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June 23, 2010 – Allen Moll Every year during draft time, the word potential is thrown around very freely. A number of players each year from either the college ranks or from overseas are hyped as the next big thing to come into the NBA. The problem is that most of those players never live [...]

  June 21, 2010 – Allen Moll As the 2010 NBA Draft is only a little more than a few days away, we unveil our final Mock Draft: Version 8.0 – Final Cut.  With it all but set in stone that John Wall and Evan Turner are going #1 and #2 to Washington and Philadelphia respectively, [...]

June 18, 2010 – Allen Moll After arriving at the University of Illinois on an academic scholarship in 2007 and earning a full ride through basketball, Jeff Jordan, the oldest of NBA legend Michael Jordan’s sons, has officially been allowed to transfer from the Fighting Illini. While trying hard to live up to the immense [...]

June 17, 2010 – J.P. NBA Draft Analysis: Hassan Whiteside Hassan Whiteside may be one of the biggest mysteries in this year’s 2010 NBA Draft.  In his one year at the non-BCS school Marshall, Whiteside was able to average 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.4 blocks while playing 26 minutes per game.  The amazing aspect [...]

June 17, 2010 – Allen Moll In an almost unprecedented move, the New Jersey Nets have pitted the best two big men in this year’s NBA Draft in a winner-take-all, one-on-one match-up on Friday, June 21st, with the winner emerging as the Nets selection as the #3 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. Surprisingly [...]

June 15, 2010 – Allen Moll Even though he possesses a sparkling NCAA coaching resume, Tom Izzo is apparently intrigued at the thought of coaching at the highest level with the Cleveland Cavaliers. While some think it’s already a done deal, the truth is that Izzo is still contemplating, and possibly agonizing over what could [...]

June 11, 2010 – Allen Moll After arguably being the most productive player per 40 minutes in all of college basketball last season, Kentucky big man DeMarcus Cousins is the most negatively talked about player at this year’s NBA Draft Combine. With college teammate and projected #1 overall pick John Wall impressing teams by showing [...]

June 4, 2010 – Allen Moll Ever since the original pairing of Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon created a seemingly insurmountable wall of defense on the early 1980’s Houston Rockets squads, coaches and scouts on every level of basketball have been searching for their own updated version of the “Twin Towers.” For a time in [...]

May 28, 2010 – Allen Moll In virtually any other year, Evan Turner, who was named the 2010 NCAA Player of the Year, would have been selected #1 overall in the NBA Draft. While some argue that this year’s probable #1 pick John Wall has a higher ceiling as far as potential, Turner has the [...]

May 26, 2010 – Allen Moll It didn’t take new St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin long to make a splash on the recruiting front as he landed his first top tier recruit in Dwayne Polee, who is universally known as “Class of 2010’s Best Dunker.” Lavin, only 6 weeks removed from his sweet gig [...]