2009 Draft: Who do you want the Bucks to pick?

[moses]

Assuming the obvious picks like Rubio, Thabeet, Griffin, etc. are gone by 10, who do you want to see the Bucks draft? I don't watch a ton of college hoops, but from all reports it looks likely that the Bucks will end up with a point guard. From the point guard crop, I like the clips I've seen on youtube of Johnny Flynn. Otherwise, I hope Hill somehow falls but he's almost guaranteed to be gone by 10. I have a feeling Curry is going to be a Shawn Respert style bust, and I have no clue is Jennings is the real deal or not.

[Spartakus]

even with the 'red flagged' knees i'm still have my bets hedged on Blair. He has D in abundance, and he just seems like a 'peas in a pod' guy for Skiles. (i also keep getting flash backs of his manhandling of Thabeet). With all the talk of bad knees and worry of him only being 6'5" without shoes, it'd be nice to trade down and gain a little extra. Outside of Blair, my second choice would be Flynn. From what little i have seen its been admirable footage/interviews.

Can i say that Patty Mills is going to be a sleeper. Book it here now. Kobe's already told the Lakers he wants him if hes avaliable. Not a bad endorsement.

[Rosewell]

I think we should choose from the following three prospects -
Blair - a slightly shorter Paul Milsap or Reggie Evans, great reserve PF, not a starter material because of the size.
Flynn - a shorter Earl Watson, great reserve PG, not a starter material for now, maybe we should consider him first in case not able to keep Sessions.
Hansbrough - a US version of Louis Scola, maybe a starter material because of his fame and popularity.

Anyway, I would trade the picks for a vet PF, we really need a good PF but this year's draft is weak with very few quality PFs.

[bball1968]

Flynn seems to be getting the nod.....Bogut reckons Mills will go late in the first or early second. Mills has already showed his skills against CP, deron and Co - 20pts,3 and 2 vs Team USA. Coach K reckons his D was great as well.

[moses]

I'm liking the rumors of Hill dropping in the draft, but I can't imagine he drops all the way to 10. If he does, they have to take him.

I don't know a lot about Mills, but he seems to be rising up the boards.

For people who "may" be available at #10, I'm going to put Hill as my #1, followed by Flynn. I just don't want Blair.. I can't trust that he's good enough to make up for being so short. It's the rare player that can overcome a 4 inch deficit at his position... if he was 6'8" I could do it, and that would only be without the things they're reporting about his knees. He's just a little too Tractor Traylor for me.

[matt51776]

I think Flynn will be gone, his stock has been rising since he measured a little taller than expected. I think he goes to GS. Lots of teams seem to be looking for PG this year. I think the Bucks will resign Sessions, If only because the Arenas rule stipulates his first two years can't be bigger than the MLE, so the Market is set on him at least. CV is gone though and that leaves a huge hole at PF, regardless of where you stand on CV, everyone else behind him is flat garbage on this roster, so it would be great if we got lucky and Hill fell. I could see it happening too. But somesones gonna fall at PF I think, even if he doesn't, I just hope they say no to Blair. Weight issues, flagged knees, and a height issue sounds like a Buck Pick though.

[moses]

matt51776 said:

I think Flynn will be gone, his stock has been rising since he measured a little taller than expected. I think he goes to GS. Lots of teams seem to be looking for PG this year. I think the Bucks will resign Sessions, If only because the Arenas rule stipulates his first two years can't be bigger than the MLE, so the Market is set on him at least. CV is gone though and that leaves a huge hole at PF, regardless of where you stand on CV, everyone else behind him is flat garbage on this roster, so it would be great if we got lucky and Hill fell. I could see it happening too. But somesones gonna fall at PF I think, even if he doesn't, I just hope they say no to Blair. Weight issues, flagged knees, and a height issue sounds like a Buck Pick though.

Yeah, it's kind of hilarious but true.. you note all these negatives about Blair, and the end result is "Sounds like a Bucks pick", and there's barely even a hint of irony.

Hammond, prove us wrong... make a good pick.

[Rosewell]

moses said:

matt51776 said:

I think Flynn will be gone, his stock has been rising since he measured a little taller than expected. I think he goes to GS. Lots of teams seem to be looking for PG this year. I think the Bucks will resign Sessions, If only because the Arenas rule stipulates his first two years can't be bigger than the MLE, so the Market is set on him at least. CV is gone though and that leaves a huge hole at PF, regardless of where you stand on CV, everyone else behind him is flat garbage on this roster, so it would be great if we got lucky and Hill fell. I could see it happening too. But somesones gonna fall at PF I think, even if he doesn't, I just hope they say no to Blair. Weight issues, flagged knees, and a height issue sounds like a Buck Pick though.

Yeah, it's kind of hilarious but true.. you note all these negatives about Blair, and the end result is "Sounds like a Bucks pick", and there's barely even a hint of irony.

Hammond, prove us wrong... make a good pick.

LOL that was indeed hilarious, the Bucks tend to make the wrong pick, such as Yi, skinny, don't even speak English, likes to shoot 3s, and they drafted him to play PF!?

I still think we need to pick a PF unless Flynn has a superstar potential which I don't see at all.

[moses]

Rosewell said:

moses said:

matt51776 said:

I think Flynn will be gone, his stock has been rising since he measured a little taller than expected. I think he goes to GS. Lots of teams seem to be looking for PG this year. I think the Bucks will resign Sessions, If only because the Arenas rule stipulates his first two years can't be bigger than the MLE, so the Market is set on him at least. CV is gone though and that leaves a huge hole at PF, regardless of where you stand on CV, everyone else behind him is flat garbage on this roster, so it would be great if we got lucky and Hill fell. I could see it happening too. But somesones gonna fall at PF I think, even if he doesn't, I just hope they say no to Blair. Weight issues, flagged knees, and a height issue sounds like a Buck Pick though.

Yeah, it's kind of hilarious but true.. you note all these negatives about Blair, and the end result is "Sounds like a Bucks pick", and there's barely even a hint of irony.

Hammond, prove us wrong... make a good pick.

LOL that was indeed hilarious, the Bucks tend to make the wrong pick, such as Yi, skinny, don't even speak English, likes to shoot 3s, and they drafted him to play PF!?

I still think we need to pick a PF unless Flynn has a superstar potential which I don't see at all.

If they need to go PF and Hill is gone, I'd rather see them try to parley the #10 into a couple picks and go with one of the 'scrappers' like Hansborough a few picks later. But I think they're more likely to stand pat and take a guard, bring in Ilyasova, and make do with him and Malik Allen (gulp) at the 4.

[Rosewell]

moses said:

Rosewell said:

moses said:

matt51776 said:

I think Flynn will be gone, his stock has been rising since he measured a little taller than expected. I think he goes to GS. Lots of teams seem to be looking for PG this year. I think the Bucks will resign Sessions, If only because the Arenas rule stipulates his first two years can't be bigger than the MLE, so the Market is set on him at least. CV is gone though and that leaves a huge hole at PF, regardless of where you stand on CV, everyone else behind him is flat garbage on this roster, so it would be great if we got lucky and Hill fell. I could see it happening too. But somesones gonna fall at PF I think, even if he doesn't, I just hope they say no to Blair. Weight issues, flagged knees, and a height issue sounds like a Buck Pick though.

Yeah, it's kind of hilarious but true.. you note all these negatives about Blair, and the end result is "Sounds like a Bucks pick", and there's barely even a hint of irony.

Hammond, prove us wrong... make a good pick.

LOL that was indeed hilarious, the Bucks tend to make the wrong pick, such as Yi, skinny, don't even speak English, likes to shoot 3s, and they drafted him to play PF!?

I still think we need to pick a PF unless Flynn has a superstar potential which I don't see at all.

If they need to go PF and Hill is gone, I'd rather see them try to parley the #10 into a couple picks and go with one of the 'scrappers' like Hansborough a few picks later. But I think they're more likely to stand pat and take a guard, bring in Ilyasova, and make do with him and Malik Allen (gulp) at the 4.

I would rather trade the picks to get a vet PF such as Reggie Evans (though now he's gone).

[Rick in Cali]

Don't they HAVE to deal this pick? How else do they clear some cap space and make it so we at least have some hope for the next 2 or 3 seasons? They have got to move DG's contract and there isn't another way - and they still might not have enough to make it happen.

[moses]

God, I hope not.

IMO, Hammond is pretty much on the record as saying the team basically is in a holding pattern until the RJ and Redd contracts expire. Surely we can't hemmorage this pick, AND Sessions, AND Villanueva, and STILL not find a way to trade away Redd and RJ for picks/cap relief. That would be the worst of all worlds - all the young talent gone, and not replaced, while keeping the overpriced old core intact, for a team that hasn't won 50% of its games in years. I just can't see it happening.

It's definitely possible that they will trade this pick, but at least as far as what's being covered in the media, there's no reports I've seen saying trading the pick is likely. I could definitely see trading the #10 and someone like Gadzuric for, say, a #20ish pick - i.e. move down in the draft to move a bad contract. Hell, there might even be a few teams (teams with elite point guards and a dearth of big men) who could legitimately use Gadzuric.

Any way you slice it, though, this team is hosed if they don't get rid of some contracts. It really seems like Hammond is just trying to keep this roster together until it expires naturally, and that means best-case scenarios of 5th seeds and 1st, or at best 2nd, round playoff exits. I don't like this plan at all but it seems to be the way they are doing things.

[JTF71961]

They were saying on an ESPN mock draft today that Hill would drop all the way down to no. 10, with the Bucks taking him.