Psycho-T brings the pain
Tyler Hansbrough didn't leave anything on the floor after his workout with the Hawks Sunday morning at Philips Arena. The rugged North Carolina forward is a a player to keep an eye on this week with the Hawks drafting 19th in Thursday's NBA draft.
HAWKSVILLE - The reviews were unanimous.
On 10-point scale, Tyler Hansbrough’s Sunday morning workout for the Hawks at Philips Arena ranks at the very top of anything conducted in the past five days.
It wasn’t any one thing in particular that had the Hawks’ coaches buzzing. It was everything. Hansbrough’s energy, effort and obviously better-than-advertised shooting and athleticism caught more than a few folks in attendance by surprise.
“He kicked the meter up. It was off the Richter Scale,” said Hawks assistant coach Larry Drew, who ran the team’s workouts all week. “That was one of those 8.0s, one of those quick, hard earthquakes. Because his energy is at another level. You just don’t see many players capable of playing with that type of energy and effort and can sustain it through a game, or even a workout. He plays at a totally different level than some of these young guys out here.”
I felt like I needed an ice bath after watching his 90-minute workout. But Hansbrough proved a theory that a wise Eastern Conference executive reiterated to me Sunday night, “effort is a skill in the NBA.” And Hansbrough has it in reserve.
Alade Aminu (Stephenson High and Georgia Tech) and Shawn Taggart (Memphis) were the other bigs on hand Sunday. And they were also impressive in the individual drills and two-on-two work that was done. But Hansbrough’s refusal to go at anything but full bore during the entire workout had everyone buzzing afterwards.
Love him or hate him, and Hansbrough laughed about the fact that he’s inspired the masses to do either one or the other and sometimes both, he’s going to do it his way. And the truth is the Hawks could do a lot worse with the 19th pick. But they probably won’t have to worry about Hansbrough there, as I haven’t spoken to anyone anywhere that believes he’ll still be on the board when the Hawks are on the clock Thursday night.
“If this kid is still there at 19, the Hawks better not hesitate,” another Eastern Conference executive told me Sunday afternoon. “The kid’s a dream for coaches in our league, because he’s going to come in and crank things up automatically. He’s just wired differently than most of these other guys.”
That’s the real problem with a pick that late. You can project who you think might be there and evaluate accordingly, but there’s no way of knowing who will be around by then on draft night. One glitch on the draft board in the early lottery can swing the draft in a totally different direction than projected.
The Hawks sent things sideways in 2004 when they took Josh Childress ahead of Luol Deng and Andre Iguodala – defying most mock drafts that had those other two guys going ahead of Childress.
And anytime one player rises and is picked ahead of projection, someone else falls and lands in the lap of an unsuspecting team like the Hawks (who have no doubt done their due diligence throughout this process by examining all the possibilities).
DaJuan Summers is my sleeper pick for the draft. Too bad he didn't get a chance to workout for the Hawks while he was in town last week (a sprained ankle sidelined him).
Check any mock draft you want and go over the list of names where the Hawks are picking and there are either guys you draft on potential (Wake Forest’s Jeff Teague, who acquitted himself well in his workout Saturday, or Ohio State’s BJ Mullens, who did the same a day earlier) or seasoned college guys that will be needle pushers as rookies (guys like Hansbrough, Pitt’s Sam Young, Louisville’s Terrence Williams and Georgetown’s DaJuan Summers, all of whom the Hawks have had face time with throughout the process).
The usual anxiety surrounding the Hawks at draft time doesn’t really seem necessary this year, at least the way I see it. The Hawks’ heavy lifting is going to come in free agency – and that’s where Hansbrough and all the bigger guys on the short list I’ve detailed above come in handy. Follow me now. When the Hawks lost Josh Childress to Greece last summer, they didn’t have a ready replacement for a 6-8 guy with his skills and seasoning, mostly because they didn’t have a draft pick to use on a player of that ilk. Say, for the sake of my theory, that the Hawks are unable to keep all their free agents. Don’t you think another cat with size and versatility might come in handy next season, even if he’s just a situational rotation player as a rookie?
While I didn’t agree with the notion that drafting 6-8 to 6-9 players ever year now matter what would lead a team from 13-win seasons to the playoffs, I can see the wisdom in taking players that fit that mold if you’re in the best-player-available mode on draft night and picking outside of the lottery. It’s just wise to have your roster well-stocked with a couple Trevor Ariza/Mickael Pietrus/Linas Kleiza types. I think the entire league realizes that now after the playoffs.
FROM THE DO YOUR HOMEWORK FILES …
A quick aside from the Hawks-themed portion of the program requires us to look across the pond fro a moment.
Flooding Europe with scouts from every NBA team has finally caught up to the league and to the crop of talent. The Euro harvest is expected to be extremely thin Thursday night.
Jonathan Abrams of the New York Times had a staggering statistic in his story about the sudden change in philosophy regarding drafting European (and really international) prospects:
“Teams appear to be straying from the recent trend of drafting overseas players because many of them have not lived up to expectations. Of the 39 international players selected in the first round since 2002 with no prior experience playing in the United States, only Yao Ming has surfaced as an All-Star. In that same time, 14 of 171 American players drafted in the first round made at least one All-Star team.”
Math was never my best subject in school, but I know crazy numbers when I see them. And that’s craziness.
OTHER LASTING IMPRESSIONS WERE MADE DURING WORKOUT WEEK, including a stellar showing by a guy not getting any first round buzz. Keep LSU combo guard Garrett Temple in mind in the second round. He’s going to make someone a nice player wherever he is drafted (provided he is drafted, and if not, he’ll be a good free agent pick up for some team). I remember watching him shut J.J. Redick down at the Georgia Dome during LSU’s run to the Final Four a few years back. He’s got NBA height for his position but his frame is need of some bulk to stand up the type of pounding he could endure at the pro level. But he’s got every tool you want in a player and he’ll compete with anyone.
Another guy the Hawks had in that made an impression me was Lester Hudson, a 6-3, 200-pound bull from Tennessee-Martin that refused to let anyone slow him down in his workout. He’s the kind of feisty guard that NBA teams love to have coming off their bench to wreak havoc on opposing defenses and to harass opposing point guards. And you talk about a guy breaking down walls to reach his goals, tell me Hudson hasn’t done exactly that after reading this from my man Chris Low from ESPN.com.
Fearless seems like an appropriate description of Lester Hudson's game.
Jonesboro’s Toney Douglas (Florida State) was by far the most tenacious defender in attendance all week. He didn’t miss an opportunity to mix it up in the drills I watched. I can see why folks have been gushing about him as a potential, Ben Gordon-like combo guard. But he’s a defender like Gordon wishes he was (granted, few guards this size on the planet can score from the distance and in the variety of ways Gordon does). Still, whatever team nabs Douglas on draft night will have happy coaches and fans that will appreciate his in-your-face style.
Summers is my sleeper pick for the draft. I got into a heated debate with my man JB “Beans” Beckett Sunday about Summer and Young. After watching some film clips of both, including some of their head-to-head matchup from the season, we agreed that we were both right and that Summer and Young have a chance to contribute as rookies wherever they go. Now if we could just convince someone to let us draft for them Thursday night.
All joking aside, I have no earthly idea what happens Thursday night. Who does?
Too much can swing things on draft night. And we didn’t even get into the all the crazy scenarios that could happen if the Hawks were to find the right package to move the pick (and whatever else necessary) to shore up their depth issues at certain positions.
Nothing is outside of the realm of possibility right now, my friends. Nothing at all.
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Astro Joe
June 23rd, 2009
8:24 pm
Najeh, the rumor was that Pistons were looking to off-load Amir to get enough cap space to go after two elite free agents this summer. Sounds like Dumars got ‘r done. So let’s see how Joe spends his tractor-trailer full of money.
niremetal
June 23rd, 2009
8:25 pm
what would you give up for the 24th pick? and you think that we are wrackin’ our brains about the 19th pick what will we do with a 24th pick?
Exactly. We should be trading out of this draft, not up and CERTAINLY not down (unless we know for damned sure that the guy we would pick at 19 will still be on the board at 24).
And once again, the Wizards’ brass prove that they have to share the 9 brain cells they have amongst all of them. They love to gather guys who have no natural position. They now have two combo guards (Arenas and Foye), a swingman (Butler), a combo forward (Jamison), a tweener big man (McGee), and Haywood. It’s ok when you gather a set of players who can shift between positions and play each position quite well. But of all the guys I listed above, the only one who is someone you’re fully comfortable with as a starter at even one position is Jamison, and he comfortably can start at both forward spots.
All the rest are good playersplay, but they all are true tweeners that are at some disadvantage no matter where you put them. There’s a reason DeShawn freaking Stevenson always guarded the opposing team’s best wing rather than Butler. And there’s a reason Agent Zero is probably the most frustrating player in the East.
Well, I guess they have flexibility now. But why they gave up a #5 pick to get yet another player without a natural position…I just can’t fathom.
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:29 pm
Yup….so Wayne Ellington at 19 uh huh….
Speedy+Mo Evans+Cash for Kaman and their 31st pick. Draft Ellington(19th), Mills(31st), and Trade Down with our 49th pick and draft danny Green(32-44)
Our startes led us to 47 wins. They must come back. Nothing wrong with them at all. The BENCH is where we have a problem.
My Projected bench:
Flip/Acie/Mills
Wayne Ellington/Mario West
Danny Green/Gerald Green
Horford/Zaza/Solo/
Starters:
Mike/Joe/Marvin/Josh/Kaman
If you notice, Mo Evans is not there. He was traded away w/speedy to the clippers for Chris Kaman…I Also Included Randiolph Morris in the dea..
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:32 pm
WHAT!!! DRAFT MORE PG’S!!!! WE NEED THEM ALL BWAHAHAHA!!!!! LOOK WE DRAFT THE PG’S RIGHT(24TH PICK). THEN WHEN FLIP/MIKE RESIGN WE TRADE THEM TO OTHER TEAMS FOR EITHER CASH/A VET/ OR A FUTERE DRAFT PICK…..
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:34 pm
IT’S NOT LIKE WE HAVE TO SIGN THE DRAFTED PLAYER TO A DEAL AS SOON AS WE AQUIRE THEM. WE CAN KEEP THEM IN LIMBO UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT WE’RE GONNA DO AND THEN HANDLE THE DRAFTEES ACCORDINGLY….
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:35 pm
ARENAS IS MOT A PLAYMAKER. HE IS A BALL STOPPER. HE’S JUST A BETTER VERSION OF SALIM: UNDERSIZED 2GUARD IN A PG’S BODY.
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:36 pm
*I MEANT HE’S NOT AS GOOD FACILITATOR…
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:39 pm
ok, I’M MAKING A CHANGE TO MY ROSTER:
REPLACE MARIO WEST WITH ANTHONY PARKER…..I KNOW IT’S SAD TO SEE THE LITTLE FIESTY GUY GO, BUT WE’RE TRYNA WIN A CHAMPIONCHIP HERE. IF HE WANTS TO STAY HE CAN BE THE BALL/WATER BOY OR SOMETHING….
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:41 pm
I BET HE SERVES A MEAN GATORAIDE. HE COULD PROBABLY GET THE TOWLES TO THE PLAYERS FASTER THAN ANYONE IN THE LEAUGE…..
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:44 pm
…..I’M JUS PLAYIN’…..MARIO IS BETTER THASN THAT….HE COULD BE A DEFENSIVE CONSULTANT AND TEACH THE ROOKIES HOW TO PLAY BETTER DEFENSE….
Big Ray
June 23rd, 2009
8:45 pm
Astro Joe,
I’m not saying Aldridge ain’t soft. I’m saying his soft ass had no problems scoring on us with near impunity. Come on man, the three smiley face icons at the bottom should have clued you in that there was a hook. Aldridge can afford to be “soft” (and produce better stats than OUR frontcourt guys) because he has Pryzbilla and Oden. In the meantime, we couldn’t do much with him. Look at the bright side: I’m not blaming Woody for that.
Hey, soft or not, I’m not talking too much smack about a guy who puts up roughly 19 and 8 in the Western Conference (or any conference for that matter). Tell me, would you take the softie over Josh Smith? Oh my. What a conundrum. Dummy versus softie. Sakes alive…
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:47 pm
THEY SHOULD HIRE MARIO TO SMACK WOODY ON THAT BALD HEAD OF HIS EVERYTIME HE ATTEMPS TO DO THE “WAF” ON THE SIDELINES INSTED OF DOING SOME ACTUAL COACHING/PLAYCALLING….
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:48 pm
….THATS GONNA BE A LOTTA LUPS…….UH-HUH.
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:48 pm
*LUMPS
Big Ray
June 23rd, 2009
8:50 pm
At least Dumars will actually spend the money. Maybe even on something good. Then again, this guy DID trade away Billups. Who knows. No such thing as a perfect GM, though some are clearly in better position than others.
Niremetal,
You get braggin’ rights if they do that. You called it first, far as I know! I like to watch the Spurs work, whether it’s offseason or during the season. What a smart pick they made in George Hill. He was picked what, 22nd? Now there is a franchise that can not only make a decent pick tha late in the first round, but actually turn the guy into a rotational player in his rookie year. Yes, I know this is more the exception than the norm. But it CAN be done, even with a true star pg and a veteran backup behind him. And it’s not like the Spurs are rich, or have a huge market.
I give it about an hour (if that) before the usual party crasher(s) come along with fifty reasons why the Spurs can do this, and why we can’t….same $hit that pops up whenever you talk about the Blazers…
Astro Joe
June 23rd, 2009
8:50 pm
Nire, if this Wizards trade is true, I expect another deal to happen…. like maybe for Amare. No way Arenas, Foye, Miller, Caron, Jamison and Nick Young could all co-exist on the same team. This leaves Ernie with a ton of assets to move for a big-time player.
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:51 pm
JOSH AIN’T DUMB….TAKE IT BACK RAY!!! I’LL GIVE YOU LUMPS!!!!
BTW…..DUMMY WINS EVERYTIME
Big Ray
June 23rd, 2009
8:51 pm
Ariose is on FYYAAAAAHHHHHHH!
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
8:55 pm
*FREE!!! ACIE!!! IN 09′*
THATS THA NEW SLOGAN…..
ACIE LAW: “A LAWMAN WE CAN BELEIVE IN”….COP THAT….CLYDE MAKE SOME SHIRTS….
Melvin
June 23rd, 2009
8:56 pm
Nire,
Give me Butler all day. That dude is a stud and All-Star. If Arenas is healthy, bring him here two. Tweener or not, those two guys are All-Stars…
Big Ray
June 23rd, 2009
8:57 pm
Ariose,
Now be nice. Woody is a championship caliber coach, he just needs championship caliber players in here. When the players on the court don’t do what they’re supposed to do (rebound, play with energy, play defense, hit shots), it’s not his fault. When they do all those things, he deserves all the credit. Stop hatin’.
Of course Josh is dumb. Haven’t I told you this before? What’s wrong with you? Josh is a dummy! Second highest scorer, second highest rebounder…dumb, dumb, dumb! He turns the ball over. Dumb! He shoots jumpers. Dumb! All those things are dumb! Away with the dummy!
……;)
Big Ray
June 23rd, 2009
9:00 pm
Between Arenas and Foye, the Wiz guarantee themselves an injury-infested backcourt. All they need to do now is add Acie and his hang-nail problem (I heard that somewhere), and Speedy. They can give us whoever they want for those two…and a bag of twizzlers for Sund.
Big Ray
June 23rd, 2009
9:01 pm
Melvin,
Caron Butler is a fake all-star. He scored 20 a game by accident. I heard he’s an injury waiting to happen, and some guy on a blog said he wears soft underwear. Or was it that he used soft toilet paper? I can’t remember….
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
9:05 pm
RAY, SMOOVE’S NOT JUST DUMB, HE’S EXTRA-DUMB. THE WAY HE FOLLOWS WOODY’S PLAYCALLING TO A T, AND CAMPS OUT BEHIEND THE 3PT LINE LIKE HE WAS TOLD IN ORDER TO CREATE SPACE FOR OUR GUARDS TO DRIVE. SO STUPID.
EVEN WHEN IT WOULD JUST BE EASIER FOR WOODY TO PASS HIM THE BALL IN THE POST INSTED OF JOE GETTING TRIPPLED ON HIS WAY TO THE HOLE; HE JUST LISTENS AND FOLLOWS DIRECTIONS LIKE A DUMMY. WHAT AN IDIOT.
SMOOVE IS SUCH A TOOL. IT’S NO WONDER HE GOT BENCHED
Astro Joe
June 23rd, 2009
9:05 pm
Ray, you neveer heard me say anything bad about Caron. LOOVVVEEE HIM. Tough as nails. I think nire considered him overrated. And since he watches more Wizards games than I, I won’t challenge him.
Sautee
June 23rd, 2009
9:07 pm
DeShawn Stevenson must feel a little queasy about now.
cp
June 23rd, 2009
9:14 pm
lol guys trust me I am not saying draft James Johnson. I was only saying he is a talent but I don’t like guys who show up to something this important way out of shape and lacksadasial..
Najeh Davenpoop I have been saying Stuckey is overrated for a while on here. He is more of a combo guard rather than a pg. He cant shoot but he has good size and he takes it to the hoop strong.
The trades have began and I expect more to come. I see a lot of movement draft night. I wish we could add another pick or two. Ariose give me Gerald Green over Mario everyday of the week. I’m really starting to like what I have seen on your boy Danny Green from the footage on him. He seems a bit underrated. He could easily come in and give Marvin a breather. I would rather have him out there guarding sf’s than Mo Evans.
Astro Joe
June 23rd, 2009
9:14 pm
So what’s the rule on trading a player after he’s been acquired. I think a player can be imediately traded if it is a one-on-one trade (like Oberto for Amir). But I think the team has to wait xx number of days before packaging a recently acquired player with other players (e.g. Foye & Jamison in a package for Amare). How many days?
Melvin
June 23rd, 2009
9:17 pm
Well I watched plenty of Wiz, Heat and Laker games over past few years. Thanks to my League Pass, I watch Bulter produce at every stop. I remember Kobe was disappointed when Butler was traded out of LA,LA land…
ant banks
June 23rd, 2009
9:18 pm
does anyone here subscribe to ESPN INsider? is it worth it? i have been gettin’ alot of my info from blogs, si, dime, hoops, etc. does espn have seacret access to info that these other outlets don’t provide?
jus’ askin’
Big Ray
June 23rd, 2009
9:20 pm
Astro Joe,
I am bored beyond my limits. I was picking at anything and everything I could think of that looked good for a slap-stick joke. I like Butler, too. And I know he’s a tough customer. Nire is less impressed, and it’s all good. The price of his acquisition might be too high and too risky. Or….it might be something we could live with.
On your “when can a guy be traded question”, I can shed no light on it without talking out of my anus (and that just ain’t gonna help). You might be able to talk Manny or Nire into cracking open a book on it, though.
It’s a damn good question though.
ant banks
June 23rd, 2009
9:20 pm
somebody mentioned that the lakers won’t need their 30th pick. could the hawks package somethin’ to wrest that 30th pick away from la? and we would have the 19th and 30th pick, plus the 2nd rnd pick
Melvin
June 23rd, 2009
9:21 pm
Just saw hightlights of James Johnson on NBATV. My goosh, he reminds me of Rodney Rogers with better ball handling. He does look a little over weight or plumb (see Sean May). Not sure if I would draft that guy depending on who’s available…
Big Ray
June 23rd, 2009
9:22 pm
What with the sudden dearth of “can’t use ‘em all” players on squads like Milwaukee and Washington, it would probably behoove Sund and his crew to explore the possibility of somehow acquiring a useful vet or two, particularly if Zaza bolts.
I assume that you were getting to that, Astro Joe….
Big Ray
June 23rd, 2009
9:24 pm
Ant,
What would we do with more picks? Fill out our bench? We don’t need to fill out our bench with “bubble” picks. We have that problem already.
Melvin,
I liked Rodney Rogers. Another ‘tweener who was successful. James Johnson is an interesting prospect. For whom, I don’t know…
ant banks
June 23rd, 2009
9:29 pm
BIG RAY,
ty lawson at 19 and toney douglas at 30. everyone is swearin’ that these guys are good. and we still ain’t sure about our ability to resign our current guys. this is a safe guard
Melvin
June 23rd, 2009
9:36 pm
Man, I can’t take it anymore. Can the Hawks do something? Anything? How about renouncing the rights to Thomas Gardner. All this lip service we are hearing from our GM, Asst GM, Upper Asst GM and Lower Asst GM makes me want to vomit. Can we get some action and less yapping.
doc
June 23rd, 2009
9:38 pm
looks like ariose has an inverse doc look tonight.
Astro Joe
June 23rd, 2009
9:38 pm
Ray, I don’t think tha the Bucks will keep Thomas or Bowen. Those guys appear to be classic “buy-out” vets for the trade deadline. And while I’m sure that Grunfeld’s phone is ringing off the hook, I think he already has a deal made “in principle”. And only if that deal falls through, will he listen to other offers. I think he has a big fish in mind and won’t trade any little fish until he has the big one in the boat.
But some of the piece parts I’d take off the Wizards’ hands are Haywood, McGuire and Blatche.
Big trades usually are the result of moving an awful contract. And as bad as Speedy’s deal was, it really isn’t “awful”. We don’t have awful contracts and thus, I don’t think we’ll see any massive moves.
Melvin
June 23rd, 2009
9:41 pm
Ant,
The we would have an All Midget backcourt…lol…
Melvin
June 23rd, 2009
9:41 pm
Ant,
Then we would have an All Midget backcourt…lol…
niremetal
June 23rd, 2009
9:44 pm
Of the players in the league who average 20ppg, Butler gets the most open looks and single coverage of anyone. And keep in mind that:
1) Butler is 28. He won’t be better than he is now.
2) Where he is now is the 2nd option on a terrible team or the 3rd option on a mediocre team.
3) He’s Chipper Jones-esque in terms of the consistency of his injuries (ie he misses about 20-30% of the games each year)
4) As I said, he is almost never doubled. And until DeShawn got hurt this year, he never had to worry about guarding the opposing team’s best player. The team went from “bad” to “godawful” defensively when Stevenson got hurt and that’s because for all of Caron’s effort, he rarely slows down the man he’s assigned to guard.
niremetal
June 23rd, 2009
9:45 pm
*29. It’s JJ who’s 28
niremetal
June 23rd, 2009
9:51 pm
PS – I do like Butler as a player. He leaves it all out there. A guy with his skill set and physique has no business putting up the numbers he does, and the fact that he does is a testament to the work he puts in. I always thought that the ideal role for him would be a SuperSixth Man type role rather than as a second or third option, but the Wizards really never had a choice because of their almost unfathomable lack of offensive depth.
After his next contract is up, I fully expect him to land on a contender, average 13-14ppg, and help his team make deep playoff runs. The man deserves it for the effort he puts in. But I don’t want us to bring him in and try to use him as our second or even third option on offense. I honestly don’t think he’d be a step up from Josh or Marvin on that front, especially considering where they are in their respective careers.
darrell starks
June 23rd, 2009
9:59 pm
a lot of people sleeping on terrence william keep eye on this guy career he will take his game to the next level in the pro.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!
cp
June 23rd, 2009
10:35 pm
Melvin yea James has skills but like I said his desire and conditioning is an issue. He put on a lot of weight he used to be smaller….darrell I have been talking about Terrance Williams for a while now but I think his stock is rising so I doubt he is around when we pick. If he is we should not hesitate to take him.
richbrave
June 23rd, 2009
10:43 pm
RANDY FOYE and MIKE MILLER to the WIZ for the #5 plus three – DARIUS SONGAILA(who I personally will miss), ETAN THOMAS(and his three year contract for 11 mill. plus), and OLEKSIY PECHEROV (on a two year deal for 1 mill.). So the WIZ free up some cap room getting some iffy 3 point shooting and a young guard with potential. Sounds like ERNIE G is covering his ass-sets in case AGENT ZERO doesn’t make it all the way back. This leaves either JAVARIS CRITTENTON or NICK YOUNG on the bubble and MIKE JAMES as the potential odd-man out. My vote is to say sayonara to Mr. JAMES.
richbrave
June 23rd, 2009
10:51 pm
P.S.
I don’t think DeSHAWN STEVENSON is healthy yet. Bad backs are tricky at best. He might be done, thus the reason for the trade now.
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
10:56 pm
RAY, ELLINGTON/DANNY GREEN=NCAA CHAMPIONS. PATRICK MILLS=THE WHOLE WORLD SAW HIM GIVE TEAM USA THE BUSINESS. HE’S DRAGGED HIS TEAM TO THE NCAA TOUNAMENT(07-08) AND GAVE STEPHEN CURRY THE BUSINEES IN THEIR NIT TOUNAMENT HEAD TO HEAD MATCHUP THIS PAST MARCH….HE IS A BEAST.
THESE ARE NOT FRINGE/BUBBLE GUYS…..JAMES JOHNSON AND THE REST OF THOSE UNPROVEN FLUNKIES AT THE TOP OF THE DRAFT BOARDS WILL BE THE FRINGE/BULLY BUMS….AT LEAST FOR NEXT YEAR…..BELEIVE IT….
Ariose
June 23rd, 2009
11:00 pm
*”BUBBLE” NOT “BULLY”
CAN COACHES SERVE STINTS IN THE D-LEAUGE???? IF SO WE NEED TO DEPORT WOODSONS “CHAMPOINCHIP-CALIBER COACH” AZZ DOWN THERE FOR AT LEAST HALF OF THE 09′-10′ SEASON. THAT WAY DREW CAN TAKE OVER AND RUN THIS TEAM RIGHT BY GIVING MINUTES TO GUYS WHO DESERVE EM’.