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[B][URL='http://zagsblog.com/syracuse/rakeem-christmas-draft-stock-is-on-the-rise/']Rakeem Christmas’ Draft Stock is on the Rise[/URL] (ZagsBlog)
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[I]Rakeem Christmas’ draft stock is on the rise.

The 6-foot-9 senior center from Syracuse could be playing himself into becoming a late first-round pick in the NBA Draft.

Christmas is averaging 18.0 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks while helping to keep Syracuse (14-5) afloat during a subpar season.

“He wasn’t on the board before,” one veteran NBA scout who recently saw Syracuse told SNY.tv. “He’s averaging 18+ and 9 rebounds, he shoots over 72 percent from the free-throw line. There aren’t a lot of big guys who do that.

“He’s an example of a guy staying four years made all the difference. He would’ve made a mistake if he came out, he wasn’t going to the NBA. But you stay in all four years and work it…It’s interesting. I think he’s a bubble guy now, end of the first, beginning of the second [round].”[/I]
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