Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Chris Murray's first round predictions

Anyone jonesing for NBA basketball draft predictions needs to head over to Chris Murray's first-round selections. Go here.

Not commenting on his selections but about some of the available prospects: we actually saw Derrick Favors play as a junior in Las Vegas during one of those summer tourneys -- mobile, athletic, good shotblocker, nothing to get excited about offensively ... next to John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins has the highest ceiling but will he stay in shape and be a team first guy once dollars are falling out of his pockets? ... doesn't it seem that Hoya Greg Monroe should dominate more than he does? ... Utah's system and Kansas' Cole Aldrich are a match made in heaven ... North Carolina's Ed Davis can be breathtaking on the court but will his impact be any different than that of Golden State's Brandan Wright, another Tarheel big who can run and jump with the best? ... our gut tells us that Hassan Whiteside should be preferred over Daniel Orton (we faintly recall that Whiteside was on Mark Fox's Wolf Pack recruiting radar at some point -- we don't know if Whiteside-to-Reno was ever even a possibility ... we love him (and Butler) but you are really taking your chances with Gordon Hayward (Luke Babbitt will outscore Hayward in the pros) ... did Kentucky's Patrick Patterson ever take over a game? ...

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