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Tyrus Thomas and LaMarcus Aldridge will likely go 1 and 2. Both should really be staying another year in college but talent is so thin in the draft... they had to come out.
Some of the other projected top 10 (not necesarilly in this order):
Andrea Bargnani
Adam Morrison
Rudy Gay
Brandon Roy
Randy Foye
Would these guys have even been top 20 in the previous 3 years??
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Sam Bowie was the Darco Milicic of 84.
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1996
Kobe
Iverson
Camby
Abdur Rahim
Marbury
Ray Allen
Antoine Walker(garbage now but used to be good)
Nash
Peja
Jermaine O'Neal
Ilgauskas
and finally Ben Wallace went UNDRAFTED out of Virginia Union
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Don't forget about Ike Diogu!!!!
Go Sun Devils!!!
Go Pope????
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One reason that this draft may not be up to par with others is that HS players are going to college, well, they're going to ohio st. to be precise. BUT, there are a lot of sleepers in this draft, for example some projected to go early: Rodney Carney, Maurice Ager; then others later in the draft: Hassan Adams, Leon Powe, Allen Ray, Guillermo Diaz (WAIT TO YOU SEE THIS KID JUMP)....This draft will have a bunch of the leagues new type of players, the Big SG, SF type of players like Garnett: Gay, Thomas, Morrison, Roy, Aldridge (more of a PF type though), etc.. Every draft has their stars and suprises, we'll see.
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Adam Morrison and Brandon Roy WOOT.........holla at the northwest
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Had this debate with a friend awhile back when I said it was weak and he said no way
Looking at it closer it does seem weaker at the very top but it has a lot of depth and real solid players who will go second round. McNamara, Darius Washington, Hassan Adams, Daniel Gibson, Allen Ray, ETC. Comparing that to the second round of 2005 or other years and it stacks up VERY nicely talent wise.
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The draft is weak but Morrison will be a superstar...I'll be shocked if he's not scoring 25 a game within a few years.
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loopy
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I dunno...
Not sold on Morrison as I was burned by KVH when I thought he was gonna be the next Bird. Morrison could end up being a poor-man's Van Horn which is beyond poverty stricken.
I hope he does well though... DIABETES represent!!!
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I don't get why everyone wants to compare white players to other white players. On one hand, the comparisons to Larry Bird are sound because Morrison models his game after Bird. On the other hand, they're absurd because Bird was possibly the 2nd best player in history and to compare someone who has never played an NBA game to him is crazy. Morrison isn't nearly the all-around player that Bird was, he simply plays a similar style offensively, has a similar drive to win and wants the ball with the game on the line.
Morrison is pretty unique and I don't think he's a blueprint of anyone currently playing in the NBA, but Rip Hamilton is the best comparison I can think of. They're both great at moving without the ball, they both have a tremendous midrange game, they're both great finishers, they both handle the ball well and they both can score from anywhere.
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And if you read and believe the words he is saying, please remember the #1 player in his eyes ahead of Bird is the one, the only, Dan Dickau.....He says so on the forum he gets paid to post at.
GG Objectivity.
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Actually I said Eddie House was the #1 player of all-time.
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