I talked about this in the game thread, but figured a fan post was more than appropriate for a move like this.  Leading up to the draft those of you who were involved in all those conversations we had about it know that i was very big on us finding a way to get Eric Maynor (EM3) with our later pick in the 1st round.  At the time I thought he was as prepared as any point guard in the draft to run a team, especially in the half court setting.  I did not think Jennings was going to be the level he is so far, but he has been very good at running that club.  Tyreke for me is more of a 2 than a 1 and that is why his game took off after Kevin Martin went down, but enough about other guys in the draft.  Eric Maynor to this point has been getting up and down minutes for Jerry Sloan and the Jazz.  He is averaging 14 min a night with 5.2 pts, 3.1 A and 1.5 rebs along w .5 stls.

Obviously he is not going to start here with RW0, but in his two starts this year when D-Will was gone he had one game of 13pts 11A 4reb @Phi and the other was 24 pts 4A 3 reb @CLE.  I believe for us he should be able to get 16-20 min a game and give us around 8-10 pts 5A 2rebs and 1 stl.

A little more about Maynor's game.  His best move in college was to break a defender down off the dribble and hit a pull up floater in the lane.  He is very good at the drive and kick and should easily be able to run a pick and roll game with say Jeff or KD.  He will play on the defensive end of the floor.  The biggest knock on him other than pure athleticism is his weight.  He needs to add probably 10-15 pounds, but he has the mind and the game to play in the NBA and start, but for us we have the luxury of him being a backup pt guard. He should mesh very well with Harden on the "2nd unit" as they both play more of an old school type game based on thinking the game more than pure athletic talent.  As Chris Webber and Kevin McHale would call it, "old man" game.

Another great move by Presti, maybe even better than the one for Thabo last year mid season because with this one we didnt even give up a pick, just took on the contract of Harpring.  Yet another added bonus which will come in play more in a year or two is that by trading for maynor who is an up and coming point, but also a 1st round pick, he is locked up at a cheap salary for the next four years at salaries of 1.3 this year, 1.4 next, 1.5 and 2.3 the following two years, so we keep stockpiling cheap talent locked up for years to come.