Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by sebstar:

Posted by nyk4ever:

It's just a euro-bias is all. It's no more than that, whether people want to admit to it or not is a whole different story.

This is a bad post, especially coming from you NYK. So questioning this kid who has major red flags in his game and physique, is shrouded in mystery, and is commanding a huge buyout and a lot of maneuvering is just euro bias? He's projecting as a top 3 pick, bro you have to put him under the microscope. Why is he so deserving of special treatment?

Dont know why you said that

How is it a bad post. Although, I probably should have been more direct in who I was talking about (cough, Briggs, cough) since he says the same thing about every Euro player.

Posted by sebstar:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by sebstar:

Posted by nyk4ever:

It's just a euro-bias is all. It's no more than that, whether people want to admit to it or not is a whole different story.

This is a bad post, especially coming from you NYK. So questioning this kid who has major red flags in his game and physique, is shrouded in mystery, and is commanding a huge buyout and a lot of maneuvering is just euro bias? He's projecting as a top 3 pick, bro you have to put him under the microscope. Why is he so deserving of special treatment?

Dont know why you said that

How is it a bad post. Although, I probably should have been more direct in who I was talking about (cough, Briggs, cough) since he says the same thing about every Euro player.

well yeah, you gotta address him directly on something like that. I dont think that all the cats that are questioning Rubio around here are jingoistic, nationalistic, Rush limbaugh junkies.

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by misterearl:

Tyreke Evans will be an All Star in 3 years

Im with you man--second best player in the draft--if were going to give up stuff to get 2 then pick the second best player

Now, this I do agree with you on Briggs. I don't know about 2nd best player in the draft, but he's in argument. My only hope is that the Knicks "interest" in him isn't just a smoke-screen.

Posted by Marv:

see this is why i love you bastids. most of my friends are like, “who give a F about the nba draft?!?!” all right, except for a few who say, “what?? what?? you say we have a chance for cousy? what about that mikan fellow?”

Posted by nixluva:

It's funny cuz, when there's a draft with clear studs at the top, it's not as interesting as this one. So for all the bashing this crop gets the dizzying scenarios make it very exciting to see how it all turns out.

I'm praying that we get that 5th spot in addition to the 8th, cuz then we can open a lot of other options.

Posted by Paladin55:

Posted by nyk4ever:

It's just a euro-bias is all. It's no more than that, whether people want to admit to it or not is a whole different story.

What amazes me is that Briggs seems to think Rubio is some Spanish hick who comes out of a small obscure Spanish town with an inflated BB reputation due in part to his success against the sheep and goats who were his opponents in that small obscure town.

Rubio has had one of the most well-documented careers of any recent European player- a career which culminated in his being chosen for the Spanish Olympic team. I am not sure how much more exposure and scrutiny a player could have had than what Rubio has had on the Spanish, European, and World stages he has competed on.

Im sorry but this player has played 13 games in the Adult Euor league. You are acting like he has had a 4 year documented career at Duke where he was an All America averaging 20-10-5 leading them to 2 NC and was a secondary PG for team USA. he's had no career yet--hes going on 19

Posted by misterearl:

Tyreke Evans will be an All Star in 3 years

Posted by Westphal44:

I'd much rather keep the 5 and 8 if we can get the 5 from Washington. Curry and a big like Hill or a swing man would be a lot more appealing than taking a shot on Rubio.