2015 NBA Draft Thread

[Big Circus]

Might as well start it now that it's mostly populated. Kentucky's top seven scorers declared today. The Harrison twins, Towns, Cauley-Stein, Lyles, Booker and Johnson.

 

[bigpern23]

Can't wait to see how the Knicks eff this one up. I particularly like how a couple weeks ago, Phil Jackson was asked about Okafor and said that he reminded Jackson of Tyson Chandler and said that's the type of player they want to build around. You know, the same Tyson Chandler who Jackson dumped last summer.

 

[Stoney]

Might as well start it now that it's mostly populated. Kentucky's top seven scorers declared today. The Harrison twins, Towns, Cauley-Stein, Lyles, Booker and Johnson.

SEVEN players from one college team entering the draft on the same day, ain't that crazy? That's gotta be a first.

 

[JakeandElwood]

Underclassmen maybe.

 

[old_tony]

Might as well start it now that it's mostly populated. Kentucky's top seven scorers declared today. The Harrison twins, Towns, Cauley-Stein, Lyles, Booker and Johnson.

Their other option was continuing with classes. Anyone want to bet how many of them bother to finish the semester?

 

[Starman]

It's probably a real good bet none of them have set foot in a classroom since December.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Typical, ain't it, Tony?

 

[sgreenwell]

Can't wait to see how the Knicks eff this one up. I particularly like how a couple weeks ago, Phil Jackson was asked about Okafor and said that he reminded Jackson of Tyson Chandler and said that's the type of player they want to build around. You know, the same Tyson Chandler who Jackson dumped last summer.

That's a bizarre comparison on so many levels. Okafor is a guy most have compared to Al Jefferson, like a really good offensive big who will probably only be average on defense. Excluding his first couple years when he was getting used to the NBA as a high school draftee, Chandler has been a good to great defensive anchor in the middle. The Phil Jackson era has not been especially impressive to me so far, between the team and Fisher's performance this year, and the rumors that they'd be willing to trade the pick for a veteran. (A real #hottake on my part, I know.)

 

[da man]

SEVEN players from one college team entering the draft on the same day, ain't that crazy? That's gotta be a first.

How many will have any kind of an impact as NBA players?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Sam Dekker. Sonofabitch doesn't care about his degree.

Wisconsin Badgers junior Sam Dekker entering draft after boosting stock in NCAA tournament

"He was probably in the 20-25 range before the tournament, but now he'll likely be a lottery pick," one NBA executive told ESPN. "He made big shots throughout the tournament."

 

[Dick Whitman]

Sam Dekker. Sonofabitch doesn't care about his degree.

Wisconsin Badgers junior Sam Dekker entering draft after boosting stock in NCAA tournament

"He was probably in the 20-25 range before the tournament, but now he'll likely be a lottery pick," one NBA executive told ESPN. "He made big shots throughout the tournament."

Can you post a photo of him before I decide whether he's a shrewd businessman making a decision about his future or, alternatively, a shiftless, malingering ne'er do well who has never attended a class?

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

Dekker can always find a job if the NBA doesn't work out.

 

[JC]

How many will have any kind of an impact as NBA players?

All of them, remember this is a team that would have made the playoffs in the Eastern Conference

 

[da man]

All of them, remember this is a team that would have made the playoffs in the Eastern Conference

Only if Larry Brown was their coach.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I think Towns and Booker will be solid pros. The rest I have my doubts.

 

[Big Circus]

I don't see any reason Cauley-Stein can't carve out a Roy Hibbert-type career.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I think Towns and Booker will be solid pros. The rest I have my doubts.

Yeah, when I saw that all seven went, my first thought was that the second round of the draft is taking shape nicely.

 

[Big Circus]

Yeah, I hope the twins have their passports up to date.

 

[Starman]

SEVEN players from one college team entering the draft on the same day, ain't that crazy? That's gotta be a first.

And Calipari has nothing to do with any of it; all those guys were first-round locks before he ever laid his claws in them.

If anything, he's cost them all millions in potential endorsement bread with his slowdown-sludgeball platoon system. They'd all be way more marketable for shoes, sports drinks, etc etc if they were hotshot 25 ppg superstars coming out of college. But at least they did win the National Championship.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Calipari has established Kentucky as the frat all the high school superstars want to pledge. As for Dekker, what an indictment of the NBA scouting process! Kid has two or three splendid games in the tournament and NOW he's moved up to a lottery pick? Fickle, fickle, fickle.