T-Will v Hendo

[Plowright]

so obviously come draft day there was a large split among bobcats fans, i will admit i was on the T Will train and was gutted when the nets got him. However i was still happy with Hendo.

So what was everybody hoping for on draft day, and with what we know now, if T-Will was available in the draft along with hendo who would you take?

[Black]

I wanted Williams, but I'm definitely happy with Henderson.

[BlockParty]

I wanted T Williams too; however, I don't think the Cats do the Capt Jack trade if he TWill was successful early....and think about all the good responses we would have missed from The Beagle if Capt Jack never made it onto our roster.

And I'm very Happy with Hendo (now and as of the last 2 months).

[ammofan]

Im the same as everyone....I wanted T-Will but THANK GOD we didn't get him and we got Hendo instead!

[ziggy]

Man I think this board was 75% pro Terrence Williams back during that draft.

I think my preference was T-Will, Henderson, DeJuan Blair in that order.

[Chef]

i wasn't as much t-will as anyone but hendo. someone should paste the draft day chat in here for posterity. it looks like i was wrong. looking back with 20/20 hindsight at the draft and our team's path i would have taken one of the three pg's who were taken after jrue, darren collison or ty lawson. probably is reverse order.

[Toocool]

Was always a Hendo fanboy. Loved his professional attitude from the word go, plus was a highlight machine. Best thing is that he works hard to improve, working all through the off-season to improve his game and round it out. Plus he had a terrific defensive side to his game which I thought would fit in well with the Bobcats. Plus, he comes from good basketball stock.

I wasn't so high on T-Will. He was good, but I think he really had attitude problems and a lot of immaturity.

[Plowright]

looking back with 20/20 hindsight at the draft and our team's path i would have taken one of the three pg's who were taken after jrue, darren collison or ty lawson. probably is reverse order.

NOOOOO I would be tempted to take jrue ahead of TY and defo ahead of DC!

[WAM9]

For me, that draft was all about somehow trading up and drafting Curry but that wasn't all that realistic.

Beyond that, I liked Hendo over T-Will even though I am sure we would have drafted Williams had he been there. I watched Henderson closely at Duke so I knew he had NBA athleticism and that was very important to me.

I also really liked Jrue Holliday and Ty Lawson. If I were making the pick, based on the way it actually worked out, I would have gone either Hendo or Holliday.

All in all, I am very happy with the Hendo draft pick and even in hindsight it is hard to argue with...

[BRNC]

Man I think this board was 75% pro Terrence Williams back during that draft.

I think my preference was T-Will, Henderson, DeJuan Blair in that order.

I remember the split more like 90%-10% for TWill, including me, just shows how little we know (and the Nets) about how a player will function (maturity) in the NBA...

[SWedd523]

I wanted TWill, but Jrue was my backup

[spectre]

I remember the split more like 90%-10% for TWill, including me, just shows how little we know (and the Nets) about how a player will function (maturity) in the NBA...

I didn't know anyone from Adam, but I liked the idea of Williams' passing ability. IMO we could still use that in the 2nd unit with Liv as he's not a very good distributor...but with neither of them having a 3 pt shot he'd probably "fit" better with DJ.

If/when we upgrade the PG spot having Williams & DJ playing together off the bench would be a nice pairing. I definitely don't see him beating out Henderson for the SG spot.

[jazzer89]

I like both. If i were Charlotte I would call up Houston and see if they want the New Orleans 1st rounder we have for T-Will on draft night

[Dcarnys]

I was all about Hendo I remember, I just liked his defensive play (with LB that was the selling point).

[ziggy]

Here are a few blasts from the past

30 page pre-draft discussion thread on T-Will (http://www.bobcatsplanet.com/vb/showthread.php?8466-The-Official-Terrance-Williams-Thread)

Snippets from the 2009 draft chat (http://bobcatsplanet.com/wp/hilarity-from-last-nights-draft-chat) - Gunshots go off, suicide pacts, members black out, profanity overflows

Looking at the draft chat, its hilarious how upset everyone (myself included) was with NJ taking T-Will right ahead of us.

[ammofan]

Here are a few blasts from the past

30 page pre-draft discussion thread on T-Will (http://www.bobcatsplanet.com/vb/showthread.php?8466-The-Official-Terrance-Williams-Thread)

Snippets from the 2009 draft chat (http://bobcatsplanet.com/wp/hilarity-from-last-nights-draft-chat) - Gunshots go off, suicide pacts, members black out, profanity overflows

Looking at the draft chat, its hilarious how upset everyone (myself included) was with NJ taking T-Will right ahead of us.

Quite hilarious.....good times

[ammofan]

I like both. If i were Charlotte I would call up Houston and see if they want the New Orleans 1st rounder we have for T-Will on draft night

Wouldn't be terrible but I'd like to see what else we could get....like drafting a player with the pick or by packaging the two picks together. But thats all discussion for later in the year.......

[GoBobs]

I wanted Tyler H the player picked right after Hendo. If we could go back I would still pick Tyler H. Hendo has turned out pretty good too though and I have no problem with him.

[Marvel]

My guy was Harden. I wanted TWill, but i wasn't mad when the Nets drafted him and we ended up with Henderson.



If i were Charlotte I would call up Houston and see if they want the New Orleans 1st rounder we have for T-Will on draft night


Great idea.

[LiquidWayno]

I was a T-Will guy. I can see the error of my ways. We had somany holes, I loved his size and versatility.

[captaincrunk]

My guy was Harden. I wanted TWill, but i wasn't mad when the Nets drafted him and we ended up with Henderson.



Great idea.
Wonderful idea! They have a few too many wings for him to get the PT he deserves and could draft another PG to play backup.

[ND22]

Yeah I wanted T-Will. As of now Hendo is the better draft pick.

[murphman]

I was one of the few who wanted Hendo because I felt he was the safest pick and with our draft history, I would rather take the prospect with a lower bust risk.

I really wanted to combine our two 2nd round picks and move up to get D. Blair once he was still on the board at the top of the 2nd round. When we sold that pick for cash I was sick. That had MJ trying to cut costs written all over it. Larry Brown later said that they loved Blair and would have probably taken him if he was stll on the board but those knees worried them along with the other 29 teams but he was still worth the risk of 2 2nd rounders.

[BRNC]

Here are a few blasts from the past

30 page pre-draft discussion thread on T-Will (http://www.bobcatsplanet.com/vb/showthread.php?8466-The-Official-Terrance-Williams-Thread)

Snippets from the 2009 draft chat (http://bobcatsplanet.com/wp/hilarity-from-last-nights-draft-chat) - Gunshots go off, suicide pacts, members black out, profanity overflows

Looking at the draft chat, its hilarious how upset everyone (myself included) was with NJ taking T-Will right ahead of us.

That really was funny...(note to self...lurk during the draft...LOL)

[ammofan]

http://blog.nj.com/nets_impact/2009/06/large_terrence-williams-gerald-henderson-nba-draft-625.jpg

[rsxnova]

I still want both.