OperationWTF - Day 3
by Jordan Sams on Apr 22, 2010 12:02 AM PDT
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Here's the scenario ESPN's Draft Lottery simulator spit out at me today:
3rd pick and DeMarcus Cousins. It's funny how I've gotten three different scenarios in the first three days. I swear I'm only doing it once per day. Anyway, what do you guys think? Cousins over Favors? Cousins over Johnson? Personally, I'd take Favors every time at three, assuming he didn't go number 2. If Favors went number 2, I'd take Turner at 3.
According to DX's rankings, these are the guys who'd be available to the Sixers at 3: Favors, Cousins, Aminu, Aldrich, Davis, Johnson ... The same options as Chad Ford. Again, I'd go Favors, without hesitation. Then I'd run naked down the strip screaming "Derrick! Derrick! Derek?!" Yeah, that'd be a little weird.
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Simulation #1: 6th pick, Aminu
Simulation #2: 7th pick, Aminu
Simulation #3: 3rd pick, Cousins
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Honestly I think Gerald McCoy is the call at 3
Assuming the Wolves take Ndamukong Suh at 2.
I think the Sixers would take Cousins.
I don’t know enough about Favors, but from what people say (future star on both neds of the floor), I would take Favors. But I want to know if Favors projects to be a C or PF in 2-3 years.
As for Cousins, its all up to how they see his personality effecting his development. His upside is as high as anyone in this draft- but does he reach it? I do think people dismiss just how good of a player he is.
http://www.phillyarena.com - Philly sports forum/blog
There’s really no way to predict that the sixers would take cousins over favors because for a guy like cousins the interview is a big deal, he has all these attitude red flags…I don’t buy that even the sixers know who they’d prefer in the cousins vs favors debate.
by jemagee on Apr 22, 2010 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions
So that way we can have two PF’s on our team that play non-athletic defense and don’t rebound particularly well on the defensive end. BRILLIANT
Cousins was 5th (2nd among actual draft prospects) in pace adjusted defensive rebounds per 40 minutes. I’m not sure where this bad rebounding tag is coming from.
…unless you’re talking about Favors then I don’t know where the non-athletic defense comes from.
And PS, I think being ‘burned’ by Speights makes them more wary of a guy like Cousins then maybe before they drafted Speights.
by jemagee on Apr 22, 2010 8:05 AM PDT reply actions
Can you be burned by a 16th pick ?
Derek Bodner
by Derek Bodner on Apr 22, 2010 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I think you can be burned if he doesn’t live up to what you expected from him in terms of the ‘rumored’ work ethic issues. I don’t know if they came away from an interview with him thinking that he would work in the off season to improve, take direction for his improvement on his own time or not, but I go back to those Stefanski comments he supposedly made at the season ticket holder thing and I gotta think they at least HOPED he would be more than this in terms of trying to improve…and maybe he will this off season – we’ll see – but I think regardless of where a guy is picked if he doesn’t perform as expected (or as he told you he would in the interview) you can feel burned.
by jemagee on Apr 22, 2010 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Speights? Wasn’t he already ‘fat’ when the season ended?
by jemagee on Apr 22, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Dude – anything but a teamster – seriously – unions piss me off
by jemagee on Apr 22, 2010 9:02 AM PDT reply actions
10 times already today
Dude, watch out for hair on your palms
by jemagee on Apr 22, 2010 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions
Then I’d run naked down the strip screaming “Derrick! Derrick! Derek?!” Yeah, that’d be a little weird.
Or the opening scene of the hangover 2 (He’s so mean)
by jemagee on Apr 22, 2010 2:37 PM PDT reply actions
Regardless of what you think of Cousins, one should be thankfull we were blessed with a top 3 pick to begin with…seriously.
No, not if they frack it up.
I mean if they decide to take cole aldrich 3rd – who cares if they had the 3rd pick they messed up almost as bad as when sean bradley was the #2 pick in the draft
by jemagee on Apr 22, 2010 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
If we get three and wall/turner are 1/2 then I would take Cousins three.
I do not see the sixers takings Wes Johnson. He plays the same position as Andre & with Thad at the 3 we already have a log jam at the spot.
It doesn’t work if there’s not someone next to him who can compliment him.
With the right complimentary player he is either a two or a three…
by jemagee on Apr 24, 2010 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
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