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My wife & I got to host our neighborhood gathering of middle to upper middle class alcoholics. A great way to drink behind the veil of respectability and maturity.
Anyways, my NBA scout friend was in attendance as his frequent pre-draft travels do not begin for another week, so there was plenty of opportunity for sports talk. The dismal Knick game was on the wide screen in the background. Pacers were in complete control throughout. How many times did the Knicks get to within 3 to 5 only to see Indiana re-assert themselves. I saw Melo blow a couple of bunnies that might have lifted the Knicks had the plays been finished. Hibbert - wow !!! Where did this scoring capability come from ????? Too much general socializing to really focus on the game, and it was certainly not one I wanted to re-watch from the DVR. The delete button was used immediately after the gathering broke up.
My friend's team will draft in the top five.
He likes big guards & likes MCW - he said MCW will be part of his team's pre-draft conversations, but mostly likely they would draft a big. He sees MCW going 8 to 12. Said one negative on MCW was his immaturity.
He said CJ almost certainly would not have gotten into the first round this year, so it seems as if CJ got good advice.
He thinks James will get drafted mid-second round, but there there were off-court issues (unstated as to what they were).
He does not think Brandon will get drafted - only sees him as a 2G. As an NBA 2G Brandon would be too small plus too inconsistent. Said he can't envision Brandon keeping up w an NBA PG when I aid that he might be able to also play some point. Said getting drafted in the second round is really irrelevant to the kid, since contracts are not guaranteed & that Brandon will get to somebody's camp & have a shot.
He said it is often hard to evaluate Cuse players because in NBA terms nobody knows how well they will defend.
He also brought up Ennis, much to my surprise. NBA scouts are not allowed to scout HS games unless a blood relative is playing, but he said he has heard good things about the kid. Hopefully the grapevine is accurate.
In terms of other players of interest. He likes McLemore at the top. He doesn't like Nerlens at all & personally has him around #10- at best. He said the kid is rail thin & very self-conscious about it.
That about covers topics of interest from our chit chat.
Anyways, my NBA scout friend was in attendance as his frequent pre-draft travels do not begin for another week, so there was plenty of opportunity for sports talk. The dismal Knick game was on the wide screen in the background. Pacers were in complete control throughout. How many times did the Knicks get to within 3 to 5 only to see Indiana re-assert themselves. I saw Melo blow a couple of bunnies that might have lifted the Knicks had the plays been finished. Hibbert - wow !!! Where did this scoring capability come from ????? Too much general socializing to really focus on the game, and it was certainly not one I wanted to re-watch from the DVR. The delete button was used immediately after the gathering broke up.
My friend's team will draft in the top five.
He likes big guards & likes MCW - he said MCW will be part of his team's pre-draft conversations, but mostly likely they would draft a big. He sees MCW going 8 to 12. Said one negative on MCW was his immaturity.
He said CJ almost certainly would not have gotten into the first round this year, so it seems as if CJ got good advice.
He thinks James will get drafted mid-second round, but there there were off-court issues (unstated as to what they were).
He does not think Brandon will get drafted - only sees him as a 2G. As an NBA 2G Brandon would be too small plus too inconsistent. Said he can't envision Brandon keeping up w an NBA PG when I aid that he might be able to also play some point. Said getting drafted in the second round is really irrelevant to the kid, since contracts are not guaranteed & that Brandon will get to somebody's camp & have a shot.
He said it is often hard to evaluate Cuse players because in NBA terms nobody knows how well they will defend.
He also brought up Ennis, much to my surprise. NBA scouts are not allowed to scout HS games unless a blood relative is playing, but he said he has heard good things about the kid. Hopefully the grapevine is accurate.
In terms of other players of interest. He likes McLemore at the top. He doesn't like Nerlens at all & personally has him around #10- at best. He said the kid is rail thin & very self-conscious about it.
That about covers topics of interest from our chit chat.
