The Official NBA Draft Website is done...The Draft will be taken place in Newark on June 23rd 2011 The website feature many article to come in the coming weeks or months till the draft on player prospective, David Adridge Big Board and etc. One of today's feature article is Potential for greatness seems limited in point guard crop Im just giving everyone a head's up for the website. Thanks
New Article: Down year for U.S. opens Draft door for internationals url- http://www.nba.com/2011/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/03/29/draft-internationals/
Yeah its a good year for internationals. Hopefully that means 7'1 Lucas Niogueira come out this year. Wouldn't mind drafting him with either of our 1st round picks; I can see him developing into a healthy Andrew Bynum.
David Aldridge (Big Board):- Shooting Guards Among shooting guard prospects, stars look hard to come by
Duke star Irving leaving school after 1 year for NBA Draft Article link: http://www.nba.com/2011/news/04/07/kyrie-irving-declares-nba-draft.ap/index.html Full Story
Several prospects making the most of Portsmouth exposure Story: Spoiler Diante Garrett, Iowa State Garrett got some good news as soon as he showed up to be measured. Apparently he's been eating right. Listed by Iowa State at 6-foot-4, he's actually an inch and a half taller. Combine that size with his ability to create shots for others and Garrett becomes an intriguing prospect. "For the NBA game, he's great at making decisions off pick and rolls," Iowa State assistant T.J. Otzelberger said. "He's excellent at making plays in the open floor and a great decision maker. This year he averaged over six assists a game [which led the Big 12]. That was really without us having an interior presence. A lot of point guards pile up easy assists by throwing it into a post man. His assists were all about him finding shooters." "He makes all the correct passes," Blake said. "He knows how to make everybody better. I think Diante is going to have several opportunities to make a splash." Garrett comes from good bloodlines. His father Dick played with Walt Frazier at Southern Illinois and went on to a five-year career in the NBA. It's no surprise the younger Garrett prepared like a professional for the PIT, practicing the same drills utilized by BAM Testing, which provides data for the NBA at Chicago, and for the second straight year, at Portsmouth. Given the fact Garrett played for a second-division Big 12 team, his appearance at the PIT was critical. "He's vastly underrated," Otzelberger said, "due to our lack of TV, media exposure and winning. If we had been in the NCAA Tournament or been on ESPN five times, we wouldn't be talking about him as a surprise guy. Everybody would know he's good." Bill Clark, Duquesne Clark was suspended last season by Duquesne coach Ron Everhart, but instead of taking the easy way out and transferring, he hung in there. Good thing, too. This year, Everhart surrounded Clark with players who could help him reach his potential. "Clark's a deadly shooter when he gets hot," said Chris DiSano, who runs the website www.collegechalktalk.com and is an Atlantic 10 expert. "Last year, he went through a streak where he hit three 3-pointers in a month and a half. He went ice cold. This year, Duquesne brought in two freshmen guards that knew how to find him. [Duquense led Division I is assists]. Once he's able to find his spot and guys are able to deliver him the ball, he can be a knockdown shooter." Clark proved as much in a PIT game when he scored 19 points with his first seven shots. "He made five in a row," Ryan said, "and the first four didn't even touch the rim. Big-time shooter." Clark, who finished his career as Duquesne's 10th all-time leading rebounder, isn't one-dimensional, which can only help his chances. In the same PIT game where he went crazy from three (5-of-6), he also grabbed five rebounds and handed out two assists. Delroy James, Rhode Island James has always been known as a high-energy guy, and so far that particular trait has been on display in Portsmouth. If the rangy 6-8 forward wants to play the three spot in the NBA, he'll have to prove he can consistently make shots. "The whole thing with Delroy is his jump shot," said DiSano, who also serves as a color analyst for Rhode Island games. "When he's hitting his jump shot, he's a matchup nightmare. He hit five threes against Pittsburgh earlier this year. You cannot guard him when he's hitting his jump shot, because at his size, he can put the ball on the deck and has the strength to be able to draw contact and still finish." Vernon Macklin, Florida Macklin lost confidence while he was playing behind future NBA draft picks Roy Hibbert and Jeff Green at Georgetown, but he found it again after he transferred to Florida. "The biggest thing with Vernon [when he arrived at Florida] was his self esteem and image took a huge hit," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "It didn't have anything to do with Georgetown, it was just his mindset going into Georgetown. He'd even tell you now that he went in there thinking he was one and done. He had to go to college in the first year of the rule [that prohibited NBA teams from draft players until after their freshman year in college]. "He probably would have been a lottery pick otherwise, but he couldn't get on the floor [as a freshman]. And all of a sudden, he's thinking, 'am I good enough?' " Macklin was good enough at Florida, which he helped lead to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight, and he's carried his solid play over to the PIT. "He's doing what I expected him to do here," Blake said. "He's improved so much in the last year and a half. I really like the kid. He's learned to use his length and establish position down low, and though he likes to go over his right shoulder, he's throwing people off balance and having success going over his right shoulder, too." Blake at first thought Macklin was going to add to the record no-show number at Portsmouth. "There was a bad report that said he wanted to pull out," Blake said. "And so we took him off the list. But he called personally and said he really wanted to come." Shrewd move.
Hello again, no one posted since I last posted any articles...here are some sort of new ones Big Boards: Small Forwards and the NBA Draft order
He spent half the article talking about a player who will not be in this year's draft and left off my favorite wing player Terrence Jones. Maybe he has him listed as a PF>
With a name like Dortch, how can you not be taken serious? Anyway, here's an interesting article on several wing-type players: http://www.nba.com/2011/news/featur...late-lottery-stars/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1 Most notable (because they may be on the board by either the 14th or 23rd pick) is what he has to say about Jordan Hamilton, though I think Kawhi Leonard would be a better option for us. I was under the impression that Hamilton was a scorer only and didn't possess the other skills to make him NBA ready, but this article pumps up his stock a little. Maybe we can score a big with the 14th and pick up Hamilton with the 23rd. We have a real need at the SF, so that's one of the positions I hope we plug in.
as i know ，we need defensive player，so who do you guys think we need，i think biyombo is the best choice for us
The latest NBA Draft 2011 Website article: is here David Aldridge Big Board: Centers Houston fans should take a choose look on what centers are entering the draft...
Scott Howard-Cooper: Mock Draft 2011 This is what he had for the Rockets Picks the rest of the mock draftees are found here
