Just more cap room for Joe, if he wants it.
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Just more cap room for Joe, if he wants it.
Interesting stuff from DX...
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Picks turning down money means college hoops hits lotto
Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline, like many NBA executives we’ve spoken with this week, can’t believe how many top-shelf players have decided to go back to school this year.
It's unclear whether they love school, hate money or simply believe the best route to maximizing their long-term potential as a basketball player is to spend one more year on campus. Anyway, the bottom line is the same: The projected lottery picks who are returning to school at an unusual rate have simultaneously killed the 2009 NBA Draft and enhanced the star power of the 2009-10 college basketball season.
That's the story of the week.
Seems like every day somebody is delaying millions.
First Ed Davis confirmed he will return to North Carolina, which was followed by Kansas' Cole Aldrich, Georgetown's Greg Monroe, Wake Forest's Al-Farouq Aminu and Oklahoma's Willie Warren each also promising to spend at least one more season in school. Add it up, and what we have are four -- and perhaps five, depending on what you think of Aminu -- near-certain lottery picks now off the table. And when you consider that fifth-year high school star John Wall has repeatedly insisted he won't try to enter the draft despite the presence of a loophole that could make it possible, what that means is that as many as six of the top 15 or so prospects who could be in the 2009 NBA Draft won't be in the 2009 NBA Draft.
Which is good news for Jordan Hill.
And bad news for the franchise that has to take Jordan Hill third.
"I want to say that people are looking at Blake Griffin and seeing how much he improved himself [by returning for his sophomore season at Oklahoma]," said Jonathan Givony, president of DraftExpress.com, a website dedicated to thoroughly covering the NBA Draft from all angles. "That might be it. But more than anything else, it's probably just coincidental."
More from DX...
-DeShawn Sims, Junior, Michigan- May test the waters as a junior since he has nothing to lose.
-Raymar Morgan, Junior, Michigan State- Rumored to be considering entering the draft
-Kalin Lucas, Sophomore, Michigan State- Tom Izzo indicates that Lucas will likely be back.
-Manny Harris, Sophomore, Michigan- Announced he’s returning to Michigan for his junior season.
Which is all the more reason to move Max and Amir with picks for legit big men on teams needing to clear cap space.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gl'enn
Ricky Rubio officially in.
Trade the picks - all of them.
Our scouting department has proven to be fucking useless
we get more cap space
we trade them for proven players
What's not to like?
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Eleanor (Huntington Woods, Mich.): Would the Pistons draft Davidson guard Stephen Curry since he is projected to be around the 13th pick?
Langlois: They’ll be picking 15th, Eleanor, because they have the worst record of the 16 playoff teams in the field. If Curry is still on the board, he’ll be a consideration because of the long-range shooting he could provide. A lot can happen during the evaluation process, but as of today I would expect somebody would take him before 15.
An article on Yahoo was discussing guys in the Draft and that guy James Johnson (?) I mentiond the other day got a decent review by a "scout" (they didn't identify the scout so for all I know it was Tahoe's opinion. Tahoe posts are everywhere)
Is this dude any good? Or do you guys not watch college ball?
I have an excuse cause there ain't no coverage of NCAA on free TV here in Aussieland. Why can't you guys throw out some names of guys you've seen on TV that were good? If yo don't wanna look foolish then check some sites t get info that could back you up.
Mxy - please help me -does your super stat site do Draft stuff?
I'd go to http://www.draftexpress.com as a starting point.
I haven't really paid much attention to NCAA ball since the Fab Five, except for this year a little because the Final Four was local. I can appreciate it when I watch it, but it's not something that stirs my soul.
Oh, well in that case thanks for nothing. I've already been to DX (I find it funny that they went with that)
I just thought you might have some numbers to back up certain guys that have been mentioned, since you are THE stat guru but it's cool.
I'll just continue to stumble around like a Piston Scout.
see what I did there?