CalvinBall wrote:embiid would be back in janruary too assuming all goes according to plan, right?

January would be at the long end of the recovery time, so probably

Dei Lynam ‏@dlynamCSN 58s
Janeiro Parker "I didn't workout for Sixers. Maybe I will take subway down tonight. "


Dei breaking news with Prospects I've never heard of.

assuming (1) i know nothing about what any of these guys will do in the NBA and (2) Sam Hinkie does, I am basically deciding whatever happens is a good thing. with that in mind, what I hope is a thing that happens, purely for entertainment's sake:

1. Sixers stand pat at 3 and take Exum
2. Gordon falls to 7; Sixers trade MCW to Lakers to take him
3. Stauskas falls to 10 and Sixers take him there
4. Sixers trade for Boozer and the Bulls pick to jump one pick ahead of the Celtics; they take Saric

i'm pretty surprised they didn't even bring Jabari in for a workout

the latest DX has us getting Embiid, Stauskus

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2014/

and not that it matters but Glenn Robinson and Micic and some guys I never heard of in round 2

td11 wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:Totally in on Embiid (based on my human nature ).

i have even higher hopes for him than i did for Nerlens last year

+1. More skilled than NN and I'd like to think he'd make NN more effective since he wouldn't have to play against guys 25 pounds heavier every game.

Youseff wrote:the latest DX has us getting Embiid, Stauskus

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-mock-draft/2014/

and not that it matters but Glenn Robinson and Micic and some guys I never heard of in round 2

EDERP i misread

Houshphandzadeh wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Saric confirmed today he's definitely coming to the US after two more years in Europe. No really. He means it

feel like you're blaming Saric here, but isn't he in a tough spot? a rebuilding team can draft him and then leave him over there regardless of his wishes so he has to take a good Euro deal now to protect his own financial interests, and that may require signing for two years

Agreed. He's playing the long game which will probably ultimately be better for him and whomever drafts him.

Eddie Jordan wrote:i'm pretty surprised they didn't even bring Jabari in for a workout

there's scuttlebutt that it's because the Bucks promised him they'd take him

i'd rather have GRIII over Lavine I think

Also on Dinwiddie, M. Brown, Stokes bandwagons for 2nd round

Russ Smith could provide nightly positive and negative entertainment too on another scrub-filled team

Houshphandzadeh wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Saric confirmed today he's definitely coming to the US after two more years in Europe. No really. He means it

feel like you're blaming Saric here, but isn't he in a tough spot? a rebuilding team can draft him and then leave him over there regardless of his wishes so he has to take a good Euro deal now to protect his own financial interests, and that may require signing for two years

It makes sense from a team standpoint (although I'd rather have a bunch of guys growing and improving together), but I always have a bad feeling about taking international players that are projected to go top 10. Nowitzki and Gasol are the exceptions......the rest never live up to their billing

Youseff wrote:the latest DX has us getting Embiid, Stauskus2

Think this is my favorite non-wiggins scenario. Stauskus is awesome.

gotta feeling stauskas doesn't get to 10 boyos

what would people do if top 9 is Big 4, Vonleh, Gordon, Randle, Stauskas, McDermott?

i think you still might have to take saric there

joe table wrote:gotta feeling stauskas doesn't get to 10 boyos

what would people do if top 9 is Big 4, Vonleh, Gordon, Randle, Stauskas, McDermott?

i think you still might have to take saric there

explore a trade down

think you forgot Smart. i'd be overjoyed to get him at 10

yes he did! no trade down.

joe table wrote:gotta feeling stauskas doesn't get to 10 boyos

what would people do if top 9 is Big 4, Vonleh, Gordon, Randle, Stauskas, McDermott?

i think you still might have to take saric there

Smart for sure. It'd be weird if we got Exum, didn't trade MCW, and then drafted Smart though.

Barry Jive wrote:think you forgot Smart. i'd be overjoyed to get him at 10

oh good call

i'm guessing randle or mcdermott would be the one to drop then

they might not be hinkie guys

The only scenario at 3/10 I might prefer over Embiid/Stauskas would be Embiid/McDermott. Might.

Defensively Noel 4 and Embiid 5 would be nasty. Offensively you can switch the 2 if Embiid can hit a nice jumper like Duncan it would really set up like the Spurs run with 2 bigs at times.