NBA Draft

April 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Nowadays, a sophomore is almost equivalent to what a senior was back in the day. Jared Sullinger surprised many when he decided to return to Ohio State last season. He slimmed down some and refined his offensive game a bit more. He’s probably as good as he’s going [...]

March 21, 2012 – Allen Moll We see it every year when it comes to NCAA players declaring early for the NBA Draft despite just mediocre success at the collegiate level. It’s a recipe for disaster, and usually winds up with the player either going un-drafted or being taken in the 2nd Round with a [...]

February 27, 2012 – With all the talk about Jeremy Lin being undervalued and how scouts failed in recognizing his abilities, we started thinking about others in that boat. Check out 10 Jeremy Lin like guards that were undervalued on draft day…. [...]

November 15, 2011 – Allen Moll There’s no doubting that the NBA has become a worldwide affair. Starting with players like Detlef Schrempf and Drazen Petrovic to the International stars of today like Dirk Nowitzki and Tony Parker, NBA scouts have scoured the globe in search of that next NBA superstar from abroad. Just last [...]

September 28, 2011 – Allen Moll What we all speculated during last year’s NCAA Tournament, that Duke’s fab freshman PG Kyrie Irving wasn’t playing at 100%, was apparently true. Per a story at the Cleveland Plains Dealer, doctors have told Irving that his injured right foot won’t be completely healed for another 3 months. Would [...]

September 15, 2011 – Allen Moll Many Draft experts were surprised that Baylor University freshman Perry Jones decided to pull out of the 2011 NBA Draft even though he was projected as a surefire Top 10 pick. Instead he chose to return to school in hopes of both improving his Draft stock and competing for a [...]

July 19, 2011 – Allen Moll It’s beginning to look like the Toronto Raptors actually new what they were doing when they selected Lithuanian big man Jonas Valanciunas with the #5 pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. [...]

July 6, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh Growing up during the era of Michael Jordan’s greatness had its other, less obvious advantages. [...]

July 6, 2011 – Allen Moll What’s the first thing former Bronx, NY hoops prodigy Kemba Walker should do now that he’s just won won an NCAA Title and was a bonafide Lottery pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, now that the Association is deadlocked in a labor dispute resulting in a Lock-Out? Why, join [...]

June 24, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh It wasn’t but a month ago that the Portland Trailblazers were the talk of the NBA because of ominous pretexts. Less than 10 months after hiring a replacement for Kevin Pritchard in Oklahoma City’s Richard Cho, Allen and the crew at Vulcan axed the rookie GM. [...]