NBA Draft Day 2016 aka The Sixers NBA Finals

[Andrew]

"The Bulls lost their Rose, but found their Valentine."

Quote of the 2016 Draft right there. Makes up for the fact we no longer have David Stern's trolling.

[Alpha_]

Top 15

NBA Draft 2016
1. Philadelphia 76ers - Ben Simmons
2. Los Angeles Lakers - Brandon Ingram
3. Boston Celtics - Jaylen Brown
4. Phoenix Suns - Dragan Bender
5. Minnesota Timberwolves - Kris Dunn
6. New Orleans Pelicans - Buddy Hield
7. Denver Nuggets - Jamal Murray
8. Sacramento Kings - Marquese Chriss (traded to Suns for 2016 No. 13 & 28 picks, draft rights of Bogdan Bogdanovic, 2020 2nd round pick)
9. Toronto Raptors - Jakob Poeltl
10. Milwaukee Bucks - Thon Maker
11. Orlando Magic - Domantas Sabonis (traded to Thunder with Victor Oladipo and Ersan Ilyasova for Serge Ibaka)
12. Atlanta Hawks - Taurean Prince
13. Phoenix Suns - Georgios Papagiannis (traded to Kings)
14. Chicago Bulls - Denzel Valentine
15. Denver Nuggets - Juan Hernangomez

[shadowgrin]

Ibaka, Gordon, Vucevic. Dunno what Orlando has planned.

[Alpha_]

The Grizz will select Wade Baldwin IV. It looks like Conley's stint is as good as done.

[shadowgrin]

"The Bulls lost their Rose, but found their Valentine."

Quote of the 2016 Draft right there. Makes up for the fact we no longer have David Stern's trolling.

Chicago Bulls were so sad about trading Derrick Rose that they wanted to draft his knees all over again in the form of Denzel Valentine.

[shadowgrin]

The Grizz will select Wade Baldwin IV. It looks like Conley's stint is as good as done.

Nope. Backup for Conley.

[Kevin]

+1. Not everyone's an all-star

[Alpha_]

The Grizz will select Wade Baldwin IV. It looks like Conley's stint is as good as done.

Nope. Backup for Conley.

They might not be able to re-sign him.

[Alpha_]

+1. Not everyone's an all-star

[Kevin]

You actually think all players in the draft are going to be all-stars? dafuq.

[Sauru]

fuck happened

[Alpha_]

NBA Draft 2016
First Round
1. Philadelphia 76ers - Ben Simmons
2. Los Angeles Lakers - Brandon Ingram
3. Boston Celtics - Jaylen Brown
4. Phoenix Suns - Dragan Bender
5. Minnesota Timberwolves - Kris Dunn
6. New Orleans Pelicans - Buddy Hield
7. Denver Nuggets - Jamal Murray
8. Sacramento Kings - Marquese Chriss (traded to Suns for 2016 No. 13 & 28 picks, draft rights of Bogdan Bogdanovic, 2020 2nd round pick)
9. Toronto Raptors - Jakob Poeltl
10. Milwaukee Bucks - Thon Maker
11. Orlando Magic - Domantas Sabonis (traded to Thunder with Oladipo and Ilyasova for Ibaka)
12. Atlanta Hawks - Taurean Prince
13. Phoenix Suns - Georgios Papagiannis (traded to Kings)
14. Chicago Bulls - Denzel Valentine
15. Denver Nuggets - Juan Hernangomez
16. Boston Celtics - Guerschon Yabusele
17. Memphis Grizzlies - Wade Baldwin IV
18. Detroit Pistons - Henry Ellenson
19. Denver Nuggets - Malik Beasley
20. Brooklyn Nets - Caris LeVert
21. Atlanta Hawks - DeAndre Bembry
22. Sacramento Kings - Malachi Richardson
23. Boston Celtics - Ante Zizic
24. Philadelphia 76ers - Timothe Luwawu-Cabbarot
25. Los Angeles Clippers - Brice Johnson
26. Philadelphia 76ers - Furkan Korkmaz
27. Toronto Raptors - Pascal Siakam
28. Phoenix Suns - Skal Labissiere (traded to Kings)
29. San Antonio Spurs - Dejounte Murray
30. Golden State Warriors - Damian Jones

[Alpha_]

You actually think all players in the draft are going to be all-stars? dafuq.

What the heck are you talking about? Are you high?

I'm just saying Memphis are preparing in case they fail to re-sign Conley. What's wrong with this kid?

[air gordon]

fuck happened

Figured they would be the making the most noise.

How about that gutsy move by the thunder

[CT4]

So summary of draft.....

Us (Celtics) and Magic fucked up,OKC got one of the best backcourts now,Deyonta is sadman,Calipari will be there for you (just ask Skal),R.I.P UK,WAAAAAAAAAAAAY too many draft-and-stash.

[Alpha_]

2nd Round
31. Boston Celtics - Deyonta Davis (traded to Grizzlies)
32. Los Angeles Lakers - Ivica Zubac
33. Los Angeles Clippers - Cheick Diallo (traded to Pelicans)
34. Phoenix Suns - Tyler Ulis
35. Boston Celtics - Rade Zagorac (traded to Grizzlies)
36. Milwaukee Bucks - Malcolm Brogdon
37. Houston Rockets - Chinanu Onuaku
38. Milwaukee Bucks - Patrick McCaw (traded to Warriors)
39. New Orleans Pelicans - David Michineau (traded to Clippers)
40. New Orleans Pelicans - Diamond Stone (traded to Clippers)
41. Orlando Magic - Stephen Zimmerman
42. Utah Jazz - Isaiah Whitehead (traded to Nets)
43. Houston Rockets - Zhou Qi
44. Atlanta Hawks - Isaia Cordinier
45. Boston Celtics - Demetrius Jackson
46. Dallas Mavericks - A.J. Hammons
47. Orlando Magic - Jake Layman (traded to Trailblazers)
48. Chicago Bulls - Paul Zipser
49. Detroit Pistons - Michael Gbinije
50. Indiana Pacers - Georges Niang
51. Boston Celtics - Ben Bentil
52. Utah Jazz - Joel Bolomboy
53. Denver Nuggets - Petr Cornelie
54. Atlanta Hawks - Kay Felder (traded to Cavaliers)
55. Utah Jazz - Marcus Paige (traded to Nets)
56. Denver Nuggets - Daniel Hamilton
57. Memphis Grizzlies - Wang Zhelin
58. Boston Celtics - Abdel Nader
59. Sacramento Kings - Isaiah Cousins
60. Utah Jazz - Tyrone Wallace

[[Q]]

fuck happened

Figured they would be the making the most noise.

How about that gutsy move by the thunder

They realized Adams and Kanter were enough but they needed better guard play to match up with the Warriors


It's a shame our 7'6" center Mamadou N'Diaye left waaaay too early after teams lied to him about his position in the draft. It was obvious that he would not get picked and he should've stayed in school for his senior year. He'll get a look somewhere because of his height but he's got a long road ahead of him.

[Phil89]

That Ibaka trade really came out of nowhere. I'm kinda sad to see him go, but at the same time Oladipo and Sabonis are exciting additions.

I wonder if we'll see more of Durant and/or Roberson playing at PF next season as part of a small-ball line-up for OKC.

[Kevin]

King Mellow, you said "The Grizz will select Wade Baldwin IV. It looks like Conley's stint is as good as done."

That's literally saying that they're replacing Conley in your terms.

PS: Next time you call somebody a kid, make sure you're not a 13 year old behind a computer screen.

[NovU]

That Ibaka trade really came out of nowhere. I'm kinda sad to see him go, but at the same time Oladipo and Sabonis are exciting additions.

I wonder if we'll see more of Durant and/or Roberson playing at PF next season as part of a small-ball line-up for OKC.

Yeah, totally unexpected.

I guess they figured traditional PF is not the way to go especially with Durant and Roberson being able to cover 4. They are still able to play big small ball as everyone's quite tall for their position just as Warriors.

How about that gutsy move by the thunder

gutsy indeed. Perhaps an attempt to convince KD to stay?








Jaylen Brown? We knew who the top 2 picks were gonna be so 3rd is quite interesting. He seems to be modern era wing that can play 2 to 4. Except that he has no shooting touch though might be something teachable.

Shucks the Heat have no pick this year.

[Andrew]

The Thunder just gave up their best shooter...according to Reggie Miller, anyway.

From all accounts, an underwhelming Draft for the Celtics. Tough to figure out what Ainge is doing, there. One would think that he'd be looking to bolster the roster with players with the potential to have an impact sooner rather than later, instead of stashing future assets.

[benji]

The Celtics already have nine players under contract, almost all of them rotation guys. Plus Brown. Plus two more if they keep Amir and Jonas Jerebko. That'll still leave them with $30+ million in cap space.

[Stress Fracture]

Here's hoping Zhou Qi has even 1/4 of Yao's talent.

[CT4]

We should let go Amir (big contract,small impact).I'm fine with Jaylen.He looks quite exciting.Only thing I'm wondering is if we start Jaylen or Jae (or KD if he comes).Or hell we go small and start one of them at PF

[Phil89]

That Ibaka trade really came out of nowhere. I'm kinda sad to see him go, but at the same time Oladipo and Sabonis are exciting additions.

I wonder if we'll see more of Durant and/or Roberson playing at PF next season as part of a small-ball line-up for OKC.

Yeah, totally unexpected.

I guess they figured traditional PF is not the way to go especially with Durant and Roberson being able to cover 4. They are still able to play big small ball as everyone's quite tall for their position just as Warriors.

How about that gutsy move by the thunder

gutsy indeed. Perhaps an attempt to convince KD to stay?

It seems like they are being proactive in order to show Durant that they want to improve the team, instead of just resting on their laurels after almost beating the Warriors.

Apparently Ibaka was unhappy in OKC. So if that is true and he was going to leave in a year anyway, then this is a great trade by Sam Presti.

I wonder if they have any way to get the cap room needed to go after Ryan Anderson? He would be an interesting option at PF for them.