This is our last chance under Calhoun

[huskymagic]

They are pretty spot on after the draft or whenever they revise it. They aren't that good this far in advance. Not sure when they updated it either.

Read Hegotgame's link and you will see nbadraft.net is the second best website/author in terms of guessing where players get drafted. The loser Chad Ford who I have heard some people on here mention as a reliable source is 8th in the rankings. That speaks for itself. The website was updated today for your insight and is updated usually twice a week.

 

[bmayuc]

The Nets start Shelden Williams at power forward who is atrocious. The Washington Wizards start Trevor Booker at power forward. The Spurs start Dejuan Blair at center. I'll take Oriakhi over those guys any day. Oriakhi for sure will be gone whether we win the title or not. You should be more concerned about Daniels who you have been touting as a stud and how he turns out.

You remind me of people who are ludicrous to think that the top college BB teams could compete in the NBA. You realize you are talking about a middling college PF vs. three NBA Starters and former college MONSTERS, right?

DeJuan blair was an absolute BEAST at PITT. Booker was a 18-10-3 guy at Clemson, and Shelden Williams was a 16-11-3 guy at Duke for 4 years.

 

[Burnsbros23]

With the way Giffey has been playing I think he would go pro in germany. Roscoe and Deandre both transfer. Olander goes pro his stock is at highest point. Bradley leaves cause he has no scholarship. Omar decides to redshirt and not waste a year of eligibility. Leaving us with a team of Wolf and a bunch of Boneyarders. But im pretty sure I saw Fishy was 6'6 250 so we would still have good size down low. Maybe 8-8 in the big east if Wolf develops.

 

[Walker11]

What can you possibly say to someone who thinks nbadraft.net is a a reputable source? Especially when that ridiculous assertion is the least intellectually offensive thing they've said throughout the thread.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Yea it is and its usually spot on most of the draft picks. I never said Oriakhi is a guaranteed first round pick but he will certainly get drafted either late first round or early to middle second round of this year's draft. There would be no reason for Oriakhi to stay next year as he is good enough to be at least a backup power forward in the NBA if not a starter on some teams.

Please name the NBA teams that Alex Oriakhi, who is averaging 6 points and 5 rebounds per game as a college junior, would start for next year.

No reason to come back huh? I'm pretty sure he and the coaching staff can think of a few things for him to work on.

 

[Walker11]

You should be more concerned about Daniels who you have been touting as a stud and how he turns out.

Excuse me for defending Daniels while you shat on him under your alias MarkT.

 

[huskymagic]

You remind me of people who are ludicrous to think that the top college BB teams could compete in the NBA. You realize you are talking about a middling college PF vs. three NBA Starters and former college MONSTERS, right?

DeJuan blair was an absolute BEAST at PITT. Booker was a 18-10-3 guy at Clemson, and Shelden Williams was a 16-11-3 guy at Duke for 4 years.

Calm down and take you blood pressure medicine i didnt say he would start guaranteed in the NBA, I said he could in the bottom teams of the NBA. I said he will make the NBA for sure and can be a career backup power forward in the NBA. The point of this thread was not for Oriakhi but the point why many people are not taking these losses lightly is because of the situation the NCAA has put us in for next year which is why we need to repeat as champs.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Oriakhi for sure will be gone whether we win the title or not.

I look forward to you eating crow sometime in April when we learn that you are sadly mistaken....

That's usually what people do when they post ridiculous things on message boards that end up being wrong, right?

 

[Yonick]

Next year is going to suck...here is why

1. we'll be ineligible for the postseason
2. Drummond will leave. I know he said he is coming back, but with no postseason birth available and the fact that he'll be a top 3 pick why would you stay?
3. Lamb will leave
4. Shabazz will leave. Gottlieb said last night many scouts believe he'll be the first PG taken in the draft
5. Boat will leave. Why stick around if you're constantly sitting out?

That leaves our lineup to be

Brendan Allen
Omar Calhoun
Niels Giffey
Tyler Olander
Alex Oriakhi

Sounds like a .500 team to me, and since we'll be ineligible for the postseason, its not like it matters.

All I wish to address is your point #1. We won't be ineligible. With Harrisson, UHart pres. in control of this committee, they'll decide to giverybody adequate advanced notice. Meaning that any tourney ban wouldn't start until each school has a 4 year notice. This means 2015 or 2016 this would begin. The committee should have it's findings known in Feb.
All the rest should take care of itself.

 

[ctchamps]

I guess I was the only poster opening this thread expecting that JC was going to announce his retirement after this season. I wasn't expecting the crystal ball to define the future in the manner that the OP presented.

Note to OP: there is no next season for anyone, The Mayan calender has declared this.

 

[huskymagic]

I look forward to you eating crow sometime in April when we learn that you are sadly mistaken....

That's usually what people do when they post ridiculous things on message boards that end up being wrong, right?

I will be the first to admit it if I am wrong and he doesnt get drafted.

 

[caw]

Read Hegotgame's link and you will see nbadraft.net is the second best website/author in terms of guessing where players get drafted. The loser Chad Ford who I have heard some people on here mention as a reliable source is 8th in the rankings. That speaks for itself. The website was updated today for your insight and is updated usually twice a week.

I don't visit that site, thus not sure when updated.

Ehh all that shows is that the NBA draft is hard to predict and nbadraft.net was better than others 12 hours before the draft, not 6 months before.

The "2nd best" in that system got 7 draft picks off by more than 5 spots. That's almost a quarter of the draft and who knows how off they were by for those 7. Secondly, they got 7 spot on which is good but not great. At least 2 picks last year were gimme's or should have been in Irving and Williams. So aside from that they got 5 out of 28 correct. The grading system would be more impressive if they did a few things:

• Gave negative points for being off by more than 5 spots.
• Grade the second round mock as well
• Weight it based on if it's a lottery pick or not or top ten, etc. I think being more accurate as the draft goes on would be a huge advantage. (You could do something like use a +10 for being perfect and -10 for being off by 20+ spots then use a multiplier where every pick is worth it's position).

This way if you got Irving correct you get 10 points but if you got Jimmy Butler correct you got 300 points and if you got Majok correct, 580 points. If you had Irving second you get 9 points. If you had Jimmy Butler as 38, you get 16 points. You have Majok not drafted, minus 580 points. Sure a lot of the experts would be in the negatives, but that would probably be more accurate. Reason being is that the front of the draft should be much easier to get correct while the back end is more of a crapshoot. Let's see how well these draft "experts" do then.

This may not be perfect either but I was just spitballing.

Edit: I might consider not counting the picks 51-60 if they are wrong and give "experts" the benefit of only getting a zero for them if the "expert" didn't have them drafted. I would have to give this more than 10 minutes worth of thought.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

I will be the first to admit it if I am wrong and he doesnt get drafted.

It will literally be impossible for him to get drafted because he will be playing for the Connecticut Huskies next year.

 

[Walker11]

The best NBA draft sites are the ones which provide the best analysis of prospects strengths and weaknesses because predicting the draft a week out is tough. 6 months out is impossible and totally meaningless.

 

[huskymagic]

It will literally be impossible for him to get drafted because he will be playing for the Connecticut Huskies next year.

If he does I would be more then happy to see back on the team

 

[ZenConn]

Ugh.

 

[Matt (Chicago)]

Yea it is and its usually spot on most of the draft picks. I never said Oriakhi is a guaranteed first round pick but he will certainly get drafted either late first round or early to middle second round of this year's draft. There would be no reason for Oriakhi to stay next year as he is good enough to be at least a backup power forward in the NBA if not a starter on some teams.

how can you say this? he's barely a starter for UConn..

 

[huskymagic]

how can you say this? he's barely a starter for UConn..

Oriakhi has the size and strength needed to play the 4 spot in the NBA. He has a nice little jumper, and has some decent post moves. He also has pretty good athleticism. Obviously he's not a great prospect but he is a decent big whose game will translate well to the NBA with what he can do. Look around the league and there is a bunch of players on NBA teams rosters who are brutal I mean Adam Morrison, Dj Mbenga, Shelden Williams, Renaldo Balkman, stephen graham( the Nets roster is full of jokes). Your saying Oriakhi can't play ahead of these guys?

 

[kobebeanbryant]

i love the boneyard, but some of these posts lately make me want to pull a babysheep and take a break.

can we set up some sort of relegation system, ala the premier league, where we can demote certain posters to a minor league board (the cesspool?) if their performance has been poor. that way they can hone their posting skills and get called back up when they've cleaned up their acts.

 

[Burnsbros23]

Can u imagine The Boneyard of relegated users? That is a scary place

 

[kobebeanbryant]

Can u imagine The Boneyard of relegated users? That is a scary place

i imagine it to be something similar to the book Lord of the Flies

 

[Burnsbros23]

I Imagine it as Hamsterdam in The Wire. Where they allowed drugs to be sold and used with no police interference.

 

[Walker11]

That is an awesome idea. Screw freedom of speech, we need a mod with an iron fist and no conscience.

 

[willie99]

damn, and all this time I was thinking we could make another run at the FF next year

bummer

 

[Huskybass]

This is just an absurd thread. AO wouldn't even get drafted in the 2nd round if the draft was held now. I really like AO, but he has a lot of work to do before he is NBA ready.