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[Jay Shadow]

If it was truly rigged the Nets would have gotten in the top 3 to keep their pick. No way the NBA lets them open a new arena in New York without anyone on their team.

 

[The Frankman]

Jonm posts every couple of months I guess

but yeah.........

poor DY

But that dude with the koolaid man avatar...

Yeah, fuck them.

Jonm is now the most hated man in NBA-GAF outside of the LLL/QuadL's. Amazing.

I go to Hornets games. I'm a casual spectator. Tickets are cheap as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Did you goto the Blake Griffin/Jason Smith game by any chance?

 

[Lunchbox]

How they gonna take our team and our pick. That's some bullshit.

 

[Smokey]

so good

so rigged

 

[DY_nasty]

New Orleans gets the #1 pick in exchange for Charlotte getting the name Hornets back.

That was the "deal."

I could live with that.

As long as Okafor keeps fucking them and Gordon stays MIA

 

[giri]

Hornet's winning is a disgrace

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Drummond is a true Center.

Pros: Pick-and-roll defense, offensive rebounding, shot blocking
Cons: No offensive ability whatsoever

That's the scouting report for both players even though Drummond is bigger.

 

[Big Baybee]

We're already getting rid of it......for some stupid shit like Angels or spirit last I heard from the rumors.

Gotta tie the franchises together. Ugh. Utah should give us back the "Jazz".

 

[SoulPlaya]

If it was truly rigged the Nets would have gotten in the top 3 to keep their pick. No way the NBA lets them open a new arena in New York without anyone on their team.

They don't want to be THAT blatant about it.

 

[mysticwhip]

hope he fixes his teeth and shaves the brow.

 

[Red Blaster]

I was gonna say the Zards might be an 8th seed next year but then I remembered they're bringing Randy Whittman back

 

[The Frankman]

Hornet's winning is a disgrace

Better than the Bobcats winning it.

 

[abuC]

Drummond is the exact same player as Thompson though. Like, they might score less than 20 PPG combined in their prime even if they pan out.

Drummond is 6"11 270lbs.


Thompson is 6"8 220lbs.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Can't wait to see how Mike Breen apologizes for the refs this game.

Good lottery, though.

 

[CrazyDogg77]

It would be nice to get the Hornets name back tho.

 

[dalVlatko]

Drummond is 6"11 270lbs.


Thompson is 6"8 220lbs.

Both have zero offensive ability, that's the point he is making.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Drummond is 6"11 270lbs.


Thompson is 6"8 220lbs.

The weight difference doesn't matter in the slightest, Drummond has no idea how to use his size and his style of play (defense only, never enter the paint on offense except for totally uncontested dunks because he's scared of shooting free throws) makes his weight advantages near pointless.

 

[Redux]

Pros: Pick-and-roll defense, offensive rebounding, shot blocking
Cons: No offensive ability whatsoever

That's the scouting report for both players even though Drummond is bigger.

Drummond will be playing along side Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving.

 

[Lunchbox]

Hornets - Heat will some apocalyptic shit

the refs are gonna start tech fouling each others calls

 

[Rodeo Clown]

We need a new thread title, dudes.

 

[Big Baybee]

Did you goto the Blake Griffin/Jason Smith game by any chance?

Nope. It was an amazing tackle, though. Forgot all about that incident.

 

[Jonm1010]

Hornet's winning is a disgrace

Why? At least we didn't completely and deliberately tank the season....we actually tried to win games, despite injury, for most of the season up until the end.

 

[DY_nasty]

Drummond is 6"11 270lbs.


Thompson is 6"8 220lbs.

Drummond is the most athletic piece of garbage to ever step on the court.

 

[pilonv1]

We need a new thread title, dudes.

basketball reasons

or my original one

"I tanked the 2011-12 NBA Season and all I have to show for it is this lousy Perry Jones III"

 

[iamvin22]

Skip Bayless ‏@RealSkipBayless
Very difficult to believe the NBA would so obviously "fix" the lottery for the team it couldn't sell until recently. But it sure LOOKS bad.

 

[diehard]

Why? At least we didn't completely and deliberately tank the season....we actually tried to win games, despite injury, for most of the season up until the end.

team with terrible fan support.. owned by league

 

[btrick]

A deal with it gif with stern would be appropriate right now

 

[TheKaeptain]

How in the fuck is a kid that just entered the draft drive this?

 

[Lunchbox]

loose ball foul

ok

 

[dalVlatko]

Drummond will be playing along side Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving.

So was TT, and it didn't help him very much.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

It would be nice to get the Hornets name back tho.

The NBA should have mandated the name stayed behind when it became obvious that (a) the team was leaving and (b) Charlotte would get a team again immediately.

Friggin Shinn.

 

[abuC]

Both have zero offensive ability, that's the point he is making.

Drummond has the tools to be an offensive player, but more of a PF than a center.

The weight difference doesn't matter in the slightest, Drummond has no idea how to use his size and his style of play (defense only, never enter the paint on offense except for totally uncontested dunks because he's scared of shooting free throws) makes his weight advantages near pointless.

He's 18, apparently he will never improve beyond what he is right this second, correct? He's a project, you know what you're getting with him, it's all a matter of him putting it together. There isn't another PF/C in the draft with his athleticism and size, well worth the risk.

 

[giga]

How in the fuck is a kid that just entered the draft drive this?

 

[Rodeo Clown]

How in the fuck is a kid that just entered the draft drive this?

His agent.

Or John Calipari. Whatever you want to believe.

 

[MorisUkunRasik]

We need a new thread title, dudes.

"For the first pick, David Stern selects..."

 

[CrazyDogg77]

The NBA should have mandated the name stayed behind when it became obvious that (a) the team was leaving and (b) Charlotte would get a team again immediately.

Friggin Shinn.

I would love it just because it would bring back so many memories.

 

[Red Blaster]

Brow, Gordon, Lillard

not bad NO, not bad

 

[thekad]

It's me, DY. It was me all along.

 

[MiamiWesker]

That play was beautiful. Nice job Battier.

 

[abuC]

How in the fuck is a kid that just entered the draft drive this?

I'll guess the same way Bron got a Hummer H2 in his senior year of HS, take out a loan based on your future earnings.

 

[cdyhybrid]

How in the fuck is a kid that just entered the draft drive this?

Why do you think he ended up at Kentucky?

 

[pilonv1]

Brow, Gordon, Lillard

not bad NO, not bad

This is why the Lakers trade was so terrible. You rebuild with youth, not veterans.

And I think Lillard is gone before their second pick, they'll take Marshall.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Drummond has the tools to be an offensive player, but more of a PF than a center.




He's 18, apparently he will never improve beyond what he is right this second, correct? He's a project, you know what you're getting with him, it's all a matter of him putting it together. There isn't another PF/C in the draft with his athleticism and size, well worth the risk.

He's the biggest project ever offensively. He can't even catch a basketball and make a layup correctly. He shot 29.7% from the line, he airballed every jumphook he took in college. His offense is so bad in so many simple aspects that I think it's optimistic to think he has more offensive upside than an efficient dunker like Chandler (and that's if he pans out)

 

[CrazyDogg77]

That play was beautiful. Nice job Battier.

You know this is the lottery bitching thread right.

 

[MiamiWesker]

Oops had both windows open.

 

[SoulPlaya]

I really shouldn't complain as a Bulls fan, but damn this is some rigged shit.

 

[giri]

Why? At least we didn't completely and deliberately tank the season....we actually tried to win games, despite injury, for most of the season up until the end.

If you can't add 1+1 and understand why it comes off extremely shady then i'm not going to sit here and explain basic things for you.

You can write this one off with cavs winning after LBJ left and the Ewing draft.

Just epicly shady shit.

 

[StickSoldier]

WEll I almost predicted the picks right, I just had the Nets getting the 3rd not the Wizards.

 

[Redux]

Could actually see the Cavs drafting Beal or Barnes with Fab Melo on the later pick.

Barnes reminds me of a Randy Moss in a sense that he plays whenever he wants to play. Luckily coach Scott wont accept that.

 

[Blackace]

At least Cha got the 2nd pick