What about moving up a few spots to draft Chris Douglas Roberts?

Depends on what we will need to give up.
But if we do move up I prefer Donte Greene.

 

Yeah I know , imo it's a mistake to draft a player by the position you need or the skills you need.
If you need to rely on your draft picks to be big parts of your team and you want to contend your chance for a championship is not a good one.
IMO you should always draft the best player available and see from there.

 

He can't make a free throw when it counts.

Thats always good.

 

Hope Adelman could pick another "Kevin Martin" type of player when he was with the Kings --> a big SG that can score..though he took time to develop...

 

CDR is not athletic and doesn't have the best defense. He will fall to us so if we want to draft him we can because he will not impress at workouts. If we do move up it will be for Hibbert, Greene, Love, or Rush

 

I would be glad if management could pull that off and get CDR but it's going to be hard to do.I would pass up on Donte Greene because of his immaturity but I admit he is long,athletic and can shoot.

 

Does this effectively end the search for a wingman who can back Mac?

Do we focus on Calderon if we draft CDR, or do we still need Mike Miller/Ron Artest?

 

I think this is an excellent idea. CDR is actually underrated, IMHO.

He has the potential to be the next Alex English type of NBA player, since he has such a solid skill set in place with great room to grow.

Agree with those that predict he will fall in the draft due to (idiotic) focus on workouts.

And agree with tanviraman that Hibbert will be a bust; I've set out my views on that in the Hibbert thread. Nice, hard-working guy who will make Todd Fuller look like an excellent pick.

 

NOOOO. We've been trying to surround McGrady and Yao with shooters for so long, why put it off even longer??? And just because he's drawing slight similarities to Tayshaun Prince hardly indicates that he'll turn out like Prince.

 

CDR kind of reminds me of Matt Barnes. Tall, lanky looking versatile perimeter player that can shoot well and handle the ball. Has the odd release Barnes has too.

I'm still a Hibbert guy but if that path isn't chosen CDR is NBA ready and could be a solid pick up.

 

i like CDR....he would be a perfect fit for our team. The only knock on him is that he has the strength of Kevin Durant at best....it's ok tho, one year of NBA conditioning should get him stronger.

His height and versatility is exactly what we need. He has long arms, would fit in Adelman's system with ease. come on MOREY!

 

Sig.

 

I don't feel very confident about his translation to the pro, with his unorthodox style of play and weak frame. Plus, he's way overrated athletically, when he's not actually considered an explosive athlete by most scouts. I would rather take a chance at some other wing players like Rush and Budinger, or possibly some big athletic fours like Donte Green, who would be a perfect match for this system because he can hit shots like a wing and pass like a guard as well. Either way, I trust in Morey, and you should too

 

exactly the point.

3 is a crowd.

As for CDR, he's got a nice first step and can finish pretty well but I just don't think he's stud material in the NBA. That kid melted down in the National Championship game. Melted... Down... He had a nice first half but then he disappeared and couldn't hit a free throw to save his life when it truly mattered.

Todd Fuller B-bob? Really? Hibbert will be better than him and probably won't be picked until the late 1st. He isn't especially athletic, but he's got decent low post moves and is a good shooter for a man his size. Somewhere between Samuel Dalembert and Hilton Armstrong if I had to guess.

 

I know that sounds harsh, but I looked it up for that other old thread (have not found it yet). Fuller had better stats, by far, in what was arguably a better conference at that time (old ACC). You could say Fuller was more of the main man for NC State, but don't you think Georgetown would have used Roy as a main man if he had the skill set? It's not like their team had some other star, as far as I could tell.

Everyone said the knock on Fuller was his speed, but they noted his intelligence and work ethic. Just sounds a lot like Hibbert to me. It's just very painful for me to watch how slow Hibbert looks against college competition and imagine him in Rockets red.

By the way, CDR shot well over 50% in each of his Memphis seasons and over 40% from 3-point range this season.

As for the final game... he upped his scoring by 5 or 6 ppg during the NCAA tournament, and killed the alleged defensive beast UCLA with 28 points. I'm too much of a recovering Phi Slamma Jamma fan to hold final game performance against anyone. ...