2014 Draft Thread

[Janders 102]

Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider 1h

Sources: Randle, Exum, Gordon, Vonleh, Ennis, McDermott, Stauskas unlikely to participate in drills at NBA Draft Combine

 

Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider 3h

Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid and Jabari Parker will skip the Combine. Adreian Payne & Mitch McGary out with injuries

[Nyce_1 311]

Hypothetically Exum turning up and lowering his draft stock wouldn't be a bad thing for us, especially if he fell to #12. Imagine walking out of the draft with Parker/Wiggins at #3 and Exum at #12. Not going to happen, but it would be nice for us to have that type of luck! B)/>

As long as Pat Williams is in the house, anything can happen. I'm still holding out hope for two top-3 picks.

[Jay Magic 1,251]

As long as Pat Williams is in the house, anything can happen. I'm still holding out hope for two top-3 picks.

 

SNAP!

[jmmagicfan 302]

I think with this many projected top players missing the combine and/or attending but skipping the drills you may see a drastic change/reaction from the league office.

[JamminJ21 35]

I hope so...I actually enjoy watching the guys do team and individual drills...I pretend to be a gm and evaluate them haha.

[TreyMachine 399]

I think with this many projected top players missing the combine and/or attending but skipping the drills you may see a drastic change/reaction from the league office.

 

What is the intention of skipping the draft combine? To control what teams know evaluate your talent?

[Mauro Pedrosa 1,033]

Ok so my ideal scenario would be drafting Wiggins and Young and then stealing Taj Gibson from the Bulls (Afflalo and/or Jameer going the other way)

 

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What I think will happen is we draft Exum (I'm warming up to the idea more and more) and Payne

[Mauro Pedrosa 1,033]

My new top 5

 

1- Wiggins

 

Athletic wings (mainly SFs) that can score, pass and dribble rule the league. Wiggins has the best shot at becoming a superstar

 

2- Exum

 

Not a big fan of having the PG as the main star, but if I had to go with that, I'd like to have someone who doesn't rely as much on strength and has good size. Exum would be perfect

 

3- Embiid

 

Little worried about his back problem, as everyone is, but he seems to be a stud. Nice footwork for a man his size

 

4- Randle

 

I'm a big believer in Randle. He's a little short for PF but he's strong, athletic and has shown flashes of great defense. Vucevic needs a menacing big close to him, and Randle could be that guy.

 

5- Parker

 

I think he will have to play PF in the NBA and a frontcourt of Parker and Vucevic would give me nightmares. He's not the most athletic guy, either. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't be thrilled if we drafted Parker

 

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There's a big cliff after number 5, in my opinion, but I would LOVE to get that #8 from Detroit and draft Gordon or Vonleh, especially if we got one of the guys in my top 2. I don't think SVG would be too willing to help us though

[CTMagicUK 1,491]

Vonleh at 8 as well as a top 4 guy would literally make these last 2 seasons worth while in my eyes.

 

Exum

Oladipo

Harris/Harkless

Vonleh

Vucevic

 

That's a long team that can dominate the boards, get up and down in transition but also run a decent half court set with 2 dynamic guards and 2 big men who can (potentially in Vonleh's case) score in multiple ways. It lacks shooting though unless Oladipo can improve or Exum is better than expected.

 

I don't really want to trade Afflalo or Meer as much as others but if it could get us Vonleh I'd do it right now.

[Mauro Pedrosa 1,033]

Vonleh at 8 as well as a top 4 guy would literally make these last 2 seasons worth while in my eyes.

 

Exum

Oladipo

Harris/Harkless

Vonleh

Vucevic

 

That's a long team that can dominate the boards, get up and down in transition but also run a decent half court set with 2 dynamic guards and 2 big men who can (potentially in Vonleh's case) score in multiple ways. It lacks shooting though unless Oladipo can improve or Exum is better than expected.

 

I don't really want to trade Afflalo or Meer as much as others but if it could get us Vonleh I'd do it right now.

I hope something funky happens this year. Last year I felt a little underwhelmed because we picked our guy and then didn't do any other moves.

[O_SteveO 106]

I've seen the idea of trading Afflalo to SAC thrown around some. I've also seen the Kings taking Smart in a few mocks.

 

Does anyone think there's a chance they take Smart and trade him to us for AA?

[Mike1989 68]

If we the draft stays with the current order, Vonleh shouldn't get past the Sacramento Kings. I think they would love to find a compliment to their star center, and a Vonleh-Cousins pairing in the front court could be a dominant duo. Granted they might need a point guard if Thomas walks, or is part of a sign-and-trade, but if Vonleh is on the board at #7, I think he will go to the Kings and not make it to #8. Their line up could end with a very athletic line up: Thomas, McLemore, Gay, Vonleh and Cousins.

 

I would love to see us draft Vonleh, he would be an excellent addition to our front court. If we managed to come out of the draft with a Exum and Vonleh, or Wiggins and Vonleh type combination, we would potentially have two stars on our hands. But I think for that to happen we would need one of the following to happen: 1 - our first pick falls outside the top four; 2 - our second pick becomes a top six pick; or 3 - we trade up with a team that drafts before the Kings. I suppose a fourth could be a trade with the Kings if they do select Vonleh, and we could send someone like Afflalo and/or Nelson their way. But I think the most likely scenario for us drafting Vonleh would be our first draft pick falling outside the top four.