If CDR Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right

• The Zoner

  +4

  I love the take, but knowing that he will be available later why not just trade down?

  Posted 5/22/2008 [reply] [flag]

• Evil Empire

  +3

  Anyone But Gallinari.

  Approve.

  Posted 5/22/2008 [reply] [flag]

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The Odd Campaign in Favor of the Knicks Drafting Chris Douglas-Roberts
Published 5/22/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... , is as passionate a Knicks fan as I know. He's also prone to develop very complicated attachments to somewhat unlikely players, like when he told me James Jones was one of his ten favorites in the league. At the intersection of these two pursuits is his new movement : To get the Knicks to draft Memphis's Chris Douglas-Roberts: The Knicks will most likely be playing a style of ball in which versatility is emphasized, slashing and hitting jumpers becomes the currency of success, and play making at both ends takes on special significance in the wide-open scheme. CDR appears ...

Thursday Bullets
Published 5/22/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Joey from StraightBangin' is just certain that Chris Douglas-Roberts is going to make some GM look really smart for drafting him this June. And here's an in-depth conversation in which ...

NBA Essentials: Chris Paul, Still Awesome
Published 5/22/2008 by Tom Ziller at FanHouse
... 2. Straight Bangin': A passionate and incredibly well-reasoned summation of why the Knicks should consider Chris Douglas-Roberts with the sixth pick. ...

Friday Ribbon Seals
Published 5/23/2008 by Seth at Posting and Toasting: Front Page Posts
... - Joey of Straight Bangin' makes a very sound argument for drafting one of my favorite college players, Chris Douglas-Roberts. He's smart and talented, but as Joey notes, lacks the basketboner-inducing freakish athletic ability that GM's so crave (although the kid can most certainly ...

Not Two
Published 5/24/2008 by Tim (noreply@blogger.com) at The Shamrock Headband
... fact that he really hasn't shown to be much of a floor general. That is understandable for a 19 year old - but Rose seems more of a natural scorer than anything else, and while that is fine and should translate well into the next level, it is far too early to compare him with Chris Paul or Deron Williams. Rose's stats, unlike Beasley's, do not shoot out on us - instead he has the reputation of being a winner - although it helped that the Memphis team he was on was absolutely loaded ( and he wasn't actually their best player). ...

Know The Prospect: Danilo Gallinari
Published 5/27/2008 by Stop Mike Lupica at Stop Mike Lupica
... Seth will be up next with another draft prospect.  Also, check out this interesting post from Joey at Straight Bangin' about Chris Douglas-Roberts of Memphis. ...