2008 Las Vegas AAUs: Day 5
By Nick Prevenas, Borko Popic, and Aran Smith After five days of wall-to-wall AAU basketball action, we managed to catch nearly every big-time high school recruit participating in the three major Las Vegas tournaments. Thanks to In-and-Out burger and a phenomenal Mexican joint called Mar y Tierra, we were able to weather Sin City’s storm…2008 Las Vegas AAUs: Day 4
By Nick Prevenas John Wall The North Carolina phenom is putting his stamp on the Reebok Summer Championship, submitting yet another dominant effort in D-One Sports’ 84-77 win over a game Grand Rapids squad on Friday afternoon. Wall torched the Storm to the tune of 31 points (10-19 shooting), 10 assists and six rebounds, bouncing…
2008 Las Vegas AAUs: Day 2
By Nick Prevenas Day 1 of Sin City’s AAU extravaganza opened with a bang. Some of the America’s best high school talent — from John Wall to Kenny Boynton to everyone in between — took to the floor with fire and intensity. The level of play exceeded expectations, setting the stage for what could possibly…2008 NBA Summer League: Top Rookies
Top 10 Rookies Jerryd Bayless — 29.8 ppg, 48.5 fg%, 4.8 rpg — Bayless was dominant scoring nearly 30 ppg and leading all scorers in Vegas by a wide margin (over 7 points). His ability to get by his man and to the rim at will makes him extremely difficult to defend and his outside…2008 NBA Summer League: Day 8
Donte Greene continued his assault on the SL with 19 points. He leads all players with 25.3 ppg and is the only player to register 40 in a game.2008 NBA Summer League: Day 7
Petteri Koponen has been one of the pleasant surprises of the NBA Summer league.
2008 NBA Draft Grades
How did your team fare in this year’s draft? A report card of all 30 team’s performances in Thursday’s draft.
2008 Extended Mock Draft: Vol 2.3
How will this year’s first round play out? Trades are sure to shake things up…International Flavor: Analyzing the 2008 Class
This year’s International Class lacks a franchise talent, but consists of a number of potential impact prospects.2008 NBA Draft Early Entry: Withdrawals
Withdrawals: A.J. Abrams Texas Josh Akognon Cal State Fullerton Antonio Anderson Memphis Derek Bailey Providence Christian Academy (SC) Jason Bennett Tallahassee CC (FL) Chase Budinger Arizona Derrick Caracter Louisville DeMarre Carroll Missouri Charles Carter Oklahoma Baptist Josh Carter Texas A&M Lee Cummard Brigham Young Robert Dozier Memphis Wayne Ellington North Carolina Alonzo Gee Alabama Paul…
2008 Extended Mock Draft
With the field set for the 2008 NBA draft and less than 10 days to go, here’s a pick by pick mock draft of the first round of this year’s NBA draft.2008 Eurocamp: Vitals
Player Height with Shoes Standing Reach Weight Wingspan Vertical (Standing) Vertical (Free) Half Court Sprint 1984 Ryan Read 6’1 3/4 8’0 187 6’2 3/4 26 31 2.51 1986 Omer Asik 7’0 1/2 9’4 250 7’2 1/4 24.4 29 2.84 Semih Erden…2008 Eurocamp: Turkish Bigman Workout Highlights Day 2
By Aran Smith 6.8.08 Day Two began just like the first with morning drills. Unfortunately, today there was no one on one or two on two drills which was (explained by coach Jack Sikma) due to the fact that the drill is extremely exhaustive to the players. Instead players did individual shooting drills and some…2008 Eurocamp: Serge Ibaka Impressive in Day 1
By Aran Smith 6.7.08 Day One in Treviso got started tremendously. This is the best field ever assembled for the yearly event with tons of talent in the younger ages. Despite the fact that a number of the older guys such as Nicolas Batum couldn’t show, there is going to be a lot of players…Just a piece of content
important information2008 NBA Predraft Camp: Combine Results
Player No Step Vertical Jump (in.) Max Vertical Jump (in.) Bench Press (185 lbs) (reps) Lane Agility Drill (sec.) 3/4 court sprint (sec.) Joe Alexander 32.5 38.5 24 11.33 2.99 Darrell Arthur 28.5 30.0 12 12.18 3.14 DJ Augustin 28.5 35.0 2 11.27 3.07 Jerryd Bayless 31.0 38.0 10 11.26 3.07 Michael Beasley 30.0 35.0…2008 NBA Predraft Camp: Player Measurements
Player Height (no shoes) Height (shoes) Weight Wingspan Standing Reach Body Fat % Joe Alexander 6′ 7.25" 6′ 8.25" 220.0 6′ 11.5" 8′ 10" 5.8 Darrell Arthur 6′ 7.5" 6′ 8.5" 216.0 6′ 10.75 8′ 11" 7.3 DJ Augustin 5′ 10" 5′ 11.5" 171.5 6′ 3.5" 7′ 10.5" 8.1 Jerryd Bayless 6′ 1.75" 6′ 3"…2008 NBA Predraft Camp: Day Two
By Aran Smith & Borko Popic 5/29/08 Game 1 Team Six (Blue) 75 – Team Five (White) 70 Blue Mike Taylor (17pts, 6-10fg, 3rebs) From the start, Taylor was in full attack mode, never letting up and constantly probing the defense to get to the hoop. His speed and ability to change direction posed numerous…