Blazersedge Draft Thread: Second Round
by Dave on Jun 25, 2009 7:24 PM PDT
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Here are your second round picks
31. Portland Trail Blazers (from Kings) Jeff Pendergraph from Arizona
Trade Announced: Dallas trades B.J. Mullens for Rodrige Beaubois and a future 2nd-round pick
Trade Announced: They finally got around to the Sergio-for-Pendergraph trade. Sergio and #38 for J.P. Blair could be next if the Wizards leave him alone.
32. Washington Wizards Jermaine Taylor from Central Florida
INTERESTING TIDBIT: ESPN just interviewed the Chicago GM with the specific question, "How can you hold onto Eric Gordon and Luol Deng?" The answer? "We hope to hold onto Gordon." The only mention of Deng was that he was fully recovered and back in the gym.
33. Portland Trail Blazers Dante Cunningham from Villanova
Trade Announced: Knicks and Grizzlies trade for Richardson and Milicic.
34. Denver Nuggets Sergio Llull from Spain
Trade Announced: L.A. to New York swap of 29th pick.
35. Detroit Pistons DaJuan Summers from Georgetown
36. Memphis Grizzlies Sam Young from Pittsburgh
37. San Antonio Spurs DeJuan Blair from Pittsburgh
Analysis: Do you think maybe it says something that his teammate was drafted before him?
Trade Announced: Minnesota trades Ty Lawson to Denver for a future first-round pick.
38. Sacramento Kings (from Blazers) Jon Brockman from Washington
39. Detroit Pistons Jonas Jerebko from Sweden
Trade Announced: Washington Wizards trade Jermaine Taylor to Houston for cash.
40. Charlotte Bobcats Derrick Brown from Xavier
41. Milwaukee Bucks Jodie Meeks from Kentucky
42. Los Angeles Lakers Patrick Beverley from the Ukraine
43. Miami Heat Marcus Thornton from LSU
44. Detroit Pistons Chase Budinger from Arizona
45. Minnesota Timberwolves Nick Calathes from Florida
46. Cleveland Cavaliers Danny Green from UNC
Trade Announced: The Blazers' deal with Sacramento for Pendergraph gets announced. Jon Brockman is obviously the guy who goes back.
47. Minnesota Timberwolves Henk Norel from The Netherlands
48. Phoenix Suns Taylor Griffin from Oklahoma
49. Atlanta Hawks Sergey Gladyr from the Ukraine
50. Utah Jazz Goran Suton from Michigan State
51. San Antonio Spurs Jack McClinton from Miami
Trade Announcement: Miami trades Marcus Thornton to New Orleans for two future second-rounders
52. Indiana Pacers A.J. Price from Connecticut
53. San Antonio Spurs Nano De Colo from France
Analysis: Wow. You can cut the tension for Portland's next pick with a feather. A squooshy feather.
54. Charlotte Bobcats Robert Vaden from UAB
Trade Announcement: Detroit trades the rights to Chase Budinger to Houston for a future second-rounder and cash
55. Portland Trail Blazers Patrick Mills from St. Mary's
56. Dallas Mavericks Ahmad Nivins from Saint Joseph's
57. Phoenix Suns Emir Preldzic from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Trade Announcment: The Lakers trade Patrick Beverly to the Miami Heat for a future second round pick and cash.
58. Boston Celtics Lester Hudson from UT, Martin
Trade Announcement: Charlotte Bobcats trade Robert Vaden to Oklahoma City for cash.
59. Los Angeles Lakers Chinemelu Elonu from Texas A+M
Analysis: Please, Miami, take Dionte Christmas! With a name like that you have to be drafted.
60. Miami Heat Robert Dozier from Memphis
And that, folks, is your 2009 NBA Draft. Stay tuned for Ben's report from ground zero and an analysis of the picks and their purpose. Thanks for participating in the threads. Prepare now for the free agency period!
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Blair
I try to help with everything," Fernandez said. "If the coach says go rebound, I go rebound. I work for the team.
You get squeezing down to the exact things. Now it's not about fluff. It's down to deal points."
Didn't we get him?
Wait, this is PacersEdge right? Guys?
Portland transplant to Boston.
by cmcdougall on Jun 25, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Lulllllllelelelellelelelle
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
I dunno .... lol
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
then blair at 33
then we get rubio
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
I can hear it now
Stern will say "with the 31st pick of the 2009 NBA draft, The PTB select DaJuan…Summers"
by two4larue on Jun 25, 2009 7:26 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
is our harris plan still alive?
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
don't deal with ungarenteed money....
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
Stern's done for the night
bartender has cut him off.
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by EngineerScotty on Jun 25, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Blair and Claver
Blair as a second rounder Claver stays overseas Perfection In KP we trust!!!!
Draft Cole Aldrich 2010
SERIOUSLY!
BLAIR OR BUST
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by RoodiePhirnandizz on Jun 25, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
very annoying, pipgras
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by timbo on Jun 25, 2009 8:39 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He's appreaciated by some of us.
All this swooning over Blair, with folks basically saying Pritchard is an idiot if he doesn’t draft him is what gets really annoying.
hakkaa päälle !
Cablinasian...make a ban bet
Guarantee Blair in the 2nd round.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
I don't really understand how his knees could be this bad.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
maybe he doesn’t have any knees.
good luck dejuan blair
by Cablinasian on Jun 25, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I've got it
Blair will be offended that he dropped to the 2nd round and will work harder than Bayless to prove he’s better than that
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
Is it possible every other gm is mad about the whole pritchslap thing?
I know people have mentioned this before, but I have gotten no feel of whether people this this could be true or not. Could it be nobody wants to deal with us?
+a big one.
I think he’s been blackballed and toy’d with… lied too… and just abused becuase of the roy aldridge bayless deals.
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
totally disagree
it’s not personal, michael, it’s business.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
i just don't know
but I’ve never heard a GM be talked about as much as KP has. People could not want to trade with him for their jobs, worried he’ll make them look bad.
around here sure, but they're not talking about KP everywhere
Plus, that’s not a real sensitive world. You do a deal, can talk smack, and it’s no biggie.
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
Lets get this party started
Second round yeah
"Knowledge will get you from A to B. Creativity will get you anywhere." Einstein
2nd round gems....DeJaun Blair
Trade or sign a starting PG
Draft a banger PF...that's your job KP, now get it done!
I want someone to twitter
a photo of Stern passed out in a pool of his own saliva back stage.
Buck Williams for the hall of fame
If we draft some other PF over Blair I will cry
by KitIsh on Jun 25, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The Cavs pick is three years away from being three years away. Love it.
It's only fair that we get Blair!
Calathes and Penderbrock
"Knowledge will get you from A to B. Creativity will get you anywhere." Einstein
Don't you want us to get a guy
who some day on draft day they’ll say “you can get good players in the 2nd round, like the Blazers in 2009”
by 2005TelfairJerseyForSale on Jun 25, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions
lets go asain
Dan in Troutdale (US American)
KP on 2008 draft, "They've shown extraordinary intelligence, even problem-solving. Especially the big one. We bred eight originally, but when Jerryd came in he took over the pride and killed all but two of the others. That one... when he looks at you, you can tell he's working things out."
by Here come the men in black on Jun 25, 2009 7:29 PM PDT reply actions
I think Stern might have been forcebly removed by being tempted with cheetos.
Ten players, two baskets, 13,000 people, one basketball. And we will decide what is done with that one basketball.
LOL!
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
If we draft a tube of
caulk over Blair, you know something’s up with his knees.
With the first pick in the second round
The Blazers draft … Asdf Zxcvbn from Qwertystan
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+1 for qwertystan
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
If we don't take Blair here...
something really is wrong with his knees, no doubt. Too much value to pass on
Blair and Patty Mills
Trade or sign a starting PG
Draft a banger PF...that's your job KP, now get it done!
He can turn into a professional beach vollyball player
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
Poor, poor Chase.
Where’s my Hinrich already!
Ten players, two baskets, 13,000 people, one basketball. And we will decide what is done with that one basketball.
via Kevin Love
you can always tell when stern is going to call a foreign players name cause he looks at the card like WTF?3 minutes ago from web
From Russia With Love
Ban Kevin Love
for cussin
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by EngineerScotty on Jun 25, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions
ACRONYN PROFANITY FLAG
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
ESPN just doesn't update
Same thing as LAL pick to NYK
Just like they had L.A. picking for NY
A three-pointer is not a "triple." A triple is a hit in baseball.
A three-pointer is not a "trey." A trey is either an ESPN sportscaster or something that bad spellers eat cafeteria food on. - Dave on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT
Sac is picking for us.
And trade that takes place the day of the draft, one team picks for the other.
What about Monix from Flynt Michigan. I think we could get him for a Washing Machine
Or with the 31st pick AKA Sergio
Bring back Franz Bread Cards!
between blair, mills, budinger, and clathes
there;s some good talent left. we’ll get two of those guys
Yellow Mamba FTW!
RUBIO STAYING IN EUROPE
RT @TrueHoop: RT @hoopshype: From Rubio’s father: “Right now, Ricky is likely staying in Europe one or two years.”
From Russia With Love
can you provide the link to that?
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Second chance at Blair. But I am not optimistic. This one has Eurostash written all over it...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Grade the Cavs pick
55% – F
Trade or sign a starting PG
Draft a banger PF...that's your job KP, now get it done!
what is the grade on the blazers picj
Truth never was or can be propagated by fire and sword - Albert Gallatin
I liked it
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NObody was talking Claver to us
What was that rediculous post that said we know what KP will do. I saw no posts that said we would take claver or trade to 22 or trade to 31
"Knowledge will get you from A to B. Creativity will get you anywhere." Einstein
Please...NO MORE EUROS
No xenophobia intended.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
with pick #31 the PTB select - Jeff Pendergraph
Trade or sign a starting PG
Draft a banger PF...that's your job KP, now get it done!
Pendergraph nice pick up
Bring back Franz Bread Cards!
Hey that's all right
Pendergraph can fill that gap.
The Michael Ruffin of BlazersEdge, cuz Amlmart said so.
They're saying that he doesn't have ACLs
In either knee.
That’s bad.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Jun 25, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, I like Pendergraph.
Now can we get Blair at 33?
A three-pointer is not a "triple." A triple is a hit in baseball.
A three-pointer is not a "trey." A trey is either an ESPN sportscaster or something that bad spellers eat cafeteria food on. - Dave on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT
Has everyone forgot
that Roy had knee problems coming out
Oden did not
Cmon
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
This is going to be one crazy retrospective
Ten players, two baskets, 13,000 people, one basketball. And we will decide what is done with that one basketball.
he has knees, he just doesn't have ACLs.
I believe Pendergraph has both of his, so I am satisfied for now. I will not leap from any tall scructures and/or erections.
These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. -Groucho Marx
Because they suck.
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by EngineerScotty on Jun 25, 2009 7:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Ducks played no defense last year
these are the facts
by Peteyhasnohead on Jun 25, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Obama is using his chops
to help out brother-in-law.
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by EngineerScotty on Jun 25, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
cause they were terrible
end of discussion(i should know i watched them get crushed game after game)
by phillyduck23 on Jun 25, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Wasn't Blair projected top 15 at one point?
And now he’s at best #32…
If we get Blair at 33
we can call it the Blair Witch Project
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ESpn got me excited they said now a trade to announce
I thought it involved the Blazers but it was just Dallas, OKC
"Knowledge will get you from A to B. Creativity will get you anywhere." Einstein
I did the same thing - irritating when it's just making something old official.
Man-slave, bring me my PB&J!
Stay classy NYC fans
Ten players, two baskets, 13,000 people, one basketball. And we will decide what is done with that one basketball.
Still better than my all-time favorite from 2006
“must improve: basketball skills”
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions
don't remember
except I bust a gut laughing. not a good sign for your NBA career’s longevity when you must improve: basketball skills to be able to stick around.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
that's Kelly Ripa
You’re on the wrong channel.
Again.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Jun 25, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
looks like Bill Bavasi's cousin
Bring back the Uncle Cliffy!
by hawkblogger on Jun 25, 2009 7:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Blair, biggest slide
EVER?
Come on you gotta listen unto me,
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be. ~Johnny Cash
They must have proof posative Blairs kness are shot
I feel bad for the kid
I try to help with everything," Fernandez said. "If the coach says go rebound, I go rebound. I work for the team.
You get squeezing down to the exact things. Now it's not about fluff. It's down to deal points."
Yah
But if he was gonna be good before, he’ll be really good now. Motivation couldn’t be higher right?
He can play a few more years
You can’t get even Shav for that money
It's only fair that we get Blair!
Not a bad selection at all. Pendergraph can be a very nice player off the bench.
I have no idea what they’re gonna do with 33. Anything is possible.
Yes! Yes! In the face!
anything but blair you mean
PG: Hinrich, Bayless, Beaubois
SF: Crash, Smith or status quo
PF:Draft Dejuan Blair, add Pops
He should never have hired him
Or any other agent in the first place
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Jun 25, 2009 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
james Johnson looks like
A tyrus Thomas replacement
Come on you gotta listen unto me,
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be. ~Johnny Cash
And he slides once again
Ten players, two baskets, 13,000 people, one basketball. And we will decide what is done with that one basketball.
3rd time's the charm?
A three-pointer is not a "triple." A triple is a hit in baseball.
A three-pointer is not a "trey." A trey is either an ESPN sportscaster or something that bad spellers eat cafeteria food on. - Dave on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT
if i was the bulls i wouldn't resign gordon
Truth never was or can be propagated by fire and sword - Albert Gallatin
Calathes would be solid
How did you guys win that?
"We scored enough points. We scored 107, they scored 105.
-Nate McMillan Postgame, 3/4/2009
+1
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by EngineerScotty on Jun 25, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I would think this is now our last shot at Blair.
I hope so anyway. Maybe he DOES fall to #55
ok we can get Blair
And him and Pendergraph can duke it out for backup PF
"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.
Graph and Blair at 31 and 33
neither contract is gauanteed…put them bothin Summer league and let them battle it out for back up 4….
Trade or sign a starting PG
Draft a banger PF...that's your job KP, now get it done!
So lost
We’re in the second round so there is no financial risk to taking one of the most dominant offensive rebounders in college history. Why not?
PG: Hinrich, Bayless, Beaubois
SF: Crash, Smith or status quo
PF:Draft Dejuan Blair, add Pops
exactly my thoughts
what’s the harm in grabbing a guy who has the talent to go in the lottery?
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
threads all over the place...
watching ESPN, trying to keep up….!
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
At this point I dunno if I want Blair.
Something must be seriously wrong with his knees.
Someone put Blair out of my misery
please?
by two4larue on Jun 25, 2009 7:38 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
OHHHH
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
johnhollingerLooks like Taylor’s going to Houston — RT @RocketsJCF NBA rules make it sticky for me to announce anything. But things are afoot for Hou.
Come on you gotta listen unto me,
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be. ~Johnny Cash
Taylor Hicks?
A three-pointer is not a "triple." A triple is a hit in baseball.
A three-pointer is not a "trey." A trey is either an ESPN sportscaster or something that bad spellers eat cafeteria food on. - Dave on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT
who??
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
I give up
I’m out
PG: Hinrich, Bayless, Beaubois
SF: Crash, Smith or status quo
PF:Draft Dejuan Blair, add Pops
why even announce trades at the draft...like everyone watching doesn't have the internet
Trade or sign a starting PG
Draft a banger PF...that's your job KP, now get it done!
andddd another one bites the dust
if blairs bcomes good ima be MAD
Oden...Aldridge...Roy.....THE REAL BIG THREE
I'm done
I can’t take it anymore. Time to play some 360 and check back in a while
I have never lol'ed on draft day as much as I have today
by tominhawaii on Jun 25, 2009 7:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The whiners are getting served and it brought
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
Do you use the SBNation "no profile picture" graphic on facebook?
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by EngineerScotty on Jun 25, 2009 7:40 PM PDT up reply actions
MY gf is watchign the draft with me, and all she's interested in is how good looking they are
she really wants us to trade for Ricky Rubio
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
She must have a thing for large nosed pubescent kids.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
I hope this all makes sense in the morning.
Ten players, two baskets, 13,000 people, one basketball. And we will decide what is done with that one basketball.
Dejuan Blair Quote:
""I’m an Internet freak and I go on all the draft boards, and nobody’s got me going second round. That’s almost guaranteed to me."
Oops
Ahhh man fo' realz?
Poor kid.
I hope he doesn’t try to hide his sorrows in the bottom of a pint of Ben and Jerry’s.
I feel for the kid
Poor guy. He’ll make somebody’s team, but he won’t be making the big money.
Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game
HEY FRIENDS
Any trade they announce at the draft, by someone official, will be something we had heard of a while before.
first thing Mike Rice said
I’m watching Courtside and the first thing Ricey said was just a generic “Villanova guys try hard.” That’s not a good sign is it?
Maybe we could get Blair as an undrafted FA
"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.
something must be wrong with Blair
that we don’t know about
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
they can't release
medical records or information….
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
WHAT ON EARTH ARE ALL THOSE TEAMS DOING?
Blair is the next Millsap even if he just plays 3 years.
It's only fair that we get Blair!
OH LORD!!!!
What is so risky about drafting blair when you DON"T HAVE TO PAY HIM???!!!!
I went to the malls and I balled too hard
'Oh my god, is that a Black Card?'
I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term
African American Express
by Claire on Jun 25, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
You don't get the rights to someone else that you think is more valuable
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
ditto
He’ll be extra motivated from sliding and he just needs to bang around 10-15 minutes a night for 3 years. If it doesn’t work out no losses.
by terryisntbald on Jun 25, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
You don't get to pick the player that might actually play for you
"Knowledge will get you from A to B. Creativity will get you anywhere." Einstein
by Garden of ODEN on Jun 25, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
We already moved up 7 spots in the second round for Sergio
That was his value, to make sure we got Pendergraph
"Knowledge will get you from A to B. Creativity will get you anywhere." Einstein
by Garden of ODEN on Jun 25, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Obviously most of the armchair draft watchers (me included)
Missed horribly on Blair.
"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.
That's refreshing to see someone consider themself wrong instead of KP
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I think it is safe to say that we won't be targeting Hedo?
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What a joke.
An upgrade from Frye to Pendergraph is all these trades and bull accomplished.
Yes and once again
The night and offseason is totally over right as we speak, so it is true, what a bummer of an entire offseason.
I know, I can't believe we lost the 2010 championship already
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
Free agency and the new salary cap numbers?
come on dude.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
If thats the case,
I’ll gladly eat crow, nothing would make me happier. I honestly think we’re seeing the “stay and pray” method in action, which doesn’t outlay any more money.
by Free Bayless on Jun 25, 2009 7:47 PM PDT up reply actions
h-bob
was being rather sarcastic.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I realize that and was enjoying his humor
Sorry, if it didn’t translate well.
by upper left corner on Jun 25, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
ah recursion!
The whining about the whining about the whining…. priceless.
by pxilpooshr on Jun 25, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, we also freed Bayless.
Draft Pubert Jones
by rockingharder on Jun 25, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
He’ll be great in the backup PG role, hopefully behind Hinrich?
by Free Bayless on Jun 25, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I like Cunningham but I expected him to be an option at 55. I’m really surprised Calathes wasn’t the pick.
If Portland wanted to stash anyone overseas with its first-round pick, Nick Calathes should've been it.
Once Calathes contract with Panathinaikos ends after the 2011-2012 season, he could’ve come over and potentially replaced Rudy Fernandez if he left after his rookie contract.
Does Calathes really have a pro contract?
Wasn’t he in the NCAA?
by blacknoiseNW on Jun 25, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Cunningham was singled out by Pritchard on multiple occasions today for his good workout, his 4 year college career, his NBA readiness and his toughness. Had he not worked out with both Hansbrough and Pendergraph, he might have been a show stealer. Like Brown, Cunningham showed steady statistical improvements throughout his college careeer and is known for his interior game, which seems like a big plus in the Blazers’ eyes this year. He’s slightly smaller than both Pendergraph and Hansbrough and given the reputation those guys carry with them I think he slots in below both of them. Nevertheless, Cunningham is definitely a name to remember.
Ben’s report
good luck dejuan blair
If only Darius Miles was still in Memphis
HEAD-BOP! with Quentin Richardson
L@kers..... here we come
If Blair becomes a solid backup somewhere
This will be KP’s first bad draft.
enough GMs passed on him to raise concern about Blair. I don’t blame him for skipping someone that everyone else skipped.
good luck dejuan blair
Shav Randolph and Michael Ruffin was on this roster last season.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
can't be worse than ruffin, right?
Truth never was or can be propagated by fire and sword - Albert Gallatin
Yeah, I guess Dante Cunningham replaces Michael Ruffin on the roster.
Regarding Shavlik Randolph, Kevin Pritchard better use that roster spot next season on a legitimate third-string pivotman.
he's better than you expect?
Truth never was or can be propagated by fire and sword - Albert Gallatin
Batum, Travis, and Martell
are running wind sprints. A horrible accident ensues. Blood and screams. Cummingham saves the season!
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not sure there has ever been a draft that mattered less for a team
we could totally mess up this draft, and it still won’t matter. If we get even one player who contributes, it’s a huge win.
Bring back the Uncle Cliffy!
by hawkblogger on Jun 25, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
On the other hand
we didn’t make any stupid trades and give up someone good from our team for a stiff
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
We DID give up a rotation player (Sergio)
for a POTENTIAl backup PF.
Eh
Sergio wanted out and made no secret of it, and Bayless has a higher ceiling in my eyes. I will lose no sleep over that.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
We gave him up for $1.5M in cap space
and Bayless development. Everything else is gravy
Bring back the Uncle Cliffy!
were the kings under the cap?
how else did that work?
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions
I think
DeJuan Blair’s career is the 3rd casualty of the day
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
by jonestr on Jun 25, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The first two casualties were his knees.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
You missed the part where he said
‘the day’
they come in 3's
but I think McMann counts as the 3rd….
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
I just really hope this doesn't mean Andre Miller to Portland...............
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The BE POY is still just sittin there
While Rubio’s back up in Spain just got drafted.
I obviously know squat about basketball
I wonder if anybody realizes what Dante's in fer now?
"Just kidding"
by CatMan2 on Jun 25, 2009 7:43 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
that sentence
was close to Dante’s Inferno…. lol
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
A lot of Blazers fans are going to be real unhappy
during those six or seven minutes every game that DeJuan Blair would have played.
by knickfan on Jun 25, 2009 7:44 PM PDT reply actions 14 recs
word. the blazers don't need a back up powerforward
Truth never was or can be propagated by fire and sword - Albert Gallatin
You are awesome
I'm a really really ridiculously good looking orange mocha frappaccino drinking manhammer sandwich
Make this green, please
A three-pointer is not a "triple." A triple is a hit in baseball.
A three-pointer is not a "trey." A trey is either an ESPN sportscaster or something that bad spellers eat cafeteria food on. - Dave on Mar 20, 2009 10:00 PM PDT
Risk/Reward
Here’s what I don’t understand. Dnate Cunninham will never be a factor in the NBA. Good guy, but his game does not translate. Blair has the potential to fill a real hole on this team, and if his knees are shot, you give him the minimum as a second rounder. I’m baffled
Team Bayless - The takeover begins in 2009
LAL/NYK trade - big surprise
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
I wish we'd kept sergio
We probably could have gotten Pendergraph at 33 and if we was gone just taken Blair. I’m not happy with this draft so far.
from DX snippet
Cunningham is a tremendously active player who brings a lot of hustle to the court; this is pretty evident on the defensive side of the ball. He is constantly on the move looking to make things happen and has shown both solid anticipation and great timing. Cunningham’s lateral quickness is good enough that he is able to step away from the basket and cover perimeter players without being a liability to his team, and in fact forces a fair number of turnovers with his on the ball pressure.
Come on you gotta listen unto me,
lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be. ~Johnny Cash
does that not sound like exactly what we need at back-up PF?
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what is DX?
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
oh, Draft Express... Duh
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
since every GM has passed on Blair
and most of them twice at least, I think it is safe to say his knees are worse than we realize
must be true.
bottom line is, this is all speculation. nobody REALLY knows how ANY of these late players will work out.
Blazers just traded Sergio for Pendergraph
I’m not so hot about this trade.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
i'm gonna laugh if the 38th is dajuan blair
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by Zaron5551 on Jun 25, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nothing we've done tonight seems on the up n' up
Lots more to come, I presume. Every pick, trade, whatever.
more like 7 spots in the second round
"Knowledge will get you from A to B. Creativity will get you anywhere." Einstein
by Garden of ODEN on Jun 25, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh man
I’m writing a FanPost. KP could have had Blair at 22 and he let someone else draft him later.
Ohh man I'd hate to be sitting with Blair
Deeejuuuuuaaaan SUMMERS.
Ooph.
by Mortimer on Jun 25, 2009 7:46 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Next Year:
I am putting on a Blazers jersey,
Driving my butt to New York City,
I’m going to get crazy drunk,
And yell myself hoarse about everything from NBA official conspiracies to supermodel measurements.
That absolutely looks like the greatest party on earth.
And I will take my laptop and post to BEdge until banned.
Buck Williams for the hall of fame
by Phizbin on Jun 25, 2009 7:46 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I went to the draft at the Coliseum
When Shaq was drafted. It wasn’t expensive at all. : )
Witty Unpredictable Talent and Natural Game
No Blair is just hard to understand at this point
but whatever
Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.
Blair can't be picked now....
He’s injured after acquiring wicked whiplash during his freefall
by Aisander D on Jun 25, 2009 7:46 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
untell we trade him for Hinrich
Truth never was or can be propagated by fire and sword - Albert Gallatin
for now
aka, I feel strongly there is another move coming. we’re not carrying two PGs only.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
not that it's a bad thing necessarily, i think he def. needs more minutes...
but maybe there is a trade in the works… hopefully not for bayless though, would be a bummer to see him go before he’s even had a real chance to develop…
juts the LA Knicks pick
the guy at the podium is always announcing something that everyone on TV already knew, just takes away for th epaperowrk to be official
I'm reading Blogabull right now....
and that site is practically imploding, people are jumping out of digital windows over there.
What's their problem?
Care to fill me in?
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
Elsewhere, water is wet.
Blogabull is ALWAYS imploding.
μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε.
by T Darkstar on Jun 25, 2009 7:49 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
You know what's weird?
With all the screaming and idiocy from the Knicks fans, and they were strangely almost silent when Darko going to them was announced. You’d think getting one of the most villified players in the last decade would have elicited a bigger response.
What you heard there was
the rare “stunned silence” of New Yorkers.
Think Blair slides another 20 spots?
If he does, we should probably grab him
MRIs
and not Rorscharts, probably.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
It's just that he was the best player on the floor
almost every Pitt game i watched. And I do follow the BE
Not meaning to be condescending
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
young dropped
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
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ugh
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
psychic like BRP
I went to the malls and I balled too hard
'Oh my god, is that a Black Card?'
I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term
African American Express
surely you jest
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope!
Mark my words.
He will have a Pryzbilla-esque turnaround.
If he doesn’t go Euro, which I don’t think he will, he’s more of a NBA big and will make more money here/
I formally take that bet
He’s the tin man. He makes Tim Thomas look like Pryz.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions
that hilarious YouTube video
where he talks about raping everyone’s mothers aside, he is neither a banger nor street. Darko straight-up does not give a flying poop and this will not change when he gets to NY. Word on the street is that there are a couple more distractions there than there are in Memphis.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
He's gotten in a few fights in games
Can block shots, rebound, he is much more than useless and better than Joel was before he got in shape and became a Blazer.
He is probably really annoying though, in person.
There is no doubt
that he is skilled and shows flashes of aggression. But he just doesn’t care! Can we remember this conversation and the winner gets to tell the loser what a silly-face he is?
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions
We shall see, sir
Seeing is in the future!
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm a children of the sun
Soon my time has just begun
Waiting for my day
When you’ll agree with what I saaaay.
Most of the time I do
so far it has been only your crazy suggestion that you wouldn’t trade Oden for Howard and this Darko tomfoolery.
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by BlazersOrBust on Jun 25, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
There has to be something brewing...I'm praying.
We might get something out of our new PFs, but so far I’m giving KP an F.
Even if there’s something wrong with Blair, you at least use a 2nd rounder on him.
Hollinger on Twitter: Did DeJuan Blair bring a hooker and a bag of coke to his workouts? There’s no “risk” when you’re picking this late.
by shoothoop on Jun 25, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
lmao
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"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
oops....
oatmeal
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out, burns out farms, and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
"New Man Law: If you don't show up for the draft you don't get to come later if you're picked. If you believe in yourself, show up and sit there. If nobody else believes in you, take it and cry like a man...in front of the cameras."
-Dave
SO they get kneeless player so what
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by Garden of ODEN on Jun 25, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions
OF COURSE....
you knew the spurs would not pass up Blair
Trade or sign a starting PG
Draft a banger PF...that's your job KP, now get it done!
there he goes (Blair)
Brandon Roy, 'nuff said.
Best draft of all time: "1942, right after Pearl Harbor….everyone got drafted" --- 92wastheyear
san antonio pwns the rest of the league, again.
by jksnake99 on Jun 25, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
I'd bet
Blair logs more NBA minutes than everyone Portland drafted today, combined.
by Free Bayless on Jun 25, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
whate the bet?
i could yes some stuff or money or what ever your giving away
fire nate before its too late
SA 5
of Duncan, Blair, RJ, Manu, Parker. If they’re healthy, that is a nasty group
Team Bayless - The takeover begins in 2009
by blazeraddict on Jun 25, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
and Bonner spotting up for 3
Team Bayless - The takeover begins in 2009
by blazeraddict on Jun 25, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions
SA are killing everyone.
Ten players, two baskets, 13,000 people, one basketball. And we will decide what is done with that one basketball.