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Following potential 2013 draftees

B.J. Young has my attention. Although I'd much rather have a pure point, which this draft seems to lack completely.
 
HotRodHundley'sBooze said:
Kyle Anderson is strictly a point-forward with a limited shot. His success in the NBA is entirely dependent on the team that drafts him and the system they run.

Pothyress is/will be a stud. That is all.

Nerlen Noels will be a large disappointment. He'll be good defensively, but I predict for at least half the season he will be completely lost offensively. Cal typically does well though, so we'll see. I'm not expecting a lot out of him.

Bazz is gonna do what Bazz does...be a stud.

Will this be the year that Mason Plumlee utilized his athleticism and develops an offensive game? My vote says no.

Speaking of Duke, Alex Murphy has reportedly grown since coming in (he's now 6'9 and 220) and will be a very good redshirt freshman in the ACC. I would except him to start.

I'm impressed with McAdoo's athleticism, I'm not impressed with his skills. Very, very raw, which was surprising since he's an NBA players son. I don't trust Roy to develop him, but we'll see.

PG crop is young and risky. Very hard to tell who's going to be good until about halfway through the year IMO...I'm going to hold off on my opinions on them until then.

In response to PKM and Saltair...Harrow is too small for the NBA unless if he's muscled up. Aaron Craft is a good college player, strictly a backup in the NBA. Poor-mans Kirk Hinrich.

I'm a fan of PJ Hairston. NBA size and a smooth stroke, should do well in UNC's system if he gets the playing time.

I know I said I wouldn't talk about PG's, but I lied. I like Ray McCallum a lot, very athletic, really needs to improve his shooting, but I like his game.

I know I wrote a lot, but yeah, I'm bored. Hope y'all enjoy. Back to the bottle for me now.
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Very good post! I agree with about every word (though I think you slightly undervalue what Mason will do this year, but not what he will do in the NBA).
Glad to have this 'new' poster on the forum. ;)
 
sgjazzfan said:
The 2012 thread was started in November last year and took almost 40 hours to get to this point. It now has 613 pages. That's after it died quite a bit from not having a first round pick.

So whats the over/under for this thread? Can it live up to last years?

Sequels are almost never as good as the original, will this be an exception?
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I also think that when the 2012 thread started, there weren't many posters here that knew anything about college players. I think that number went up drastically. I predict there will be more doing their own research, more watching some college games, and therefore more posting/debating than last year. O/U at 800.
 
NUMBERICA said:
B.J. Young has my attention. Although I'd much rather have a pure point, which this draft seems to lack completely.
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B.J. is a really good player .. I think he needs to get his PG on for him to be effective in the league and I have my doubts .. it will come down to coaching.

Yes, this draft will be the weakest EVER (end hyperbole) for PG's .. and there will only be 2 or 3 the following year .. yikes!
 
PKM said:
Yes to the first part, obviously. I just think he's too slow for any position 1 - 3.
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My point exactly. He might have been great in HS, less impactful in College and from the looks of it he would be lucky to be a rotation player in the NBA. That is unless he gets faster or stronger or develops a threatening outside shot.

I haven't watched him much but that is my quick understanding.
 
orangello said:
My point exactly. He might have been great in HS, less impactful in College and from the looks of it he would be lucky to be a rotation player in the NBA. That is unless he gets faster or stronger or develops a threatening outside shot.

I haven't watched him much but that is my quick understanding.
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He'll do okay at UCLA because he has 'Bazz to help hide his deficiencies somewhat. If I were him, I'd roll the dice on being seen as a true PG (that's weak defensively) rather than a SF (that can't shoot and is weak defensively). He's too slow and too poor of shot ... I predict a late lottery though, because of his size and upside .. ugh.
 
PKM said:
I also think that when the 2012 thread started, there weren't many posters here that knew anything about college players. I think that number went up drastically. I predict there will be more doing their own research, more watching some college games, and therefore more posting/debating than last year. O/U at 800.
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I agree with this. What really helped me last year was getting a list if players to watch for. That got me watching more games and finding things out about players that had not been mentioned much.

PKM, can you give us a call of kids to keep an eye on? Also this is more for me, but when to the AAU tournaments start in Vegas? I am thinking about planning a business trip to Vegas to work as well as to catch some of these games. TIA.
 
orangello said:
I agree with this. What really helped me last year was getting a list if players to watch for. That got me watching more games and finding things out about players that had not been mentioned much.

PKM, can you give us a call of kids to keep an eye on? Also this is more for me, but when to the AAU tournaments start in Vegas? I am thinking about planning a business trip to Vegas to work as well as to catch some of these games. TIA.
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I'll find and post a sked of the AAU games (Verlin may beat me to it).

As I have said before (many times, no doubt), I've been watching these kids for a couple of years already .. most of them anyway. So I do things a bit differently, I tend to catch a few games of the top guys that are the only stud on their team .. and focus more of my time watching teams with multiple 1st round picks on the same team .. I'll start with those; (I'll add more detail later) ....... also, I'm going by memory, so please let me know where I've missed a kid.

UK
Alex Poythress - PG
Nerlens Noel - PF/C
Archie Goodwin - SG
Ryan Harrow - PG
Julius Mays - PG (could find his way into the 2nd round .. sharp-shooting PG transfer from Wright State)
Kyle Wiltjer - PF (don't think he'll come out this year .. 3 and done is my guess)

UNC
James McAdoo
P.J. Hairston
Reggie Bullock

KU
Jeff Withey

UCLA
Shabazz Muhammed
Josh Smith
Kyle Anderson

IU
Cody Zeller
Victor Oladipo

Arkansas
B.J. Young

NTexas
Tony Mitchell

Baylor
Isaiah Austin

Florida
Patric Young
Kenny Boynton

Memphis
Adonis Thomas

Texas
Myck Kabongo

N.C. State
C.J. Leslie

OKlahoma St
Lebryan Nash

FAR from complete, but we'll update as we go ..
Someone else will have to keep us updated on the Int'l players .. I'm not that guy.
 
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Saltair's Finest said:
kabongo and harrow are electric but lets see If they get Stronger because i dunno if they can Hang in the league yet but Ill be watching those two Because i think we need a pg pretty bad. i Also like the kid BJ Young on arkansas I got to see him when he played against my cousin in AAU a couple summers Ago and he was dirrrrty But then other Guys who I like who arent pgs are Bennett, Nash on okie state

My dad is a Hoosier grad and He loves the Big 10 and said the Dude Aaron Craft will be a good Pro but I watched the big dance with him and I like his game kinda but I liked Lenzelle Smith better.
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i also like that Big white Center on Notre Dame to be like a backup Center and Powerforward if we can get him in the 2nd round.
 
Since we have Mo, and could extend him let's not force the search for a PG. If he's not there there's nothing we can do about it.
BPA is the target. Wouldn't mind getting a true Center to replace Big Al, or a more balanced PF, and Favors can be our 5.

Are there any good 4 or 5's coming out?
 
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