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March 29, 2010While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com
More on LeBron’s scoring title: “I don’t like what I’m hearing. Not from LeBron, who has boldly asserted that he could win the scoring title every year, but from the rest of us. No, it’s not the case that any other player could top LeBron if both gunned all-out, Gervin/Thompson-style, each day of the night. You know why? Because unlike Durant or Melo, James has way more at his disposal. He could work the post, or just run up the court and through all defenders on every possession. Yes, it was a matter-of-fact statement, calm and hardly with the lurch of a braggart. At the same time, LeBron is differentiating himself from his peers. Hey, everybody, he has untapped potential still. He knows it, and if he totally broke out of a team system to go for numbers—which, incidentally, he is less likely to do than anyone on this short-list—amazing thing would happen. We used to know it, and now he’s slipping it in himself. Going after him for it seems a waste of time, but at the same time, there is something chilling about this off-hand press release. Forget at your own peril.” [Bethlehem Shoals/Free Darko]
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Judging draftspeak: “While some fans may assume that Holmgren is filling the air with smoke, feedback from within the Browns organization is consistent with what the Team President is saying. The Browns do need help along the offensive line and in the defensive backfield, but the organization has not discounted the notion they could trade up in the draft for a player or even trade down slightly. At present, with nearly a month to go until the college player draft, the Browns front office, including head coach Eric Mangini, have been in discussion regarding the slotting of players, trade opportunities and potential free agents.” [Lane Adkins/The OBR – S/R]
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The future of Buckeye hoops: “The first order of business will be waiting to see if Turner decides to leave after his junior season for the NBA. While this is almost a certainty — he’s projected to go in the top three of just about every mock draft on the interwebs — there’s a sliver of hope that he’ll return. He has already made comments about how difficult it will be to leave on the note he was served up Friday, one of his stated goals is to lead the team to the Final Four and, by all accounts, he’s just a different type of dude than most lottery selections, but going with official 11W policy with projecting early departures out of the great ones — assume they’re gone, if they come back it’s a bonus — it’s probably practical to start envisioning the starting five without him in 2010-11.” [Jason/Eleven Warriors]
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Saying NO to ND: “As for [Jimmy] Clausen, he is nearly a Brady Quinn double in terms of his size and collegiate experience, playing in Charlie Weis’ incredibly QB-friendly Notre Dame offense. Much like Quinn, Clausen looks the part of a future NFL QB, but ”plays small” behind the line, relying on a future rotator-cuff shredding delivery that should sound alarms everywhere in Berea and beyond.” [DK/Cleveland Reboot]
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And finally, the only time you’ll see “Kosta Koufos” and “celebrity” in the same context: “This year’s celebrity winner, after a careful check and re-check of the numbers, is Tribe starter Jake Westbrook. He finished with 310 points, 20 more than runner-up Josh Cribbs, who chose the wrong year to put all four No. 1 seeds into the Final Four. Westbrook had West Virginia reaching the Final Four, and Cribbs had the Duke Blue Devils. Our defending champion, Mo Williams, finished with 250 points and Kosta Koufos, done in by his Buckeyes, had 205.” [Cleveland.com]
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13 Comments
No one could ever fault Turner for leaving, but wow it would be amazing if he returned.
With his draft status and looming lockout…I don’t know how he could come back. Man, it would be awesome if he did though. If he wasn’t required to play 40 minutes and could get some time at the 2 I think he would be the unquestioned #1 pick in 2011.
The similarities between BQ and Clausen end after you establish they both went to ND and were groomed by Charlie Weis.
…oh and they are both dreamy
Ostriches are not dreamy.
“Kosta Koufos, done in by his Buckeyes, had 205.”
If it really was HIS Buckeyes, he would have stuck around a little longer and actually become a good pro.
The team next year would be almost a lock for the Final Four if Turner came back. That being said, Matta would be doing him an injustice by encouraging him to stay b/c his draft stock can only fall from here. Thankful for all the hard work Turner has given this program and he is definitely in that group of former players who will always have a spot in my heart. (Koufas and Mullens are not in that group).
Say NO to a QB in the 2010 First Round (especially a guy with the initials JC and no, it’s not Jesus Christ).
@Oppie, yeah I think we’ve established Tim Tebow would be a terrible first round pick
Run, Turner. Run.
Turner needs to continue the trend of Ohio State players leaving early for the NBA. The ironic thing is he’s probably been the only one who could leave early and be a legitimate NBA player immediately as opposed to the others.
Btw for the real bracket lovers check out:
http://www.nba.com/dancebracket/2010/
Now those are some great brackets! 😉
You know what’s even better boogeyman? This takedown of said brackets at Hardwood Paroxyism.
@12 Hardwood…I get it…LoL! You gotta love the ladies tho.