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Nuggets Wheel and Deal on Draft Night
Written by Nick Sclafani   
Thursday, 25 June 2009 22:14

(Denver-CO) The Denver Nuggets never cease to amaze me on Draft night. While not having a first round pick, the Nuggets were able to finagle first round talent in the form of the 18th overall pick, Ty Lawson, from the Minnesota Timberwolves for a future first round pick. Then, in the most bizarre pick of the night by far, the Nuggets drafted Sergio Llull with the 34th pick overall while DeJuan Blair and Sam Young were still on the board. Llull's wiki page sums up my feelings on what could have been known as Tskitishvili part two. I digress, only because someone in the Nuggets draft war room probably got fired on the spot, because the Nuggets promptly traded Llull for cash considerations from the Houston Rockets who will most likely leave the unheard of Spaniard overseas for at least the next two years.

Thank you, Jesus!

The Nuggets tried to live up to their long history of draft day blunders, but luckily had the notion to think twice about drafting Llull and quickly found a way out of a nearly for sure laugher pick.

Regular posting to resume on Monday.

Go Nuggets!

Ballhype: hype it up!

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written by Jon-Michael, June 26, 2009
"Then, in the most bizarre pick of the night by far, the Nuggets drafted Sergio Llull with the 34th pick overall while DeJuan Blair and Sam Young were still on the board"

According to this Denver Post article, they traded his rights over to Houston upon drafting him for cash considerations

http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12693143

So there was a method to their madness.
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written by daveb, June 26, 2009
Agreed JM...nobody got fired, Denver was making this pick FOR Houston (they didn't "fix" it afte the pick). This was the plan before the name was anounced from the podium. Let's give these guys some credit for a change...great draft! now they just need a big man.
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written by NuggDoctor, June 26, 2009
They should have done something for the Nuggets and not for Houston. Blair was on the board. Blair could have been a cheap insurance policy in the event that Linas leaves the franchise.

Oh well. The whole thing kinda reminds me of the Leon Powe trade that also occurred on draft night. Powe then went on to win a championship with the Celtics while proving to be a nice piece to their puzzle.

I do like the Lawson move. He is definitely going to be a nice shot of youth at the back up pg spot and with Chauncey teaching him the ropes his progress should be quick and steady.

This also puts AC's future in question.

Go Nuggets!
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written by Stumbleweed, June 26, 2009
They got $2.25 mil for the pick, which is a record payout for a 2nd round pick. It more than absorbs the cost of Lawson's contract and gives us extra money to help in signing Bird or finding another backup big in free agency.

Great move IMO, especially since they still bagged Lawson. If they had sold the pick and not done anything else in the draft, then I'd be pissed.
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written by Stumbleweed, June 26, 2009
Oops, that should read $2.25 million.
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written by Stumbleweed, June 26, 2009
AGH, WTF Bloguin, I can't put in dollar signs without the sign and the first digit getting lost?

"Two point two five million dollars". Bloody hell.
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written by Vicki's Husband, June 27, 2009
No draft talk... just welcome back to 'The Doctor'...

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