Priest

eventhough they lost mayo played like he should have been playing this whole year last night

bball2223

I still think he should be a top 5 pick in the draft, he is the most skilled basketball player in the current freshman class.

Geaux Tigers

Mayo just doesn't do it for me. I think he's got the tools to be a great player, but I cant get a read on if he's coasting because the college game is to easy...or if he's just lazy.

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bball2223

I think it's because he was forced to go to college. He really should be in the NBA right now. Your right though it could be natural laziness as he hasn't really gotten much better (actually it seems as if he has digressed since his sophomore year in High School) in the past couple of years. I think his first couple years in the league will be the real barometer.

croco

I think his success will largely depend on the situation he is put in. Will the coach accept his weaknesses as a basketball player or try to force him to play like a pure point guard, will Mayo accept that he is likely going to be only one of the guys in his rookie season, word hard and extend his game.

He has undeniably a lot of upside, but if it was only laziness he should still go out in every college game and show that he wants to dominate, that didn't happen. I agree, only time will tell how good can be.

ehmunro

After what happened to his buddy, Billy Walker, why would Mayo risk an injury for the greater glory of USC? And **** "pure point guards". What NBA coach in his right mind is going to say "I know you're an effective scorer, OJ, but a real point guard would be letting Gerald Green take all the shots"?

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croco

There is a difference between trying to avoid injuries and not playing hard sometimes. Realistically he could get injured any time he is on the floor, I think there is even a better chance you get injured or injure yourself when you are trying not to. The NCAA tourney will be a good indicator, he can't shoot himself in the foot by not giving all he has.

ehmunro

Your risk of injury is always greater when playing at full speed because your pushing the body's physical capacity and increasing the stress on the ligaments, tendons, etc.. Is there always a chance of freak injury? Sure. See FSU's De'Cody Fagg or Tony Allen for good examples. But the fact remains that you're less likely to get injured on cruise control than playing balls to the wall.

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"Tim Duncan is the biggest crybaby in the NBA. If the Spurs were gay, he'd be Liberace." MCD

"Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed

"I do not know what the Queensberry rules are, sir, but the Wilde rules are to shoot on sight!" Oscar Wilde to the Marquis of Queensbury after being threatened by the former pugilist.

Those who are in the know praise Dead Women Tell No Tales:

"The account of Kobe participating in orgies and the description of the surroundings is accurate. I attended few of those parties myself..." -- Jondell R. Montgomery, Long Beach, 2006

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HKF

Watch him bring it in the tourney, but I suspect I was right all year that once he took a look at the team around him and realized the team was not really championship material, he said "screw it, just don't mess up the NBA meal ticket."

I think he's going to make a real good pro.

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RebelSun

The biggest knock on him this year has been the lack of distributing, but in terms of preserving his NBA stock, he has to get his points first. It's obvious he has good vision and can make great passes when he needs to. He'll have more options around him in the pros, which is where I think his playmaking will show more of itself.

I think his stock has been overly deflated since the beginning of the season. OJ is a very good basketball player. All the hate is just coming from the failure to live up to the unreasonable expectations his name has generated the past 5 years. I really don't see how he slips out of the top 10 this summer.

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