Pre-Draft Open Thread 2.0
by Stop-n-Pop on Jun 25, 2009 5:14 PM CDT
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OK, the last thread was slowing down a bit with all the comments so we'll start a new one up. Is OKC demanding Al Jefferson for Ricky Rubio? Does Sam Presti think Kevin McHale is still working at 600 First Avenue? Has Michael Jackson just died?
Discuss.
We'll live blog the draft.
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Yes. No. Yes.
Presti’s trying to be one smooth criminal.
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on Jun 25, 2009 5:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sam Presti:
1. He thinks Kahn is as dumb as McHale. Jury out
2. He can sense desperation.
3. He has overcooked the goose.
4. Jefferson is an ambit claim and we end up giving 5 & 6
by Auswolf on Jun 25, 2009 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tonight Kahn can prove himself...
by being patient and not making a silly trade. If it takes a king’s ransom (i.e. jefferson or love) to move up, it’s not worth it. Let’s see who drops down to 5&6. Also, I’m reading rumors about the knicks dangling wilson chandler and the #8 for one of the wolves picks. Interesting…
by DR_JPK on Jun 25, 2009 5:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Michael Jackson
once got in trouble for dangling his Wilson Chandler.
Too soon?
Rooting for a Rubio Revolucion since roughly 10:20 a.m. on June 24th, 2009
by PoorDick on Jun 25, 2009 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah man
He made Thriller! Thriller!
by littleboxes on Jun 25, 2009 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget Bad
The World's Leading Exporter of Small Area Quickness
www.canishoopus.com
by Stop-n-Pop on Jun 25, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know if I'm encouraged or worried
about the movie being shown on HBO Family while the draft is happening.
6/25 8:30 PM EST HBO FAMILY – STAR TREK II THE WRATH OF KHAN
Rooting for a Rubio Revolucion since roughly 10:20 a.m. on June 24th, 2009
by PoorDick on Jun 25, 2009 5:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Jerry's Latest Tweet
Chad Ford’s latest mock gives Minn Harden, Flynn, but I don’t think Kahn values Harden that high.
I hope that means Flynn DeRozan isn’t our haul.
by Ebomb on Jun 25, 2009 5:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Michael Jackson loved West Ham football club
Sat in the terrace one day and heard their song
“I’m Forever blowing Bubbles…..”
by Auswolf on Jun 25, 2009 5:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A Camera inside the Wolves draft room
Should make for interesting coverage tonight.
by Ebomb on Jun 25, 2009 6:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Our draft room looks hungry and a bit overweight.
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on Jun 25, 2009 6:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not to mention very bald...
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yikes
Could we hit the gym a bit boys?
by Eric in Madison on Jun 25, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lots of late nights on the phone and watching film. South park WOW episode-style
Green+pick would be a nice way to start, but I literally think there is no way this works cap-wise.
by revprodeji on Jun 25, 2009 6:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's odd knowing that Screamin' A Smith is nowhere near the draft this year.
I’m already missing him… and the SAS Heckling Society. :(
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on Jun 25, 2009 6:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Flynn/Harden is my guess if no trade.
by revprodeji on Jun 25, 2009 6:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think so...EW
Apparently…Thunder are really high on Harden and are going to take him 3 and the Kings are going to take Evans over Rubio and with the Grizzlies taking Thabeet….If Rubio and Curry are their at 5 and 6..You can’t pass this up…
by Tony_O on Jun 25, 2009 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
from Jerry Zgoda's Twitter....
Draftxpress reports talk of three-way deal: Minn gets Devin Harris, Mem gets 5 & 6, Nets gets Rubio and Rhino. Don’t get that. #timberwolves
by Tony_O on Jun 25, 2009 6:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bilas namedrops Gretzky, I hit the mute button.
Why do my eyes require me to watch the picks happen, as opposed to reading them as they happen?
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on Jun 25, 2009 6:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Draftexpress.com..Says its official...The Thunder are taking Harden #3...and Evans is going 4!..
by Tony_O on Jun 25, 2009 6:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I would be shocked at this...
Presti leaving value on the table would be very odd….
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll believe it when it happens.
I don’t buy it at all though.
by Kevin Loves McHale's Navy on Jun 25, 2009 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
too good to be true
Rubio/Curry for keeps or trade back for DeRozan and Chandler?
Without using any assets? That’s more than you can expect.
by Eric in Madison on Jun 25, 2009 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We take Rubio and do a Spanish jig...
Then take Curry and let the offers come flowing in…
Maybe move back into DeRozan / Henderson / T Willim territiory…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No way
Gotta keep Curry
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Jun 25, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm OK with that too...
but I’d bet we would look for a more tradtional SG.
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He tried to make a trade and could not find a partner
The shock is Sac taking evans over Rubio.
wow, if we get Rubio I will be crazy
by revprodeji on Jun 25, 2009 6:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sergio Rodriguez and 38 to Sacto for pick 31.
by Auswolf on Jun 25, 2009 6:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A Spanish Teamate for Rubio to help him learn the ropes?
by Ebomb on Jun 25, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Woops...The Evans #4 story is from yahoo..heres the link
by Tony_O on Jun 25, 2009 6:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Does that presume Rubio is on the board?
I simply don’t believe he will fall in our lap at pick 5.
by Auswolf on Jun 25, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
by revprodeji on Jun 25, 2009 6:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm sorry but...
Why does the team with the first pick take any time at all to make their decision?
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Jun 25, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Mark Jackson and JVG
It will be interesting to see how they comment on MN’s picks since they may be hoping to eventually be hired by Kahn and coach these kids.
by TWolvesFanInLA on Jun 25, 2009 6:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was told JVG does not want to coach. really likes the TV gig
by revprodeji on Jun 25, 2009 6:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Noooooo
L.A. took Blake Griffin
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Jun 25, 2009 6:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My draft board...
is out the window after one pick – d’oh!
by John H IL on Jun 25, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no vision
Are the Griz still on the clock?
by Auswolf on Jun 25, 2009 6:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Stuart Scott is AWFUL
Just a complete jackass and his eyes are freaky
by San Diego Viking on Jun 25, 2009 6:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OKC selects...
James Harden
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
harden's outfit is tight
www.canishoopus.com
by wyn on Jun 25, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now we'll see if SAC rumors were BS...
I bet they take Rubio…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If SAC takes Rubio...
that is absolutely the way to go…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm still worried about a Rubio/Curry backcourt
awfully small.
by TWolvesFanInLA on Jun 25, 2009 6:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree… but if Sac takes Evans… we’d almost have to, then maynbe trade one of them
by San Diego Viking on Jun 25, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
isnt rubio like 6’5 at 18 so maybe he grows an inch plus i thought he was long. also isnt curry 6’3 and growing?
by Gophers12 on Jun 25, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta take Curry
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Jun 25, 2009 6:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
SAC takes...
Tyreke Evans…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I am over the moon...
Rubio here we come…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Has to Be Rubio here.
Please don’t mess this up
by Ebomb on Jun 25, 2009 6:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rubio and Curry please...
What they do well far overshadows their limitations as a tandem…
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 6:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Mullens?!
jk
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Jun 25, 2009 7:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Have to draft Rubio and Curry
If for no other reason than to have assets to trade (to knicks)
by TWolvesFanInLA on Jun 25, 2009 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here it is...
We got the Rube!!!
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 7:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Is everyone...
too bust partying to comment?
"I'm gonna make you cry...I'm gonna make you cry and dip my cookie in your tears!!!"
by mutleyil on Jun 25, 2009 7:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was listening to Rubio...
he has a weird voice… this has to be CURRY!!!! Screw the New Yorkers
by San Diego Viking on Jun 25, 2009 7:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
what?
How do those guys play in backcourt together?
by TWolvesFanInLA on Jun 25, 2009 7:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Jun 25, 2009 7:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gotta be a trade... gotta
www.canishoopus.com
by wyn on Jun 25, 2009 7:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Mark my words
The only player worth anything in this draft, we just passed on.
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Jun 25, 2009 7:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
YES. Blazers get Telfair back!
It's only fair that we get Blair!
by Norsktroll on Jun 25, 2009 7:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
know something we don't?
www.canishoopus.com
by wyn on Jun 25, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm betting...
they drafted Rubio for someone else.
by TWolvesFanInLA on Jun 25, 2009 7:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yikes....
I think I’m gonna be sick unless I hear about a trade…
by San Diego Viking on Jun 25, 2009 7:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Please tell me Kahn doesn’t pull a McHale…draft the right guy and trade him. Keep Rubio, trade Flynn.
by TWolvesFanInLA on Jun 25, 2009 7:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Curry to the Warriors
Good… I did not want to see him in NY
by San Diego Viking on Jun 25, 2009 7:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure Monta Ellis’s agent is already screaming at Don Nelson
by TWolvesFanInLA on Jun 25, 2009 7:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Why not...
Take a PG at 18 too…
by San Diego Viking on Jun 25, 2009 7:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kahn is a lawyer
Flynn was probably #1 on their board at 6 and never in a million years thought rubio would drop to 5. So, now Kahn can sit back and take call after call about who wants flynn, who wants rubio, what can you offer us…. I actually again really like the strategy here, maybe another team dangles someone amazing. Besides curry and flynn at #6, everyone else would have been a stretch…
by DR_JPK on Jun 25, 2009 7:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Valid point and hope it works out that way
A Curry/Rubio backcourt would have been problematic too….too small.
by TWolvesFanInLA on Jun 25, 2009 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BTW,
If we drafted Rubio, it would have been two PGs as well. At least with Curry, you know you could have traded him to Knicks for Chandler and probably DeRozan at #8.
by TWolvesFanInLA on Jun 25, 2009 7:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's destiny for the Wolves to make terrible decisions.
Passing on Stephen Curry will make the Brandon Roy trade look childish.
by Cory K on Jun 25, 2009 7:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Granted they probably got the three best pg's in the draft...
… if you dont consider Curry a pg
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Jun 25, 2009 8:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ll shut up now, this draft is far from over.
BetterLaettner
by BetterLaettnerThanRider on Jun 25, 2009 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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