Welcome Your Newest Wizards Blogger….Brendan Haywood
Hey everyone, received an email earlier this morning that Brendan Haywood started up his own blog and in his first post he discusses the off-season, hard-fouls, LeBron James, Manny Ramirez and Manny Pacquiao.
Posted: May 12th, 2009 under Wizards.
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Comment from millie mill
Time May 12, 2009 at 2:09 PM
vitality08,
1) I don’t see anything thing wrong with Jeremy Tyler skipping his senior year to play pro-ball overseas. If he has the skills to get paid and still get his high school diploma or GED than it’s a win win. Playing with the big boys at 17, 18 and 19 will only help the game come to him sooner. Dominating at the high school level is almost like me and you playing against some ten year old kids. That’s why I think Ricky Rubio is going to be so good because he has been playing with the big boys at a young age.
2) I don’t think skipping college for one year will hurt Brandon Jennings at all. You see he is still in the top five projected. If anything I think it probably made him mature a little more. No whole schools of girls coming at you every night. No college parties. No school work. Just basketball. I hate to say it but, I feel going to college out of high school is getting less and less important with all the on-line classes.
3) I think in the draft of 1984 was Portland’s chance to get a big man. Houston selected Hakeem Olajuwon who had 20ppg, 11rpg, 2.6blks his rookie year. Even though they had a center in Ralph Sampson who was getting 22ppg, 10rpg, 2blks and 2apg. That means nothing was going inside. Houston should have draft Jordan then they could have that inside-outside game like Shaq and Kobe. Portland had Clyde Drexler who was drafted in 83 and needed a big man. Sam Bowie at 7’1″, 235 lb was the second best big man coming out of college. Why would they draft a guard? And have Drexler and Jordan on the same team. Who knew Jordan was going to be so good? If they could do a do-over I think Houston would have drafted Jordan leaving Hakeem Olajuwon to go to Portland. There would have been two teams like the old Shaq and Kobe. Jordan and Sampson for the Rockets and Drexler and Olajuwon for the Blazers.
Comment from vitality08
Time May 12, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I don’t have a problem withe kid skipping his senior year either. He’s still going to get a diploma or GED. I never understood why the NBA implented the age requirement anyway…
I look at Jeremy Tyler like I do Bow Wow (the kid rapper) or any of these kid actors. They get an alternative education while pursuing their dreams and getting paid.
I’ve read that Rubio went pro at 14. I don’t think I’d agree with a 14 year old leaving school to play pro ball overseas but hey…don’t golfers and tennis players go pro that young? As long as theirs some protection for the kids money than I think it should be allowed.
Comment from SportzWiz
Time May 12, 2009 at 2:21 PM
here’s a link to MJ’s stats in college, he was hardly seen as a sure sure fire hall of famer coming out.
Comment from millie mill
Time May 12, 2009 at 3:32 PM
I agree Sprotzwiz. MJ types come and go in the NBA. look at Kobe, T-Mac, D-Wade, Joe Johnson, Gilbert, Ray Allen, Micheal Redd, Vince Carter, Eric and Ben Gordan, OJ Mayo, JR Smith. And thats just off the top of my head. How many guys can you name that can get you 20ppg, 10rpg and 2blks a night. All those guards I named can get 20-25 ppg and 5 apg. If you have a chance at a dominating big man you take it. After the best big men are gone everyone else are fill ins.
Comment from millie mill
Time May 12, 2009 at 3:32 PM
I agree Sprotzwiz. MJ types come and go in the NBA. look at Kobe, T-Mac, D-Wade, Joe Johnson, Gilbert, Ray Allen, Micheal Redd, Vince Carter, Eric and Ben Gordan, OJ Mayo, JR Smith. And thats just off the top of my head. How many guys can you name that can get you 20ppg, 10rpg and 2blks a night? All those guards I named can get 20-25 ppg and 5 apg. If you have a chance at a dominating big man you take it. After the best big men are gone everyone else are fill ins.
Comment from Tom Mandel
Time May 13, 2009 at 7:39 AM
Who’s coming in to work out for us? Curry, I hope. And Blair?
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Comment from vitality08
Time May 12, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Couple of questions to get some conversation started:
Any and everybody, please answer.
1) What’s your opinion on Jeremy Tyler? That’s the 17 year old that’s skipping his senior year of high school to go pro in Europe.
2) Will Brandon Jennings be worse off or better for going pro overseas last year instead of going to college?
3) And for those who remember the 1984 draft: What was the buzz about Michael Jordan? Why wasn’t he drafted #1?
Let’s get this board popping!