Mario Chalmers

Only Ty Lawson was ahead of him, if memory serves me well. The Sacramento King blog has a nice link somewhere…ahh here it is. Draft express breaks the guards down, and it looks like Mario fared alright.

I was a GM in the mock draft and I perused a lot of them (mock drafts, not GMs…if only I could call and chat with NBA GMs for suggestions about my online mock draft…::sigh:: maybe one day when I’m rich and famous) to get an idea of who the Spurs were looking at. In all of them, teams were selecting Chalmers from 26-30: at the very bottom of the first round.

Two of our three second-rounders and $3 mill in PA pocket change could probably move us up into the first round again—especially if we deal with a tax-conscious team with a good scouting department (the first to avoid doling out a guaranteed contract, the second cuz they’ll have guys already targeted in the second round as interesting prospects) like…the Spurs, for example.

I don’t think he’ll be a starting PG in the league - IMO his ceiling is a slightly better Steve Blake, cuz that’s the kind of player he is - and we haven’t really been talking about him cuz he’s not a long-term answer to the point guard question, but I definitely like him as part of the puzzle. Go get ‘im, KP.

Comparisons: Best Case: Jarrett Jack Worst Case: Daniel Ewing

That’s all I got to say about that.

Your post wasn’t so crappy I’d agree with you.

And yet he is not anywhere near a lottery pick. His defense is better than any PG in the draft (And that includes Westbrook imo). His shooting is better than any PG in the draft. But he was a part-time PG at Kansas as Russell Robinson was the primary ball handler among starters and Collins played major minutes doing the same. Chalmers led the team in assists, the Big 12 in steals (3 years in a row), and would rather set up a teammate than score himself. Mario has the quickest hands I have ever seen. Even so, he always gave the impression that he could post 30 if needed. He did just that in the Big12 tournament championship game against Augustin this year.

Tom, I don’t think Mario is at all like Jack.(I realize that it is DE’s comparison) At GT, Jack had to carry the team. Not so for Chalmers. At GT, Jack was a good distributor but Mario was a bit better. Jack’s strength is driving to the hole. Chalmer’s strength is taking what the defense gives him and shooting from the outside, cutting backdoor, catch and shoot, or driving. I was a fan of Jack before we drafted him and still am. I have watched Mario in clips from AAU games and HS games through the McDonald’s game and for three years at KU (over 70 games I think) and this post from Miget is spot on that we would do well to trade up into the 20-25 position and use it on Mario – especially if we do not get a perimeter defender at 13.

Finally, the even better perimeter defender and athlete that likely will be available at 13 is Brandon Rush. That may tip the scale towards a big later.

trade our 3 second rounders to pick him up, leaving us with better roster space and a chalmers, maybe trade jack and the #13 to move up getting rid of another G