NBA Draft 2007 - updates at DraftExpress.com
Not just NBA mock drafts, but also NBA draft podcasts (three of them so far) can be found at DraftExpress.com. But the Draft Express cannot be contained in a single continent. They are also reporting live from the 2007 Reebok Eurocamp. Other interesting pages there are who signed with an agent, a recap of the early entry list, and a lot more.
The article of most interest from a college basketball perspective with regards to the 2007-2008 season is the list of players who signed with agents, and the ones who are merely testing the waters and expected to pull out before the Monday (yes Monday) deadline.
So who is gone for good because they signed with an agent? Let's recap by class:
Greg Oden, Kevin Durant, Brandan Wright (freshmen)
Julian Wright, Josh Mecha-Roberts de Puke (Josh McRoberts), Rodney Stuckey (if you missed watching him this year, you missed out!), Marcus "moody blues" Williams, Wilson Chandler (should have waited for another year?) (sophomores)
Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, Al Horford, Taurean Green (Florida juniors and back-to-back NCAA tournament champions)
Aaron Afflalo (can't blame him for escaping the UCLA grind), Nick Young, Gabe Pruitt, Dominic McGuire (Hello NBDL and Belgian league), Glen "Big Baby" Davis, Sean "420" shot-blocking Williams (juniors)
Most of the decisions made so far to sign with agents were of Vulcan nature, which is a welcome surprise because this is a very difficult decision and it's very hard to resist the temptation to go pro. Kudos to all the players, their families, coaches, handlers, NBA advisors, and such for making facilitating these decisions.
Transferology - a couple of websites have compiled long lists of transfers!
The most comprehensive is at Goodman's blog
Also keeping track of transfers is Rivals.com
Speaking of transfers, Magnum Rolle makes a decision where to transfer according to the Hodge Repor(t) at CSTV. As always with these type of things, there's more to the story than meets the eye. Find out the real reasons at the Hodge Report.
HoopsCoach at Wordpress has found a new assistant but he is not carrying Gatorade around. He is carrying something even better, although it does not have the hydrating properties of Gatorade. Rather the opposite :-) No, it's not beer... He also posts a round-up of recent comments made by college coaches (Tim Floyd, Phil Martelli, Reggie Theus and Pete Carroll)
The countdown clock at A Sea of Blue says we are just 120 days before Midnight Madness. The new season is just around the corner!
FoxSports's Heroes and Villains segment with Dayn Perry revisits the Elton Brand vs Jennifer "Coach K" Taylor email exchange discussed at A Sea of Blue a couple of days ago
TV Guide segment: games with D1 prospects in the next few days (repeats)... Also college basketball related programming, including a one hour NBA draft special at Versus (formerly OLN) and a number of 2006-2007 game repeatss at ESPNU.
How is the nation's designer mid-major doing? Find out at GoZags. Why designer mid-major? Because every single game they play is available on national TV (assuming you have access to Fox College Sports or the all-regional-FSN package via satellite).
New round-up of news and notes at March Madness All Season at CHN (College Hoops Net)
Eastern Washington gets some wine early, Kirk Earlwayne becomes their new head coach. He was an assistant at UNC-Wilmington of the CAA.
Speaking of the CAA, you can catch up with the latest CAA news at the CAA Hoops blog.
On the injury front, 7-footer Jared Carter of Kentucky re-injured his shoulder
In his daily blog teaser Andy Katz says that Kellogg won't be in the NBA draft. Not Clark Kellogg, but former UConn guard Antonio Kellogg, who is now a former San Francisco guard as well as he left the team to go pro. Because of the existing NBA rules he cannot go through the NBA draft and be an NBA free agent, but he can still go pro in the non-NBA controlled leagues, which includes the high-paying European leagues, and just about any country in the world, along with the low-paying leagues in the US (USBL, CBA, etc). So he can still go pro :) Katz also talks about Jaycee Carroll getting ignored by the NBA. Well if your name is JJ Redick and you play for Coach Dirty Rat K, then you are a lottery pick. But if you are the same player but play in a small conferences in a remote region of Utah, well, talent is not enough...
Words of Wisdom: I always say keep your cereal in the cereal bowl, don't leave them in the draft ;-)
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