In the two clutchcity links Eddie is number 1 twice number 2 twice and number 3 twice. I said Eddie Griffin and Eddie Curry were either 1 or 2 in almost all of the of the early mock drafts and they were with the exception of NIKEstrad and TeXaSalsa. The other link to msnbc shows their final updated draft just before the draft happened. By that time people had already started talking about Eddie Griffins baggage and he had already started to slip. Still no one thought that he would slip all the way to number 7. My main point is that a lot will change between now and draft day. Last year at this time we were still discussing the possibility of Pau Gasol dropping to 13. We all still considered Eddie Curry to be the top high school condidate with out a challanger. It was not until June that people started thinking that Brown or Tyson could go ahead of Curry. If anyone had said that Curry would not be a top three pick this time last year he would have been laughed off of this board. There are still players that we will begin to hear more about and news both good and bad that will come from the draft camps. One thing for sure is that players will change positions in the draft.
Thats what Cuban said. Anyone that has ever watched Bradley play knows he has a nice outside shot. His problems start with his fouls, traveling and just not being any kind of low post threat on offense. Bradley does have a very nice touch shooting the ball though.
crash 5179 - Let's dispense with the BS discussion of whether EG was ranked 1-2 on April 27th at 4:01 PM and again on May 16th from 10:57 AM until May 27th at 11:18 PM. The bottomline is - Yao Ming will be drafted from 1 to 10 and that is what will happen no matter how much you think Mark Cuban (or his hired help) walk on water. If you can't except this, perhaps a small wager is in order.
I guess. I just never pictured Bradley being a threat outsied of 15 feet, actually, is he a threat inside of 25? I thought Yao could hit it from 3 point land all day long?
Size with any talent gets drafted early and often in the NBA. A player with 7'6" and the skills that he has - whether they are only like Rik Smits - will get drafted very early in the draft. The only way Ming isn't drafted in the top 10 is if he pulls out of the draft, something that is highly unlikely. Too many teams need size to pass on him, especially below 5, yet alone 10.
Bradley is no real threat at all. But if you leave him alone he can knock down anything inside of 20 feet. That is one of the things that had scouts drooling over him when he entered the draft. He could shoot, pass, block shots and could handle the rock extreamly well for a 7 footer. Unfortunately it did not work out to well for him.
I'll pass on the wager. I don't think Yao has 1-10 talent any more than Bradley did but some team (like Philly did) might pass on someone that will definitely help their team for this guy just because he is 7'5". I sure hope that team is not the Rockets.
Skills alone, Bradley is a freak of nature. He has the skills of a 3, but does not have the speed and quickness. The guy won the state 3 point championship in some highschool tournament. His problem is those long old legs of his. He cant post anyone up, and when he does his center of balance is very weak. Now Ming has a pretty good set of legs, but they are still very long. Also, look at his arms, those things are short for a guy his size. It will be interesting to see what Ming becomes. I think the Shawn Bradley comparisons are about right on myself. I would take Drew Gooden over him any day
There is no way New York passes on Ming. I agree that Ming isn't worth a top 3 pick, but there's 0 chance that he drops out of the top 10...
last year this time nbadraft.net had Loren Woods as a lottery pick. would not surprise me if Yao is not picked until the 2nd round.
