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Archive for the ‘NBA Draft’ Category

July 1st, 2008

CDR and I: Licking our wounds, but still getting paid, probably

I’m no Nostradamus when it comes to forecasting players’ draft positions, as you can probably already tell.
My NBA draft predictions weren’t exactly Matt Millen-esque, actually far from it, however a couple of glaring mistakes certainly overshadowed the brilliant gems.
Like anyone is keeping score at home, besides me that is.
I keep score.
In previous posts […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 1 comment

June 28th, 2008

NBA Draft offal: Where Minnesota Trades Mayo Happens

On Thursday night Minnesota had a lot of people respecting them, believing they had made the correct selection at #3. But when folks woke up Friday, many were probably not too surprised the team who gave up Kevin Garnett traded away O.J. Mayo too. This time the T-Wolves didn’t get a Al […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 2 comments

June 28th, 2008

“I can’t wait to play in the NBA”

Shan Foster, a 6′6 guard, drafted #51 overall, averaged 20.3ppg his senior year at Vanderbilt while netting 46.9% of his downtown tries as well.
He may be a one trick pony on the court, but he’s far from it off the court.
Video courtesy of ESPN Video

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By Ryan Pravato -- 2 comments

June 25th, 2008

NBA Draft garbage: Where Westbrook goes top 5 happens

THE 08 NBA Draft is fast approaching and I for one love to predict when certain players will get drafted and whether they will become the next Eddy Curry disaster or the next Monta Ellis find.
O.J. Mayo USC
O.J. has been talked about ad nauseam on this site as you probably already know (sorry […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 5 comments

June 18th, 2008

Potential NBA draftees who would be better off NOT getting drafted

Why would anyone not want to see their name shown on the big draft board on draft night?
Well, undrafted players will be able to pick and chose the most ideal situation. They get to decide which team they go to. Drafted players don’t get to decide.
Michigan State’s Drew Neitzel
Drew played both point and shooting […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 5 comments

June 17th, 2008

Surprise Surprise

Almost a month ago—I’m not a professional analyst, yet—I wrote Should I stay or should I go? and proclaimed Jamont Gordon and Bill Walker, among others, would stay in school.
Well, they didn’t.
Walker’s decision wasn’t a big surprise, but Gordon’s was. But even more surprising was the college departures of George […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 0 comments

June 14th, 2008

Mock Drafts are just that, Mock

Andrew Skwara of rivals.com looks at 22 underclassmen who have not signed an agent and discusses whether or not they should sign with one and say goodbye to the college basketball lifestyle for good.
DECISION TIME
A.J. Abrams, Texas
STATUS: Should head back to campus
THE BUZZ: The 5-10 shooting guard shocked everyone - including the Texas coaching […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 1 comment

June 6th, 2008

The next Paul Pierce?

Game 1 of the NBA Finals saw the Celtics outlast, completely out shoot and utterly out hustle the Lakers in the 2nd half. This was surely not the start the media favored Lakers had in mind, nor was it what Stephen Kersey had in mind over at Hoops Fantasy.
Unless, of course, Kersey believes the […]

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June 4th, 2008

Some #’s from the Pre-Draft camp

If you like studying the NFL combine numbers and all, you’ll get a kick out of the NBA Pre-Draft numbers gathered in Orlando last week.
Thanks to rushthecourt.wordpress.com for bringing these numbers to my attention. And much thanks to draftexpress.com for their up close and personal work from Orlando last week.
You can see all of […]

By Ryan Pravato -- 1 comment

June 1st, 2008

Did Orlando really matter?

As day 4 of the Pre-Draft camp in Orlando came to a close, one must wonder if any one player actually made a solidified mark in the minds of the scouts.
After all, Darrell Arthur, Michael Beasley Joe Alexander, O.J. Mayo, Derrick Rose, Donte Greene, Anthony Randolph, JaVale McGee, D.J. Augustin, Kevin Love, Russell […]

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