Re-Revisiting the 2007 Draft (Who We SHOULD HAVE Picked)

would have gone to Phoenix unless Atlanta landed in the top 3. And I doubt they’d have used it on Conley …

With no hindsight I would have definitely gone with Brewer, which is one of the many reasons I will never be allowed to evaluate talent, as I thought he looked really good in the tourney. I still hope he comes around as a player, but he may have a hard time if he doesent have the chemistry to fill out some more. The talent is hard to deny, but the body is questionable. I am guessing KP would have gone with some like Young, Noah, Thornton, or maybe Stuckey.

I guess my imagination is too vivid sometimes.

You can also make a legit case for B. Wright, Noah, J. Wright, Thornton and Stuckey IMO.

He has slowly earned more minutes in New Orleans but he had to change positions from PF at Kansas to SF, his natural position. He played PF at KU because Brandon Rush was there as well and Rush could not play PF. That said Wright dominated every game he played including against eventual champion Florida.

I saw Wright as the best possible outcome after Oden and Durant. Even when wwe had the number 1 pick I was hoping for a trade into a spot that would snag Wright as well. I still believe he will be better than the rest and maybe better than Durant. He is certainly a better defender than all but Oden.

and I caught myself thinking about the same question today while listening to the Blazer game…eerie

Remember, they had a pretty young team at this point loaded with more or less decent assets (Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes, Bassy, Green, TREC). They probably would not have risked to make their team that much older if they had not dropped in the lottery. Revisionist history is weird sometimes.

And then use it to figure out how to turn good moments into bad ones? Seriously, I’m not letting you anywhere near my Delorean.

Kevin Pritchard obviously has some slight mind control device, otherwise Bayless wouldn’t have slipped so far. There’s no way Conley is gone, ’cause KP was going to use his powers for the good of the franchise.

mainly because that is what I thought then. I thought he would be the perimeter stopper we needed and develop a consistent shot in the NBA. I think I missed how skinny he was because of that t-shirt.

I thought, and still do think that the next best player out of that group will be Brandan Wright. He’s got a deadly inside game, that he doesn’t get to show off that often in Golden State. With him down low and LaMarcus being LaMarcus, we’d still have been crazy long crazy athletic and crazy good all over the place.

It should be noted that I’ve correctly picked independently of KP, 7 of our last 8 1st round draft picks.

Wouldn’t do it today of course, but back then…

Clearly not a person on most people’s list, but he’s a project center, and I love Pryz but we do need more. I think that kid could have been a fill in. Noah, based on news i’ve heard, doesn’t sound like a character guy. SF… we have webster. Unless there’s a STAR SF out there in that lottery, why pick another SF that will be good not great? Webster still could be great, but he also blends with our starters.

We don’t have a back-up center, Aldridge playing out of position was bad for him and Frye’s not a center either. Definitely Hawes for me.

My second choice would be Al thorton.

But I would have selected Noah if he were still on the board.

If I employ hindsight, Thadeus Young jumps up the list. I think that for the Blazers, Noah might have been the better fit, as center was more of a need position than PF.

but I’d be using him as a pf, and selling aldridge(amongst others) for a all star center,…..

it’s a good thing I’m just a pee on. :)

p.s. I love aldridge. but that’s what I’d have done if we landed 6th.

I remember wanting Brewer when I though we’d have no chance at Greg.

I was high on Julian Wright, Al Thornton, and Corey Brewer. I also really liked Stuckey, but there wasn’t any thought in my head that Portland should snag him at #6 (if we had that pick). Stuckey is a hindsight choice in this poll… I don’t believe anybody, nor any GM, would have taken him at #6. Thornton might also be a hindsight choice as well, because he slipped down to #12, I believe. But to toot my own horn, I was talking up Thornton and Wright. I particularly thought Thornton would have fit in perfectly with Portland… bringing that 3/4 combo that would still mix in quite well with this current team. I think Wright is along those same lines. Both players are playing some good ball in the league… and Thornton might just be the best player in that draft not named Oden or Durant (heck, he might even be better than Durant… from an all-around standpoint). Brewer hasn’t panned out… but the majority of NBA fans and pundits were excited about him. He might still find his niche… but it’s safe to say he has been disappointing thus far.

I voted Thornton. But maybe if I was being completely and totally honest, Julian Wright would have been my pick. Either way, we would have a good player on our hands.

And I am so incredibly geeked out that, even though a good topic, this post is in hypothetics… because we got GREG…. FREAKING… ODEN. wow… I still feel like rushing the court at the Rose Garden.

but I wouldn’t have suggested taking them at 6 – especially in a draft year like 2007 I would have hoped that we would have traded down a bit further and tried to expand our talent.

we need a PG. After that go for Thornton, just based on talent.

at the time i might have said Acie Law.