Live Blogging the Draft - The Audacity of Hope

by Seth Pollack on Jun 26, 2008 1:58 PM MST

Ready. Set. Hope!

Hold the Phone!

Coro is reporting that they Suns traded for their man Dragic from the Spurs!

So much for Dragic. The Spurs nabbed him. The Suns land:

Malik Hairston SF
21 years old; 6'6"; 200 lbs.
Oregon, Senior

Update:

The Suns are still trying to move up in the 2nd round to nab a point guard:

Goran Dragic PG
22 years old; 6'4"; 200 lbs.
Union Olimpija Ljubljana,

The guy is reportedly a very good and aggressive left-handed PG who can get to the rim and dish the ball. The issue is that he's got some contract issues in Spain that they would have to work out. He reportedly would be a top 15 pick if was clearly eligible.

Clearly, the Suns love the guy and are willing to pay $1m for the pick plus a future 2nd round pick. Stay tuned.

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I'm hoping for Rush

No projects and no bigs, please. Bigs rarely make it in the NBA.

Wondering what the skip-2-my-loo to do next with my empty summer

by ZonaFlash on Jun 26, 2008 2:19 PM MST reply actions

Houston Nicolas Batum 6-8 210 SF France

YAY!

Wondering what the skip-2-my-loo to do next with my empty summer

by ZonaFlash on Jun 26, 2008 7:02 PM MST reply actions

Batum to the Blazers

Houston trades Batum to the Blazers for Darrell Arthur and a second round pick.

That’s beautiful. They completely screwed the Spurs. Houston wanted Arthur and picked 25. The Spurs wanted Batum at 26, and the Blazers wanted Batum at 27. Houston takes Batum. Portland takes Arthur. They trade and San Antonio gets nada.

That Kevin Pritchard made a move to get Batum makes me feel validated in a way.

Batum!

Sven to Benfica! Please, please, please!

by rosewood on Jun 26, 2008 7:42 PM MST reply actions

Pritchslapped again!

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by Seth Pollack on Jun 26, 2008 7:53 PM MST reply actions

I don't understand him

The last three drafts:

Greg Oden, LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy, Nicolas Batum, Jerryd Bayless, Omer Asik, Koppenen, and Joey Dorsey.

Ridiculous.

Sven to Benfica! Please, please, please!

by rosewood on Jun 26, 2008 7:59 PM MST reply actions

By the way

Can we please move up in the 2nd and grab CDR?

Please.

Still available: CDR, Bill Walker, Mike Taylor, Jawai, Richard Hendrix, Devon Hardin, Goran Dragic, Pat Calathes.

This is the exciting part.

Sven to Benfica! Please, please, please!

by rosewood on Jun 26, 2008 8:02 PM MST reply actions

Suns really gunning for

Dragic. Gambo on local radio was positive that this is the Sun’s guy and they were try and probably still are trying to nab him…maybe just like last year when DJ was their guy and he fell into our laps they will get their guy again….

At his point – I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt

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by Seth Pollack on Jun 26, 2008 8:16 PM MST up reply actions

I'm cool with it

Dragic is great. I don’t know about the Top 15 stuff (I hadn’t heard that), but yeah, the reviews I’ve read of him are good. And I’ve heard we need a backup PG.

Sven to Benfica! Please, please, please!

by rosewood on Jun 26, 2008 8:18 PM MST up reply actions