After Blake Griffith, who?
April 13, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under NBA Basketball, NBA Draft
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It is the consensus of the experts that Blake Griffith will be the number one pick in the draft, because he has it all, size, speed, talent, and strength. After Blake, the draft in the NBA for 2009 will get a little dicier.
Blake Griffin will fall to the top of the NBA draft
There’s no consensus. Some are pining for Spanish guard Ricky Rubio [above], who has a huge buyout from his Spanish team, Jovenut, to work out before he can come across the Atlantic . Others seek Connecticut’s 7-foot-3 junior center, Hasheem Thabeet, who has not yet formally decided whether he’ll skip his senior season and enter the draft. If Rubio and Thabeet are in the Draft, they’ll probably go No. 2 and No. 3.
But which one goes two or three depends on who’s picking. And, seven weeks before the Draft, the rest of the top half of the first round is equally unknowable. The difference between this year and previous years is we still may not know the complete top five well into June — perhaps into the final week before the draft.
The NBA draft is so different from the NFL draft in that there are only 2 rounds in the NBA draft and the first rounder’s are guaranteed 3 year contracts. The players drafted in the second round usually don’t even make a roster.
One big surprise in the draft might be from Ohio State. Their freshman center, B. J. Mullins, has declared for the draft. He played against my MSU Spartans and was quite impressive for a freshman. Excellent footwork and great size. Is he NBA ready? Probably not, but there is a dearth of 7′ centers, so look for him to go high in the draft.
Photo source Newscom
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Who’s this Griffith guy, is he any good? Heard he plays like a certain Blake Griffin.