Steal of the 2012 draft...

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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 1:06pm #762898

Dmarc23
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Will Barton Portland got a steal.. I wanted the bulls to draft him but instead we got bum a** Teague
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- Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 6:06pm #762999
  
  Mr. 19134
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  I agree that Barton is a bigger steal and the Bulls wiffed by not drafting him or a guy like Doron Lamb instead of Teague not sure why you got negged so bad.
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 1:11pm #48083

festar35
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I have just noticed the Evan Fournier has gotten the start in Denver and Iggy has moved to SF and Chandler back to the bench.
Is the young French-men the steal of last years draft? He has 16/4/2 through 3 qtrs.
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 1:18pm #762900

sammybuckeye13
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…but in the deeper region, I’d go with Tyler Zeller. He’s earned a lot of trust in Cleveland as probable long-term starter, and is anybody surprised? He’s a relatively athletic and very skilled 7-footer who consistently proved himself against the toughest college competition. Trading away a few later picks to nab Zeller in bottom half of the first round was probably a no-brainer for the Cavs.
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- Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 1:44pm #762915
  
  Brxa
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  Being in Cleveland, I was very pro-Zeller at the beginning of the year, and I thought he showed some nice flashes off the bench. However, he’s been mostly awful since he got inserted into the starting line up. Rebounds poorly, doesn’t post up and is soft. Not a bad back-up center, that’s about it, definitely not a steal, in fact I would rather have Ezeli and Crowder (with the picks that got traded) than Zeller.
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 2:01pm #762919

strobox88
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What makes him a steal? That fact he’s starting or the fact he seems to be having a decent game (for a former-bench player)?
Jarred Sullinger seems the most like a steal to me. He was pretty productive for Boston before his surgery if my memory serves me well.
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- Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 6:39pm #763011
  
  Mr. 19134
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  Well is my memory serves me well Sullinger dropped in the draft because of back issues and then went on to hurt his back halfway through the year and needing surgery. So no Sullinger wasn’t really a steal.
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  - Posted on: Mon, 04/15/2013 - 2:38am #763067
    
    strobox88
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    You obviously failed to look at his numbers while he was playing. Pretty decent rebounding for a guy with limited minutes and a bad back to boot if you ask me, so yes, he was a steal considering where he was drafted.
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 2:10pm #762920

arowsky205
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Drummond at 9 is the biggest steal. If they did the draft over again he’d be picked second behind AD. I also think that soon people will see that Henson at 14 was a great steal too.
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 2:14pm #762922

BasketballJunkie224
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drummond def was a huge steal. i thought for sure he would be top 5
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 2:31pm #762936

SubZero
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Not the steal of the draft, but Pablo Prigioni was a great find for the Knicks in the 2nd round
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- Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 2:45pm #762946
  
  jmarg25
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  he wasn’t drafted they signed him as a free agent
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 2:36pm #762934

fcb206
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Dude, its one game. Chill.
Agree that Drummond looks like a steal at this point.
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 2:36pm #762935

fcb206
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Dude, its one game. Chill.
Agree that Drummond looks like a steal at this point.
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 2:49pm #762941

r377
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I was always interested to see how Fournier turns out….
Same with J.Lamb. Doesn’t make it easy when your on a stacked team and spend most of your time on the bench.
Just ask Doug Collins (vucevic) and Scott Skiles (Tobias Harris) about not giving hidden gems enough playing time to shine…
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 5:53pm #762997

Ghost01
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I think Fournier absolutely could be the steal of this draft. And if he is, that’d be the 2nd year the Nuggets turned a low pick into a legit NBA player.
Not sure Drummond is a “steal” he was ninth overall, he’s supposed to be good. He hasn’t shown he can be great yet, just the potential to be good.
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 6:49pm #763016

Mr. 19134
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In a few years looking back I think Mo Harkless will be considered a huge steal. I’m convinced that if Harkless had stayed for his Soph year he’d be the 1st pick in this draft because he would of dominated the Big East and his combination of youth, physical tools, and production would of made him a 1st pick. Think Otto Porter had a good year, imagine if Harkless stayed too he would of had a signigicantly more impressive year as a soph at St. Johns then Porter at G’Town did.
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Posted on: Sun, 04/14/2013 - 11:12pm #763047

lalaila
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how we can say who are steals of the draft?
we haven’t seen much of Perry and Jeremy Lamb for example but they could be really good
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