magicblue

The entire post was sarcasm, get over yourself. As I've said before and will say again, McLemore's flaws (low basketball IQ, off court issues, disappearing late in games) are his own personal make-up, they have nothing to do with playing one year at Kansas under Bill Self and are unrelated to successes or failures of former Jayhawks. Why you can't, or simply won't, acknowledge and accept that is beyond me. Maybe players who go to Kansas are inherently overrated because of the history of the program? Maybe they bust because they were never that good to begin with? Regardless, a great player who has the intangibles to make it in the NBA will (that's why NBA scouts exist- to assess that in a player, not a program), and those who don't won't...regardless of what school they attend. Its basically common sense that you consistently choose not to acknowledge for the sake of your argument.

It's a widely known fact that Bill Self takes top prospects, who would otherwise become NBA legends, and turns them into complete and utter garbage. Look no farther than Mario Chalmers, who was universally hailed as the next Oscar Roberson before attending Kansas, and just look how he turned out. Its sad and rather pathetic actually. We can only hope that Wiggins doesn't follow this same path of disappointment at the hands of Self and the Kansas program who clearly go out of their way to try and ruin the hopes and dreams of young men

Tebow?

I love you

Exciting to think Smart may be the worst case scenario next year.

Michael Westbrook? I assume you meant Russell, but Smart isn't anywhere near as quick so I don't see that happening. Smart does have a little Payton in him though and I think that's a relatively decent comparison and probably Smart's ceiling.

Len is nowhere near as good a defender as Noel and we already have Vuc, which negates the need for Len who plays a fairly similar game.

The biggest concern with Noel is his current injury (otherwise he's the unanimous #1 pick in this draft despite his offensive flaws), so you'd rather take a lesser rated player who is also injured? Interesting. Frankly I'm more concerned with ongoing issues related to Len's stress fracture than Noel's ACL, but I'm no doctor

You beat me to it. On this team, Noel would take the PF assignment most nights and we can match up as need be. The writer in this article seems to be painting a picture of a big-man dominant league and most teams playing inside-out, while in reality the NBA is trending away from slothy big men and towards athletic front courts that can run the floor. Having said that, I would not select Noel to be my center but believe he would complement Vuc quite well.

Worst we can do is 4th

That's what I'm here for buddy...glad to help. Maybe you're not the guy, but someone has been calling him Noels for a few weeks now and it needed to be pointed out. It's on par with Magics and Reddick.

Great strategy if that's the case. He's their most explosive scorer and Chi struggles in the half court, especially with all the injuries.

Its Noel not Noels. There's only one

I care

I think you're right, because he is stupid.

Gordon looks like high school Blake from those ads where he comes from the future

The Lakers wont be able to offer Lebron more than Miami, because of the new CBA and the fact Mia has his bird rights

Ha, so true! Looks like he's pointing out a gay bar.

Couple of things. SVG is no pushover and don't make excuses for Dwight and blame everything on him not having the right coach...leave that for him to do. The point isn't would other teams want him, or is he or is he not a cornerstone piece. The point is would a guy like Lebron leave Miami to go play with Dwight, knowing his shortcomings as a player and a teammate? I don't think he would.

True. Anything can always happen

I'm pretty sure it's Noel, not Noels. If he's medically cleared, and Henny feels comfortable, I have no problem with us taking him. Noel could guard stretch 4's or we could go small and put Harris on them if its not working out.

Not sure how Stern can play puppet master for a franchise he doesn't own, manage, or operate? Also, like I mentioned before, I don't think the idea of playing with Dwight Howard really appeals to that many superstars anymore, especially considering he hasn't won jack **** and seems like a terrible teammate.

If we end up with the first pick I really think we'll be able to move down a few slots, if we don't just take Noel ourselves. You would have to think a team like Cleveland for instance would be fairly motivated to move up, from say pick 3 or 4, to draft Noel.

I think it will rain on the day of the draft lottery and there will be a double rainbow.

Yeah, 4th is worst case scenario