Nets Keep Stockpiling Picks...But For What?

well our season is definetly over so i really dont care if we lose every game now, we should all be looking forward hoping we get the #1 pick and snatch wall.

There is a nice article in this week’s Sports Illustrated on John Wall. In the article, Rick Pitino says Wall reminds him of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. Calipari says he had no idea his will to win was this strong.

NBA Lords, please let us get John Wall!!

Hope we hire Isiah Thomas as talent scout or evaluator. All our picks suck compared to his. Just a talent scout, No more No less.

“Calipari says he had no idea his will to win was this strong.”

Sounds like exactly what we need on this team. Other than CDR, it doesn’t seem to me that any of the other guys on the team have much of a will to win.

Also, Please trade D Harris adn HIRE a Permanent Coach for next Season, N .O . W. B. Scott, Avery, Whoever, Even Frattelo is ok(remainder of season with a guaranty for next season only). The Entire training camp is not enough to teach these bunch. JVG + Ewing >>>Kiki Harris.

For better chance of getting #1 pick, get new coach after the all star break. Common Nets, Start the Camp NOW…..

Wall is all I care about now! I still watch every game, but the ultimate goal for this year is GETTING THE #1 PICK!!!

If the people dealing with your picks are capable then imo this is the best way to go. With the record we have and the history of the team it’s going to be hard to get FAs until the tean is a winner in Brooklyn. Trades are possible but how many times can we count on Thorn to rob someone.

Nets need a pg like steve nash….a psser..a set up play maker…is John wall a psser or a scorer?

An open question to those more informed than myself. How valuable is a draft pick, compared to say an expiring contract or trade exception? How would/could you rank them in terms of their ability to get us top talent? I would think a draft pick couldn’t be that valuable, since you’re never really sure what your goanna get, even if you have the #1 pick.

John Wall is everything you want and need him to be. John Wall is so fast he can run around the world and dunk on himself.

Superman wears John Wall pajamas.

If your an insider and you read the article on john wall that Thorpe made, he says that what will separate wall from the other guys is his passing. I’ll post it.. xD

Even Chuck Norris is scared of John Wall.

This is what Thorpe says…

Recent rookie point guards have proved that they can come into the league right away and score. Tyreke Evans, Derrick Rose, Brandon Jennings and Jonny Flynn were all lottery picks who arrived with the ability to beat their defenders off the dribble and get to the rim, where they were able to finish.

What none of them was able to do, at least compared with veteran point guards, was run a team using a pass-first mentality. With the ball always in their hands, point guards have the responsibility to ease (and sometimes force) their teammates into the flow of the game, while always having the option of “getting theirs” when the situation calls for it. It almost always requires a veteran mindset to do that successfully, while rookies struggle. I believe John Wall can change that trend.

The most striking thing about his game is both his awareness of where his teammates are (and where they are going) and his interest in getting the ball to them. Many guards, including the four I previously mentioned, are excellent passers, but we often see those passes only when their own scoring options are cut off. Jennings is the exception, as he most closely resembles Wall in this category.

Wall whips the ball around in every way possible: post entries from the top (requiring patience while his post player fights for position), dribble penetration kickouts to either side of the floor, easy pinch post feeds to help the offensive flow, and terrific finds off the push dribble to racing teammates.

NBA GMs who have bigs that can run and post and/or athletic wing players dream of a point guard like Wall. He will make all those guys happy to work for a good shot because they know they will get the ball when they need it, and not when the guard can’t get his own shot first. He’s the No. 1 prospect because he combines this rare ability with the raw physical talents that are obvious, and a shot that is fundamentally better than most young players his age who can move like he can.

Granted, I have only watched Wall once, I was not the least bit impressed… Hype machine.

D.Rose lite… D.Rose can stick it. I want Derron Williams lite, not Rose.

Could it be that the Nets are getting all there picks to give to the team that wins the lottery?

Cool..Im interested to watch John wall plays..I’ll try to watch kentucky games if they show on espn and stuff..

sounds like John wall is an up and down the court kinda guy…

Let’s not get too hype about john wall I doubt he will be able to contribute to this team in his first season.we don’t know how good he will be in the nba so let’s wait and see.

howd we get kidd? carter?

trades…thats how we’re getting our next star

I agree that some draft picks will be used to get us John Wall if we do not get the 1st pick…..I also believe that is why we are hanging onto devin Harris…If we do not get the 1st pick , hopefully it will be a team that is alraedy overloaded at the point guard position and drafts for position instead of best player available….Or maybe that team needs a point guard and doesn’t want to wait to develop one so we can trade them Devin Harris and some picks to acquire John wall ????

John Wall is obviously the dream pick in this draft.

If we’re lucky enough to get that pick, from there I would love to see an attempt to trade up and get Al-Farouq Aminu. We have our Dallas pick, which should fall at around pick number 25, 1 second round pick, a whole slew of well documented future second rounders and future picks, and a bunch of young wings that could be attractive to a lot of teams.

until he gets hurt like oden or griffin

then what?

Everyone seems convinced that John Wall is ours….. Doesn’t history show that most teams with the worst record don’t win the lottery most times…..

Trenton is right. We probably shouldn’t draft anybody for fear that they would get hurt. I guess we could just draft a really bad player and it won’t even matter.

@trenton: Note: Oden and Griffin are big men. They can’t succeed without having an incredibly durable body. Wall’s 16 assists proves to me that he’s able to play a true PG position when necessary. When he gets to the NBA, he’ll realize that if he wants a long career and not get ankle injuries every week (a la DH), he’ll have to become a more pass-first type of guard.

Wall is our guy, we need to draft him. Send as many picks as we have to get him, he’s a real keeper.

75% chance that we will not be able to draft Wall unfortunately.

The worst would be getting the 3rd pick. Who would we pick?

@Chris2
Does Minnesota take Wall when they already have Flynn and the rights to Rubio? Maybe that increases our chances to 50%.

@ pawley

Minnesota has 2 options in the draft:

A. They keep Wall and play him alongside with Flynn, trading Rubio.
B. They are currently set at PG (Flynn), PF (Love), and C (Jefferson). They still lack a SG and SF. It is quite possible that they trade down a few picks, perhaps swap picks with the third or fourth, and get Evan Turner, who plays the SG/SF position, is a capable scorer, and also a distributor. If this is the case, the Nets will likely have the T’Wolves desired pick and can set up a package to obtain the first overall pick.

If we get Wall, I actually would love for our next coach to be Avery Johnson, who I think would do a great job in helping to develop JWall.

Actually – I am thinking that if we get the first pick, we draft Wall obviously. If Minnesota gets the first pick, we trade for Rubio, possibly giving up our own top pick… but hopefully we would be able to get Rubio without relinquishing our own top 4 pick. I think there is about a 50% chance we come away with one of Wall or Rubio. This team needs a playmaker in the worst way. Lebron is the fantasy, but Wall or Rubio would probably be a big improvement over the current situation.

If we get John Wall…and pairing him with Brook, CDR and maybe Yi, Devin and Lee – free agents will want to come here if they are interested in championships

Im not saying dont draft him. Im just advising not to put all your eggs in one basket and assume he’s the second coming that will turn this franchise around.

Get John Wall, and trade our current PG.

John Wall
Chris Douglas-Roberts
LeBron James
Yi Jianlian
Brook Lopez

No way anyone who gets the first pick doesn’t draft Wall. I don’t care if it’s Minnesota, Rubio is such an unsure thing right now that he’s nowhere near worth the value of John Wall. And Adam makes an excellent point, good chance we end up with the worst record in the NBA. There’s years and years of evidence that the team with the greatest chance to win the lottery never actually achieves it. If we don’t get the first pick, it would take a gigantic Brook Lopez sized offer to get John Wall, seeing as to how Devin is looking like a 2nd or 3rd option who can only score right now, no one’s exchanging Devin for John Wall. Wall could be just as good or better than Devin right now in his first year in the league

Its not probable that Nets will get 1st pick.

That is why everyone should watch Derrick Favors and Georgia Tech today (Saturday) at 2PM on ESPN

Favors reminds me of Amare from his videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Od-U5IF4s