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8 Responses to “4/11/07 Box Score: Sonics 91 Suns 109”

1. Alex Chan Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 12:16 am

   Danny Fortson had a DNP for personal reasons? I guess his tooth has healed to the point where it can no longer serve as the reason for a DNP. One thing that I have found hilarious about going to Sonic games this year is Danny’s pre-game routine. He tries to morph into Ray Allen by engaging in an around-the-world three point shooting exercise by himself. Danny must be trying to market himself as the next Memo Okur.

2. Seafan Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 12:47 am

   Danny doesn’t want to play and risk injury, he has his big free agent contract to worry about.

3. DK Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 9:30 am

   I might not have time today to wait for the daily roundup, so I’ll put this out here.

   I’ve been going through quite a few sites reading about the draft. Besides the usual names that we have been throwing around, all of which would be good on the Sonics(Conley, Law, Brewer,etc.) there’s a few others I never considered that if Seattle traded down the ladder might be worth taking.

   The two USC players, Nick Young(compared to Josh Howard, but don’t alot of sites like to use him as a comparison?), and Gabe Pruitt(compared to Devin Harris) sound like solid players and could be steals. Pointguard and combo shooting guard/small forward.

   I haven’t heard from Shawn from France for a while but I wanted to ask him about Nicolas Batum, who is turning alot of heads and is shooting up the various draft boards. At age 18, he is being represented by the same agent who promoted Sene last year. Batum sounds like quite the player, one who might be better than Gelabale. Shawn, where are you?

   Rodney Stuckey, Morris Almond(who they are still talking about from the Portsmouth camp), and Brandon Rush from Kansas seem like very good players, and a couple of them probably will drop to where Seattle has the Memphis pick in the second round. It now looks like getting that pick was a good move.

   Finally, if Seattle wants to go with a little more experience, then Tiago Splitter sounds like he’s getting better and better all the time while leading his Euro team towards the championship. A polished center with a great basketball IQ that is compared to PJ Brown might be what Seattle could use. He still projects as a lower pick only because there are still buyout issues with his contract. I remember in some previous mock drafts he was slated as a top three pick.

   And what’s more intriguing is that apparently him and his power forward teamate Luis Scola(who is even better than Splitter) work together extremely well. The Spurs hold Scola’s NBA rights, and if the price were right a trade could happen.

   Looking back on last summer it was Bryan Colangelo that went to Europe and found two rookies in 28 year old Jorge Garbajosa and 29 year old Anthony Parker. Now neither Scola or Splitter are that old( I think Splitter is still in his early twenties and Scola around 26), but both have been playing for a number of years at the mens level and in international championships. Both have that solid fundamental base that some of the U.S. college players don’t.

   If the Sonics wanted to get a little older then Scola in a trade and Splitter with a lower pick via another trade might be a solid pair that could give great depth along with the likes of Collison and Swift.

   I’m just throwing out some different options that haven’t really been discussed up to this point in the season but will be soon enough once the season ends.

4. DK Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 9:40 am

   I forgot to add that if Seattle could swing a trade to get Scola’s rights, then a sign and trade with Chicago with Wilcox for Andres Noccioni would bring the two Argentinians that have won the world championships together as teamates. I like the idea of a frontline of Noccioni, Scola, and Collison, with Swift and Gelabale off the bench. Better defense and toughness, plus both Noccioni and Scola are scorers. That still leaves the Sonics with their first round pick besides to address the pointguard situation.

5. lester Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 9:47 am

   DK

   A week back, I mentioned Stuckey and Pruitt as guys who might be available with our second round picks. Nobody bit on the topic then, either.

   I think this draft is so deep we could surprisingly upgrade our point guard and get a solid combo guard, too.

6. lester Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 9:56 am

   And for those of you who slammed on me for wanting Brewer, you should check out all the draft boards. He is already moving up, pre-workout, and will go as high as #4 or #5 depending on draft order (Of course, when the GMs of crappy teams are suddenly excited about a player, I get suspicious of my own feelings about that player. Call it the Lloyd Neal Effect).

7. Shawn Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 10:12 am

   Batum is an incredible player. By far the best french prospect since Tony Parker imo.

   Boris Diaw with better athletic and shooting skills.

   But having at least a year with a big playing time in the french league before coming to the NBA would be a good thing.

8. James B. Says:
   April 12th, 2007 at 3:45 pm

   I’m with you Lester. I feel like Brewer is a worthy pick. He has one of the best all around games for the guards in the draft in terms of perimeter defense, penetrating, and a perimeter shot.

   Although I like Collison too as a penetrator, I’m not even sure if he’s the best perimeter defender on his own team. Afflolo and Josh Shipp have shown me more as perimeter defenders.

   I haven’t had a chance to see as much of Acie Law, so, my opinion of him has been formed by the reviews of scouts.

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