BRIGGS wrote:He has as much talent as anyone in the last draft. Big body too could easily play nba 5 and be a tough match up. They have a star in the making there

He's a solid nba role player......

They totally disregard Noah, they disrespect Taj Gibson... they never addressed Derrick Rose. They gave that euro cat the keys on day one and he wasn't ready for that. They made the team Gasols team and he wants out.

They drafted mcdormett, they drafted this kid portis... they need to make trades and rebuild before they get it in their mind they need to sign someone else.

blkexec wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:He has as much talent as anyone in the last draft. Big body too could easily play nba 5 and be a tough match up. They have a star in the making there

He's a solid nba role player......

Might make Gibson expendable sooner rather than later.

I think he was a steal where he ended up being drafted.

Maybe someday Atlanta will look back and wonder why they did not take him at 15 instead of trading for THJ. They probably could have used his size and his shot.

Some here felt Grant was the 2nd best PG on the draft (NixLuva)
I would have no problem trading him either or letting him develop at his own pace, if we could sign/trade for some of these "value" talents/contracts

While I thought he could be the next Jermaine Oneil and would have signed JO to mentor him as a development coach
As for PG's, I would much rather have Ish Smith and Jeremy Lin for "value", even Shved, at least on cap friendly contracts till Westbrook, Lowry, CP3, and some others will be available 1 1/2 years from now
Lin looks like he regained his speed/quickness and confidence, while Ish Smith has been productive and is already one of the quickest/fastest PG's in the entire league
Both would allow us to push the pace and run the PnR efficiently with KP and CA

IMO,
We need multiple ball handlers/facilitators in different positions

If we can get rid of Robin Lopez and Calderon's contract it would be great and better utilize some of our salary

WaltLongmire wrote:

blkexec wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:He has as much talent as anyone in the last draft. Big body too could easily play nba 5 and be a tough match up. They have a star in the making there

He's a solid nba role player......

Nahhhh...I expect him to be a pretty good starting PF for the Bulls...more than a role player, IMO.

Might make Gibson expendable sooner rather than later.

I think he was a steal where he ended up being drafted.

Maybe someday Atlanta will look back and wonder why they did not take him at 15 instead of trading for THJ. They probably could have used his size and his shot.

Yeah i see him as a solid starting 4 but can't see him being too good at the 5 spot. He was projected in the draft to go anywhere from around 10 to like 20/25 but i thought he would gone much sooner then he did. Chicago got a steal that late.