No. 27th Pick WILL BE ....

RichD · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 1:47 am Post subject:

Wood. Poor man's Durant. 6'10. Can do it all. 6th man easy.

adkindo · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 5:46 am Post subject:

How about trading Sacre, the 2015 #27 and #34 for Mason Plumlee, 2015 #29 and #41? We would get a better backup center, and NJ could dump salary while getting slightly better draft selections.

angrypuppy · Retired Number Joined: 13 Apr 2001 Posts: 32752

I am intrigued by Christmas but I'd hesitate taking him with the 27th pick. His stock started to rise after the Combine when he demonstrated a rather nice mid-range jumper. However, if you look at his earlier highlight reels you'll see that the jumper was usually short and flat. I'm not sure if one game is a fair representation due to small sample size, or if that one game showed what he was capable of once he is free from whatever restrictions were present when he played C at Syracuse. He has nice athleticism, but his upside seems limited as he's going to be 24 later this year.

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adkindo · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:02 am Post subject:

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

Assuming we draft a center, if we kept our 27/34 picks, I'd look for wing players, maybe a backup PG. I'm not really looking for more PFs/Cs at this point.
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adkindo · Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:05 am Post subject:

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FWIW Chad Ford says Rashaud Vaughn has moved up into the 20-25 range.

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I like C. Woods or R. Vaughn IF we keep pick #27.

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Rashaud Vaughn - 2015 Pre-Draft Workout & Interview - DraftExpress

Like him @ #27; Kid has a sweet jumper!

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gng930 · Franchise Player Joined: 13 Apr 2001 Posts: 11475

I wouldn't mind trading both of our late picks for a #20-22 range pick Draftexpress has RHJ, Grant, and Anderson there. I'm not anymore impressed with the players in the #23-26 range than I am with Vaughn who Draftexpress has us taking.

Doubtful though, it took two 2nd round picks last year for Miami to move up just two spots so they could grab Napier.

KobeRe-Loaded · Franchise Player Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 14944

Justin Anderson ... drooools....

Mitch needs to figure how to move up another 5-6 spots from the #27.
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can we just guarantee pick to RHJ or J Anderson and ask them to stop workouts?

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Harrell's top NBA comparison is Al Farouq-Aminu, but he also sees Patrick Patterson and our own Ed Davis as part of his top five comparisons. I bet, like Aminu, he'll rotate between small and power forwards on defense and dunk frequently on offense (like Davis does). I think the late 1st round is right for him. I have my primary mock slot him at 35th, but my top 15 comp mock has him roughly at 24th. I'd be more comfortable getting him at 34th than 27th though.

I'm just not that crazy about Justin Anderson's game. Dude ranked about 70th in my mock, and I had to check my calculations to see if that was an error (no it wasn't). And I found out the reason why when I did my top 15 comp mock today: none of his top 15 comparisons are interesting whatsoever. Amazing for someone so touted as a surefire first rounder. The guy was able to hit my top 40 with the t10 comp mock, and while he has little downside, he has virtually zero upside. His top five comps? Kyle Singler, Orlando Johnson, Solomon Hill, Jarvis Hayes and Wayne Ellington.

It's weird how all of my models hate Rashad Vaughn. He's in the 70s to 80s. While he's a freshman, what he was doing had zero upside according to the t15 comp mock, and ten of the fifteen names were underachievers or busts. His upside to me looks like Daequan Cook or Rashad McCants, but there's also a good chance he'll bust out.

RHJ is definitely a reasonable pick if available at 27th (22nd in primary mock, 28th in t15 mock). His top four comparisons? Jeffrey Taylor, Al-Farouq Aminu, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and PJ Tucker. That's definitely a workable role player here.

Star Wars has few data points, but he kills it within those few--it's hard to tell what he is, but heck, I'm willing to draft him at 27th. He's just very interesting statistically and also in physical tools.

Upshaw is another guy I'd go for at 27th if still available; he hits many of the defensive stopper comparisons, with DeAndre Jordan, Omer Asik and Rudy Gobert all registering. If you want a lower pick version of WCS, he's the guy to get. He's even more loved by my primary mock, where he's 16th.

The stretch bigs who can't pass are polarizing in my t15 model, but people like Christian Wood are especially respected in my primary model (where he ranks 11th). T15 model? Aargh...54th. Only 1 high upside comparison, 7 bust comparisons, and his best comparisons are probably some hybrid of Charlie Villanueva and JaVale McGee. But taking the aggregate...still think he's definitely worth a look at 27th. He might be a project, but I think there's a good payoff here.

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I'm holding out for hope that 2 of the 3 out of Wood,Upshaw, and J.Anderson will fall to our 2 picks

Star Wars seems to be falling on draft boards so hopefully we can buy another 2nd rounder like we did with Clarkson and keep him overseas for another year. Bring him over in 2016 after we give up our 1st to Philly
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FreakofNature · Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 4:13 am Post subject:

Always looking for a guy or 2 that slips. But have to be wary of "why" they slipped!

Package the 2 picks? Only if the FO really see something "extra" special...

It would be fantastic to see 2 of these guys join our #2 pick......

Trey Lyles (estimated 17th pick) ......Long, long shot, but if he slips to 20 and we trade our picks for him at 20 or so, long shot yes, but a slight chance still.

Rashad Vaughn over Justin Anderson due to age, Vaughn being 3 years younger. But still Anderson slipping to 27 would be a real nice steal for us.

Montrezl Harrell .....Bonafide beast. If he fell to 27 it would be a steal for us.

Christian Wood ...... I think he is one of the 2 or so guys in the 20's level of picks ( there are always a couple of them) that after all is said and done 'should" have been a early teens pick. he is a guy that might just be worth trading the 27 and 34 to get at 20/22.

Getting one of these guys at 27 would be ideal! It would be off of the charts to grab two of them at 27 and 34, having one of them slip to 34 would be something, but again, why did they slip will always be a concern...

Going for just wing players for example at this stage of the teams re-build/reload, would not be the best way to go, too many holes. I would just go with best player available....

At 34....Best case IMO.....

Rakeem Christmas 23.5 years old, but will be a core player from the bench right from the get go.

Dakari Johnson ....legit 7 footer, only 19. At 34 I think a steal.

yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

Guys, we have the 2nd pick. We can relax with whomever the Lakers select at 27 or 34 (assuming one or both aren't traded). We got this.
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