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08-08-2007, 07:00 PM
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Kosta Koufos
lookin like Tim Duncan in the European u18 championships
him and BJ Mullens are the future twin towers of college ball.......
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They call me Slick Manning cause my vision's great
Toss shells like pigskins when I squeeze the 8
Think I start for the Braves way I rep the A
Like John Smoltz in his prime when I pitch the K
Got the scale in my pocket on some suicide doors
Yams in the strap facing suicide time
Outlandish wit it man it's stupid how we shine
Catch me in them bunkers with the troops all the time
I heed like Sadam but I'm sick like Ooday, (OODAY!!)
Keeps some youngsters with me and they all bout gunplay
We been had the streets jammed up to stock,
We down south *****s but the plugs up top
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08-08-2007, 08:59 PM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
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Originally Posted by fjkdsi
lookin like Tim Duncan in the European u18 championships
him and BJ Mullens are the future twin towers of college ball.......
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Little chance they'll ever play together.
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08-08-2007, 11:38 PM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
Little chance he ever looks like Tim Duncan again as well. Kosta has game, but he needs a lot of work on the block not to mention someone to give him the ball in Columbus.
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08-09-2007, 05:31 AM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
he reminds me of Spencer Hawes who can actually rebound and block he has good midrange game and even can shoot out to college 3 even though not very well
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They call me Slick Manning cause my vision's great
Toss shells like pigskins when I squeeze the 8
Think I start for the Braves way I rep the A
Like John Smoltz in his prime when I pitch the K
Got the scale in my pocket on some suicide doors
Yams in the strap facing suicide time
Outlandish wit it man it's stupid how we shine
Catch me in them bunkers with the troops all the time
I heed like Sadam but I'm sick like Ooday, (OODAY!!)
Keeps some youngsters with me and they all bout gunplay
We been had the streets jammed up to stock,
We down south *****s but the plugs up top
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08-09-2007, 05:32 AM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
if you read the 2009 draft thing i said he isnt a top 10 pick but i change my mind now
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They call me Slick Manning cause my vision's great
Toss shells like pigskins when I squeeze the 8
Think I start for the Braves way I rep the A
Like John Smoltz in his prime when I pitch the K
Got the scale in my pocket on some suicide doors
Yams in the strap facing suicide time
Outlandish wit it man it's stupid how we shine
Catch me in them bunkers with the troops all the time
I heed like Sadam but I'm sick like Ooday, (OODAY!!)
Keeps some youngsters with me and they all bout gunplay
We been had the streets jammed up to stock,
We down south *****s but the plugs up top
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08-11-2007, 12:43 PM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
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Originally Posted by fjkdsi
if you read the 2009 draft thing i said he isnt a top 10 pick but i change my mind now
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Bogut got on everyone's radar at the same Euro championship, on the flip side guys like Paul Davis and Shortsanitis also starred there. My guess is Koufos is going to shoot up the charts here soon and depending on how he fares in the big-10 may be a top 10 pick next spring, maybe higher.
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08-25-2007, 10:48 AM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
Draftexpress has him 4th in the their latest mock for 2008. They tend to adjust their mocks in line with how guys are progressing at the present time, nice job there.
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10-26-2007, 06:54 AM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn...c.php?t=285793
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Kosta Koufos walks alone onto the Ohio State practice court, pounds the ball hard off the floor from his right hand to his left, passing it between his legs along the way. He jabs his left leg and shoulder toward an imaginary defender, then pulls back and sinks a 3-point jumper.
Big deal, right? Tennessee's Chris Lofton could do this while blindfolded, handcuffed and singing the opening aria from Rigoletto.
Thing is, Koufos stands nearly a foot taller than Lofton. No need to look that up. That makes Koufos a little over 7-1.
After watching him play open gym for a half-hour -- seeing him bank in a righthanded jump hook, land a lefthanded jump hook from the center of the lane, make at least four 3-pointers and run down a streaking forward on the break to swat a likely layup off the wall -- I reached a few conclusions.
1 Having relentlessly predicted the impending college stardom of Eric Gordon (Indiana), Kevin Love (UCLA), Michael Beasley (Kansas State), O.J. Mayo (Southern California) and Derrick Rose (Memphis), I have one more freshman to promote.
2. Last season, Ohio State brought in the best defensive center in a generation, Greg Oden. A year later, Thad Matta has recruited this country's most offensively skilled 7-footer since Kevin Garnett.
3. If he chooses to enter the 2008 draft, Koufos will hear his name called before any American player waiting to be summoned by commissioner David Stern.
That might mean Ohio State produces the NBA's No. 1 overall pick in consecutive years. It's kind of a blessed curse for the Buckeyes, who lost three freshmen to the 2007 draft, but not before Oden and point guard Mike Conley led them to the NCAA championship game.
Matta, of course, would love to keep Koufos awhile, though only so long as is prudent. Koufos is working so tenaciously that Ohio State associate head coach John Groce insists the only problem with this prized freshman is he could burn himself out.
Ohio State will be able to line up frequently with dangerous shooters at every position: Jamar Butler at point guard, freshman Jon Deibler at shooting guard, David Lighty at small forward, burgeoning draft prospect Othella Hunter at power forward and Koufos at center. With Matta's commitment to spreading the court, opposing big men will have little choice but to venture outside, away from the comfort of the lane.
There is some concern among scouts about whether Koufos is merely a workout wonder. Will he perform when the games count? He answered some of that this summer. American born and raised but of Greek descent, Koufos played with Greece in the U-18 European championships and was dominant. He turned down millions from a team in Greece's professional league to keep his commitment to Ohio State. It would be harder to say no to No. 1 in the NBA.
"I think he's going to be good in college," says one Western Conference scout, "but I think he'll be better in the NBA."
Koufos hasn't yet played a college game, of course. But he'll probably end up playing fewer than anyone imagined.
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10-31-2007, 05:00 PM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
FWIW, David Thorpe on one of the ESPN.com Daily Dish podcasts this week said that he's been talking to many scouts who think right now Koufos is one-and-done and will be the #1 overall pick.
He won't have too much competition in the post during this season. The biggest matchups for him are Hansbrough, Speights, DJ White, and the Michigan St. bigs. Too bad we won't see he and Hibbert go at it. Ohio St's regular season schedule should only help affirm the scouts' assertion.
17.5ppg, 9.5rpg 2.5bpg?
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10-31-2007, 05:20 PM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
So Koufos is now going to have a better season than Oden did last year? Where the hell is this hype coming from?
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10-31-2007, 05:26 PM
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Re: Kosta Koufos
I wasn't overly impressed with him in the McDonalds game, and I will put any sum of money he isn't the first pick next year. Maybe top 5, but first pick? Unless Beasley, Mayo, and Rose all **** the bed no way no how. I think Kevin Love is the better player right now BTW, but Koufos could be better in the future.
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