# 2008 NBA Draft **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 26, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362 "2008-06-26T22:07:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/21 "2008-06-27T00:20:50Z")
Lopez to Charlotte. I’d lay some money on it if I could. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/22 "2008-06-27T00:26:03Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Lopez to Charlotte. I’d lay some money on it if I could. [/QUOTE] You can mail me the check. Thanks. DJ Augustin to the Bobcats. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/23 "2008-06-27T00:26:07Z")
Damn…flushed my money down the toilet. D.J. Augustin. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/24 "2008-06-27T00:28:02Z")
OK…the Nets are desperate for help in the front court. This has to be Lopez. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/25 "2008-06-27T00:30:08Z")
I think it’ll be Lopez, though maybe Rush. Lopez will be a bust FTR. Lopez it is. I like the color combo on the suit. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/26 "2008-06-27T00:35:13Z")
Jerryd Bayless to the Pacers seems like a pretty good fit, though I think Brandon Rush will be a better player. ETA: Bayless it is. Indiana needs help at the Guard position and Bayless has a really good motor. He’s a little too small to be a full time player though. ETA2: Wait, I forgot that they added TJ Ford. That makes the Bayless pick pretty retarded. Ford is much much better and they needed size to replace O’Neal. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/27 "2008-06-27T00:43:56Z")
I don’t understand the Bayless pick. It obviously means that Tinsley is gone but I think they should’ve gone with Rush Where are the trades? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/28 "2008-06-27T00:45:47Z")
So does Portland go with Brandon Rush? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/29 "2008-06-27T00:45:51Z")
Some surprises now, at least: Augustin went higher than expected and so did Thompson just now. Three of the Kansas guys are still on the boards, although I know they’re not all expected to go this high. The plunge watch is officially under way for Anthony Randolph, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/30 "2008-06-27T00:49:12Z")
I’m curious to see how far DeAndre Jordan slides too. The Blazers just took Rush and that’s going to be a fucking SICK lineup. Rush, Roy, Webster, Aldridge, Oden and maybe Rudy Fernandez off the bench at some point? Holy crap. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/31 "2008-06-27T00:49:43Z")
I think Randolph goes to the Warriors. They need someone behind Harrington and Biedrins. Arthur or Koufos (BUST!!!) could also go. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/32 "2008-06-27T00:59:42Z")
Wow, Pheonix takes the other Lopez to match with Shaq. Very strange move. I would have expected them to get a PG to learn behind Nash, maybe Chalmers, or a swingman to pick up the old Grant Hill and play up tempo. Donte Greene would have been lights out with that lineup. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/33 "2008-06-27T01:03:42Z")
Wonder if Hibbert will make it down to Charlotte’s 2nd pick. Chalmers would be a great fit in Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/34 "2008-06-27T01:07:31Z")
Let me take a crack at the next four picks… Indiana (from Toronto) - Darrell Arthur Washington - Roy Hibbert Cleveland - Mario Chalmers Charlotte - Kosta Koufos ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/35 "2008-06-27T01:16:42Z")
Looks like Indy picked Bayless as a piece of a trade, there’s a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/36 "2008-06-27T01:17:53Z")
The Portland Trail Blazers have verbally agreed to a deal that will send the rights to Brandon Rush and Jarrett Jack to the Indiana Pacers for the rights to Jerryd Bayless and Ike Diogu. ESPN ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/37 "2008-06-27T01:27:45Z")
[QUOTE=Kid\_A] Let me take a crack at the next four picks… Indiana (from Toronto) - Darrell Arthur Washington - Roy Hibbert Cleveland - Mario Chalmers Charlotte - Kosta Koufos [/QUOTE] I quit. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/38 "2008-06-27T01:27:52Z")
As several people predicted, Charlotte grabbed another pick. At this stage, I actually feel bad for players picked by the Bobcats. It seems like everybody they draft is guaranteed to get injured repeatedly, like Okafor, Morrison and May. They’ve picked the French center. Zut alors! I’ll always be a big Jordan fan, but as an executive… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/39 "2008-06-27T01:52:13Z")
And the Darrell Arthur watch continues. Ouch. He sounds really discouraged and I’m sure he knows he’s lost a good chunk of change by falling from the late lottery to the tail end of the first round. The good news is if he gets picked now (unless Memphis gets him) he at least goes to a winning team. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362/40 "2008-06-27T01:56:53Z")
I hope he goes soon. I really hope the Raptors pick up (buy) one of these picks and grab him or Chalmers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-nba-draft/454362.md?page=3)