2008 Extended Mock Draft: Vol 2.3
How will this year’s first round play out? Trades are sure to shake things up…International Flavor: Analyzing the 2008 Class
This year’s International Class lacks a franchise talent, but consists of a number of potential impact prospects.2008 NBA Draft Early Entry: Withdrawals
Withdrawals: A.J. Abrams Texas Josh Akognon Cal State Fullerton Antonio Anderson Memphis Derek Bailey Providence Christian Academy (SC) Jason Bennett Tallahassee CC (FL) Chase Budinger Arizona Derrick Caracter Louisville DeMarre Carroll Missouri Charles Carter Oklahoma Baptist Josh Carter Texas A&M Lee Cummard Brigham Young Robert Dozier Memphis Wayne Ellington North Carolina Alonzo Gee Alabama Paul…
2008 Extended Mock Draft
With the field set for the 2008 NBA draft and less than 10 days to go, here’s a pick by pick mock draft of the first round of this year’s NBA draft.2008 Eurocamp: Vitals
Player Height with Shoes Standing Reach Weight Wingspan Vertical (Standing) Vertical (Free) Half Court Sprint 1984 Ryan Read 6’1 3/4 8’0 187 6’2 3/4 26 31 2.51 1986 Omer Asik 7’0 1/2 9’4 250 7’2 1/4 24.4 29 2.84 Semih Erden…2008 Eurocamp: Turkish Bigman Workout Highlights Day 2
By Aran Smith 6.8.08 Day Two began just like the first with morning drills. Unfortunately, today there was no one on one or two on two drills which was (explained by coach Jack Sikma) due to the fact that the drill is extremely exhaustive to the players. Instead players did individual shooting drills and some…2008 Eurocamp: Serge Ibaka Impressive in Day 1
By Aran Smith 6.7.08 Day One in Treviso got started tremendously. This is the best field ever assembled for the yearly event with tons of talent in the younger ages. Despite the fact that a number of the older guys such as Nicolas Batum couldn’t show, there is going to be a lot of players…Just a piece of content
important information2008 NBA Predraft Camp: Combine Results
Player No Step Vertical Jump (in.) Max Vertical Jump (in.) Bench Press (185 lbs) (reps) Lane Agility Drill (sec.) 3/4 court sprint (sec.) Joe Alexander 32.5 38.5 24 11.33 2.99 Darrell Arthur 28.5 30.0 12 12.18 3.14 DJ Augustin 28.5 35.0 2 11.27 3.07 Jerryd Bayless 31.0 38.0 10 11.26 3.07 Michael Beasley 30.0 35.0…2008 NBA Predraft Camp: Player Measurements
Player Height (no shoes) Height (shoes) Weight Wingspan Standing Reach Body Fat % Joe Alexander 6′ 7.25" 6′ 8.25" 220.0 6′ 11.5" 8′ 10" 5.8 Darrell Arthur 6′ 7.5" 6′ 8.5" 216.0 6′ 10.75 8′ 11" 7.3 DJ Augustin 5′ 10" 5′ 11.5" 171.5 6′ 3.5" 7′ 10.5" 8.1 Jerryd Bayless 6′ 1.75" 6′ 3"…2008 NBA Predraft Camp: Day Two
By Aran Smith & Borko Popic 5/29/08 Game 1 Team Six (Blue) 75 – Team Five (White) 70 Blue Mike Taylor (17pts, 6-10fg, 3rebs) From the start, Taylor was in full attack mode, never letting up and constantly probing the defense to get to the hoop. His speed and ability to change direction posed numerous…
2008 NBA Predraft Camp: Day One
By Aran Smith 5/28/08 With the draft less than a month away, we’re coming down the home stretch beginning with the summit meeting that is the NBA pre-draft camp. Although this event has little impact on the first round, it has a huge impact on the second round as well as determining a few of…
Mock NBA draft lottery: The top 14 picks
By Aran Smith 5/20/08 With today’s lottery, the selections are now set for the 2008 NBA draft. So without further ado, here’s how we see the first 14 picks of the draft playing out, for now… 1. Derrick Rose The Chi-town product who wears the same number as a certain former Bull and also…2008 Euroleague Final Four, Juniors: Top Prospects
By Aran Smith 5/10/08 Overall the group of prospects from this year’s junior competition was very good. There was a solid 5 or so NBA level prospects with another 5 guys with a shot to develop into NBA prospects in the future. After last year’s dissapointing group in Athens, it was good to see a…Draft Buzz
By Aran Smith 5/9/08 Chinese Star’s Career Likely Over Reports out of China say that 19-year-old Xu Yong, the top NBA prospect since Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian has been diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer that is extremely dangerous and if confirmed will likely end his basketball career and even worse could…2008 Euroleague Final Four: Juniors Recap
By Aran Smith 5/4/08 FMP Zeleznik wins EF4 Junior Tournament Boxscore Behind 25 points from Dejan Musli, 21 points from Bojan Subotic and 18 from Andrija Milutinovic FMP was able to overcome Nihad Dedovic‘s 29 point effort for a 80-70 victory. Best described as having a relentless demeanor, FMP withstood a second half rally by…2008 Euroleague Final Four: Juniors Day 1
By Aran Smith 5/2/08 Thursday Thursday kicked off the Junior competition and it quickly became apparent that this year’s 1990 group is significantly stronger than the 1989 group that competed in Athens a year ago. Barcelona 73 Red Star 69 In the first game of the day, Barcelona came out hot in the second half…
Who’s No. 1: Rose or Beasley?
By Aran Smith 04/17/08 Last year the Greg Oden vs. Kevin Durant debate began midway through the season and turned into the biggest hoops discussion of the year, raging all the way to draft night with the Trail Blazers ultimately taking the big man out of Ohio State with the top pick. This year’s draft…