Brackins Projected @ #12
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Do you watch the NBA draft? They draft on POTENTIAL! Always have and always will. Why do you think Hansborough might not get picked in the first round?!?!? That in itself tells you all that you need to know
Potential guys that have lived up to it:
High School Players
Kobe
Lebron
KG
Dwight Howard
Stoudamire
Bynum
O'neal
Chandler
Some of those players didn't even come out of the gates swinging. It took them time to develop and now they are very good NBA players. The last 3 of course.
Daquen Cook didn't even start at Ohio St and he is doing well in the NBA. Cory Maggette? Marvin Williams?
You can declare if you don't have an agent, but i dont think you can come back if you don't get drafted in the first round
I understand the NBA drafts potential. I am stating my opinion as if I were in an NBA front office. I wouldn't draft Craig Brackins high. I have seen enough of him to make that assessment. If he is a legitimate lottery pick, he should go. I'm not arguing that. I'm just saying I don't think he would be a good pick at this point. I'm not sure he will be next season even. I just don't think his game translates to the NBA. He's weak.
I'm not doubting that he could get picked early in the first round. I'm just saying I wouldn't do it.
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Yeah, 7 footers won't be able to play in the paint.Thabeet doesn't need to score. He changes and blocks shots and that's good enough.
I think one thing thats really working in Craig's favor right now is the fact that his game is at a point where its seen its most rapid improvement recently. If he stays another year and that improvement really slows down, even though he might be marginally better next year, scouts will project a lower ceiling for him based off that slowdown in improvement and he won't get picked as high. So, if he passes up a first round selection to come back he risks alot more than just the fact that he might get injured.
I didn't think you could be more arrogant, but you proved me wrong.
I guess, if you're a fan that doesn't care about the future of the players after they leave school.
Actually, I think he was pry more apt to be thinking..."wow, Baylor's defense sucks...this is fun"....
I think a lot of people here are forgetting that although the NBA does draft on potential, it's not the only thing they look for. A lot of the teams have specific holes they need to fill and not all of them (infact the majority of them do not need to draft a PF). IMHO, there are probably 4-5 PF's that you could argue going higher than CB in this draft and to think that those 4-5 PF's are going to go in the first 14 picks seems a little farfetched (even though it may happen) to me.
Don't get me wrong, I think if Brackins gets the opportunity he should take it and I will be none the happier for him but I think that the people that are on here saying his stock won't go up too much from staying another year are not seeing that this is a class that's absolutely loaded with PF talent and that alone might be enough to make him stay another year.
Yeah, 7 footers won't be able to play in the paint.
Tell me how many 7 footers dominate in the paint in the NBA.
Shaq and???
The 7 footers that are good to very good can step out and hit a 15 footer. Ming, Ilgauskas, Gasol, Duncan, Bargnani, Bogut, Nowitzki, and Brad Miller. They all have the ability to shoot.
Thabeet does not have that. He is a poor man's Dikembe Mutumbo. Look at the guys over 7 feet tall in NBA history that can't shoot very well.
Muresan, Bradley, Haywood, Collins, O'Bryant, Mihm, Diop, etc
You guys are all pissing in the wind. It's to early to get a good feel where he'll get drafted thereby to early for him to make an informed decision. Not to mention that nobody here knows what he's basing his decision on. First round? Lottery? Top 5?
