My 2009 NBA Lottery Mock

[Matt McGuire]

1. MIN: DeMar DeRozan, SG, USC
2. SEA: Blake Griffin, PF, Oklahoma
3. NYK: Hasheem Thabeet, C, UCONN
4. MEM: B.J. Mullens, C, Ohio State
5. SAC: Ricky Rubio, PG, Spain
6. LAC: Earl Clark, SF, Louisville
7. MIL: Brandon Jennings, PG
8. CHA: Patrick Patterson, PF, Kentucky
9. NJ: Scotty Hobson, G, Tennessee
10. PHI: Chase Budinger, G/F, Arizona
11. GS: Damion James, SF, Texas
12. WAS: Greg Monroe, F, Georgetown
13. IND: Gerald Henderson, SG, Duke
14. MIA: Tyreke Evans, PG, Memphis

[IlliniVikeFan23]

Wow, a little early? I'm glad to see the Bulls are not in the lotto.

[IlliniVikeFan23]

You just said 30 min ago that Blake Griffin wasn't a top 5 pick

[Matt McGuire]

You just said 30 min ago that Blake Griffin wasn't a top 5 pick

After watching him a bit on youtube, and admitting I am not an NBA expert, I decided to put him at #2. Everyone else has him in their top 5 anyways.

[fivas14]

Brandon Jennings isn't going to 'Zona.

[Matt McGuire]

Brandon Jennings isn't going to 'Zona.

I saw in Rivals where he committed so I assummed he was. Did more research and found out he isn't academically elligible yet. He is considering heading to Europe and D-Leauge but both would be bad decisions. I bet when all is said and done he goes to a prep school.

Still the kid has sick skills.

[fivas14]

I saw in Rivals where he committed so I assummed he was. Did more research and found out he isn't academically elligible yet. He is considering heading to Europe and D-Leauge but both would be bad decisions. I bet when all is said and done he goes to a prep school.

Still the kid has sick skills.

He's going over seas. He'll get paid and will play against better competition which will increase his draft stock.


But I agree, he's got skills.

[Matt McGuire]

Well I read that going to Europe might be a bad idea. They are pretty close minded. He still might not get a lot of minutes because it is pretty political. They might want him to go to a youth league or something.

Going to a prep school makes the most sense imo like Gerald Green did.

[IlliniVikeFan23]

I have nothing better to do so here is mine:

1.MIN: Ricky Rubio
2.MEM: Blake Griffin
3.SEA: DeMar DeRozan
4.SAC: Brandon Jennings
5.MIA: BJ Mullens
6.LAC: Earl Clark
7.IND: James Harden
8.MIL: Hasheem Thabeet
9.NYK: Jrue Holiday
10.WAS: Tyreke Evans
11.CHA: Austin Daye
12.NJ: Chase Budinger
13.GSW: Nick Calathes
14.PHX: Stephen Curry

[PuppyPuncher]

Alright I like this, no "TOR:" in sight.

[IlliniVikeFan23]

BTW, I have a man-love for Stephen Curry. I predicted Davidson to go to the elite 8.

[fivas14]

Well I read that going to Europe might be a bad idea. They are pretty close minded. He still might not get a lot of minutes because it is pretty political. They might want him to go to a youth league or something.

Going to a prep school makes the most sense imo like Gerald Green did.

What is prep school and how is it different from college?

[Matt McGuire]

What is prep school and how is it different from college?

Well a lot of kids go to prep schools not just athletes. Rich parents mostly send their kids there because it is tougher academically and they can live on their own.

But some prep schools are sport-driven. Kids can go to these schools as a 5th year senior to improve on academics and still compete athletically. They have their own dorms and stuff to live in, it is well educated, and they generally have a lot of money.

From Wikipedia:

United States and Canada

There are three types of preparatory schools in the United States and Canada. Some have living quarters (dormitory, dining room) where students reside (known as boarding schools). Most are day schools. A few schools combine the two approaches, such as Fay School and Worcester Academy, by providing boarding school services to out-of-area students and also admitting local students to the day-school programs. Some admit students of only one sex; others are co-educational. Prep schools are selective, academically challenging, and largely independent of state and local control.

Parents of top-tier prep school students often pay high tuition fees, and some tuition is comparable to Ivy League university costs (example: Brearley School, Spence School, and Chapin School in New York City have tuition of nearly $30,000 a year or over). Among the principal benefits of prep schools is a very low student-to-teacher ratio, hence, smaller class sizes than in public schools. The tuition allows schools to hire highly-qualified teachers and retain them in tenure. These schools often have significant endowments financing scholarships permitting demographic heterogeneity.

Preparatory schools often place a strong emphasis on sports (see The Ten Schools Admissions Organization, Independent School Leagues or Ivy Preparatory School League). In many private schools students are required to participate in one or more of the school's sports teams. University-preparatory education is also often associated with the preppy subculture.

In Canada, preparatory schools blend the American and British traditions. The schools generally address all aspects of the "well rounded" person. This honors the classical ideal that is expressed in the Latin phrase, "Mens sana in corpore sano" ("A sound mind in a sound body") by providing rigorous academics and strong athletic programs. University-preparatory schools also provide many other activities, such as elaborate plays and musicals, and many other clubs and leadership opportunites that prepare the students for university.

In the United States, prep schools have drawn upon British precursors but over time developed their own traditions. Some notable former prep school attendees include U.S. Presidents George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and other prominent figures such as John Kerry, Daniel Webster, William Carlos Williams, William Randolph Hearst, Edward Harkness, Bill Gates, and Dan Brown.

[edit] Controversy

The term "prep school" has been used to describe several schools that the NCAA has ruled insufficient in their academic standards in determining eligibility for intercollegiate athletics. Athletes attending these four schools were declared academically ineligible for NCAA athletic participation after graduation from high school.[1]

[Blazedestin]

Fivas, stop spreading such hateful filth.

I think Jennings will likely honor his Arizona commitment if his SAT scores come back valid. What happened was his first score sucked. His second score was too much of an improvement, so the people at collegeboard got suspicious, making him take it a third time.

My logic is simple. Why would he bother taking it a third time if he didn't want to go to Arizona? At worst, it's on the table for him.

[fivas14]

Fivas, stop spreading such hateful filth.

I think Jennings will likely honor his Arizona commitment if his SAT scores come back valid. What happened was his first score sucked. His second score was too much of an improvement, so the people at collegeboard got suspicious, making him take it a third time.

My logic is simple. Why would he bother taking it a third time if he didn't want to go to Arizona? At worst, it's on the table for him.

He already failed his tests, he can't go. I'm just what I heard, he doesn't want to go to school.

He's only going to go to class during basketball season then declare for the draft and not ever go to class again.