Ideal 2013 Bobcats Draft

[Bogg]

Are we assuming that Carter-Williams has played his way out of the bottom of the lottery and into the top ten?

[CampNightmare8]

Lol nobody said Mcadoo yet

[Veteran_Picksetter]

I'm really starting to lean towards the Draft Noel camp recently. He's shown to be an equal talent to guys like McLemore and Shabazz, so going with the "you can't teach size" adage, I'd take him.


Assuming we get Noel with the 1, we can go a couple of different ways. We can pick up another big and use Viking and whoever else at the 2 for next year while we wait for the Wiggins sweepstakes, or we can take a wing and have more options next year.


Using DX as a guide and looking at #12 (to allow a little deviation) and beyond, I'd rank my top 3 outcomes as:

1. Noel and Goodwin (Goodwin plays like a dummy, but he's a phenomenal athlete, has great size/length, and has as much potential as a pseudo-PG/volume scorer as anybody else in the draft. I don't want to be high on him, but I'd hate to pass on him and he end up being a new age Sprewell)

2. Noel and Olynyk (I'm hesitant to pick a guy who isn't a fantastic athlete in the current NBA, but Olynyk has so much skill and can score from all over the floor that I think he'd be a great role player. you hope for more than that with a lottery pick, but he could look really good on a team in a Nick Collison role)

3. Noel and Oladipo (you want bench players to be great in individual roles. Oladipo would be an excellent defender AND shooter so he'd have a lot of value. Him and Taylor are similar players, sure, but you really can't have enough guys in that mld)

#2. Assuming Noel/Olynyk continue to impress this year, what a nice longterm big man duo that could be. So many skills are represented in those 2 players, especially if they both keep improving their post moves.

[ohara831]

I love McLemore, but I am starting to move in the direction of Noel. Not there yet, but trending for sure.

[Bosnian-Bobcats-Fan]

Poll fail: Too much McAdoo.

Right now (which means little to nothing) I'm going with Noel/Oladipo or Shabazz/Cauley-Stein. I'd be fine going big/big as well but we need to get at least one of them.

I 2nd this.....these are my 2 choices as well

[Bogg]

Gonna be honest, without another trade, I'm growing pretty sure the Bobcats only have one pick this summer.

[Pepperz]

im liking a UK draft with noel and goodwin. noel is going to be a force on the D while goodwin can become a solid scorer. goodwin can even be a solid 6th man for hes really good at iso and can get to the line often.

[Bosnian-Bobcats-Fan]

yeah i wouldnt mind goodwin with our 2nd pick...be that combo guard 6th man type scorer off the bench...would make ben gordon expendable..maybe get another pick for him who knows

[gamecocksmitty4]

I also wouldn't mind Bennett/Oladipoh. I honestly think Oladipoh could be a solid starter in this league and a lockdown defender. Bennett would be a good compliment to Biz down low (size...I know) and Oladipoh could be a perfect fit between Kemba and MKG. Especially if he can keep getting his shot up.

Bennett and Kemba could be the two go-to guys with Sessions (cringe) coming off the bench and adding points. We will also have plenty of $$ and another high pick in 2014 to add to the lineup.

Summary: I'm extremely fickle and have no idea what I want.

[BrotherDave]

Goodwin has shown me nothing that would suggest he'd be ready to contribute in the NBA in less than at least 2 years. He is that raw in understanding how to play. If he was born in the Congo he'd be the 2 guard version of Biz.