The Official 2012 NBA Draft Thread

[stewie griffen]

Seems there's not much going on the second round? Young S2F here seems to have a bit of a conspiracy against him, no more BigFooty at work for me.

I had to go and (pretend to) do some work

Few euros going late in the second, and a few Canadians being drafted as well

Zach Harper ‏@talkhoops
Knicks draft George Papadopolous. Strengths: Raised Webster. Good leader. Weaknesses: Knicks fans hate him.
Retweeted by John Hollinger

 

[wotdoiput]

Ah Furkan hell!!

 

[Primetime Pricey]

Well he has 2 ******* years to work on it!!

he'll join the list of greats from europe we drafted. slavko vranes, maceij lampe, and the greatest knick center ever frederic weis.

we need a guard. oh well

 

[Gak Attack]

What a f**king terrible day for us. If we end up not making a big deal before start of the season Morey should get the ass really. Robinson slipping to 5 most likely cost us that pick. Happy with Lamb but don't see the point in us taking White and Jones though, must of been something with PJ3 that teams didn't like as we had him work out before the draft and I was hoping we would take him with 18. Clearly we plan on winning a championship with a team full of players capable of playing the 4, currently have Scola, Patterson, DMo, Brockman, Jones, Morris and White and all but Donuts are undersized for the position too, even if Morris and White are more likely to play 3.

 

[Westy Bogan]

Clips just picked up a Turkish Reggie evans

 

[wotdoiput]

Clips just picked up a Turkish Reggie evans

But he has a good name... you all can go get Furkaned

 

[Scully2Folau]

C's go for a pair of college teammates again, Purdue last year (Johnson and Moore) then Syracuse this year with Fab Melo and Kris Joseph.

 

[Messenger]

Who the * is Robbie Hummel?

I waited all that time for that? No Denmon?

FFFUUUUUU KKKAAAAAAAHHHHHHHNNNNNNN

 

[tigs2010]

Johnson-Odom and Odom playing together ftw?

 

[OrdinaryJoel]

Marcus Denmon to Spurs... Good draftng unlike other teams in the latter 2nd round!

 

[Vincent Chase]

he'll join the list of greats from europe we drafted. slavko vranes, maceij lampe, and the greatest knick center ever frederic weis.

lol. we should just leave the euros to the spurs

we need a guard. oh well

we have TD

 

[Shade]

Alot of good undrafted people

Hollis Thompson
Henry Sims
Scott Machado
Tu Holloway
J'Covan Brown

 

[Primetime Pricey]

lol. we should just leave the euros to the spurs



we have TD

dont joke about that s**t. That s**t is real! lol

 

[Messenger]

Hummel has torn his ACL - TWICE

the heck!

 

[peternorth]

is this the first time successive selections have been made of a player named Quincy?

 

[Drumroe]

Surprised Machado wasn't picked by anyone. Would be a good backup point guard.

 

[Primetime Pricey]

lol. we should just leave the euros to the spurs

WHAT IT MEANS: Likely favorites Scott Machado (Iona), Darius Johnson-Odom(Marquette) and Hollis Thompson (Georgetown) were available to the Knicks with the 48th pick, but they probably felt none of them could make an impact next season. Instead, they went with forward Kostas Papanikolaou (Greece), who probably won't be available until the 2013-14 season. That's because his contract with Olympiakos has two years left on it. It does, however, have a reasonable $1 million buyout option next summer.

BIGGEST POSITIVES: The lefty Papanikolaou (6-8, 225) is a little bit of a cross between foreign NBA players Manu Ginobili and Carlos Delfino. He has some craftiness like Ginobili -- he has crossover moves, can split defenders and knows how to finish -- but he's not as good of a passer. Papanikolaou is a pure scorer, who also demonstrates defensive intensity like Delfino. In fact, he'll hustle back and make blocks in transition. Like both of the current NBA players, Papanikolaou's best asset is arguably his 3-point shot.

BIGGEST NEGATIVE: That he likely won't play next season. The Knicks were coming off back-to-back wins in the second round (Landry Fields in 2010 and Josh Harrellson in '11). With what was available, there was a sense they could've done it again.

WHAT'S NEXT: What this draft pick represents is that the Knicks are really focused on re-signing their own free agents (Jeremy Lin, Steve Novak, J.R. Smith and Fields) and adding about two new veteran players in the offseason. The Knicks' biggest prize will be winning the early Bird Rights ruling and then using their mid-level exception of $3 million to sign one of the top four point guards available come July 1: Steve Nash, Andre Miller,Jason Kidd or Raymond Felton.

 

[Vincent Chase]

yeah saw that PP

in that though it says his best asset is the 3 point shot, whilst grunny said his weakness was his shooting.....

 

[Primetime Pricey]

i like it

 

[smashh]

With that 3 million exception you could probably take back the human garbage that is Raymond Felton and still have about 2 million to spend!

 

[AxelFoley]

I wish chanting in MSG was like this...maybe it will be when Kostas is onboard!

 

[Shade]

Well ill give us an F. i hope this Plumlee guy shows something in summer league

 

[Vincent Chase]

Nick Gibson, SLAM On-line
“I was instructed by both an NBA and a Euroleague official to take a peek at this kid that had impressed them in limited time vs. San Antonio. It didn’t take long for Kostas to make an impression; he dove for loose balls, grabbed boards, and what struck me most was the way he cut fearlessly across the middle, hands up and ready to receive. In a few minutes against LeBron and Co. the following day, same story. If he expands his already diversified offensive game and keeps the attitude on track, we could see him reach Carlos Delfino levels in just a few years.”


Luka Bassin, International Scout and Coach
“He raised his stock a lot during Euroleague Final Four where he showed not only his technical and tactical attributes but the most important thing in sports – to have a heart and that he is not affraid of big games. Could be the steal of the draft.”


Alejandro Gonzalez, International Scout, NetScouts Basketball
“Papanikolaou has the position size and ability to be successful in the NBA. His ability to work and produce off the ball may make him more suitable to the European style but the NBA potential is definitely there.”


Rafael Uehara, The Basketball Post
“After the Euroleague final, Papanikolaou will possibly be a commodity in the second round. He’s shown the ability to perform in the grand stage against elite class competition. With his combination of terrific defensive hustle and instincts and an offensive skill set of intuitive cutting and quality shooting NBA teams have to take notice”

 

[Primetime Pricey]

Well ill give us an F. i hope this Plumlee guy shows something in summer league

watched a lot of Plumlee obviously being a Duke man and i like him defensively but he has no offensive game whatsoever.

 

[peternorth]

Who the **** is Robbie Hummel?