big-time. he could be top 5 this year if he comes out as he as much upside as anyone not named wall and i think nbadraft.net has him listed at 1 next year now.

not video but a sick pic

http://www.thedaonline.com/sports/freshman-sensation-1.1077832 article on the game w WVa.

you mean like Ibaka the year before? oh i guess he doesnt count cause he will pan out?

The difference is that Swift was high schooler, Petro and Sene were wishful thinking especially Sene. Whiteside can help us immediately on the defensive end.

only because of the last sentence. Aldrich is a joke. I mean if you want a somehow even stiffer Chris Kaman without the offensive skills, then sure, have at him. This years draft is deep in power forwards. Not centers. We will take one of those power forwards and then take our chances with another ‘project’ center. That’s a luxury we have now. We can take a chance here and there now. Personally I see Aldrich as just as big a risky pick as any of the other centers. Pittman and Jordan. Dexter and Jerome. That should be all we come out of draft night with, rookie wise.

i dont see any way henson comes out. ebanks is more of a 3 than a 4. i wouldnt bank on the suns making the playoffs with the way they are going right now and with teams like memphis and no being right there on the outside looking in at the moment.

i’m not saying he should be the guy, i’m saying he shouldnt be discounted cause there is fear of past failures in developing bigs.

Whiteside so far 16pts 2 reb 2blks with 12 min left vs WVa.

I live with a huge KU fan and watch more KU games then I care to admit. Aldrich is all the hype for two reasons:
1-He plays for KU. Period. Decent players on great teams haven’t ever been drafted for the teams success over their own right? Please.
2-There isn’t a lot of competition. This years draft is full of power forwards and over-sized small forwards. There are maybe 3 or 4 legit center prospects this year. I’m stretching even for that many. When Dexter Pittman is the 3 or 4 best Center coming out, it’s not a good year for centers. I love Pittman. Actually want to draft him for the PF spot, but he is not a center even though he plays that position in college.

I’m sorry but Aldrich won’t come in and produce immediately. He will be riding pine for at least a year. We are a playoff team now. The days of drafting players that WILL be good or COULD be good are over. By that I mean that we are no longer looking to the future. We need to come out of the draft with someone who is ready to play now. If that isn’t possible then we need to get one through free agency and continue to develop young guys like Ibaka. I don’t personally see the prospect we need in this years draft. I think David Lee or (preferably)Chris Bosh need to be at the top of our wish list. Then I believe some local stand outs need to be drafted for depth. Dexter Pittman, Jerome Jordan, and Damion James should all be looked at very closely.

But I mean if you want to get Aldrich and wait 5 years for him to possibly produce like Kaman, then go for it. Personally,11pts and 10rbs don’t cut it as an elite prospect. Kaman is only doing well on a crap team without Blake Griffin. So dream for that I guess. Aldrich is nothing more than Nick Collison with 2in sneakers on. I love Nick too. But that’s not what we need. We need a presence inside. Not another big role player. We already have Collison, Krstic, and Mullens. At least 2 of those players are already as good or better than Aldrich.

I’m not saying to avoid Aldrich like he is death, but I also don’t think we need to go out of our way to get him. He will be a 1 or 2 year prospect just like any of the others this year. He’s been at KU how long now and still isn’t living up to his hype.

That is all.

It is usually impossible to turn any number of later round picks into a high pick. You will see veteran players traded for high picks, but almost never more lower picks for a higher pick. Every team knows that high picks are invaluable.

if pace keeps up the suns will be lottery bound this year.

you could draft a foreign guy this year and stash him overseas in the 1st round like they did with ibaka.

im sort of the believe that if they wanted lee last year was the time to go get him because the knicks were not going to risk salary next year on him. right now he has improved and they are probably using him as a fallback if they only get 1 big name and also using him to entice said superstar that there is some talent potentially still there.