[Coatesvillain]

Originally Posted by Astral

Lots of dunks, lots of over dribbling, not a good shooting stroke, and not a single pass in that video :-/

It's highlights, what do you expect?

[Astral]

From a point guard? A pass, speed and sweet shooting :/

[thatsnotgross]

Do not say Mayo's name. The guy is like a homeless person of Iverson. Mayo overdribbles, hovers around the 3 point line and loves to play the "this is me team, there is no one else on this team, just me me memem emememememe" Lets hope USC can set him straight that its not about him but about the team and winning. Forget it, what am i saying he has no hope to change his style.

[TucsonClip]

This class will be an interesting one to follow, because their are a handful of guys who could go #1 and even more that should go top 8 and will end up dropping to the late lottery or further.

[RebelSun]

It's a great draft for combo guards and wings, terrible for bigs. Jumps from Koufos and Love could make the available post crop more interesting. The race for #1 overall seems to be pretty open right now with Mayo, Beasley, and Rose (and a couple darkhorses) in the running. Either way, it's gonna be a lot of fun, as a college hoops fan, watching these guys in school for a year. Can't wait to see Rose annihilate CUSA, lol.

[HKF]

As long as Bayless gives Arizona two years, I'm cool. Two years and he's a top 5 pick as a PG.

[Nimreitz]

I'm very skeptical of Koufos. Skeptical of the Lopez's. And Hibbert is going to be so un-sexy by January, I'll probably make some statements that I'll regret by the next draft. Gordon is by far my favorite prospect. I'm also very wary of Beasley, he looks strong and athletic, but probably 6'8'' with a limited offensive game from what I've seen. I think he'll crush the Big 12, but I need to see more of him to like him in the NBA. Big fan of Rose. Very wary of Kevin Love as an NBA prospect.

Oh, and Thabeet will still suck in a year. He'll still suck in 3 years, in 5 years, and in 10 years too. Hopefully he's sucking at basketball in an office, and not in the NBA.

[Vermillion]

I just hope that the 1st pick will finally be a guard again....who was the last one, Iverson (not counting Lebron)?

Go Rose and Mayo!

[HKF]

Next two drafts appear very underwhelming. I'm waiting for the Stephenson, Cousins, Sidney, Henry group.

[Jizzy]

Somone explain to me why Mayo is being so overhyped? I've never seen the kid play so I'm def. not up to par but 6'4 SGs are essential nowadays? With suspect defense and a tendencey to be selfish at times.

[I Own 2 Microwaves]

when the last time someone under 6'8'' went #1?

[cpawfan]

A reminder on heights

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border-left: medium none;" x:str="Croatia ">Croatia </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"> </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">6'2.75</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">7'11.5</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'6 ">6'6 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">179.4</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" height="17">Petteri Koponen</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"></td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="Finland ">Finland </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"></td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'3.75 ">6'3.75 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">8'1</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'5.5 ">6'5.5 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">194</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="Nicolas Batum " height="17">Nicolas Batum </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"> </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="France ">France </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"> </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'7.75 ">6'7.75 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">8'8.75</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="7'0.75 ">7'0.75 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">214.2</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="Nihad Dedovic " height="17">Nihad Dedovic </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"></td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="Bosnia ">Bosnia </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"></td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'5.75 ">6'5.75 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">8'2.25</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'7.75 ">6'7.75 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">198</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="Omri Casspi " height="17">Omri Casspi </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"> </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="Israel ">Israel </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"> </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'7 ">6'7 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">8'6.5</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'9.75 ">6'9.75 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">206.4</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="Solomon Alabi " height="17">Solomon Alabi </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"></td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; 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border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'10.5 ">6'10.5 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">8'10</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'11.5 ">6'11.5 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">229.8</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="Emir Predeldzic " height="17">Emir Predeldzic </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"></td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="Slovenia ">Slovenia </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"></td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">6'8</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">8'7</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'8.75 ">6'8.75 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">199.8</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; height: 12.75pt;" x:str="Giorgi Shermadini " height="17">Giorgi Shermadini </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"> </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="Georgia ">Georgia </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;"> </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="6'11.5 ">6'11.5 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;">8'10.75</td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:str="7'1.75 ">7'1.75 </td> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; border-left: medium none;" x:num="" align="right">249.6</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> <td class="xl23" style="border-top: medium none; 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The measurement thread is kind of handy.

[rocketeer]

Originally Posted by Jizzy

Somone explain to me why Mayo is being so overhyped? I've never seen the kid play so I'm def. not up to par but 6'4 SGs are essential nowadays? With suspect defense and a tendencey to be selfish at times.

if you've never seen him play, how can you claim that he's overhyped?

[Ruff Draft]

Everyone knows it'll be about Mayo, Rose, Gordon, and Beasley. I'm excited for Hibbert though. Quite a few teams will be pulling for him, and I hope he improves this year.

[croco]

The good guys draft followed by the bad boys ? That might be a stretch, but there are certainly players in it who have had issues off the court in the past. I think the 2008 draft has the potential to produce some players who could be stars in the NBA.