One Man’s Preseason All-Americans

Gary Parrish from cbssportsline recently revealed his picks for the Preseason All-American teams:

1st team:

Guard: Darren Collison

Guard: Stephen Curry

Forward: Blake Griffin

Forward: Luke Harangody

Forward: Tyler Hansbrough

My only beef with this team is at the top.

Darren Collison is an overrated defensive player. Sure, Darren is adequate enough, but could Darren slow down Ty Lawson or Jonny Flynn? Tyrese Rice?

Would Tyreke Evans dominate Collison like Derrick Rose did?

Offensively there’s not much to critique. Not many point guards can shoot the trey as well as Collison did last season. Nor can they break down a defense as well as he did either.

But, don’t let me fool you.

He automatically makes this young UCLA squad top 10 caliber.

Darren has the intangibles.

So hopefully for UCLA fans, team success outweighs individual success.

Right, Mario?

Second and third teams can be found here