Comments on: Tyler Hansbrough Could Be A Lottery Pick

By: AB_40

AB_40 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:59:38 +0000

he’s gonna be the nba’s new poster boy EVERYBODY is gonna want to dunk on him he has KG’s big mouth but nog game to back it up haha. this draft sucks doesn’t it.

By: Curtis G

Curtis G — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:54:59 +0000

First of all, not every team drafts based on potential. Secondly, there are a lot of lottery picks this year that have serious flaws once you get outside of Blake. Thirdly, the economy is not conducive anymore with blowing a lot of money on “could be’s” when there are a lot of “will be’s” (players whose games are easily translated to the NBA but don’t project to get much better than their college game) that will be available. With that said, I think players like Tyler and Lawson will either go higher than was projected (because you know what you are going to get from them, the will be’s, and you know what role they will fill) or they will be traded for players that were picked higher, or they will be picked high and traded to contenders that are notably missing such payers or are in danger of losing that type of player (San Antonio or Utah anyone?). As Varejao, Pietrus, Ariza, Scola, and a host of others have proven this year in the playoffs, a team simply can’t win without that high energy/glue guy in the lineup. Sometimes they are starters (like Scola and Varejao) but most times they are 6th or 7th men. Regardless of where they are in the rotation, they are priceless and no contender is going to win without one. Combine that with the fact that this year, so few of the top prospects are sure bets, teams are going to be unwilling to overpay for a bust; they will more readily live with overpaying for Shane Battier or Emeka Okafor than for a player that may not contribute anything. Maybe they would have a few years ago, but the financial climate in the NBA and America as a whole has changed so much that money simply cannot be wasted like that. And a lot of teams are going to learn the hard way not to make those kind of deals at draft time for those types of players when they won’t be able to compete in next summer’s free agent frenzy which, no doubt, is fresh in the back of every GM’s mind right now. All that makes the climate ripe for a lot of first round dealing with contenders mostly pushing the envelope. The Memphis’s and the Charlotte’s of the league will be the big beneficiaries of this draft one way or the other and you can count on that!

By: jace

jace — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:48:11 +0000

i think tyler hansbrough is great. he’s not going to be an all-star (at least i dont think, but who knows really?), and he’s kinda accepted that. he just wants to win.. he wants to work his hardest.. and he’s got this KG type energy and motor about him. even if he’s not a starter (although he could definitely be a starter on some teams), he’s definitely a GREAT pick to be a role player.

he’s got a high basketball IQ, he can shoot, and he’s the energy/hustle type of player. if thats not a good role player.. i dunno wut is. i think he should prolly go mid to late first round. i would actually like to see him go to the bulls with their late first round pick. dont kno if tyrus thomas is gonna stay anyway.. cuz he might want more than they afford.

derrick rose fun to watch.. hes even MORE fun to watch when he’s fired up. and if joakim doesnt fire him up enough.. maybe joakim AND hansbrough could do that.

By: the truth

the truth — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:37:08 +0000

two words:

Mark Madsen

By: HISTORY LESSON

HISTORY LESSON — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:56:47 +0000

He is a poor mans shane battier which means i expect him to average of about 5 points and 6 boards a night

By: doc

doc — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:50:35 +0000

Im like Bron on this one.He a nice dude to have come off the bench and hustle and get under people skin for 10 years but all that greatest ball player ever shit is a wrap.They was putting him on MJ status in North Carolina.

By: SoulOnIce

SoulOnIce — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:48:38 +0000

The draft is what it is: teams draft for home-run talent/sure thing with the first picks (see TD, Iverson, Bron, Dwight Howard), and yes, we’ve seen some duds (Olowokandi, Kwame Brown), but like Bron said, they try to go for it all in the beginning, even if it’s because of the DREADED WORD: POTENTIAL.

Personally, I like the middle round on much more, because then that’s where you can see a big difference as well. That’s why I think this draft is gonna be WAY BETTER than people give it credit for. There are too many “what ifs” for my liking at the top, but in the middle, the talent-team needs is more accurate.

By: Diego

Diego — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:46:28 +0000

I am not trying to sell Lee or Hansborough as superstars (or really stars), and I don’t know how Hansborough will turn out. (I see Hansborough’s upside perhaps as a Kurt Rambis type who could benefit a lot of upper tier teams. (I am no kid, so I saw Rambis play plenty–very similar to Hansborough.)) But taking Hansborough in the mid-first round I don’t think would exactly be a bone-headed 5th pick of Candace Parker’s hubby.

But Lee has been a surprise in the NBA to me, after a somewhat disappointing college career, and while his stats have benefited from d’antoni, he was looking alright the 2 years before that too. (I think the NBA is a lot about being in the right place at the right time. Yes, Lee is only guy going for boards for weak fast-paced N.Y. team, but most teams basically have their so-to-speak designated board guy, whose stats benefit from that role.)

By: Bron aka Had Springs before Slamball

Bron aka Had Springs before Slamball — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:26:31 +0000

ya but since i’m around the sport so much, when people say inaccurate stuff, it sends me in a rant lol….Plus i respond to multiple people at once. My initial post was short and like 5 people commented as if I just talked bad about larry bird. Its not really a big deal to me. Like i said, i hope tyler ends up on orlando or miami and know personally hes a cool guy but I’m not gonna sell him for more than he is.

By: Diego

Diego — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:17:54 +0000

Relax, Bron. You could make much better–and more accurate–points if you were more concise with your arguments. (And short paragraphs are easier to read also.)