Comments on: Welcome Team Narcissism: Class of 2009

By: SIRE

SIRE — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:26:47 +0000

Brandon DID graduate and signed a free agent contract with the bulls and is in summer camp as we speak

By: nick

nick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:43:29 +0000

some of these players belief they had an nba career in front of them worries me. the circles they run must not behold much intelligence.

that said, i think meeks made the biggest mistake. with wall and bledsoe, meeks would fit perfectly into the system, wouldn’t have to force bad shots, and likely would be set up for a lot of open ones. he could win a national championship, raise his profile (and be forever revered in lexington) and ensure a first round spot in next years draft.

guys like tucker, harris, and taggart we shouldn’t even waste our time. their early entry is an insult to all of us.

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:41:04 +0000

Disagree on Meeks. Had he come back to work on his handle and defense for another year in the dribble-drive system, he could have very well moved into the first round. I realize his scoring numbers would have gone down, but I don’t buy the argument that it would have impacted scouts’ opinion of him. Scouts realize he can score. They want to see if he can do the other things. I liken his case a little to Ellington from last year to this one.

Agreed on Blair. The Spurs got a huge steal there.

And agreed on Mills. Love that kid’s game. Not sure why he dropped so far given his Olympic experience. Sometimes you wonder if scouts just nitpick these guys to death.

Chris – corrected the mistake on Costner. No need to get snippy.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:42:27 +0000

Brandon Costner graduated. Don’t let that get in your way of bashing him. Really, this was very well known and was mentioned during several NC St. games this year that he didn’t plan on returning. Shocked that this blog didn’t know that. Wait, no I’m not.

By: yournamehere

yournamehere — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:14:52 +0000

A lot of people will regret not drafting Dejuan Blair.

By: Jameson

Jameson — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:06:49 +0000

Yeah I perfectly understand your thinking RTC. But in the end, if Harris wants to finish the degree, SU will welcome him back with open arms. He’ll play in Europe if things don’t work out and make 300,000-500,000 grand a year. Leaving now means he gets that pay check a year earlier.

By: tallguy

tallguy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:32:33 +0000

Meeks made the correct decision…he wasn’t going to improve his status as all, and next year’s draft is significantly stronger. Blair just got screwed; all indications were that he was late lottery-mid first round. Also, as previously stated, Costner graduated, and saw little reason to stick around with a coach he didn’t get along with very well. Plus, he was probably worried that another teammate would sleep with his girlfriend again (Gavin Grant, not JJ Hickson, screwd up the team chemistry 2 years ago). As for Budinger…he got screwed over by Lute…he should’ve gone last year, but Lute convinced him to stay for this season.

By: toasterhands

toasterhands — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:55:42 +0000

I see Taggart eventually finding his way into the league, but no one else of the undrafted strikes me of having “it” to make the less traveled road. But there always seems to be about a half a dozen undrafted guys of each draft group that end up sticking in the league. Heytvelt I believe will be one of those guys.

By: corey

corey — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:50:37 +0000

Biggest disappointment for me was Patty Mills. Kid was so fun to watch and could have had a Curry-esque junior year at SMC.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:26:55 +0000

Brandon Costner is a head case who has not made the most of his talent the last few years and had no chance of getting drafted. However, he was a redshirt junior last year and I believe he graduated with a communications degree from NC State in May. He’ll probably never play in the NBA so why not starting making $$$ in Europe now.

By: rtmsf

rtmsf — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:16:35 +0000

Fair enough, Jameson. Guess we’re just wondering why kids do three years of coursework and then go pro when there’s little chance of getting selected. One more year may not help in terms of their draft standing, but it probably won’t hurt either, and they might just end up with a degree in the process.

By: Jameson

Jameson — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:42:55 +0000

When it comes to Harris, he has two kids and needs a real income. If he didn’t explode in two years with his high school teammate and 6th overall pick, Jonny Flynn, he wasn’t going to this year as a senior. There were whispers he could go early second round because of his athleticism, so I’ll disagree about Harris.