2011 Draft Thread

[JCSunsfan]

He is much more mobile. Any history of injuries?

 

[slinslin]

He is much more mobile. Any history of injuries?

a broken nose other than that nothing I know of..

He is also much smaller than Oden and much more fluid.. there are no parallels.

 

[slinslin]

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Drummond on the right

When Michael Bradley surrendered his scholarship in September to make room for the late addition of future lottery pick Andre Drummond, it inspired a heated national debate over whether it was appropriate for UConn to ask the sophomore center to make that sacrifice.

Turns out Drummond was on the side of those who thought it wasn't.

Drummond told the New London Day on Tuesday that he relinquished his scholarship in early November when UConn's compliance department discovered that a recruited player can pay his own way as long as any financial aid he receives is non-institutional. Upon learning that, Drummond and his family insisted he become a walk-on so that Bradley could have his scholarship back.

"I'm thankful for what Mike was trying to do for me," Drummond told the Day. "I told Mike, 'Don't do that, man. I'll pay my way and take a scholarship next year. You don't have to give up a scholarship for me.'

"It was my decision. That's not fair to him. He worked hard to get that scholarship. I'm not going to take something from somebody that's not mine. It was my decision to come late."

What initially made Bradley the obvious choice to make the one-year sacrifice was that he qualified for other financial aid because he grew up in a poor section of Chattanooga and spent seven years living in children's home.

Critics of UConn noted it didn't seem right for UConn to skirt scholarship penalties from its academic woes and NCAA rules violations or for Bradley to have to give up his scholarship at a time of year when it was too late to transfer. Others pointed out almost every program in the nation would have found a way to make room for a player of Drummond's caliber.

It's a testament to the character of Drummond and his family that they volunteered to come off scholarship once they learned that was feasible under NCAA rules. They surely knew the UConn staff wouldn't make them do it, yet they offered to do it anyway because it was the right thing to do.

 

[CardsFan88]

May be a little young and early, but we shouldn't overlook this kid. 14 year old Thon Maker (7 foot already)

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/...oter-a-top-middle-scho?urn=highschool-wp10047

If he's not 26 like a Danny Amonte.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Does anyone remember how the Hawks got our 2012 second round pick? Thats looking like a good pick right now.

 

[Folster]

Does anyone remember how the Hawks got our 2012 second round pick? Thats looking like a good pick right now.

Childress sign-and-trade.

 

[Mainstreet]

Sarver made some horrible moves acting as his own GM. I often wonder if he was getting advice from Lon Babby before he officially came on board.

 

[SunsTzu]

Sarver made some horrible moves acting as his own GM. I often wonder if he was getting advice from Lon Babby before he officially came on board.

Pretty sure Babby was making decisions before he officially signed. Both Hedo and Childress were with his agency, it's no coincidence they ended up on the Suns.

 

[slinslin]

I am really shocked how little backlash Babby gets for Childress and Hedo. They were his former clients and he made terrible moves on cost of the Suns to get them.

Any other job you would get fired on the spot for something like that.

 

[Folster]

I'm willing to give Babby a pass for earlier moves and wait and see what he manages to do next offseason. He quickly recovered from the Hedo fiasco and somehow snagged Gortat out of it when all of us thought we'd be stuck with Hedo for years. I remember thinking we'd have to give up multiple picks to dump Hedo. Like many here, I thought Childress was a good signing at the time, and Warrick was Sarver's move.

We'll need Babby's player-friendly, agent skills to overcome the distasteful image that Sarver has created of the franchise. After all he has been the agent for the likes of Tim Duncan, Ray Allen, and Grant Hill so he obviously has some respect amongst players.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I'm willing to give Babby a pass for earlier moves and wait and see what he manages to do next offseason. He quickly recovered from the Hedo fiasco and somehow snagged Gortat out of it when all of us thought we'd be stuck with Hedo for years. I remember thinking we'd have to give up multiple picks to dump Hedo. Like many here, I thought Childress was a good signing at the time, and Warrick was Sarver's move.

We'll need Babby's player-friendly, agent skills to overcome the distasteful image that Sarver has created of the franchise. After all he has been the agent for the likes of Tim Duncan, Ray Allen, and Grant Hill so he obviously has some respect amongst players.

Agreed, on all counts.

Steve

 

[JCSunsfan]

I am really shocked how little backlash Babby gets for Childress and Hedo. They were his former clients and he made terrible moves on cost of the Suns to get them.

Any other job you would get fired on the spot for something like that.

Babby got Hedo to take concessions to come here, and then he managed to get something for him in return through trade. Childress seemed like a good signing at the time.

I think Babby is kid-gloving Nash because it will look good to other free agents. Not so much that Nash is here, but that we are not treating him badly at the end of his career.

This next summer will tell us what Babby is really made of. We could go after Westbrook hard, but I doubt we will get him. I know folks are complaining about this year, but this roster looks like a tank job to me.

BTW, I liked the video I saw of Drummond.