raptorgaetano Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 The 2011 NBA Draft and David Thorpe's Re-do: ESPN's David Thorpe is a great coach and a great scout. He's magnanimous and friendly online in chats, on twitter, and in person (I'm assuming). He had an ESPN Insider article go up today where he attempts to re-do the Top 20 picks of the last draft. I thought he made a lot of good points, and I'm not going to let the cat out of the bag here, I'm just going to list the Top 15 guys without commentary David Thorpe re-do is the right name ie 4th Cavs pic kis Tristan but redo is Derrick Williams # - Team: Original Pick | Redo Pick#1 - Cavs: Kyrie Irving | Kyrie Irving #2 - Twolves: Derrick Williams | Tristan Thompson #3 - Jazz: Enes Kanter | Enes Kanter #4 - Cavs: Tristan Thompson | Derrick Williams #5 - Raptors: Jonas Valanciunas | Jonas Valanciunas #6 - Wizards: Jan Vesely | Kawhi Leonard #7 - Bobcats: Bismack Biyombo | Bismack Biyombo #8 - Pistons: Brandon Knight | Marshon Brooks #9 - Bobcats: Kemba Walker | Nikola Vucevic #10 - Kings: Jimmer Fredette | Kenneth Faried #11 - Warriors: Klay Thompson | Chandler Parsons #12 - Jazz: Alec Burks | Brandon Knight #13 - Suns: Markieff Morris | Kemba Walker #14 - Rockets: Marcus Morris | Jan Vesely #15 - Spurs: Kawhi Leonard | Alec Burks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted March 23, 2012 Owner Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Gave it some small edits and moved it into the General NBA forum. The move was mainly because the topic itself was far more about the top 15 picks than it was about the Toronto Raptors (especially since the Raps pick remained the same). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Honestly stopped reading when he had Tristan as the 2nd overall pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkinDerozan Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 I agree with CMS. i'm sorry, but thats awful. Tristan Thompson hasn't erally done much of anything to prove he was worth a 4th pick let alone a second. Plus its almost a proven fact already that Jonas Val was a steal and probably would have went 2nd-4th. Plus, what have Walker and Knight done to drop from 8 and 9 to 12 and 13? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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