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[ohara831]

Ran acrosss this article tonight. Very interesting stuff. Talks about Ajinca and how he had a great workout in Charlotte. Talks about how Randolph is kinda screwing up and looking out of shape. Really good read and it applies to us, so enjoy.


http://www.draftexpress.com/article/...-or-Down-2933/

[ohara831]

Here's another one. Man, he is going off on Randolph in this one. I dont pretend to understand all his PER mumbo jumbo, but if you do, and it makes sense, then it doesn't look good for Randolph. **And props to Jermareo for getting mentioned in the article!!! And no Dudley?

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft...&lid=tab1pos1#

[MattD]

thats not a good thing, the way he was mentioned. It basically meant he went too high

[ohara831]

thats not a good thing, the way he was mentioned. It basically meant he went too high

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Like I said, I dont understand these numbers. Oh, well, bad job Jermareo. Then again, I'm not so sure being drafted in the middle of the 2nd has such high expectations.

[spectre]

In the other thread I mentioned that "Hollinger pegged Duds", but I should mention I didn't read that in this article. A guy on RealGM listed them from last year:

Here's a link to last years if you have insider:
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft...&page=ProRater
If not, this is the relevant info from last year.
1. Kevin Durant Texas 870.7 2
2. Greg Oden Ohio State 667.9 1
3. Mike Conley Jr. Ohio State 637.9 7
4. Thaddeus Young Georgia Tech 604.2 14
5. Brandan Wright North Carolina 601.4 8
6. Al Horford Florida 601.0 3
7. Nick Fazekas Nevada 594.3 35
8. Josh McRoberts Duke 566.7 26
9. Rodney Stuckey E. Washington 557.7 16
10. Jared Dudley Boston College 542.6 31
11. Joakim Noah Florida 528.6 9
12. Glen Davis LSU 521.0 25
13. Sean Williams Boston College 511.3 20
14. Jeff Green Georgetown 505.5 6
15. Kyle Visser Wake Forest 503.5 57
16. Herbert Hill Providence 503.0 49
17. Javaris Crittenton Georgia Tech 492.2 18
18. Wilson Chandler DePaul 483.1 30
19. Julian Wright Kansas 481.4 11
20. Daequan Cook Ohio State 470.0 27
21. D.J. Strawberry Maryland 465.5 52
22. Jason Smith Colorado State 464.9 17
23. Alando Tucker Wisconsin 464.3 41
24. Corey Brewer Florida 462.4 5
25. Al Thornton Florida State 447.8 10
26. Marcus Williams Arizona 445.8 33
27. Acie Law Texas A&M 445.2 15
28. Aaron Gray Pittsburgh 440.5 38
29. Zabian Dowdell Virginia Tech 438.2 34
30. Spencer Hawes Washington 433.9 12
Other notables
Morris Almond Rice 425.6 22
Derrick Byars Vanderbilt 421.9 28
Gabe Pruitt USC 421.0 21
Nick Young USC 383.8 13
Taurean Green Florida 350.4 39
Arron Afflalo UCLA 336.1 32
Ramon Sessions Nevada 334.7 37
I think the breakdown was 600+=potential superstar
+500=very unlikely to bust
-500=potential bust
In looking over the article from a year ago, he seems to take this years version more seriously, but I think that's because there were only really 3 things that you could learn from it. I really look forward to seeing Monday's article.

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtop...3856&start=165

[ohara831]

Here is another mentioning of Crash being openly marketed. Dont know if it has been posted before somewhere else on the Boards. If so, I apologize for being redundant.


http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar..._trade_market/

[ohara831]

So, we would be moving Crash for Josh Howard, and moving back from #9 to #15. I dont know enough about Howard's skill set to know if this is something which would benefit the Bobcats. For those of you who do know much more about Howard's game, would we be better with Josh Howard vs Crash? Enough to warrant moving back 6 spots? We could grab Ajinca, JJ Hickson or Hibbard there without it being a big reach. Give me some imput on Howard guys.


http://blog.mlive.com/fullcourtpress...n_the_mix.html

[ohara831]

I linked it on the Mock Draft Thread also, but it belongs here, too. Dont see this kid getting drafted in the 1st round now. He would have last year had he not pulled out. Too bad. Hope he gets good medical advice, and if he needs to stop playing, listen to the doctors. Dont need anything else like Hank Gathers or what happened to the Boston Celtics with I think it was Reggie Lewis?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2...ory?id=3454367

[Slam]

I wouldn't trade Crash for Howard stright up, let alone move backwards in the draft to do so.

[ohara831]

I wouldn't trade Crash for Howard stright up, let alone move backwards in the draft to do so.

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I was wondering why Chad Ford put that trade out there. I thought I was missing something about Howard that made him more special than I was thinking. Guess he just likes the idea of screwing us over.