2009 NBA Draft Discussion Thread

good, bilas says hes a steal. also, they say he is tough and a hard worker and a good offensive rebounder. just what we need, awesome.

DUde said we got a steal. Could have been a first round pick in 10.

Interesting.

The clip they showed of our pick reminded me of MBenga, the body type, big guy that rebound and such.

LOL, Lakers are pimps this year. Selling bodies for cash.

Bilas says if he stayed another year he would have been a first round pick, calls it a steal. Dfenders bound?

They said if he didn't enter this draft, he would have a shot at being a 1st rounder next year. Well, at least we found a body to compete in camp, it looks like.

Chinemelu Elonu

A F/C

Mbenja/Powel insurence

at least he's 6'10 and 235. hopefully he's willing to go overseas for a couple years

btw, what ever happened to marcus douthit

Good pick, wonder who Mitch will give him to for money.

awesome work mitch

eason Averages
SEASON MIN PTS REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P% PPS
2005-2006 Did not play.
2006-2007 5.1 1.7 1.8 .2 .4 .44 .1 .4 .9 .652 .389 .000 1.61
2007-2008 9.3 2.7 3.0 .2 .9 .21 .1 .5 1.2 .530 .512 .000 1.38
2008-2009 23.8 9.8 7.3 .3 1.8 .16 .3 1.6 2.8 .665 .628 .000 1.72


Barely played first 2 years on team, after not playing first year at school

Last season was first with mins...

Chinemelu D. Elonu, Jr., nicknamed "Junior," is the son of Dozie and Amaka Elonu of Houston...born March 11, 1987 in Nigeria..

last pick

DOZIER

MEMPHIS GUY

Woooo! Dozier got drafted! Represent Memphis and punch Chalmers in the face, that's all I ask.

San Antonio continued to get better tonight but at least LA got some money. Sound like the Clippers or something out peddling all the players for money. Even trying to sell Farmar yet getting no players back. Oh well future money and draft picks are so helpful when trying to repeat. As I said they better sign Odom, Ariza and Shannon now

How much cash did we get from the HEAT?

TKainZero wrote:Chinemelu D. Elonu, Jr., nicknamed "Junior," is the son of Dozie and Amaka Elonu of Houston...born March 11, 1987 in Nigeria..

No wonder that last name seemed familiar. Should've picked up De Colo with our Charlotte pick though.

Here's an article about Elonu

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6491067.html

good draft


i hope the cash we made helps us to another title next year

What Ford had to say about the pick:

Elonu is a big man who can rebound and block shots. He's actually got a pretty decent upside. You normally don't find that this far down in the draft.

JSM wrote:What Ford had to say about the pick:

Elonu is a big man who can rebound and block shots. He's actually got a pretty decent upside. You normally don't find that this far down in the draft.

Sounds good.

This song represents my feelings right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwuNr4Ud8tE


The only youtube video i can find of him, and it is from 2006

With their pick in the second round at No. 42, the Lakers drafted point guard Patrick Beverley, who played in Ukraine last season, traded him to the Miami Heat for $1.5 million and a 2011 second-round pick.

From LA Times.

Few pts

Hawks: OMFG i am pissed right now. There is no reason why blair isn't in a hawk uniform right now. We could have drafted him and t hen sent minny a future 1st and got lawson. For a team that doesn't really do FA that much we need to have impactful drafts and it didn't happen

Minny: Horrible draft. Drafted way too many PG's when they had other needs. I think vitale said it best. Rubio/Flynn together will get a coach fired.

SA: Huge steal with blair. Pretty impressive.