Comments on: Creating a PistonPowered draft board

By: TheDude

TheDude — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:08:34 +0000

Draft Board people. Not who we’re taking at 9.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:50:11 +0000

I will, and I intend to make fun of you after the draft.

By: Gregoire

Gregoire — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 05:58:00 +0000

Drummond, Leonard, Barnes, Perry Jones, Henson…

By: acr

acr — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:09:03 +0000

Terrence…

By: acr

acr — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:07:44 +0000

Pretty good sop, though I’d drop Sullinger down a bit now after the medical-red-flag about his back. I’ve actually been feelin’ Terrance Jones lately and wouldn’t mind if we picked him. At 6-10, 250 he’s a bit bigger than Robinson – athletic, can score, defend, rebound. block shots. His stats went down a bit as a sophomore, but that’s with Davis and MKG on the team. I bet if Jones’ and Robinson’s situations were reversed (Jones @Kansas and Robinson @Kentucky), we’d be talking Jones as #2-4 pick instead of Robinson.

By: Jodi Jezz

Jodi Jezz — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:50:39 +0000

Mark my words, Drummond will fall to the Pistons…

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:14:20 +0000

You would seriously take Ezeli or Melo over Jones? Jones definitely has bust potential. But getting a Lamar Odom wouldn’t be so bad. Odom has had a pretty solid career. Certainly a better one than the average prediction for Ezeli/Melo.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:10:53 +0000

I would drop Terrence Jones to tier 4 and Nicolson to 6. And I would probably put Ezeli and Melo in the same tier. But otherwise, it looks pretty decent.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:08:14 +0000

True, but better a boom-or-bust type than a guaranteed solid but unspectacular player. You can pick those up as FAs.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:59:01 +0000

Well Its not really true that his motor is his only question mark. There is the issue that he has a body that is bigger than Anthony Davis. Meaning he should probably project at C/PF (6’11″ 235, also bigger than Greg Monroe). Is being labeled as a “Face up 4″ by draftniks because of his size, skills, lack of defensive intensity, and lack of a post game. Despite all that, he considers himself to be a 3 and is trying to sell teams on that in workouts, he doesn’t like physical contact, doesn’t block shots, doesn’t rebound at a high rate, and loves his perimeter jump shot.

Jones III is a small forward in a center’s body and has potential bust written all over him. Yes, he may turn into a Dirk Nowitzki type star, but its just as likely that he turns out to be a Darko-like bust.