Blake Griffin or John Wall: who would you pick?

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JW

[Se]

Depends on need.

For the 14 lottery teams, this is who I would draft I I had the number 1 pick:

Washington - John Wall (Arenas doesn't have a future in Washington, or as a 2-guard)

Philadelphia - Blake Griffin (Holiday is too good of a prospect to draf tWall over Griffin)

New Jersey - John Wall (due to being able to get a good power forward for Harris)

Minnesota - John Wall (Jefferson and Love already at power forward here)

Sacramento - Blake Griffin (Wall and Evans is a ball dominant back court)

Golden-State - Blake Griffin (Already have two great point guard)

Detroit - Either player would be okay. They suck at PG and PF

LA Clippers - Griffin

Utah - Griffin (Boozer is as good as gone)

Indiana - Wall (they have a huge need for a point guard)

New Orleans - Griffin (they have 2 excellent point guards, and West doesn't have the potential of Griffin)

Memphis - Wall (Conley is not the answer. Griffin would be redundant with Gasol, Thabeet and Randolph around)

Toronto - Wall (They need a superstar in the back court that can score and create for others. Griffin and Bargnani would be a bad combo)

Houston - Either

So the vote for me was 7-7..... right down the middle.

[alexthegr8]

Blake Griffin

John Wall is vastly overrated. There are quite a few better pros in the draft, ie Turner, Monroe.

I disagree vehemently with this (although I do like Turner and Monroe a lot.)

John Wall for me.

[GOBB]

John Wall. Regardless if he pans out or not? He will affect fan attendance and media attention unlike Griffin.

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[CelticBaller]

John Wall. Blake is an injury prone they clippers should know it

[ShaqAttack3234]

Can't say I've really seen Wall play, but Griffin is an overrated prospect, IMO. Yeah, he's really athletic, but he doesn't have much of a jump shot or post moves, he's a poor free throw shooter and he's not a shot blocker so he won't have the defensive impact that a franchise big man like an Olajuwon, Ewing, Mourning or Duncan does.

[Myth]

At this point I would take Wall.

[Se]

You realize if Sixers won the lottery they would be drafting John Wall?

I do know that, but there is no Blake Griffin in this year's draft.

The OP is assuming that they both came out the same year, so let's say that Griffin is a sophomore coming out in this year's draft (and doesn't suffer the freak injury during pre-season). The 76ers would love to add Blake Griffin to their current team. He's a better fit than Wall.

[Se]

John Wall. Blake is an injury prone they clippers should know it

[GOBB]

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[Se]

Sixers would not draft Blake Griffin over John Wall. Period.

Explain why.

Holiday is a highly touted rookie at point guard. He's a great defender who projects to be an excellent one. His outside shot is more developed than most people thought at the draft. He's a very good play maker.
Wall and Holiday can't play together for long stretches.

At power forward, you got a gimpy old Elton Brand.
On the other hand, Blake Griffin would be a great fit with the 76ers, in an up-tempo offense.
Imagine - Dalembert grabs rebound, passes to Holiday who initiates the break, with Young and Igoudala on a wing each, with Griffin trailing.

Eventually, the 76ers could have aimed to have a line-up of:
CT: Dalembert (or some other center, they can trade his expirer for someone decent)
PF: Griffin/ Brand
SF: Igoudala/ Young (6th man role)
SG: Xavier Henry type of player acquired through the draft
PG: Holiday

[SCdac]

Can't say I've really seen Wall play, but Griffin is an overrated prospect, IMO. Yeah, he's really athletic, but he doesn't have much of a jump shot or post moves, he's a poor free throw shooter and he's not a shot blocker so he won't have the defensive impact that a franchise big man like an Olajuwon, Ewing, Mourning or Duncan does.

You think he's an overrated "prospect", really? He's one of the most NBA ready players of that draft class. Charles Barkley and Karl Malone weren't big shot blockers out there, yet they are some all-time greats at their position (and Griffin is a power forward more reminiscent to them, not so much a 7 foot back-to-the-basket player). He's going to be playing next to Chris Kaman, so shot blocking won't be his job solely. Griffin averaged a solid 22.7 PPG in a pretty low scoring college game, easily became the #1 pick. He's not a great FT shooter, but he won't be incapable of getting to the line ALOT I think, and at times hitting 4-5, 9-13 of them. He'll average a couple of dimes at least too. Off the top of my head, he's going to be better than both Micheal Beasley and LaMarcus Aldridge IMO, despite both of them being sort of jump-shooting bigmen.

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[OnceInADECADE]

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[CelticBaller]

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