[Paully D]

Jesus, Michael Jordan will be gutted. I was almost sure the Bobcats would get the #1 pick this year. They'll be right up there again next year anyway

[Dare_2_defy]

2012 Draft order:

1
New Orleans Hornets

2
Charlotte Bobcats

3
Washington Wizards

4
Cleveland Cavaliers

5
Sacramento Kings

6
Brooklyn Nets (Pick goes to Portland Trail Blazers as it wasn't a Top 3 pick)

7
Golden State Warriors (Pick kept as it was a top #7 pick via Utah Jazz)

8
Toronto Raptors

9
Detroit Pistons

10
New Orleans Hornets

11
Portland Trail-Blazers

12
Milwaukee Bucks

13
Phoenix Suns

14
Houston Rockets

15
Philadelphia 76ers

16
Houston Rockets (Pick from New York Knicks)

17
Dallas Mavericks

18
Minnesota Timberwolves (Pick from Utah Jazz)

19
Orlando Magic

20
Denver Nuggets

21
Boston Celtics

22
Boston Celtics (Pick from L.A. Clippers via OKC)

23
Atlanta Hawks

24
Cleveland Cavaliers (Pick from L.A. Lakers)

25
Memphis Grizzles

26
Indiana Pacers

27
Miami Heat

28
Oklahoma City Thunder

29
Chicago Bulls

30
Golden State Warriors (Pick from San Antonio Spurs)

[Carcharodon]

Originally Posted by Paully D

Can't say I've seen too much college ball lately, how good is this Davis and what players currently in the NBA is he like?

Watched a couple of games and he does look pretty impressive, his main attribute is defense, something which does carry straight over to the NBA. We often see big scorers in college come to the NBA and do nothing but defense and rebounds usually bodes well for a successful NBA career, something that Davis has, he will be work on his offense and could become a lethal player.

Duncan is one comparison, also heard Garnett and Chandler comparisons, obviously no way could anyone predict him becoming as good as these players but he does hold many of the attributes they posses but not on their level yet.

[Recognition Scene]

Boston robbed. Unbelievable game from Rondo, he must be exhausted!

[Paully D]

How has that foul not been called on Wade? It's as clear as day! Rondo should have been shooting 2 FT's but no foul is called and the Heat get a layup on the transition.

Shocking really. Got to feel for Boston, it's very difficult to win games when you're dealing with that sort of officiating.

[NewBoss]

Originally Posted by Paully D

How has that foul not been called on Wade? It's as clear as day! Rondo should have been shooting 2 FT's but no foul is called and the Heat get a layup on the transition.

Shocking really. Got to feel for Boston, it's very difficult to win games when you're dealing with that sort of officiating.

Agreed. Pierce's last foul as well should have been a no-call

[Carcharodon]

Refs continued again tonight with some poor calls, disapointing to say the least.
Celtics will definitely feel like this was one that really got away from them and while it is easy to blame the refs, I think Boston have only themselves to blame, their inability tox LeBron out at key moments cost them big time.
Give credit to LeBron, he was immense at times and got some key offensive rebounds and buckets.
Rondo was brilliant and deserved more, Ray Allen looks like he should be sent to the glue factory.

[leggo]

Now THAT was a conference final. Boston are going to be wondering what they need to do to win with Rondo scoring a double double with 44pts and phasing Wade out successfully for so long. Have to feel for them with the officiating they've gone up against so far. But great game.

[nerd69]

didnt see the game but if he scored 44 points it looks like rondos shooting more and more as the years go on does this put him as one of the to 3 pgs in the nba as i know shooting was the main reason he was kept out before

[buyer95]

Lot of people complaining here about awful calls, and there were some terrible call, but those same calls going against The Celtics last night will go for them now the series shifts back to Boston.

Rondo was out of this world last night, if he is hitting that jump shot, in my opinion he is the best point guard in the NBA. He didn't deserve to be on the losing team last night, 44-10-8, that was a performance for the ages. But for Boston to have a chance they can't rely so heavily on Rondo. Allen has to step up, Garnet had 18 points but it took him 18 shots to get there. Pierce was 0-5 from 3 point range shot 42% from the field, but had 21 points. Also Pietrus has done nothing in this series so far, 3 points in 28 mins, Doc needs to get more production out of him, I think

[Felexicon]

Originally Posted by nerd69

didnt see the game but if he scored 44 points it looks like rondos shooting more and more as the years go on does this put him as one of the to 3 pgs in the nba as i know shooting was the main reason he was kept out before

I think that was always more of a media thing to be fair. His shooting was somewhat patchy but never terrible. The role of a PG is not scoring. It's being a leader on the floor a dictating the pace and style of the teams play.
For that reason I've had Rondo as a top 3 PG since his championship year as he managed to get PP, KG and Ray Allen enough shots to keep them all happy while playing winning basketball.



Also what the hell are my Lakers playing at. Why do we always trade away draft picks. There may be a case for using our amnesty on Kobe to free up some cap space for a few free agents

[nerd69]

also what do the bobcats have to do to get a break

[BQQ]

Originally Posted by nerd69

also what do the bobcats have to do to get a break

I'm glad they didn't get the #1 pick.
Performances in 2nd half of the season were disgraceful (routinely blown out by 20-30 pts). They basically wanted to finish last to have the best chance of the #1 pick.
Other teams near the bottom were still trying, so I'm glad one of them got it.

[nerd69]

Originally Posted by BQQ

I'm glad they didn't get the #1 pick.
Performances in 2nd half of the season were disgraceful (routinely blown out by 20-30 pts). They basically wanted to finish last to have the best chance of the #1 pick.
Other teams near the bottom were still trying, so I'm glad one of them got it.

good point cant argue with that

[killwill]

Originally Posted by Felexicon

I think that was always more of a media thing to be fair. His shooting was somewhat patchy but never terrible. The role of a PG is not scoring. It's being a leader on the floor a dictating the pace and style of the teams play.
For that reason I've had Rondo as a top 3 PG since his championship year as he managed to get PP, KG and Ray Allen enough shots to keep them all happy while playing winning basketball.



Also what the hell are my Lakers playing at. Why do we always trade away draft picks. There may be a case for using our amnesty on Kobe to free up some cap space for a few free agents

Who are your top 3 PGs?
1. Rose
2. CP3
3. Rondo

Kyrie Irving will be pushing to knock someone down that list in the next 2 seasons I reckon.
Off the top of my head no other PG has overly impressed me this season.