TylerDurden

I really don't hold his comments about the "Bobcats" against him. I also REALLY didn't want to pick him. The pick makes no sense from a roster breakdown standpoint. After the trades, and considering no other moves were made before the draft yesterday after the Lamb deal, it actually would've made more sense to either go up for Mudiay (which we were rumored to have tried) or trade back a few spots and take Payne or Hunter. Size and quality backup play at PG was probably our biggest need. Instead, we took Frank. Now, if we could trust that Cho and Co. were capable of picking the BPA, then now sweat. But, he has never done that. And in my armchair-GM-opinion, there were plenty more prospects that offered tons more value at the 9 spot, regardless of needs, since that wasn't a factor in taking Frank either. So, if we take them at their word and believe that they believe a guy that wouldn't even come in for a private workout if the BPA, the biggest beef I have with the pick right now is his fit. We currently have Hawes, Al, Cody, Biz (if given the QO, which he should), and Frank. How the fug is that going to work??? A gluttony of bigs, and Clifford already has a hard time figuring out a rotation as it is. IMO, again, as I repeatedly exclaimed yesterday, Al is the odd man out, IMO. Is there a place for a back-to-the-basket big in today's NBA? Absoutely, if they have some semblance of athleticism, average passing ability, and PLAYS DEFENSE. Al has none of those, so he has to go. As of right now, I'm still not happy with the pick. If we moved Al, then I would like the pick, possibly even love it... Imagine a first unit with Hawes/Zeller and a 2nd with Biz/Frank. Nice spacing, nice balance of skill and offense and defense with either combo. Plug Al into either, and poo gets fuged up. But, this is our FO, so I fully expect us to not do this, instead, we'll probably let Biz walk and trade Cody before signing Al to a lifetime contract. The one thing I can take away from the pre-draft and draft acquisitions in a positive light is, from top to bottom, we are MUCH better now than we were a month ago.

And I thought I was going to hate Devin Booker as the pick... Lol. It just makes no sense whatsoever. All the bigs we already have, why??? None of the pieces make sense, unless we are moving a significant part of the rotation... And if that is the case I wish we would hurry the fug up and do it so this pick looks less stupid. I just don't understand.

We poo the bed again. I'm going to sleep. fug this draft and our front office.

Wow, can't believe Winslow slipped, but knew someone would. I think he's a great player but we're already loaded on wings. I take Winslow and leverage another team to trade for him... Hopefully we get to dump Al.

I really hope we can move up via Al and take a franchise changer.

As much as I dislike Kaminsky, I actually wouldn't be mad with whatever we did with the pick as long as it rid us of Al, although if we went that high, my preference would be Hezonja.

I see... Sounds reasonable. I'd really like to see if we can talk Sacto or NY into taking Al. I saw some people speculating that we could be moving Kemba, but hopefully, if our FO has any sense, they see Kemba as one of few bright spots on the team. Unless a move would net us mudiay or Russell, then I would be hesitant to move kemba. I really hope we find a taker for Al. I feel like he's the biggest piece holding us back at this point.

Regardless, I just don't think any deal we do will be directly with the Celtics. Ainge just seems like a greedy asshole. Cho knows who the mark ass GMs are out there lol.

Curious Jase, why do you think the two are related?

Also, now that the Celts rumors have fell apart, I can't remember of I already mentioned it here, but I asked Steve Reed on Twitter if we were done dealing after the Lamb deal and he said, "nope." So something must be bubbling... I actually think several somethings are bubbling if MKG is the only safe Hornet.

Founding Hornet, the guy at HP who has claimed to have inside info, said last night that Cody was safe after the rumors initially came out... He just came back and said "scratch that, no one is safe except for MKG." Yes!!!! Bye bye Al!

I hope the knicks talks are going like this... "well, we're willing to give you Al Jefferson. you know, Al Jefferson. we have Al Jefferson. Al Jefferson is here."

Yeah, it appears Smart is only available for the #3 if Okafor is there. BUT, just read from another reporter that Philly called Boston about interest in the pick and they did not make that offer.

Now this... Remember Jase saying he was hoping we could get some length at guard? I think Jedi Master Cho is working his magic...

I thought maybe he was just a big fan of Cho's wheeling and dealing.

Yeah CB, I can see the advantages to having Sully. Definitely gives us added flexiibility on offense with his shooting and rebounding... He's also fairly rugged, hard-nosed... He's a good player, I was just hoping we could move up and move on from Al. But, who knows? As you said, this may open that possibility up. We keep stringing them together.

But now there is this... Berger is an excellent reporter:

Also, same guy (Potato) over at HP said not only did Sully follow The Hornets on twitter, he also unfollowed the Celtics, lol. Looks like we just added Sullinger and traded down. I hope that isn't it. I'm really hoping we trade Al and was hoping we found a way up into that top 5 if it wasn't too pricey.

Not sure if legit, but:

FWIW, if there was any doubt, I just asked Steve Reed if he think we're done dealing and he replied, simply, "Nope." LOL. This is awesome!

FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP TRADE TRADE TRADE

I'm beginning to worry that Presti got us on the Lamb deal. Something just doesn't seem right. Bunnell broke the Lamb news almost simultaneously as the Batum deal, and yet, the Batum deal got done and reported officially by the team within a few hours of being reported. We better not have swapped picks for a guy they essentially wanted to dump for additional salary space. We are doing them a favor that happens to help us in the process... If we swapped picks, I will join the fire Cho bandwagon.

Wow. Cho is a fuging boss.