Draft Buzz
T-minus 7 days until draft day. Here's what people are saying a week before the draft.
- Chad Ford's Mock Draft 5.0 (insider subscription)
The mag had players make the picks for their teams in this mock draft. Prz was selected to make the Blazers' pick at #24. He went with Tyler Hansbrough (who was in town on Wednesday) saying...
Hansbrough has been a winner all four year's at North Carolina. We're a team that could use the maturity of a player like that. We could also use another frontcourt player who is physical and plays hard. You can never have enough bigs.
I'll pass on Psycho T. But thanks for the input big guy.
In Zag news, I learned that Kevin Love must be a big Gonzaga fan as he picked both Austin Daye and Josh Heytvelt as the Twolves picks at 18 and 28.
24 | 6-8 | 225 | SF | Xavier | Jr. |
Here's the scoop on Brown from Scott Howard Cooper of SI.
Brown (13.7 points, 6.1 rebounds last season) is 6'8ยฝ" in shoes, great size for a small forward, has long arms to help with defense and rebounding, great leaping ability and a first step to be feared. In a sign of a player expanding his game rather than strictly relying on athleticism, he jumped from taking only 40 three-pointers the previous two seasons and making 15 (37.5 percent) to going 39-of-90 (43.3 percent) in 2008-09. NBA teams love to see a guy trending up like that.
Portland has some scrubs coming in for a workout on Friday. Pargo is back for a second time. I hope a team takes a chance on him in the 2nd round.
A.J. Abrams, Guard (Texas); Jimmy Baron, Guard (Rhode Island); Michael Bramos, Guard (Miami-Ohio); Jeremy Pargo, Guard (Gonzaga); Bamba Fall, Forward (Southern Methodist); Ahmad Nivins, Forward (Saint Joseph's).
