Posted by franco12:

if portland is not taking Bynum and he falls, boy I would love to have a mid round pick.

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by franco12:

if portland is not taking Bynum and he falls, boy I would love to have a mid round pick.

Lets just think, he is still growing--now I have hear reports of him being anywhere from 6-11 1/2 to 7-0 1/2 in barefeet 7-1 to 7-2 in sneaks with MORE than a 7-6 wingspan and he is still growing. But its the athletiscm burgeoning skills intelligence toughness work ethic that makes the full talent--you need everything

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Posted by franco12:

if portland is not taking Bynum and he falls, boy I would love to have a mid round pick.

Lets just think, he is still growing--now I have hear reports of him being anywhere from 6-11 1/2 to 7-0 1/2 in barefeet 7-1 to 7-2 in sneaks with MORE than a 7-6 wingspan and he is still growing. But its the athletiscm burgeoning skills intelligence toughness work ethic that makes the full talent--you need everything

The reason you want Bynum Drafted because he is almost 7'3. Height doesnt anything. He's that tall with athletiscm burgeoning skills intelligence toughness work ethic and only averaged 17pts and 13 rpg in HIGH SCHOOL. He's a high school bust what makes you think he'll be a great, I mean a good NBA player.

Posted by BRIGGS:

For all you pro evaluators out there who think Bynum is a big body, here is an excerpt from John Nash, the GM of Portland, not some internet poster


Some NBA executives and scouts have said Bynum should go to college, but Blazers general manager John Nash liked what he saw during Friday's workout.

"I think he would be a likely first-round selection," Nash said. "I don't know what his parameters are, related to what would cause him to stay in the draft or go on to college, but he's a very, very impressive young man.

"He's not just big, but he's also gifted. He could choose to go to college and very possibly be a top-five or top-10 pick a year from now




He's telling you that he's big and highly skilled, that he needs a little development--notice in a year it would be *VERY possible* for him to be a top 5 pick.

Go read what Calhoun said about him and remember there have been only 4 clubs that brought him in for a private workout AFTER he got in shape. I think it was a mistake by his brother stopping the workouts, because teams need to see more, but there is enough information for you to get the jist of what this kid is.

Posted by BigRedDog:

What he is really saying is that Bynum is a low 1st round pick this year or if he went to college and played well he is a top 5-10 pick next year. Now if you believe that the risk is worth it to get him then you have to say that he's really a top 5-10 pick this year and if he went to college then he'll be the top pick in the draft next year . This is our chance to get a dominant big man. I haven't seen him play but trust in Briggs opinion. I also really like Granger. Rather have Bynum or Granger instead of Frye.

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Posted by franco12:

if portland is not taking Bynum and he falls, boy I would love to have a mid round pick.

Lets just think, he is still growing--now I have hear reports of him being anywhere from 6-11 1/2 to 7-0 1/2 in barefeet 7-1 to 7-2 in sneaks with MORE than a 7-6 wingspan and he is still growing. But its the athletiscm burgeoning skills intelligence toughness work ethic that makes the full talent--you need everything

The reason you want Bynum Drafted because he is almost 7'3. Height doesnt anything. He's that tall with athletiscm burgeoning skills intelligence toughness work ethic and only averaged 17pts and 13 rpg in HIGH SCHOOL. He's a high school bust what makes you think he'll be a great, I mean a good NBA player.

He got 22 pts, 16 rebs, 5 blocks in high school. That's better than Eddy Curry did in high school. Check again.

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Posted by franco12:

if portland is not taking Bynum and he falls, boy I would love to have a mid round pick.

Lets just think, he is still growing--now I have hear reports of him being anywhere from 6-11 1/2 to 7-0 1/2 in barefeet 7-1 to 7-2 in sneaks with MORE than a 7-6 wingspan and he is still growing. But its the athletiscm burgeoning skills intelligence toughness work ethic that makes the full talent--you need everything

The reason you want Bynum Drafted because he is almost 7'3. Height doesnt anything. He's that tall with athletiscm burgeoning skills intelligence toughness work ethic and only averaged 17pts and 13 rpg in HIGH SCHOOL. He's a high school bust what makes you think he'll be a great, I mean a good NBA player.

He got 22 pts, 16 rebs, 5 blocks in high school. That's better than Eddy Curry did in high school. Check again.

What's the relevance of Eddy Curry? Knowing what we all know now, I wouldn't take Eddy with the #8 pick in a draft this deep even if he didn't have the heart beat problems

[Edited by - Bonn1997 on 06/21/2005 20:40:07]

This draft is deep, but it's middle heavy. However, this draft is fairly weak at the top. IMHO, this draft is as weak at the top as the K-Mart draft. I digress...

So, all of the sudden Eddy Curry sucks? Curry's biggest problem is stamina, and maybe that was all due to his heart aliement. But, when Curry was playing, Curry was putting up impressive numbers, just not getting enough minutes. To be fair, I'd say Bynum's likely minimum is Eddy Curry with better rebounding numbers and slightly less scoring. If all you got out of a #8 pick in THIS draft was a taller Eddy Curry, you couldn't complain. And I also disagree with what you said. If Eddy Curry was in this draft w/o his heart aliement, there's no question I'd take him at #8 over the guys that will likely be available (Vazquez, Frye, etc...).

Briggs has said many times before, how many times does a guy with Bynum's size, agility and talent come out? Once every 10 years? I say, why not take a shot for the stars. The worst case is Bynum is a complete bust and turns out to be Jerome James and we're in the lottery again next year with a fairly high pick. I'd rather see that then see us continue to overfill with undersized players who are untradeable.

But, of course, you were hoping for Channing Frye, who I'm not even convinced will be an NBA starter.

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Posted by franco12:

if portland is not taking Bynum and he falls, boy I would love to have a mid round pick.

Lets just think, he is still growing--now I have hear reports of him being anywhere from 6-11 1/2 to 7-0 1/2 in barefeet 7-1 to 7-2 in sneaks with MORE than a 7-6 wingspan and he is still growing. But its the athletiscm burgeoning skills intelligence toughness work ethic that makes the full talent--you need everything

The reason you want Bynum Drafted because he is almost 7'3. Height doesnt anything. He's that tall with athletiscm burgeoning skills intelligence toughness work ethic and only averaged 17pts and 13 rpg in HIGH SCHOOL. He's a high school bust what makes you think he'll be a great, I mean a good NBA player.

He got 22 pts, 16 rebs, 5 blocks in high school. That's better than Eddy Curry did in high school. Check again.

What's the relevance of Eddy Curry? Knowing what we all know now, I wouldn't take Eddy with the #8 pick in a draft this deep even if he didn't have the heart beat problems

[Edited by - Bonn1997 on 06/21/2005 20:40:07]

This draft is deep, but it's middle heavy. However, this draft is fairly weak at the top. IMHO, this draft is as weak at the top as the K-Mart draft. I digress...

So, all of the sudden Eddy Curry sucks? Curry's biggest problem is stamina, and maybe that was all due to his heart aliement. But, when Curry was playing, Curry was putting up impressive numbers, just not getting enough minutes. To be fair, I'd say Bynum's likely minimum is Eddy Curry with better rebounding numbers and slightly less scoring. If all you got out of a #8 pick in THIS draft was a taller Eddy Curry, you couldn't complain. And I also disagree with what you said. If Eddy Curry was in this draft w/o his heart aliement, there's no question I'd take him at #8 over the guys that will likely be available (Vazquez, Frye, etc...).

Briggs has said many times before, how many times does a guy with Bynum's size, agility and talent come out? Once every 10 years? I say, why not take a shot for the stars. The worst case is Bynum is a complete bust and turns out to be Jerome James and we're in the lottery again next year with a fairly high pick. I'd rather see that then see us continue to overfill with undersized players who are untradeable.

But, of course, you were hoping for Channing Frye, who I'm not even convinced will be an NBA starter.