2016 NBA Draft

[wadesworld]

Now that the college basketball season is all wrapped up, who do you want your favorite team to take?  And who do you want them to avoid?  If the ping pong balls fall right, who would you want them to take at 1 overall?

Assuming Buddy Hield is gone by the time the Bucks pick, I would actually like to see them get Hank, if for no other reason than to see a lineup on the floor of Giannis (6'11"), Middleton (6'8"), Jabari (6'10"), Hank (6'10") and Henson (6'11").  You probably don't have Jabari and Hank in together much and start someone who can guard the other team's point guard over Hank, but that'd be fun to see.  Hoping that Moose (and MCW) are gone for some 3 and D specialists off the bench and/or future draft picks.  If not Hield or Hank, I'm not really sure who I'd want.  Nobody gets me excited down in the 10 range.  Might be the type of draft where if you like what you see in a high risk high reward guy like Maker you use your pick on him.

I do NOT want Labissiere and I really don't want Poeltl either.  Other than that I wouldn't hate most of the guys in the 10ish area, but wouldn't love most of them either.

If I had 1 overall I'm taking Ingram without question.

[PGsHeroes32]

Hield ain't making it to the 10 range.

The wolves and the Kings are gonna be all over guys like Hield and Murray

[monkeyman34]

Bucks:
Wishful thinking of Hield, Murray, or Dunn, would also really like to see them take Timothe Luwawu, who physically is a bit shorter Giannis.  Would be awesome to see all of that length and athleticism on the court.
Hope they avoid Hank and Skal, just don't see them fitting the team, or being all that good of NBA players.
I hope they grab some solid upperclassmen in the second round to be good bench players. Guys like Michael Gbinije, Damion Lee, Wayne Seldon, Malcolm Brogdon, Perry Ellis, Sheldon McClellan, Ron Baker, or even a shot at Melo Trimble if he falls that far.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I'm interviewing Draft Express guys for a Cracked Sidewalks article...if folks want me to ask some specific questions, let me know.

[keefe]

I'm interviewing Draft Express guys for a Cracked Sidewalks article...if folks want me to ask some specific questions, let me know.

Do NBA GMs think Tom Crean inhibits a player's development to the point where the young man is undraftable?

[brandx]

If I had 1 overall I'm taking Ingram without question.

Agreed. Kevin Durant-type offensive upside.

[wadesworld]

Agreed. Kevin Durant-type offensive upside.

Not quite that high, but a very high ceiling.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

If I had 1 overall I'm taking Ingram without question.

Do you think DukeScoop is talking how he won't play next year because he needs to gain weight.  Or maybe about what a waste it was to recruit him because they were not National Title contenders? 

[wadesworld]

Do you think DukeScoop is talking how he won't play next year because he needs to gain weight.  Or maybe about what a waste it was to recruit him because they were not National Title contenders?

Yeah they're probably thinking he'll spend a majority of the year wasting away in the D League and that'll result in him never having a real NBA career.

[reinko]

Yeah they're probably thinking he'll spend a majority of the year wasting away in the D League and that'll result in him never having a real NBA career.

Plus, he is under the age of 20, so his body will break down, and won't be able to hack it.

[Archies Bat]

Do you think DukeScoop is talking how he won't play next year because he needs to gain weight.  Or maybe about what a waste it was to recruit him because they were not National Title contenders?

I think they are talking about the easy 3-pointers he made.

[tower912]

My favorite team is ending a long absence from the playoffs and will be drafting in the teens.   If HE is still available when they draft, I would be thrilled.   I have a feeling that they are looking for a shooting guard.   

[Celtic Truth]

My Celtics will be very interesting to watch on draft day. We have 8 picks this year and some valuable future picks as well. Most notably this year we own the nets unprotected 1st rounder.

Hopefully we can turn our assets into Kevin Durant wearing green next season.

If we can land in the top 2 I like Ingram a lot. For selfish reasons I like Dunn and Hank and Wayne Seldon is a Boston kid so that would be a cool story

[brandx]

My Celtics will be very interesting to watch on draft day. We have 8 picks this year and some valuable future picks as well. Most notably this year we own the nets unprotected 1st rounder.

Hopefully we can turn our assets into Kevin Durant wearing green next season.

If we can land in the top 2 I like Ingram a lot. For selfish reasons I like Dunn and Hank and Wayne Seldon is a Boston kid so that would be a cool story

Your Celtics are one star player away from being the best team in the East. The rest of the pieces are there.

Ingram could put the team over the top within 2 years, but unless their balls get lucky .......

[Celtic Truth]

Your Celtics are one star player away from being the best team in the East. The rest of the pieces are there.

Ingram could put the team over the top within 2 years, but unless their balls get lucky .......

That's where KD comes into the equation. If we don't get Ingram package a boatload of picks together and send em to OKC

[wadesworld]

That's where KD comes into the equation. If we don't get Ingram package a boatload of picks together and send em to OKC

The Thunder will have as much trading power on Kevin Durant this offseason as the Bucks do.

[reinko]

Hopefully we can turn our assets into Kevin Durant wearing green next season.

I like Bill Simmons as well,  but too much of him will rot your brain.

[drewm88]

I like Bill Simmons as well,  but too much of him will rot your brain.

I've seen Bill take credit for being the one pushing this idea, but isn't it pretty obvious? Durant's a free agent, Celtics are a major market team in need of a superstar to go over the top, and they (along with just about everyone) have the cap room to make it happen. It'd be weird if there weren't speculation.

[PGsHeroes32]

That's where KD comes into the equation. If we don't get Ingram package a boatload of picks together and send em to OKC

Probably should familiarize yourself with KDs free agency.

[JWags85]

I've seen Bill take credit for being the one pushing this idea, but isn't it pretty obvious? Durant's a free agent, Celtics are a major market team in need of a superstar to go over the top, and they (along with just about everyone) have the cap room to make it happen. It'd be weird if there weren't speculation.

Odds are this goes as well as Simmons pushing and crowing about the Celtics getting Love.

[DegenerateDish]

The Butler to the Celtics trade makes a lot of sense, only problem is I don't know who the Celts can shed outside of Crowder (who I think they'd ideally would want to keep). A Crowder/Brooklyn 2017 #1/Brooklyn 2018 #1 would be awesome if you're the Bulls, I can't see Boston giving up all three of those assets for Butler though. One problem the Celtics will have trying to take on Butler or Blake Griffin is they don't have a ton of bad contracts to trade. A third team will have to be involved realistically if that deal moves along.

[Silkk the Shaka]

The Butler to the Celtics trade makes a lot of sense, only problem is I don't know who the Celts can shed outside of Crowder (who I think they'd ideally would want to keep). A Crowder/Brooklyn 2017 #1/Brooklyn 2018 #1 would be awesome if you're the Bulls, I can't see Boston giving up all three of those assets for Butler though. One problem the Celtics will have trying to take on Butler or Blake Griffin is they don't have a ton of bad contracts to trade. A third team will have to be involved realistically if that deal moves along.

Amir Johnson for Jimmy straight up works in the trade machine. Add some picks and I bet it works in real life, too.

[tower912]

If by some miracle he was still available when the Pistons draft, I would take Henry in a heartbeat.