2006 to be one of the worst ever.

If Tyrus Thomas and LaMarcus Aldridge stay in school this might be hands down the lowest pool of talent I have ever seen. Even WITH Thomas and Aldridge it's terrible. Take Aldridge and Thomas out of your mock drafts and it's mindboggling. You might be looking at guys like Foye, Rondo, and Sheldon Williams going in the top 8 picks.

 

I completely agree, especially if some of these kids don't leave early (Aldridge, Thomas, gay, etc.)Rondo won't go top 8. I'll die if he goes top 8 in ANY draft.

 

Besides his skinny frame and shooting the guy is a great talent...in this draft he can definatly move up.

 

Foye will be a great NBA player. Also, Rodney Carney will go, he is a nice prospect. Joakim Noah will also be a good pplayer, scouts love his frame. Rudy Gay will go and be a great player along with Marcus Williams, who I think will be kind of like a Jason Kidd.

 

Marcus Williams isn't the floor leader Kidd is, he doesn't have the speed either, but I think he's alright. But those players still don't make up a good class.

 

I hope Glen Davis enters the draft. This kid is a beast for LSU. Along with his powerful frame, he has a great shooting touch around the basket, which is something you will rarely see in a player like this. Rodney Carney is another one I like.

 

glen davis looks like he's crosseyed. i think he needs to lose weight before he comes to the nba or else he'll just be another tractor traylor. he's a good player but way too fat to be in the nba.

 

Not making any comparisons but Shaq has done incredibly well in the NBA and he is overweight. He needs to lose some weight but it is not a huge deal. He is much more skilled then Robert traylor.

 

Shaq wasn't always overweight.And Glen Davis will be fine. He is actually very graceful and quick for his size. He has good footwork too. His game is nothing like Tractor Traylor's anyways.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ Apr 1 2006, 11:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Shaq wasn't always overweight.</div>Yeah I know. He was slim as hell when he came into the league.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Apr 1 2006, 06:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Not making any comparisons but Shaq has done incredibly well in the NBA and he is overweight. He needs to lose some weight but it is not a huge deal. He is much more skilled then Robert traylor.</div> Shaquille O'Neal even when overweight was shaped normally because of his muscle, Robert Traylor was just fat.

 

Ever since the LeBron/ Wade draft I've seen these complaints every single year. It'll be a decent draft, that will produce solid NBA players, jsut like most drafts before it. We cna't have Carmelo and Bosh everyyear...

 

i didn't think the Howard/okafor draft would be bad, but this one honestly does not have alot of talent, period. Half the lottery prospects could stay in school, and even if they all left, it wouldn't be strong.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KMart @ Apr 2 2006, 01:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Ever since the LeBron/ Wade draft I've seen these complaints every single year. It'll be a decent draft, that will produce solid NBA players, jsut like most drafts before it. We cna't have Carmelo and Bosh everyyear... </div> The 2004 draft was pretty good, I don't think people are comparing it to 2003...But even the 1998 and 1999 drafts were REALLY solid.

 

Yeah well this is the first draft with the age limit...so it might be a year or two before the talent catches up.I mean in the years past you've had guys like Lebron, Dwight Howard, Bosh, and the draft would be considered full of talent...now you got kids actually going to school for at least a year, and since we see them play, and not play very well in most cases.It'll get better as the years go on.

 

Bosh played a year in college..and regardless of that, the players out of high school played well at the nba level. They would've played well in college.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Marvinmartian @ Apr 4 2006, 03:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah well this is the first draft with the age limit...so it might be a year or two before the talent catches up.I mean in the years past you've had guys like Lebron, Dwight Howard, Bosh, and the draft would be considered full of talent...now you got kids actually going to school for at least a year, and since we see them play, and not play very well in most cases.It'll get better as the years go on.</div>Very good point. Once guys like Greg Oden and OJ Mayo enter the draft it will pick up.

 

Dont forget about Thadeus Young (sp?). Kid's got game. I read about him in a SLAM article.

 

Yeah sorry, I remembered him after I posted it. Seems to be a good shotoer and great athleticism. He will be a future lotto pick. He is the SLAM diary kepper right now. I here what he has to say every month.

 

What can you say we just came off probably one of the best drafts in history. All the talent went last year, some talent but not much this year. What did you expect.