everyone seems to be talking about getting milicic or lebron james in the upcoming draft. Seeing as how we are somewhere inbetween the 8th seed and a high lottery pick right now... I was wondering who you guys would want layden to take with a pick ranging from 10-13??

There could be up to 6 pgs taken in the lottery this year, but I would much rather select a C or SF and let milos/williams play PG.

Zarko Cabarkapa 6-11 sf/pf and kendrick perkins would seem to be the players to fit the sf or C categories. Unless you want to take another sg to add to the clutter, or draft a pf and hope he can play C in the east, who would you take?

I know there are a lot of good point guards, but none will be superstar picks in my opinion. From what i hear on Vujanic he should be able to come in and make the impact one of them would make. I like Darko Milicic and was impressed to hear what he could do with a 7-0, 250lbs frame. He could play anyone of 3 positions for us and will make our team excellent in the future. I also like the idea of taking foreign players later in the draft, and with two second round picks we can continue that trend. Get players that we could use down the road, because we already have a lot of depth, especially adding Vujanic and a pick like Milicic.

seeing as how we will probably not get the #1 or 2 pick and assuming that milicic and lebron will be gone by our pick, who would you want layden to draft?

Posted by OasisBU:

I dont know much about who would be available at the 10-13 spots so name a few players, give some stats, and I will give you an answer. But it is clear this team needs a CENTER not a PF acting like one, not another SF/SG, and not a PG.

That's the problem... THere aren't really any good centers for this year's draft. Unless you consider the high schooler kendrick perkins a center (6-10 but nbadraft.net says "Athletically he is not what you would call a high flyer ... Despite the numbers he will not be the super shot-blocker that he is in high school due to his average leaping ability")

After him there is only chris marcus.

as for SF's the most interesting seems to be zarko cabarkapa 6-11 220

scouting report listed on nbadraft.net:

Strengths : A versatile Power Forward with sensational fundamentals. Can also play either in C or cause headaches when used at SF. Very intelligent with great understanding of the game. Has a wingspan of a 7'1" man. He's a great talent with a good work ethic. Showed great improvement over the last 3 years. Has gained a bunch of experience that has resulted in maturity and given birth to leadership skills. Has tremendous ball-handling skills combined with quickness, great reflexes and court sense. Creates his own shots using his point-guard-like ball-handling skills, has a nice, hard to block, jump-shot with a quick release. Penetrates smoothly into the paint from both sides either finishing with a lay-up or finding the open man with an assist, even when faced with a double team. Great agility that causes problems against bigger bodies. He outruns his opponents. Very impressive in the open court, goes with great energy to the basket. He's not afraid of "traffic" in the paint. Puts up high percentages in shooting. He can shoot facing the basket, he can post up against smaller bodies, and can kill opponents with a long range shot... Defensively he is close to solid. He is keen on stealing balls and grabbing offensive rebounds for garbage points.

Weaknesses : Classic Yugoslavian basketball body... Has to put on 25 pounds so to gain more space in the paint. Needs to work on his upper body to handle the strength of NBA players. He's not an overpowering rebounder nor a shot blocker. His hook shot needs polish.


opinions?

Posted by FrenchKnicks:

I'd like them to take Mickael Pietrus... this guy is a phenom in France... He's considered the best French basketball player in a long time, he'll maybe become better than Tony Parker. He's a wonderful athlete...

Here's his profile: http://nbadraft.net/profiles/mickaelpietrus.htm

Of course, I'm French and that's why I make that proposition...

I remember a frenchman who was drafted once...went by the name of Fredrick Weis