There's no stopping us now!! (NBA Draft Thread)

[svosen]

From ESPN.com:

Sasha Vujacic (picked 27th by the Lakers)

Now that rumored Shaq trade doesn't mean anything!





I have to say I was surprised by the number and position of the high schoolers picked. Anyone else?

[Cowboy22]

I was absolutly sure that the Jazz would get Nelson when the Heat inexplicably passed on him, my exact words were "No way the Nuggets pick him, they don't need a point guard.." and of course, they picked him and later traded him to to Orlando. I'm still pumped that they got Humphries and Snyder but man, what a draft it would have been if they had managed to land a ticked off Jameer Neslon to go along with that. We're talking maybe the future Malone and Stockton plus a very good 2 guard. I'm still not sure why they would pick someone at 21 overall and then trade him to Dallas for what they know will be a low first round pick next year.

I wasn't surprised at the number of high schoolers picked but I was surpirsed by how high a few of them (Telfair and Wright) went. I'll never understand how so many European players go so high though, only a few of them ever turn out to be anything. More often than not you get a 7 foot guy who can't play inside and wants to stand outside and shoot threes all game.

[farfus]

Yes, thanks for bringing up the Lakers, Shaq, and the NBA, so i can so forget it. Thats all they have been talking about on the radio, Shaq to the Mavs, and i am oh so ready for COWBOYS football. Ready for the NBA to disappear for six months or longer, maybe ten, its time for a strike isnt it? Larry Bird was right, just not enough of us in the game anymore.

[Prime]

Shaq wants to be traded to "a playoff contended who has enough money to pay him, people to trade and is in a warm climate"
Teams left: Lakers





I think the lakers will land on their feet. Payton is staying and hopefully the new coach will actually use him.

[Cowboy22]

Originally posted by Prime
Shaq wants to be traded to "a playoff contended who has enough money to pay him, people to trade and is in a warm climate"
Teams left: Lakers

Let's see the Mavs...playoff contender:check, money to pay him: check, warm climate: check, lots of players to trade: check. Sounds like a good fit to me.

[Matthew S.]

Shaq should (and likely) will go to Orlando.

[Cowboy22]

No way, they'd have to give up most of their roster to get him and they really don't have the players to pull it off.

[svosen]

I've heard the Orlando scenario, with Franchise joining him. Supposedly Stevie even called Shaq about it.

That'd be interesting... I wonder if Shaq could return to dominence if he had a PG who really wanted to utilize him most of the time.

[Cowboy22]

What makes you think Francis would want to do that? He's always been a ball dominating player even when he had the best passing big man since Bill Walton in Yao Ming (which is why I'm not sure the T-Mac and Yao duo will work, T-Mac always wants the ball and feels the need to try and take his man one on one every play and the offense SHOULD be running through Yao).

[sabbas]

This sort of has something to do with the NBA Draft - trades.

HUGE trade just recently:

Tracy McGrady, Juwan Howard, and Tyronn Lue go to the Houston Rockets for Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley, and Kelvin Cato (to the Magic). That's an INSANE trade, one I think is mostly in favour of the Houston Rockets. A lotta people are already calling the combo of McGrady and Yao quite similar to the Kobe/Shaq combo that was ever so dominant (although not dominant enough to win a championship! HAHAHA) on the Lakers. Can't wait to see how these teams play next season...