecting huge things from him, but could see him as a rotation player in San Antonio down the road.

that's chad ford

@cavsdan
I am very excited about our two picks. @dionwaiters3 and @zellertyler are going to be two great additions to the @cavs and our bright future

imho zeller will be solid for a long time, like ya hes not a star but 7ftrs who can actually like play basketball and move around good dont grow on trees

xp, cool sounds like a good replacement for gary neal if he's gone this offseason

yeah that was my exact thought

@cavsdan
thanks @lag∞n for the kind words on @ilh

ha

lol

andre drummond seems like a nice guy

http://www.gq.com/images/style/2012/06/nba-draft-style/andre-drummond.jpg

very nice suit

he is a good dude, very good-natured

Eh, they're all scumbags afaic.

was fab melo the only 7 footer left at 22 or what because ummm

im all in on sullinger though, if jared dudley could actually get in shape he can do it and i imagine every day will start with a phone call from kg

AY SULLY WHAT'S GOOD HOWS YA BACK, YOU LIFTING SOME WEIGHTS? COME RUN ON THE BEACH WITH ME POTNA

the sullinger pick has upside for sure

how is this kid not gonna get destroyed in the nba, i mean come on

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he can buy a mac now tho

he's watching instructional videos on this thing called "passing"

eric gordon still looks younger/softer than him though!

lol xp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIQjhrmmX7c

Was drifting around in old threads and found this gem from June 2012, quoted upthread. Jordan posted a long draft pick analysis by some guy called Draft Rater:

"In the tail end of the first round and throughout the second, we're sorting through several big men with fairly weak Draft Rater résumés. The Rater is a particularly harsh judge at the center position, where it frowns on the prospects of four centers with first-round aspirations -- Tyler Zeller, Meyers Leonard, Fab Melo and Festus Ezeli -- and flat-out mocks Miles Plumlee, who is off-the-charts bad with a 2.49 Draft Rater projection."

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