2014 NBA DRAFT

Paully D

Bulls win draft tiebreaker over Raptors so pick 16th (from Bobcats) and 19th.

Big opportunity in such a deep class to hit on two good players.

Dublin Red Devil

Paully D wrote: »

Bulls win draft tiebreaker over Raptors so pick 16th (from Bobcats) and 19th.

Big opportunity in such a deep class to hit on two good players.

Yeah the Bull are in a god position to get some real talent for the future.


I'll take a stab at an updated top 20

Milwaukee - Parker
Philadelphia - Embiid
Orlando - Wiggins
Utah - Randle
Boston - Smart
LA Lakers - Exum
Sacramento - Gordon
Detroit - Vonleh
Cleveland - Young
Philadelphia - McDermott
Denver - Harris
Orlando - Payne
Minnesota - Saric
Phoenix - Hood
Atlanta - Warren
Chicago - Stauskas
Phoenix - Napier
Boston - Early
Chicago - Grant
Toronto - Anderson

astonaidan

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

Yeah the Bull are in a god position to get some real talent for the future.


I'll take a stab at an updated top 20

Milwaukee - Parker
Philadelphia - Embiid
Orlando - Wiggins
Utah - Randle
Boston - Smart
LA Lakers - Exum
Sacramento - Gordon
Detroit - Vonleh
Cleveland - Young
Philadelphia - McDermott
Denver - Harris
Orlando - Payne
Minnesota - Saric
Phoenix - Hood
Atlanta - Warren
Chicago - Stauskas
Phoenix - Napier
Boston - Early
Chicago - Grant
Toronto - Anderson

Still dont see Parker going first, Id have him third behind Embiid and Wiggins, think Exum will fall to Lakers can see his agent holding back work outs with teams so they wont pick him.
Vonleh falling to Detroit for me would be a huge shock, I think he will go before Randle I dont think either will go to Utah, they dont fit there at all with Favours and Kanter pretty much nailed on starters.

For me it will be

Embiid
Wiggins
Parker
Smart
Vonleh
Exum
Randle

Dublin Red Devil

I'm probably not giving Vonleh his credit because he has kind of been the "under the radar guy" Indiana were awful this year, really irreverent all season and no post season. I've seen allot more from Randle and Gordon.

Dublin Red Devil

The NBA Draft Lottery takes place on the 20th of May.

Chances of each team winning the No.1 1st round pick are:

1 Bucks 25%

2 76ers 19.9%

3 Magic 15.6%

4 Jazz 10.4

5 Celtics 10.3

6 Lakers 6.3%

7 Kings 4.3%

8 Pistons 2.8%

9 Cavaliers 1.7%

10 Pelicans 1.1%

11 Nuggets 0.8%

12 Magic 0.7%

13 T Wolves 0.6%

14 Suns 0.5%

PizzamanIRL

Andrew Wiggins with a freakishly high vertical. Can't find the exact measurement because he's not at the draft combine.

Dublin Red Devil

Just 4 days out from the lottery. I wonder who will get those all important early picks. We find out May 20th. Some jump from Wiggins there, Very possible he could No.1 overall.

The 1st take

Paully D

I see T.J. Warren linked to the Bulls in lots of mock drafts, usually with the 19th pick. Can anyone tell me a bit more about him? Good shooter I read?

Dublin Red Devil

It's Lottery day.

astonaidan

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

It's Lottery day.

Lakers going No.1 Brah :cool:

Dublin Red Devil

astonaidan wrote: »

Lakers going No.1 Brah :cool:

Hypothetically Lakers have the 1st pick? Who do they take?

nerd69

what time is the lottery am i right in saying 10 our time

D2D

nerd69 wrote: »

what time is the lottery am i right in saying 10 our time

1am, just before Pacers/Heat game 2

Dublin Red Devil

The program will begin at 12 midnight Irish time, Lottery due to begin at 1am.

astonaidan

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

Hypothetically Lakers have the 1st pick? Who do they take?

Trade down as and take Exum, hopefully getting a pick that could then tempt Wolves to give us Love

Paully D

I remember all the talk about how good Wiggins was going to be when he was choosing his college team, and I'm currently seeing him #1 on the vast majority of mock drafts I see and top 50/20 etc lists from NBA writers, yet I can't recall seeing anyone on here project him at the #1 pick. What's the main reason for that?

I admit I haven't seen a whole lot of him personally, but 17 points and 6 rebounds per game is not too shabby, plus the fact he's surely the best athlete in the draft, and also he seems to have so much upside make me think that he should be the #1 pick too, no?

ec18

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Andrew Wiggins with a freakishly high vertical. Can't find the exact measurement because he's not at the draft combine.

its claimed to be 44 inches :eek:

Dublin Red Devil

Paully D wrote: »

I remember all the talk about how good Wiggins was going to be when he was choosing his college team, and I'm currently seeing him #1 on the vast majority of mock drafts I see and top 50/20 etc lists from NBA writers, yet I can't recall seeing anyone on here project him at the #1 pick. What's the main reason for that?

I admit I haven't seen a whole lot of him personally, but 17 points and 6 rebounds per game is not too shabby, plus the fact he's surely the best athlete in the draft, and also he seems to have so much upside make me think that he should be the #1 pick too, no?

There is very little between the projected top 3. Wiggins/Parker/Embiid have swapped positions on many mocks of professional writers and fan boards alike.
The biggest thing against Wiggins has been the media driven expectation on him. He was billed as the next LeBron going into Kansas and I guess when people didn't see that, they went off him a little. I'm guilty of that too.

Parker emerged as possibly the more complete "NBA ready" player from the one and done college season. He had some very good performances in the regular season that showed people, Maybe he would be the best option. His skill set seemed more complete. His abilities more refined. Where as Wiggins was looking like someone who would need more work on polishing to his game.

From the Parker/Wiggins argument emerged Joel Embiid, His game and people's love of a good big man moved him up many draft boards. "You can't teach heights" as they say. Embiid is a 7 footer who can run the floor, He has great movement. both with his back to the basket and facing up, he has a developing offensive game. In some way he took over as the man at Kansas but the most recent injury brings up more questions.

Dublin Red Devil

A number of players at this lottery. I've seen Smart, Ennis, Vonleah, Gordon so far,

nerd69

Embid would likely be a lock for 1 if he was healthy as he looks like he could b another hakeem the dream but people are scared he's gona be Greg Oden with injuries.

Wiggins has insane athletasism but needs a fair bit or polishing he's a very good defender though.

Parker on the other had has a pretty polished offensive game but is like a matador on defense

If I got the number one pick I'd go wiggins due to his massive upside.

Exum and Randall will prob go 4-5 but personally I'd go for smart at 4

Paully D

Just looking through some of the teams and the 76ers could be extremely good in a few years with say Carter-Williams, Noel (presuming he fulfills his obvious potential) and Wiggins/Parker (if they land a draft pick high enough to get either one).

They would/will have relatively small amounts of money tied up in young players on rookie contracts too which is always a plus for ensuring depth and/or a couple of good free agents.

Definitely a team to watch if they can hit on their draft picks.

nerd69

Any chance someone can post the first few up here can't get near the computer

padraig_f

No way, Cavs in the top 3 again, had 1.7% chance.

Paully D

Would the Cavs ever **** off. What needed to happen for them to get that top 3 pick please, I missed what the announcer said?

Dublin Red Devil

Cavs will have a top 3 pick

nerd69

bah humbug only number 6 :mad:

Bertser

Crappy luck for the Pistons

padraig_f

Paully D wrote: »

Would the Cavs ever **** off. What needed to happen for them to get that top 3 pick please, I missed what the announcer said?

Not sure how they get 2nd or 3rd, but was 1.7% chance of winning.

nerd69

jesus cavs 1 again

Bertser

That is an absolute joke.