Draft-day strategy
Here's a question I would ask the readers if I were Dave:
What would be your strategy as the draft unfolds? Is there a must-have player that you'd maneuver to get? Would you have a list of players who would all be acceptable, and then if it looks like none of them are falling to #13 then you'd quickly pull the trigger on a deal to move up? Would you just take the best player available and live with it? Would you take the best 1 or 3 available and live with that?
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Surefire winning strategy
Step #1: Hire KP
Step #2: Sit back and enjoy the ride!
by kennetha on Jun 24, 2008 2:56 PM PDT 2 recs
strategy
don’t trade #25 for a #4-5 pick in a ho-hum draft.
by 50backflips on Jun 24, 2008 3:35 PM PDT 0 recs
ho hum draft?
Now that sounds familiar. Sounds a lot like the 06 draft when all the experts were saying there is no clear cut #1 and the draft isn’t that great. Turns out Aldridge and Roy are doing quite well. This draft has a clear cut #1 and a clear cut #2 and everyone after that through the lottery will be pretty good. I see this as a deep draft. That doesn’t make it ho hum. I think a lot of people will be surprised on how good Beasley is going to be. And you wouldn’t trade Outlaw for #4 to get Mayo or Beasley? That is a little crazy IMO.
by Odenied on
Jun 24, 2008 3:42 PM PDT
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Pritchard's Draft Day Strategy and Philosophy
Imagine it like this: Pritchard is planning a trip with his staff to Seattle. But rather than just get into the car and drive - as most people would do - he instead plots out the alternate possibilities for flying, sailing, taking the train, bicycling and walking. Then he would start considering whether it would be best to stay in hotels, bed and breakfasts, or a friend’s home. And then he would consider where he would want to eat - restaurants, fast food, at home, etc. So rather than say, ‘I like this first option, so that’s what we’re going to do,’ he’s constantly stepping back and discussing it with his staff - “What combinations get us the best trip possible?”—and the decision isn’t made until the last minute, when all those companies want their business and are willing to reveal the true value they’re willing to give to make the deal work. But in the meantime the airline thinks Pritchard is working with them, the restaurant thinks his staff is eating with them, and the hotel thinks they’re staying with them. And if word were to leak out, you’d swear they were flying, eating out and crashing at the hotel. But in reality, they still exist only as possibilities. And when the deal is finally made, it’s not a knee-jerk reaction, but a methodically calculated plan that has built up over several weeks.
http://www.columbian.com/sports/blazerBanter/#entry3
BINGO, BANGO, BONGO
by blzrfan on Jun 24, 2008 3:45 PM PDT 1 recs
Love the analysis
There is some great commentary
by Garden of ODEN on
Jun 24, 2008 5:04 PM PDT
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Get a good player
Regardless of position or supposed “mock draft” status.
And if that player is shorter than 6 foot, ignore BE posters who have a problem with ‘short guards’.. their just jealous. :)
we should still go get bayless
by RememberRastaMonsta! on Jun 24, 2008 4:56 PM PDT 0 recs
Draft Day cheatsheet
Throwing out 2:1, 3:2, etc. trades below is my wishlist of players in rank order. It would be a cheatsheet of sorts on draft day for the upper half.
Chris PaulDeron Williams
Danny Granger
Monta Ellis
Derrick Rose
Devin Harris
Kirk Hinrich
Gerald Wallace
Tayshaun Prince
Andre Miller
Richard Jefferson
- Raef LaFrentz (RLEC) *
Shane Battier
Leandro Barbosa
Mike Conley - Martell Webster *
- Travis Outlaw *
- Channing Frye *
OJ Mayo
Jerryd Bayless
Russell Westbrook
Eric Gordon
DJ Augustin
Joe Alexander - Jarrett Jack *
Danillo Gallinari
Brook Lopez
Brandon Rush
Anthony Randolph
DeAndre Jordan - #13 *
Darrell Arthur
Donte Greene
Alexis Ajinca
Robin Lopez
........
So on my list Derrick Rose is the only rookie that I’d be willing to give up RLEC for since it would probably mean taking on a heftier contract (i.e. Brian Cardinal). Further, by this logic I’d do the Barbosa trade (which has since been dismissed), but would much rather use the assets for Hinrich or Tayshaun Prince. Further down the list, I’d give up Jarrett Jack to improve our draft position and get Mayo, Bayless, Westbrook, Gordon, Augustin, or Alexander. If any of the five rookies listed between Jack and #13 fall to us, I’d be satisfied with the pick. However, if we reach for any of the guys below #13, I’m stating that I think we would have been better off trading down/out to get them.
I’ve left out guys like Przybilla who are more valuable to the Blazers than they would be on the trade market. Regardless of what you think of my rankings does the exercise make sense? I’d like to see some other submissions.
by Mad Matt the Road Warrior on Jun 25, 2008 8:03 AM PDT 0 recs















