2012 NBA Draft

[Mavs4Life]

YEEEEEES!

EDIT: Darn it Cuban.

[kevin02]

Zeller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Cleveland starting lineup:

PG: Irving
SG: Waiters
SF: Gee/Caspi
PF: Varejao/Thompson
C: Zeller

Our backcourt will be a little small but we have a good young group of guys and we can finally move Varejao back to his real position.

[The X]

Looks like Sullinger might fall to Celts. If so, what a steal!!!

[Mavs4Life]

And to think he was a Top 3 guy a couple of months ago.

[rise]

MKGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[Mavs4Life]

Great steal for the Cs, even w/ the potential injury stuff.

[Sauru]

i am really happy with our draft

[Stress Fracture]

What will the Rockets do with those SFs? Trade for Dwight?

[Alpha_]

Tony Wroten for the Memphis!! aka the best PG in the draft!!

[benji]

Blazers center Meyers Leonard suffered a stress fracture in his right foot coming into college and a strained MCL in left knee last summer

Wonderful!

[Lamrock]

Not a fan of Lillard. He wasn't that good in college and doesn't seem to be that good of an NBA prospect, another undersized combo guard. He reminds me of Bayless, who I liked but didn't work out in Portland.

I liked the Leonard pick but with his injury its easy to see where this is going...

[Andrew]

Certainly an uneventful draft in terms of trades.

Not sure about the Bulls' selection of Marquis Teague. I suppose it's a decent idea to try and bolster the rotation at point guard with Rose being out at least half of next season but long term, a swingman probably would've been the way to go. I didn't really have high expectations with the #29 pick, hopefully he pans out.

[Alpha_]

NBA DRAFT 2012
First Round:

1. New Orleans Hornets - Anthony Davis
2. Charlotte Bobcats - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
3. Washinton Wizards - Bradley Beal
4. Cleveland Cavaliers - Dion Waiters
5. Sacramento Kings - Thomas Robinson
6. Portland Trailblazers - Damian Lillard
7. Golden State Warriors - Harrison Barnes
8. Toronto Raptors - Terrence Ross
9. Detroit Pistons - Andre Drummond
10. New Orleans Hornets - Austin Rivers
11. Portland Trailblazers - Meyers Leonard
12. Houston Rockets - Jeremy Lamb
13, Phoenix Suns - Kendall Marshall
14. Milwaukee Bucks - John Henson
15. Philadelphia 76ers - Moe Harkless
16. Houston Rockets - Royce White
17. Dallas Mavericks - Tyler Zeller - {Cleveland Cavaliers}
18. Houston Rockets - Terrence Jones
19. Orlando Magic - Andrew Nicholson
20. Denver Nuggets - Evan Fournier
21. Boston Celtics - Jared Sullinger
22. Boston Celtics Fab Melo
23. Atlanta Hawks - John Jenkins
24. Cleveland Cavaliers - Jared Cunningham -[Dallas Mavericks]
25. Memphis Grizzlies - Tony Wroten
26. Indiana Pacers - Miles Plumlee
27. Miami Heat - Arnett Moultrie -[Philadelphia 76ers]
28. Oklahoma City Thunder - Perry Jones
29. Chicago Bulls - Marquis Teague
30. Golden State Warriors - Festus Ezeli

Second Round:

31. Charlotte Bobcats - Jeffrey Taylor
32. Washington Wizards - Tomas Satoransky
33. Cleveland Cavaliers - Bernard James - [Dallas Mavericks]
34, Cleveland Cavaliers - Jae Crowder -[Dallas Mavericks]
35. Golden State Warriors - Draymond Green
36. Sacramento Kings - Orlando Johnson -[Indiana Pacers]
37. Toronto Raptors - Quincy Acy
38. Denver Nuggets - Quincy Miller
39. Detroit Pistons - Khris Middleton
40. Portland Trailblazers - Will Barton
41. Portland Trailblazers - Tyshawn Taylor -[Brooklyn Nets]
42. Milwaukee Bucks - Doron Lamb
43. Atlanta Hawks - Mike Scott
44. Detroit Pistons - Kim English
45. Philadelphia 76ers - Justin Hamilton -[Miami Heat]
46. New Orleans Hornets - Darius Miller
47. Utah Jazz - Kevin Murphy
48. New York Knicks - Kostas Papanikolaou
49. Orlando Magic - Kyle O'Quinn
50. Denver Nuggets - Izzet Turkyilmaz
51. Boston Celtics - Kris Joseph
52. Golden State Warriors - Ognjen Kuzmic
53. Los Angeles Clippers - Furkan Aldemir
54. Philadelphia 76ers - Tornike Shengelia -[Brooklyn Nets]
55. Dallas Mavericks - Darius Johnson-Odom -[Los Angeles Lakers]
56. Toronto Raptors - Tomislav Zubicic
57. Brooklyn Nets - Ilkan Karaman
58. Minnesota Timberwolves - Robbie Hummel
59. San Antonio Spurs - Marcus Denmon
60. Los Angeles Lakers - Robert Sacre

[benji]

Best analysis of draft night:

Metta WorldPeace ‏@MettaWorldPeace
I got traded for MJ. Jordan to the lakers at 45 . 6 man of the year. I run the bob cats with live bob cat half time shows. Kiss the cat

[Jhiane]

liked the reaction of Knicks fans when they drafted a European player

[The X]

Was hoping to see more trades, but sadly Bobcats didn't set dominoes in motion. Had they picked Beale at #2, traded down to get Robinson at #4, Kings suddenly don't get him & trade out of #5, with Rockets ready to strike.

Looking at draft, New Orleans did well with their other picks, should be a good spot for Rivers & I'm a big fan of Darius Miller who should beat out that ex-Clippers SF whose name I can't remember for minutes. When Hornets re-sign Gordon, they're looking pretty good for future. Stern made a great move vetoing the trade. It shows he's probably better than half the GM's in the league

Like Lamrock, I don't like Blazers' draft. I think they should've traded down, given #6 & #11 to Houston for Lowry, #16 & #18. Houston would've got the higher picks they coveted, Blazers would've got Lowry (better than Lillard) & could've got Zeller at #16. Blazers might get most value out of their 2nd round pick, Will Barton, but we shall see.

Thought Philly should've rolled dice & taken Sullinger at 15 & not traded #45 & a future 1st rounder (!!!) for Moultrie. I always get scared of future 1st rounders because usually they're protected early then less protection later. It's likely a pick in the 15-20 range. Just don't think Moultrie is worth it. I could be proven wrong though.

Meanwhile Cleveland had big reach at 4 again. Last year they should've taken Jonas Valanciunas at #4 instead of Tristan Thompson. I guess at least they got Zeller with Mavs' trade. He's no Jonas brother thought. This year Waiters, arghh. It's almost like they were always expecting that Bobcats would trade down to 4 & they'd get Beale. When that possibility evaporated, they decided they'd take the next best SG (I think potentially that will be Lamb even though Waiters & Ross went before him). I tf they had taken Jonas last year, Thomas Robinson would've been right pick this year. Ahh well. I would've preferred Barnes over Waiters.

That's probably the thing there wasn't much of today, teams trading & flipping positions. It seems to have been the case for the last few drafts

Talking of Barnes, the Warriors did well to fill their SF need at #7. Ezeli will be good backup for Bogut when he inevitably gets injured. Draymond Green is a nice pick early in 2nd round.

Finally glad for Detroit that they didn't have to settle on taking John Henson with Andre Drummond crying his way down to #9.

[Jeffx]

Knicks are a shit franchise - 'nuff said.

[[Q]]

Not a fan of Lillard. He wasn't that good in college and doesn't seem to be that good of an NBA prospect, another undersized combo guard. He reminds me of Bayless, who I liked but didn't work out in Portland.

I liked the Leonard pick but with his injury its easy to see where this is going...

i find it funny that Portland still is looking for a PG of the future despite having plenty of good PGs and talented prospects on their team in the last 5 or 6 years. they had the Blake/Jack dilemma, and Jack is now a decent starter in the league. Then they picked up both Bayless & Sergio Rodriguez, who had a lot of potential. Then they get Andre Miller to stabilize the position with Patty Mills as the new prospect, but then they trade Miller for Felton, who they are clearly not satisfied with and then tonight the Blazers draft another PG. Make up your minds!!

[Radioman]

I like the Celtics pick.

[shadowgrin]

i find it funny that Portland still is looking for a PG of the future despite having plenty of good PGs and talented prospects on their team in the last 5 or 6 years. they had the Blake/Jack dilemma, and Jack is now a decent starter in the league. Then they picked up both Bayless & Sergio Rodriguez, who had a lot of potential. Then they get Andre Miller to stabilize the position with Patty Mills as the new prospect, but then they trade Miller for Felton, who they are clearly not satisfied with and then tonight the Blazers draft another PG. Make up your minds!!

lol stop making funny Qballer.
Also ask the past/current 3 GMs of the Blazers on why they can't settle on a PG.

[Sideshow Bob]

Not a fan of Lillard. He wasn't that good in college and doesn't seem to be that good of an NBA prospect, another undersized combo guard. He reminds me of Bayless, who I liked but didn't work out in Portland.

Not that good??? He lead the country in scoring last season.

Personally i would've wanted the Cavs to get Lillard instead of Waiters..

[john26]

When the Cavs took Waiters with the 4th, I was hoping that the Blazers would pick Drummond so that my Raptors could take Lillard with the 8th. Or maybe traded up to get him. Instead they stayed at 8th and grabbed some guy who gets a hard on from shaking stern's hand

[shadowgrin]

Austin Rivers will probably jack shots in NOH lessening Anthony Davis' effectiveness.



Harkless is either a replacement for Meeks or bench backup it the Sixers let Lou walk or trade Iggy.

[_Steve_]

Austin Rivers will probably jack shots in NOH lessening Anthony Davis' effectiveness.



Harkless is either a replacement for Meeks or bench backup it the Sixers let Lou walk or trade Iggy.

What are the chances that this would happen? (Serious question, because I haven't heard any trade rumors concerning Iggy)

[The X]

Austin Rivers will probably jack shots in NOH lessening Anthony Davis' effectiveness.

Fortunately for Hornets, Davis doesn't need the ball to be effective. He's a game changing on the defensive end & he'll get his 10-12ppg as a rookie on dunks, alleyoops, energy plays & the occasional jumper.