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• Bryan Posted: Jul.13 at 11:39 am
  Where’s kyle singler. Ok just kidding.

• Mo Charlo Posted: Jul.13 at 11:59 am
  No love for diary writer Xavier Henry?

• Mo Charlo Posted: Jul.13 at 12:00 pm
  Got coffee on my desk after Bryan’s comment.

• Largo Posted: Jul.13 at 12:02 pm
  Maybe its me but I don’t see any All-Stars/ HOFers here.

• Rodney K Posted: Jul.13 at 12:04 pm
  I think Singler is going to be a player. He does a little bit of everything. I just hope John Wall is worth all the hype

• Ben Osborne Posted: Jul.13 at 12:08 pm
  For real: don’t sleep on Lance. I think his rep could enjoy a Tyreke Evans-like resurrection by next year’s draft.

• Ryne Nelson Posted: Jul.13 at 12:13 pm
  Jeff, what do you think DeMarcus Cousins will en dup doing after this season — provided all goes reasonably well for UK?

• Bryan Posted: Jul.13 at 12:40 pm
  I actually do like singler all kidding aside but his pedigree says either he’ll be a role player or injured all the time. More surprising was the exclusion of lance for a couple of foreign guys I’ve never heard of .

• Anony Mous Posted: Jul.13 at 12:48 pm
  Is Evan Turner the guy who skips instead of runs?

• Chase Posted: Jul.13 at 12:50 pm
  Don’t sleep on Avery Bradley. He’ll be ready sooner rather than later.

• Jeff Fox Posted: Jul.13 at 1:11 pm
  With all due respect Ben, I will continue to sleep on Lance until I see some of the negativity swirling around him disapear. As for Ryne’s question, Cousins has the looks of a one-and-done player, but Kentucky is stacked and he may not get the stats/touches that would help propel his stock. He might be best advised to play 2 years for Calipari. And I don’t consider Xavier Henry a top-10 prospect at this point - plus I’m not sure if he will declare.

• Jeff Fox Posted: Jul.13 at 1:12 pm
  And, yes, I realize I spelt disappear wrong in my above comment (I’m a real pro) and yes, I know the link to my website at the end of the story isn’t working - I’ll fix that. I’m on a screw up roll today!

• nicko Posted: Jul.13 at 1:45 pm
  ^ and it should be “role” not “roll”…what are you a baker?

• niQ Posted: Jul.13 at 1:46 pm
  that was me not “nicko”

• Jeff Fox Posted: Jul.13 at 1:48 pm
  No, not a baker, just a screw up today like I said previously.

• Brad Long Posted: Jul.13 at 2:54 pm
  Greg Monroe is gonna have to improve ALOT his soph. year to get drafted that high. He was one of the biggest disappointments as a frosh last year. By the way, Avery Bradley could become more Derrick Rose than John Wall is by the end of the year. He’s already got the edge athleticly.

• Tyler Whitcomb Posted: Jul.13 at 2:55 pm
  Where would you rank Tyshawn Taylor? I have him 10!

• Pancho Posted: Jul.13 at 3:32 pm
  JEFF FOX U NEED TO CHECK OUT JAN VESELY FROM PARTIZAN BELGRADE!!! For real man, im pretta sure he will be a lottery pick in 2010.
  Just sayin

• Jeff Fox Posted: Jul.13 at 3:50 pm
  I’m a fan of Monroe’s - smart and skilled player. Needs to get stronger and tougher. I’m not sure if Tyshawn and Vesely are going to enter this year’s draft, but I wouldn’t put them top 10 right now anyway.

• Brad Long Posted: Jul.13 at 4:27 pm
  Do you see Jordan Hamilton staying more than one year, Jeff?

• Blaze Posted: Jul.13 at 4:53 pm
  Never heard of any of em’.

• Tarzan Cooper Posted: Jul.13 at 5:07 pm
  no xavier henry? no sherron collins? thats ok. another chip will put their names in your mouth.

• Tarzan Cooper Posted: Jul.13 at 5:08 pm
  and tyshawn is not top 10, but is very good and i dont think he will leave after this year.

• Rodney K Posted: Jul.13 at 5:11 pm
  I’m not convinced on Lance Stephenson yet! I dont see what makes him so special of a player. I saw “Gunnin for the Number 1 Spot” not too long ago and I walked even more un-convinced lol With that said, he’ll be 1st team All America lol

• Jeff Fox Posted: Jul.13 at 6:08 pm
  Brad - I’d expect Jordan to spend more than one year at Texas, but you never know.

• Yoav Posted: Jul.13 at 6:23 pm
  No patrick patterson? No sherron collins?

• Joey Whelan Posted: Jul.13 at 6:24 pm
  Keep an eye on Devin Ebanks at West Virginia, maybe not top-10, but lottery potential given his length and athleticism. In the same mold as Ed Davis with a little less skill but a better motor; an absolute work horse on the glass.

• Anton Posted: Jul.13 at 7:02 pm
  So when John Wall hits the rookie wall, does that mean he’s touching himself?

• Joe Posted: Jul.13 at 7:03 pm
  Go Cole!

• kwame Posted: Jul.13 at 7:08 pm
  ITS A BIG MAN’s DRAFT PEOPLE…but i really say that Willie Warren has the highest to rise and fall…

• Brad Long Posted: Jul.13 at 7:19 pm
  Word on the street says Dexter Pittman has lost 40pds. this offseason…look out.

• AR Posted: Jul.13 at 7:40 pm
  Jeff: What the hell does “negativity” has to do with basketball skills? And is it just me or has the media ended up bashing every Brooklyn prospect at the end of the day (Tinsley, Telfair, Lance)?

• donovan Posted: Jul.13 at 7:48 pm
  Heh… dig the product placement in the first photo.

• Thomas Posted: Jul.13 at 7:59 pm
  Looks like next year will be a repeat of this years draft: one standout star (John Wall) and a bunch of prospects. At least next year they will all be a little more space out position-wise.

• Chendaddy Posted: Jul.13 at 8:17 pm
  Lance Stephenson’s nickname should be Baggage Claim because he carries around more than any prospect I’ve ever seen. Of course he’s got talent, but no sports organization wants to draft the next Ryan Leaf or Len Bias. Stephenson (two kids and a criminal sexual abuse charge while still in high school??) and his dad (blowing up at a tournament because–God forbid–they gave the MVP to a player on the winning team instead of his son?) have earned all the criticism they’ve gotten. He would need to have zero controversies and take Cincinnati to the dance for any lottery team to consider him. I don’t think he can do it. Prove me wrong, Baggage Claim. Anyway, this is a fun exercise, but you’re not ready to make a top 10. Tell me who had Jonny Flynn, Russell Westbrook, Mike Conley, Tyrus Thomas, and Ike Diogu in the top 10 one year before they were drafted.

• Jeff Fox Posted: Jul.13 at 8:37 pm
  AR - you’re right, negativity has nothing to do with basketball skills. However, this isn’t a ranking of guys on skills - this is a ranking of the top draft prospects. Chendaddy pretty much summed up my thoughts, but the fact that colleges seemed to be avoiding Stephenson like the plaque is all that really needs to be said. The history of the NBA is littered with talented guys whose baggage kept them from blowing up. With all that said, I’ve never met Lance or interviewed him so I’m by no means an expert on him or his character.

• david Posted: Jul.13 at 8:39 pm
  *cough* *cough* lance stephenson? *cough*

• JoeMaMa Posted: Jul.13 at 9:44 pm
  Whoa, whoa, whoa.
  Len Bias was, by all accounts, a great kid who made one wrong decision. Let’s not do him wrong and namedrop him with Ryan Leaf. Jeff, it’s a good quality list, but an article from (I believe) The Kansas City Star (I think!)that said that Xavier Henry had thoughts of going the Jennings route to Europe for a year. I’m pretty sure he’s looking to be one and done. And one more thing: Tyreke Evans didn’t have near the baggage of Stephenson. Hopefully Lance grows up and performs, but that’d have to be quite a miracle, seeing how the ghost of Bob Huggins no doubt haunts the UC campus.

• MillionDollaMindz Posted: Jul.14 at 1:08 am
  ^ 16 Bars of the day ? So far Coach Cal has recruited Derrick Rose, Tryeke Evans..I am confident that John Wall wont disappoint

• badnews Posted: Jul.14 at 2:31 am
  Anton…you a fool. lol.

• Blaze Posted: Jul.14 at 4:19 am
  Iverson to Clippers. Again he will play the two-guard, with B Diddy at point. Guess he would rather be mismatched and undersized instead of running the point. (If he in fact signs, news says hes close)

• ciolkstar Posted: Jul.14 at 4:58 am
  ^ At this point I seriously do not see a team with Baron Davis and AI working. I’d rather develop Eric Gordon anyway.

• ciolkstar Posted: Jul.14 at 5:02 am
  And I never understood why people were so high on Xavier Henry anyway. He looks solid, but noting really special. I think Evan Turner is a little high on here, not sure he’ll be better than Avery Bradley or Jordan Hamilton after next season. There looks to be a bunch of good bigs in this next draft…
  Prediction: Texas beats Kansas in the Nat’l Title game!

• Jukai Posted: Jul.14 at 9:19 am
  Ciolkstar: I think Xavier Henry is incredibly valuable, but not in a star potential kind of way. I see him as the starting shooting guard on a championship team. Quick release, on-ball and off-ball shooting, solid defense, he wont be making 20 million but he will be an incredibly wanted man.

• Mo Charlo Posted: Jul.14 at 10:19 am
  JoeMaMa: Len Bias did cocaine many, many times. While still a tragedy, we can accurately lump him in with Ryan Leaf.

• Mo Charlo Posted: Jul.14 at 10:20 am
  Brad Long: They say every year that Dex has lost a whole lot of weight. If he’s going to have a breakout year, it needs to be this year.

• Joe Posted: Jul.14 at 11:59 am
  PATRICK PATTERSON! Get ready for a BREAKOUT YEAR!

• Tyler Whitcomb Posted: Jul.14 at 2:31 pm
  I agree with Devin Ebanks as well. He’s a border top 10 as well.

• DP Posted: Jul.14 at 2:33 pm
  John Wall is amazing, so amazing. Hey does anybody know what happened to Lance? did he even sign with a college? play wit it.

• Tarzan Cooper Posted: Jul.14 at 2:58 pm
  ciolkstar, already hating i see. if texas couldnt beat kansas with kevin durant, what makes you think they can do it this year? kansas will dominate this season all the way to another championship.

• Rodney K Posted: Jul.14 at 4:04 pm
  I agree with Ebanks being someone to watch this year. But like AR said, Tinsley, Telfair, Stepenson. I dont think the media had anything to do with their terrible play, or off the court behavior, but it was instrumental in the overhype of all those BK players lol Why even mention that! All the players you named have more hype behind them than accomplishments! And you can add every Marbury to that list too while your at and Lenny Cooke! The list goes on! The media blows these kids up and then reality brings them down!

• AR Posted: Jul.14 at 5:29 pm
  What the hell does him having kids have to do with anything? The sex charge was a trumped up bullsht charge and you know it. I see nothing wrong with Lance’s attitude. He’s a kid from one of the most dangerous parts of Brooklyn. You NEED to have an attitude to deal with all the bullsht he did. It seems like if a black kid does more than say “yes sir, no sir” he has “character problems”. I have nothing vested in him but it seems to me that people love to hate on BK players for whatever reason.

• Quail Posted: Jul.14 at 6:29 pm
  Patrick Patterson will go lottery also. or at least top 20.

• Z Posted: Jul.14 at 8:58 pm
  stephenson has two kids?!

• Z Posted: Jul.14 at 9:08 pm
  this is not about race, AR. lance has an attitude problem the same way bj mullens has an attitude problem. he has a record of not being very coachable. this also has nothing to do with being from the hood. i can name you hundreds of well-rounded ballplayers who proved to be very coachable that came from the most dangerous ghettos in the u.s. nope, this has everything to do with lance and lance only. regardless of he has kids or not. i was just very surprised that someone so young had already not one, but two children.

• Hussman25 Posted: Jul.16 at 1:38 pm
  @ all people who want to try and slander Len Bias’s name by implying he was a drug user (many times)… I need your proof! Until then kick rocks… Lance has Tyreek Evans written all over him. Lance will do very well in the Big East and will give all teams matchup issues… The list is kool, I just hate this age rule has watered down college basketball just a bit; too many guys have “potential” now adays… I need you to show it over time and not just over a season or post season…

• nkscouting Posted: Jul.18 at 12:38 am
  A lot of these NBA draft preview lists don’t list enough foreign players. We get used to seeing high school and college players, but a lot of foreign players get drafted. NBA scouts travel overseas to scout them, but they never get on TV here in America. International play over the years shows somewhat how many good players are in foreign countries, but there are also a lot of NBA prospects in foreign countries who are in the 6-10 range!

• KennerLeaguer Posted: Jul.18 at 3:55 am
  Brad Long, Greg Monroe happened to win Rookie of the Year in the toughest conference last season. And you consider him a huge disappointment? Moronic. In his first season he put up numbers matching or better than that of a freshman Jeff Green who, by the way, just happened to be drafted #5 in the NBA draft a couple of years back. If people want to argue that Monroe needs to be tougher or more aggressive then that’s fine. Those are areas that need improvement. Those are also areas that can be easily corrected in a short period of time although by no means is it a slamdunk that Monroe will improve on that front. However the other big men listed ahead of Monroe are almost assured of not catching up to Monroe’s skill level during this upcoming season either. For God’s sakes Ed Davis has not proven anything other than being a jumping jack. Monroe will be playing the same position of Davis in the NBA (yes, Monroe is a PF not a center). And Monroe is taller than Davis, far more skilled, more proven at this point, more versatile and despite shedding about ten pounds is still about 30 or 40 pounds heavier than the to light Davis. Is Davis going to catch up to Monroe in those areas during the next 11 months? Will he be exposed once he is thrown into the starting lineup for UNC and is actually asked to show a game in the post? And have I mentioned that Davis is a year older than Monroe to boot? The hype needs to stop.

• KennerLeaguer Posted: Jul.18 at 4:06 am
  AR, your defense of Lance is lame. As a black person myself I am offended by your take that a black kid growing up in a tough environment excuses him for being an @##. Both Lance and his dad have issues. Period. Lance couldn’t even make that high school Team USA roster last summer because he acted like a diva, even in front of the media, during the tryouts. It wasn’t his ability that was in question (although he has not grown as expected in terms of his overall skill level), it was his attitude. As always. And by the way when New York (including “BK”) starts producing good NBA players again then you can go whine about New York players being disrespected by the media. But right now NYC is becoming like Chicago in that its living off its old rep for producing basketball superstars when in fact most of its great high school players turn out to be duds in college! But, hey, at least Chicago recently produced D. Rose and D. Wade. Who is NYC producing?

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• DC Posted: Jul.25 at 9:37 am
  Jeff- if rendardo sidney plays next year, u think he’ll be a top 10 pick?

• Jeff Fox Posted: Jul.28 at 10:27 pm
  Doubt it DC, but you never know - I really haven’t seen the guy play enough to make a real solid comment on him.

• ghsdfcjaf Posted: Aug.9 at 11:48 am
  where’s lance stephenson

• Nat Turner II Posted: Aug.10 at 3:45 pm
  What about Chris Wright from the University of Dayton?

• MJD08 Posted: Aug.18 at 10:23 am
  where is collins out of kansas?

• melorush Posted: Nov.16 at 4:01 am
  these predictions are totally irrelavant!