2011 draft.....

[BENTLEY]

Hey, I'm not against UNC - I'm just pro Utah Jazz. And if Barnes stays in the tournament and keeps showing everyone how good he is going to be, the Jazz won't have a chance to draft him. He might leapfrog Kyrie.

I gotta root for Marquette.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

Don't look now, but nbadraft.net has Barnes going second overall.

and now Terrence Jones going to the Jazz at 12:

A talented lefty wing forward with tremendous versatility

don't we have one of those already? not sure about the "talented" part.

 

[BENTLEY]

Terrence Jones at 12 is pretty nice.

 

[BENTLEY]

If you could get Kanter at 6 and T.Jones at 12 maybe you could wait til the following year's draft (the Golden State pick) and grab UNC's Marshall as your PG of the future. He's touted as the best passer and the main reason UNC turned around their season - causing Barnes' stock to go up. He's compared to Mark Jackson. Just talking about the way Jackson played the game (and not his locker room dividing ways) I think he was totally Utah Jazz kinda PG.

 

[NCJazz]

If you could get Kanter at 6 and T.Jones at 12 maybe you could wait til the following year's draft (the Golden State pick) and grab UNC's Marshall as your PG of the future. He's touted as the best passer and the main reason UNC turned around their season - causing Barnes' stock to go up. He's compared to Mark Jackson. Just talking about the way Jackson played the game (and not his locker room dividing ways) I think he was totally Utah Jazz kinda PG.

Another guy to compare to could be Kidd, but Marshall still has some developing to do. Hope he can improve his shot next year. If Barnes, Henson, and Zeller leave he will need to!

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Hey, I'm not against UNC - I'm just pro Utah Jazz. And if Barnes stays in the tournament and keeps showing everyone how good he is going to be, the Jazz won't have a chance to draft him. He might leapfrog Kyrie.

I gotta root for Marquette.

We UNC to win the tourney, if they do I don't think Barnes stays. That's good for us even if we don't draft him, it allows us to get someone we couldn't get if he stayed in school

 

[Zerol]

We UNC to win the tourney, if they do I don't think Barnes stays. That's good for us even if we don't draft him, it allows us to get someone we couldn't get if he stayed in school

Right on. Although my bracket would be busted if UNC wins it all.

 

[BENTLEY]

Is Barnes really staying in school if they don't win it all?

 

[cowhide]

I watched Burks play last night in the NIT and was pretty impressed. He's basically like the bizarro (evolved) CJ!!! in that he takes it to the rim every time instead of jacking up 3s and he is right-handed. Also, he is already physically "mature" at 19. Supposedly he was under the weather, got an IV at half time, yet still torched Kent State for 25 (11 for 18), 10, 4 assists, 4 steals in 33 minutes. He had one particularly impressive reverse layup late in the game on which he was fouled but it wasn't called. I would definitely endorse him for the second lotto pick.

Count me as impressed too. I especially liked the way he handled the ball. I could see him playing both SG/PG in the NBA.

 

[NCJazz]

Is Barnes really staying in school if they don't win it all?

TBD---sources say he might stay in school, but again during the tournament most of them say they might stay. Once the agents come crawling or their families think of the money they can get this often changes.

 

[NCJazz]

Count me as impressed too. I especially liked the way he handled the ball. I could see him playing both SG/PG in the NBA.

Well, one reason he takes it to the hoop is that his 3pt numbers are pretty bad. Have not seen him play a lot. Perhaps comparable to Demar Derozan?

 

[cowhide]

Terrence Jones can not shoot. We already have enough players who can't shoot.