2008 NBA Draft Profiles

Admiral · 02-22-2008, 08:41 PM

The 2008 draft is quickly apporaching, and many people arn't too familair with the young prospects comming into the league. Well this thread will change that. Each week I'll highlight players that are likely to be selected in the first round, and if I have some time I'll dip into the second round.

If anyone has any information about certain players, post what you know and help the rest of us get to know the players.

Korrupt · 02-22-2008, 09:15 PM

Short of listing web sites (such as draftexpress.com and nbadraft.net)....

Admiral · 02-22-2008, 09:42 PM

Alright, we'll get this started off with the consensus number one pick in the draft, Micheal Beasley. Beasley is a freshman at Kansas State, and is expected to decleare for the draft after the NCAA season. The kid is 6'9 and weights 235, he's also left handed, and is likely to be SF that could very well be playing PF in the NBA. He's been compared to Carmelo Anthony, Jamision, Marion and well as Zach Randloph and Derrick Coleman.

He's won the MVP of the McDonalds AA game, but there are also reports that he isn't in fact 6'9 but rather closer to 6'7; but that still shouldn't dsicredit his 9'6 reach. In the NBA he could do very well in an uptempo type of system if the team plans on using him as a 4. For his size he does average a ton of rebounds in college, and should get about 6-8 in the NBA. Comming into college there were a few knocks on him, one was his outside shooting. Since his first day on the court he's made a vast improvement and could be a solid outside shooter in the NBA.

Although his strenghts outweight his weakness, he does come with some major issues. The first one being is lack of interest. From his HS days, he's always seem bored with his competition. Beasley has always been one of the, if not the, best player on the court and after he realizes this he seems to just coast through the game. The second knock on him is his maturity.

Strengths:

Offensive game is one of the best around
Offensive post game could enable him to play the 4
Is able to find teammates
Loves to take it to the rim and dunk
Rebounding
Handles
Explosive first step
Left-hand
"Nastiness" to his game
Aggresive player

Weakness:

Defense
Effort
Maturity
SF or PF?
Attitude
Offcourt Issues
Easily bored

Videos: 50 At The All-star Game|McD's AA MVP|KSU Debut|B'Easy Mix|Interview

Admiral · 02-22-2008, 09:43 PM

I was going to list the websites as well, but most people usually don't visit them.

Admiral · 03-01-2008, 01:15 AM

More on Beasley, per Hollinger

Quote:

Title of data
Player	School	Year	Score
Michael Beasley	Kansas State	Freshman	856
Blake Griffin	Oklahoma	Freshman	725
Kevin Love	UCLA	Freshman	724
Danny Green	North Carolina	Junior	649
James Harden	Arizona State	Freshman	642
Robbie Hummel	Purdue	Freshman	601
Jerryd Bayless	Arizona	Freshman	599
Andrew Ogilvy	Vanderbilt	Freshman	598
Ryan Anderson	California	Sophomore	586
Dar Tucker	DePaul	Freshman	583
DeJuan Blair	Pittsburgh	Freshman	582
Ty Lawson	North Carolina	Sophomore	566
Tyler Hansbrough	North Carolina	Junior	558
Matt Howard	Butler	Freshman	556
Chase Budinger	Arizona	Sophomore	547
Malik Hairston	Oregon	Senior	537
Tyler Smith	Tennessee	Sophomore	528
Roy Hibbert	Georgetown	Senior	527
Marreese Speights	Florida	Sophomore	526
Kosta Koufos	Ohio State	Freshman	525

encmetalhead · 03-01-2008, 04:17 PM

Ty Lawson - Won't leave early since he missed almost of a month with hsi injury(trying to get some PT today but UNC is losing 34-20 to BC)
Tyler Hansbrough - OVERRATED!

-Frostee-13 · 03-30-2008, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by encmetalhead

Ty Lawson - Won't leave early since he missed almost of a month with hsi injury(trying to get some PT today but UNC is losing 34-20 to BC)
Tyler Hansbrough - OVERRATED!

Agreed Hansborugh is a great College player ala Christian Laettner. Perfect example of who Hansbourgh will be like....

Jerrod Bayliss- Kid can flat out play, Great Ball handling skillz, can go to the basket with either hand and is a solid shooter for a freshman, Hopefully he will stay at Arizona and let Lute Olsen come back and mold him like the Past PG's Lute has had, Damon Stoudamire, Jason Terry, Mike Bibby even Miles Simon

02-22-2008, 08:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Admiral God's Lost Son Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,555 Points: 11330.15	2008 NBA Draft Profiles The 2008 draft is quickly apporaching, and many people arn't too familair with the young prospects comming into the league. Well this thread will change that. Each week I'll highlight players that are likely to be selected in the first round, and if I have some time I'll dip into the second round. If anyone has any information about certain players, post what you know and help the rest of us get to know the players. __________________ I got another side I never showed to you The side where everybody is disposable See relationships are never a threat Cause I'll erase the history and act like we never met Dear Diary, I dont wanna keep stuff inside of me Id rather just speak to you privately - Joe Budden

02-22-2008, 09:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Admiral God's Lost Son Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,555 Points: 11330.15	Alright, we'll get this started off with the consensus number one pick in the draft, Micheal Beasley. Beasley is a freshman at Kansas State, and is expected to decleare for the draft after the NCAA season. The kid is 6'9 and weights 235, he's also left handed, and is likely to be SF that could very well be playing PF in the NBA. He's been compared to Carmelo Anthony, Jamision, Marion and well as Zach Randloph and Derrick Coleman. He's won the MVP of the McDonalds AA game, but there are also reports that he isn't in fact 6'9 but rather closer to 6'7; but that still shouldn't dsicredit his 9'6 reach. In the NBA he could do very well in an uptempo type of system if the team plans on using him as a 4. For his size he does average a ton of rebounds in college, and should get about 6-8 in the NBA. Comming into college there were a few knocks on him, one was his outside shooting. Since his first day on the court he's made a vast improvement and could be a solid outside shooter in the NBA. Although his strenghts outweight his weakness, he does come with some major issues. The first one being is lack of interest. From his HS days, he's always seem bored with his competition. Beasley has always been one of the, if not the, best player on the court and after he realizes this he seems to just coast through the game. The second knock on him is his maturity. Strengths: Offensive game is one of the best around Offensive post game could enable him to play the 4 Is able to find teammates Loves to take it to the rim and dunk Rebounding Handles Explosive first step Left-hand "Nastiness" to his game Aggresive player Weakness: Defense Effort Maturity SF or PF? Attitude Offcourt Issues Easily bored Videos: 50 At The All-star Game\|McD's AA MVP\|KSU Debut\|B'Easy Mix\|Interview __________________ I got another side I never showed to you The side where everybody is disposable See relationships are never a threat Cause I'll erase the history and act like we never met Dear Diary, I dont wanna keep stuff inside of me Id rather just speak to you privately - Joe Budden

02-22-2008, 09:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
Admiral God's Lost Son Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,555 Points: 11330.15	I was going to list the websites as well, but most people usually don't visit them. __________________ I got another side I never showed to you The side where everybody is disposable See relationships are never a threat Cause I'll erase the history and act like we never met Dear Diary, I dont wanna keep stuff inside of me Id rather just speak to you privately - Joe Budden

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encmetalhead Superstar Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,229 Points: 2941.05	Ty Lawson - Won't leave early since he missed almost of a month with hsi injury(trying to get some PT today but UNC is losing 34-20 to BC) Tyler Hansbrough - OVERRATED! __________________ -

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