if we raelly want to get a difference maker..we need to move into the top 6 anthony davis ----------- kidd-gilchrist beal barnes robinson drummond --------- sullinger perry jones terrence jones lillard waiters henson etc. etc. etc.
I think it's hilarious when somebody's reason for the Rockets picking Tyler Zeller is: "He's big, and Center is a glaring need for the Rox right now." Street lights are big too. But we don't need to draft one. Nobody knows 100%, but Zeller's bound to be a 10 ppg guy in the NBA. Pass.
Tyler Zeller because: (a) If we keep him, he fits in with the McHale-Morey "we need to get better white-now!" (Parsons, D-Mo, Dragic, Bud) philosophy - or - (b) If we don't keep him, we can delude ourselves that Orlando will be happy to get a center, any center, to help replace the one they'll lose. None of the centers in the 2012 NBA draft look worth a you-know-what, so I'm not thrilled with the idea of drafting one.
Hey, like it or not, legit 7-footers who can walk and chew gum at the same time are at a premium in this league. Zeller has the potential to be an above-average starting center. (There's no reason to think that he could not max out at the Gortat-Jordan-Asik level of talent.) That alone makes him worth a late lottery pick. And his floor (above-average backup C) is so much higher than most of the players in the draft. I'd be fine with Zeller at #14 . . . if they can't trade up.
An Anthony Davis/Jared Sullinger frontcourt would be fun to watch. Don't get me wrong, I'll still watch our perenially best-team-out-of-the-playoffs Rockets, but that combination would make the Hornets interesting. Also, if Thomas Robinson falls to #5 I would like to throw Sacramento's way some package of Lowry, our two picks, and, say, Marcus Morris. Would that be enough? Or maybe Lowry, Scola, and pick(s) and/or Morris?
We gotta at least try for Robinson if he falls to the Kings. He's going to be Millsap + Ppat on steroids. Lowry, Ppat, and Bud for him
Draft a pair of 7 footers and throw 'em in an arena with a pair of sporks and chainsaws. 2 scrubs enter, 1 starter leaves.
What, I didn't see ALOT of him (Zeller) just some tourney games and he just looked like an active big, no extra-ordinary skills just bigger than collegiate players with a decent motor. Seems like a rotation big to me who might get you 8 and 8 on most nights.
8 and 8?!?!?!?! Do you know how many NBA players average 8 and 8? Not many. And those who do make a hell of a lot of money. I'll take 8 and 8. Or . . . you're just not very good at pegging what a reasonable statistical performance is. No offense.
I don't want value or safe picks anymore. No to Zeller. I'd take Lamb, Leonard, Henson, Harkless, Wroten, Royce at 14 and 16. Fab Melo is a bust.
