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There are two scenarios about how this pick is going to go down. He either going to have a chip on his shoulder about falling to pick 47 and he gonna come into the league ready to kill some suckers. He big and powerful with a deft touch in the paint. They say he can grow up to be a rich man Big Baby.
Or? He gonna go into camp at about 330. He gonna get beaten defensively by Larry Sanders. And he going to be released by 2012.
Not thrilled, but not terribly upset. Hobson not an athlete. But he a versatile sort. He give you a little bit in a lot of areas. His energy will generate a decent amount of rebound, as well as a combined 2 or 3 steals and blocks. His stride allows him to beat defenders off the dribble. And if he works on his shot? He be deadly. Because he a fine point forward.
He a good offthebench addition. I feel like he would have been there at 44 or 47 though.
Like I said. I could be very wrong or very right about him.
The dream scenario is that Patrick Patterson falls to 15. Will it happen? Maybe. But it not likely. The possibilities that will likely be there preclude Patterson or Cole Aldrich. But the Bucks would be better served with a great four than an potentially good five. There are serviceable 2nd round fives this year.
If Larry Sanders is available? I would be thrilled. Dude gets stronger and he going to be a disruptive force. I can;t talk myself into Orton or Whiteside. Upside guys who fall to this spot rarely pan out.
But with guys like Craig Brackins and Jarvis Vanardo in round two? I can get behind an other option. Just so long as it not a small forward who has the perceived value of 1020. They all suck if they not named Daimon James.
So suffice it to say? Patterson is the dream scenario. A more realistic scenario would be Larry Sanders or Xavier Henry. No one would say James Anderson, but I could get behind that as a pick.
I was misinformed. The 2 that going to Jersey for CDR doesn come due until 2012. So basically, the Bucks may have a roster space issue. Assume that Salmons, Ivey, Stackhouse, Darrell Jackson and Brezec gone? The Bucks are at 10.
Most teams like to remain at a roster size of 13. And anyway? This draft has two tremendously interesting foreigners in the Russian Alexy Shved and the Brazillian Big Man Paulo Prestes. Though a German Big Man like Tibor Pleiss? Send him to Milwaukee and he feel right at home.
If ever there was an opportunity to take a flier on a diamond in the rough or a straight up specialist? It this year. If John Hammond likes Tyren Johnson as much as I do? This is the year to go after it. Now the VP of common sense may disagree with this premise. But? I would not get so upset if a flier gets taken.
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The fact of the matter is that this draft is something interesting. You have a lot of interesting talent that would likely fall in the undrafted tier. The Jamario Moon AllStars? Very interesting this year. And the microcosm of a drafts depth?
When a center in the second round is somebody with the upside of a good starter.
Paulo Prestes (6 270 Brazil)
He a beast in terms of power. He not the most athletic guy in terms of speed and the up and down? But he is an agile dude. And unlike your Anderson Varejao? He will go down and take the pain. Also? Not offensively useless beyond flopping. Solid prospect when he come to America.
Power Forwards? In a twittersixed Fashion? Sure.
8. Magnum Rolle (6 200 Louisiana Tech) If he gained 20 pounds of muscle? He would have a future as a Dollar Tree Marcus Camby.
7. Luke Harangody (6 250 Notre Dame) I do expect his scoring total to drop considerably. But his rebounding totals will coalesce to allow him to make an NBA rotation. Craig Stevens Jersey
6. Charles Garcia (6 230 Seattle) The archetypal superb athlete with a poor basketball IQ. So yeah. Call it a master of one scenario.
5. Latavious Williams (6 190 Tulsa 66ers) For a skinny guy whose main strength is athleticism? He got a tremendous defensive upside. Michael Griffin Jersey
4. Trevor Booker (6 230 Clemson) This years most likely to be Chuck Hayes with mad rebounding skills.
3. Craig Brackins (6 230 Iowa State) Enigmatic. He got the skills to be a great shooter and rebounder. But hes got his inside shooting percentage is weak. But the fact is? The team sucked. And he was good. Imagine if he lands on a good team?
2. Jarvis Vanardo (6 210 Mississippi State) Blocks and blocks and blocks and blocks. And also rebounds.
1. Gani Lawal (6 233 Georgia Tech) An energetic defender with good athleticism. His floor is that he going to be a great 7th man in a rotation.
Going for twitter sized bits and bites. There a lot that interests me here and I cannot fight to post more than that. So, let roll.
10. Tyren Johnson (6 205 ULLafayette) A small school Josh Smith with surprising range. Won be drafted. But watch him.