NBA Draft 2010 -- Pacers

My first pick has been Henry for a long time. Because Bird isn’t really high on rush just adds to my speculation. Henry is a tremendous defender and shooter, but to my main point Monroe would be perfect for the Pacers. He reminds me so much of Lamar Odom. I just wonder how much upside Monroe has compared to Henry.

Monroe does have a considerable amount of upside, but not as much as Henry. If Monroe is there, I just don’t think we can pass him up since talented big men are tougher to come by, in my opinion. If we knew Henry was our guy, maybe we could pull a Jerryd Bayless-Brandon Rush-esque trade to get him and to pick up a couple more pieces, or let go of a bad contract, or two.

in this poll are not for Gordon Hayward. That would almost be as bad as taking Cole Aldrich. He just doesn’t fit any need.

Yea I agree with TheNoodleMan. When I watched the press conference and when Bird said he had thought about trading up to get a top 5 pick….. It almost made me sick….. we wooda had one already! God!

But how cool would it be if we got the first pick? Tell me you wouldn’t be running naked in the street lol

This makes him an athletic, but undersized shooting guard who turns the ball over a ton. Not sure that’s a net positive for the Pacers. I put together a list of all the guys who left college after averaging more turnovers than assists. It doesn’t make you feel positive about Bledsoe’s future. He seems to me to have all the tools to be a high-volume inefficient scorer on a losing team. (see: Ellis, Monta and Gordon, Ben)

I’m all for taking one of the PF prospects at the #10 pick. The problem is the logjam of mediocrity that is likely to ensue. I am pretty skeptical of anyone talking Murphy off our hands this summer. I especially doubt anyone would offer us a 1st rounder. That means we will have Foster, Murphy, Hibbert, Hansborough (hopefully), McRoberts, any front court draft picks and possibly Solomon Jones. It looks like JOB will be back so that means Murphy and Hibbert most likely starting. Hansborough and McRoberts are more effective at the 4 which means if the 10th pick is going to see any minutes at all he needs to be someone who can play some minutes at the 5 spot. That probably limits things to Whiteside or Monroe, at least until the trade deadline, when we can unload Murphy.

I mentioned this somewhere else, but I also think it is essential to hold on to Foster. He may not be able to produce that much on the floor but I think he will be invaluable as an example and a role model for our younger players. The things that he does well; defense, rebounding, hustle, offensive awareness; are the things we really want our young bigs to improve on. I say eat his salary this year, let him be a teacher and mentor.

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We could always go after Jason Thompson, or another young kid too. I just really want to see us try and move some pieces around and catalyze the change.

Oh and if we do get Monroe, Roy and Greg would have to be known as the Georgetown boys.

considering how things typically go with Larry running things I am pretty confident that we’ll end up taking someone not on this poll. Last year none of us seen Tyler Hansbrough being the pick but he was. So maybe we should look for the most random selection and that will probably end up being the pick.