Official Draft Thread

[dantheman]

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Had GM tell me he thinks 7 of the first 20 or so picks in the draft could be moved before they are used tonight. WOW

 

[VINYLONE]

What time does the draft start?

 

[VINYLONE]

Maybe one of the mods or the OP can add that bit of information into the title of this thread...just an idea.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Maybe one of the mods or the OP can add that bit of information into the title of this thread...just an idea.

Why? It's at 7 tonight. Now that you know, why would you forget?

EDIT:

That's 7 PM MDT, for any pissy folk out there.

 

[BENTLEY]

Viny, you might wanna check pacific time zone. espn

 

[NUMBERICA]

If Monroe falls to 9, Jazz have to draft him if only to trade for another player's rights (Cousins in Sac).

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Why? It's at 7 tonight. Now that you know, why would you forget?

EDIT:

That's 7 PM MDT, for any pissy folk out there.

What?!! It's 7pm EST, not MDT.

 

[InGameStrategy]

AND I've been hot and cold on Babbitt. But I'm warming again today - I think he could be Melo-lite. The dude is accurate. But he's better than Korver, super-athletic and 6'9". It's the fact that he's white that makes us scared.

No; it's the notion that he's a poor defender that makes us scared. Defense is why Korver isn't a starter, and Babbitt is a Rich Man's Korver, or a Mike Dunleavy replacement. No thanks.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

And cheap ******** like Greg Miller are quick to take your money, but don't want to DO WHAT IT TAKES to build a contender. If all Utah does this season is draft at #9 and let Boozer and AK's contracts expire for nothing in return, I'm done. I'll NEVER become a Lakers fan, but I'll mail all my Jazz shirts, shorts, etc to Greg and tell him I can no longer support the Jazz until they're sold to a different ownership group.

********. You'll do nothing and like it!

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

If Monroe falls to 9, Jazz have to draft him if only to trade for another player's rights (Cousins in Sac).

I hate Monroe but I have to agree with this. Then, perhaps we could trade Monroe and Millsap to Sacramento for Cousins. Re-sign Booze and voila!

 

[NUMBERICA]

My perfect draft:

NJ - Johnson
Minn - Favors
Sac - Cousins
GS - Udoh
Det - Davis
LAC - Aminu
Utah - Monroe

Then Jazz trade AK and rights to Monroe to the Kings for Udrih, Garcia, and the rights to Cousins.

At that stage, the Jazz could sit, but they could be in position to pull off a Brook Lopez heist using the rights to Cousins (who was the best big in workouts there and brought himself into discussions at #3, Avery was always high on him as well) and a Boozer S&T (if only using that salary to take back salary from NJ that they wouldn't want). The Jazz would also get one of Humphries or Yi.

Crossing my fingers.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I also doubt Monroe would be a bad choice at 9. He WOULD fit in very well here, a very nice option in the flex offense.