Comments on: Here’s a question: Why on Earth did the Grizzlies draft Thabeet when they had Gasol?

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Sun, 15 May 2011 23:00:12 +0000

Thabeet is one of my biggest whiffs on projecting him at the NBA level. I liked him a lot in college and saw him (as the article says) as a B-level Dikembe Mutombo type player. Guess that’s why they don’t pay me to scout players!

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:59:12 +0000

call me crazy, but I could almost see the Thunder having bit on him… he was projected as a defensive big, which the Thunder knew was the biggest missing piece to their team… I don’t think they ultimately would have because their front office is smarter than that, but I would bet he would have gotten some serious consideration.

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:57:36 +0000

durr

By: cosanostra71

cosanostra71 — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:57:16 +0000

Bradley was halfway decent though. Nothing special on offense, but he could crash the boards and play some solid enough defense.

By: jmclarkent

jmclarkent — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:51:25 +0000

I agree; I kind of think that Minnesota (with 2 PG’s) would have pulled the trigger.

By: thetooloftools

thetooloftools — Sun, 15 May 2011 06:25:15 +0000

I’m LeBron James.
I didn’t say anything stupid today but I’m posting to keep my name out there.

By: jstrizzle

jstrizzle — Sun, 15 May 2011 06:06:49 +0000

Exhibit B: Sean Bradley

By: purdueman

purdueman — Sun, 15 May 2011 05:09:36 +0000

jmcl… I’m sure that Thabeet still would have gone in the top 10, as it was otherwise a draft devoid of centers. Here are the top 10 picks that year:

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team
1 1 Blake Griffin+ PF United States Los Angeles Clippers Oklahoma (So.)
1 2 Hasheem Thabeet C Tanzania Memphis Grizzlies Connecticut (Jr.)
1 3 James Harden SG United States Oklahoma City Thunder Arizona State (So.)
1 4 Tyreke Evans SG United States Sacramento Kings Memphis (Fr.)
1 5 Ricky Rubio PG Spain Minnesota Timberwolves (from Washington)[a] DKV Joventut (Spain) (born 1990)[19]
1 6 Jonny Flynn PG United States Minnesota Timberwolves[b] Syracuse (So.)
1 7 Stephen Curry PG United States Golden State Warriors Davidson (Jr.)
1 8 Jordan Hill PF United States New York Knicks Arizona (Jr.)
1 9 DeMar DeRozan SG United States Toronto Raptors USC (Fr.)
1 10 Brandon Jennings PG

By: purdueman

purdueman — Sun, 15 May 2011 05:06:44 +0000

snoop… that’s SO-OOOO true! The one thing that you can’t coach is being 7 feet tall. One needs only look to the huge (at the time), contract that stiff center John Koncak once received as “exhibit A”.

By: snoopy2014

snoopy2014 — Sun, 15 May 2011 04:43:03 +0000

NBA teams remains infatuated with the prospect of the “next great big man,” to the point where they overlook overwhelming negative evidence.

By: jmclarkent

jmclarkent — Sun, 15 May 2011 00:02:50 +0000

I wonder when Thabeet would have been drafted if not for Memphis.

By: hay1111

hay1111 — Sat, 14 May 2011 22:06:56 +0000

Gasol’s made himself ALOT of future $ during these playoffs

By: purdueman

purdueman — Sat, 14 May 2011 21:03:26 +0000

I’m sure that there are still a lot of Laker bandwagoners who are walking around thoroughly confused as to how Gasol can still be in the playoffs, while the rest of his Lakers teammates have already cleaned out their lockers and gone home for the summer! (ROFLMAO!!!).

By: denverhoopdreams

denverhoopdreams — Sat, 14 May 2011 20:37:04 +0000

Someone doesn’t know how to read an aritcle thoroughly.

By: bleedhouse

bleedhouse — Sat, 14 May 2011 20:22:22 +0000

yeah its pretty easy to bash them now
how would they have known??
marc wasnt nearly as talented as he is now