Rate the Suns draft

Rate the Suns draft


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First round:
Earl Clark

Second round:
Taylor Griffin
Emir Preldzic
(Sold to Cleveland for cash)
 
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HooverDam

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I gave it an incomplete until I know for sure about the Amare-GS situation.
 

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First round: A Second round: C- (Patty Mills & McClinton on the board still) Though now that we've sold the second 2nd rounder for cash I should probably give them a D out of spite. B because I like Earl Clark a lot though.
 

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As of now, I say "C". I don't get the Griffin pick at all and am glad we got an international guy with the 2nd second rounder.
 

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I must say I am not sold on Earl but I haven't seen him play much. I am okay with this pick as other Suns fans who are knowledgeable seem to like him. However, I couldn't even find Taylor Griffin on a draft board. The European pick was basically a player to stole away. IMO, this draft was more vanilla than last year's draft unless their is further movement with the picks.

I give it a "C."
 

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Why did they pick a guy whose only highlight was an outlet pass?
 

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It's a C+ for me. Even though I like the Clark pick from a defensive standpoint, we only ended up getting one player that could be here long term. I don't think Griffin will be here long term and we sold the 3rd.

Not a high impact draft at all. However, the sad part is, it still might be better then last years when we look back at Lopez, Dragic and Clark.
 

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A - / B + Very happy here considering where they were picking. ;)
 

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I gave it an incomplete until I know for sure about the Amare-GS situation.

agreed.. its an A with a positive resolution... a C without because there were MANY solid guards we passed up in the 2nd round because we thought we were set...
 

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agreed.. its an A with a positive resolution... a C without because there were MANY solid guards we passed up in the 2nd round because we thought we were set...

Weird draft. I see SG Dionte Christmas wasn't even drafted. The only thing I can figure is the Suns didn't care about the second round because of the allegeded GS trade proposal. This is a big risk. I'm holding my breath.
 

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I hope we trade Amare for that package from GS. We aren't going to resign Amare so its the best thing to part ways. Will Clark be a starter on the Suns?
 

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The second round I am not mad at. They were saying the second round guys may not even make the team because of the lack of roster spots. So if we sell off a guy who will never play for us anyway, what does it matter? :shrug:
 

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I like the 1st round pick a lot.
I actually hoped we would select Griffin, though I wanted him with the last pick.

Overall, I'm pretty happy. Of course after the past several years of disappointing drafts, just keeping our first rounder makes me happy.

If we get Curry and the other 3 in the trade rumor, I'm thrilled.
 

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Stephen Curry and Earl Clark is an A+ in my book. Clark and T-Will were the prize SF's, although DeRozan has a lot of potential. Curry reminds me of Jason Terry, and with Barbosa/Dragic, the Suns are set at Point for the next few years.
 

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Nup.. earl Clark is okay, but they should have taken James Johnson. I agree with Phill11, Patty Mills shuold've been taken, make him learn much more under steve Nash, who is one of the best in the game. Patty Mills would've palyed well alongside Steve. An absolute shocker by Kerr and sarver, but us Suns fans have become used to "absolute shockers" from our front office right?
 

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As the final nail in the Goran Dragic experiment the Spurs got DuJuan Blair w/ the pick the Suns traded to them last year from GS. :mulli:
 

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As the final nail in the Goran Dragic experiment the Spurs got DuJuan Blair w/ the pick the Suns traded to them last year from GS. :mulli:

I Knew it was going to come back and bite us when I learned the GS pick was sent to SA in the Dragic deal. It's interesting that good GMs make subtle moves that make all the difference.
 

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DeJuan Blair has no ACL... I would not touch him with a ten foot pole...
 

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DeJuan Blair has no ACL... I would not touch him with a ten foot pole...

He had those surgeries in High School. He never missed a practice or a game in college. Everyone is saying he is THE steal of the draft, but you know better...:bang:
 
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