The Milwaukee Bucks are working out potential second round picks on Thursday, per a team release. Guards Deonte Burton (Nevada) and Xavier Thomas (San Diego State) will be joined by forwards C.J. Fair (Syracuse), Victor Rudd (South Florida), JaKarr Sampson (St. John’s) and Nedim Buza (Spars Sarajevo). Burton is the 37th ranked player in the DraftExpress top 100, Fair is 72nd and Sampson is 82nd. Milwaukee has the 36th and 48th picks, so they’ll have a chance to take a couple of
Generally, NBA teams do not use high picks to draft defensive-minded players unless those players are 7 feet tall. Everybody seems willing to take a major risk to get the next Dikembe Mutombo, but few want to gamble that they might find the next Tony Allen. Which brings us to Victor Oladipo of Indiana, whose draft stick is rising according to our own Joe Kotoch because of his defensive versatility and Indiana’s success. And at the next level, he may be a
The first week of the NCAA Tournament is in the books, and one thing is clear — the draft stock of many of the top players did not improve. In fact, Kentucky’s Nerlens Noel’s stock was probably helped the most of any top prospect — and he was unable to play in the NIT because of a torn ACL. But there were certainly others who helped themselves. [Read more…]
Are we talking football or basketball? We already know Boise is America’s favorite football cinderella. And it’s definitely March so we must be talking Boise State basketball. Let’s take a look at five facts that may get the Broncos on the basketball radar. [Read more…]
College basketball teams across the nation begin practice in about three weeks, and the season will be here before you know it — just like the NBA. The major news organizations will be publishing their polls soon enough, but we are getting a jump on them because schools are in session, “informal” practices are already ongoing and a whole new crop of “one and done” players have already discovered that dorm food is never, ever an option. So without further ado, here