The Official 2007-2008 NBA Season Thread: It's Playoff Time!

[The_Mayor]

Oden, Conley, and Cook from OSU just announced that they're entering....

July 28th is the date I believe... this is going to be the deepesst draft in a while... even moreso than '03 imo

[illmatic630]

we going after Oden
we might be in the lottery thnx to the kicks dumb ass. so we might get oden if we get a good draft spot depending where durant goes

[Tarrentino]

Oden oughta be number 1

[The_Mayor]

yeah... silly ass pacers gave the hawks their 1st rd pick for that scared ass faggot who used to play here that now plays SF for golden state....

and now indiana didnt even make the playoffs... so its a top 14 at least

[The_Mayor]

The following is a list of college basketball underclassmen who are candidates to declare for the NBA Draft. The deadline to declare is April 29. The NBA Pre-Draft camp in Orlando, Fla. runs from May 29-June 1. Players who declare can withdraw anytime before June 18. The NBA Draft will take place on June 28.

College Basketball Underclassmen: NBA Draft status

Name Status

Arron Afflalo, G, UCLA Will enter draft, can't withdraw
Darrell Arthur, F, Kansas Staying at Kansas
D.J. Augustin, G, Texas Staying at Texas
Corey Brewer, F, Florida Declared for draft
Chase Budinger, F, Arizona Staying at Arizona
Mario Chalmers, G, Kansas Staying at Kansas
Wilson Chandler, F, DePaul Declared for draft
Darren Collison, G, UCLA Undecided
Mike Conley Jr., G, Ohio State Declared for draft
Daequan Cook, G, Ohio State Declared for draft
Javaris Crittenton, G, Georgia Tech Undecided
Chris Daniels, C, TAMU-CC Declared, has not signed with an agent
Glen Davis, F, LSU Declared, signed with an agent
Kevin Durant, F, Texas Declared for draft
Wayne Ellington, G, North Carolina Staying at North Carolina
Jamont Gordon, G, Mississippi State Staying at Mississippi State
Jeff Green, F, Georgetown Declared, has not signed with an agent
Taurean Green, G, Florida Declared for draft
Malik Hairston, G, Oregon Staying at Oregon
Tyler Hansbrough, F, North Carolina Staying at North Carolina
DeVon Hardin, C, Cal Declared, has not signed with an agent
Spencer Hawes, C, Washington Declared, has not signed with an agent
Richard Hendrix, F, Alabama Undecided
Roy Hibbert, C, Georgetown Declared, has not signed with an agent
Al Horford, F, Florida Declared for draft
Dominic James, G, Marquette Undecided
Marcel Jones, F, Oregon State Declared, has not hired an agent
Marcelus Kemp, G, Nevada Declared, has not signed with an agent
Ty Lawson, G, North Carolina Staying at North Carolina
Chris Lofton, G, Tennessee Undecided
Brook Lopez, F, Stanford Staying at Stanford
Robin Lopez, F, Stanford Staying at Stanford
Dominic McGuire, F, Fresno State Declared, has not signed with an agent
Josh McRoberts, F, Duke Declared, has not signed with an agent
Randolph Morris, C, Kentucky Signed with N.Y. Knicks as free agent
Joakim Noah, C, Florida Declared for draft
Greg Oden, C, Ohio State Declared for draft
Gabe Pruitt, G, USC Undecided
Scottie Reynolds, G, Villanova Staying at Villanova
Charles Rhodes, C, Mississippi State Undecided
Maureece Rice, G, George Washington Declared for draft, will not hire agent
Brandon Rush, G, Kansas Undecided
Ramon Sessions, G, Nevada Declared, has not signed with an agent
Sean Singletary, G, Virginia Staying at Virginia
Jason Smith, F, Colorado State Declared, has not signed with an agent
Rodney Stuckey, G, E. Washington Undecided
Hasheem Thabeet, C, Connecticut Undecided
Bryce Taylor, G, Oregon Staying at Oregon
D.J. White, F, Indiana Staying at Indiana
Marcus Williams, F, Arizona Declared, plans to hire an agent
Sean Williams, F, Boston College Undecided
Brandan Wright, F, North Carolina Undecided
Julian Wright, F, Kansas Declared, plans to hire agent
Nick Young, F, USC Declared, will sign with an agent
Thaddeus Young, F, Georgia Tech Undecided

http://collegebasketball.rivals.com/...146&CID=661745

for those who dont know...

[MidWest]

the bulls will probably get if we are not in the top 5
Oden
Horford
Spencer Hawes, C, Washington Declared, has not signed with an agent

i would be happy with one of these Hibbert maybe

[PunchlinePrince]

yeah... silly ass pacers gave the hawks their 1st rd pick for that scared ass faggot who used to play here that now plays SF for golden state....

and now indiana didnt even make the playoffs... so its a top 14 at least

LAMBO @ Mayor Not Sayin Al Harrington's Name........

[MidWest]

Harrington fuck mayors old girl


true story

[The_Mayor]

AP's reporting that Brandon Wright [UNC] will announce that he's entering the Draft...

[Kawz]

Yup, it's legit....looks like he's going the way of Marvin Williams....btw i'd pick Durant over Oden with the 1st pick but that's just me.

[bigdog]

Depends on the team


But, it's A LOT easier to find a wing player then can score alot then it is a post man that can control the paint......is Durant amazing? yes, but the difference in production of what he can do at the next level to the next guy is smaller then compared to someone like Oden and any other center, guys like Durant, wing players who can score at ease, come every 2 or 3 years in the draft.....but big men like oden? once every 10

[smoke D-O]

Depends on the team


But, it's A LOT easier to find a wing player then can score alot then it is a post man that can control the paint......is Durant amazing? yes, but the difference in production of what he can do at the next level to the next guy is smaller then compared to someone like Oden and any other center, guys like Durant, wing players who can score at ease, come every 2 or 3 years in the draft.....but big men like oden? once every 10

/\ took the words outta my mouth....try to name the last amazing true center to be drafted....

[The_Mayor]

^ tim duncan in '97... but he was moved to the 4 out of necessity... good move by SAS

[Inkognito]

Come on Brandan...what's taking so long? Easy decision...national championship!

[Kawz]

I wouldn't neccessarily call Oden a great Center. To me has doesn't even have D-12's game....so in that case would the last great Center drafted be Dwight?

[The_Mayor]

oden's gonna have to refine his offense to become great.. that takes time, so i wont call him great now but he does have the potential for greatness imo

dwight's gotta become a more consistent offensive force and get more post moves to become great also... thats why i said duncan... hes earned that label

[bigdog]

Duncan, Dwight, etc. are all power forwards


Oden is 18 and dominated the Florida post players, two of which will be lottery picks....he does need to work on his offense, but he can score with both hands (not many big men can), throws it down with force, has the hook shot down, the biggest thing he'll have to work on is controlling the dribble and the turnovers, if he can do that and get a little drop step going, he'll be a 24 + a game guy, 12 boards, 4 blocks by his 3rd year

[Kawz]

oden's gonna have to refine his offense to become great.. that takes time, so i wont call him great now but he does have the potential for greatness imo

dwight's gotta become a more consistent offensive force and get more post moves to become great also... thats why i said duncan... hes earned that label

Understandable, but considering the two are pretty close in age I don't see why people are that hyped up about Oden when there is a young "Better than Oden" Center in the L right now. You give Dwight a 75 free throw percentage and he's averaging 20 and 13.

[The_Mayor]

Duncan, Dwight, etc. are all power forwards

both were moved there... but came into the league as centers...

dwight was recruited to go to UNC to play center and has the game of a center... his athleticism made the Magic move him to the 4 because ORL needed to matchup with the other PFs in the league

and duncan is a natural center playing power forward... if robinson wasnt already a Spur, duncan wouldve played center from the jump... thats what i meant

[bigdog]

^^ only because in college and HS it's kinda hard not to play center at that height, but both came into the league as PF's, Dwight was someone they had hope would move to center

Tim had David Robinson ahead of him the whole time, and Dwight was playing behind....i forget the tall white dudes name, but i think Dwight can eventually move there, but there's really no need since theres not too many centers in the east....shaq, Z, curry, not much

but Tim isn't and won't be a center because he plays face to the basket too much, you can't have your center steppin 15 feet out to shoot banks as a center, that's why he's a perfect power forward