NBA Draft: SG Bradley Beal Will Only Work Out for Top-Four Teams

only top4 teams because Sacramento is picking 5th and noone wants to have to go to that “team”

I liked Pluto’s rebounding comment that not only speaks to Beal but Barnes.  Despite more physical size and attributes Barnes doesn’t show a propensity for doing the little things, for me, thus I’m leary of him.  I can envision Barnes becoming a 6’8″ shooting guard completely relying on Kyrie Irving to get him buckets.  Beal on the other hand does not.  Regardless I’m an MKG supporter but time will tell.

Put me down as ‘out’ on Barnes as well. I love my OU Bobcats, but Barnes should have dominated that game. He would not engage physically with the MUCH smaller Bobcat defenders, and he settled for jumpers all game. In the end, it nearly (and likely, if a couple free throws had dropped, should have) cost UNC the game.

If he can’t be physicall with OU, how in the world will he handle an LBJ sized player guarding him?

Yea I’m not high on Drummond either not at #4 on a team that will need obvious scoring.  If the Cavaliers had a few more pieces in place then possibly but this just isn’t the right time IMO. 

As far as the rebounding with Barnes goes sure with Zeller and Henson he didn’t have to rebound but frankly he never really gave it much of an effort.  Effort seems to be a huge word when it comes to Barnes and that’s largely the reason I’m not so high on the guy.  He’s regressed since his freshman season without a doubt perhaps he outlived his collegiate career and just got bored I don’t know.  What I do know is in the tournament he was far from UNC’s best player when he should have been especially when Marshall went down. 

Perhaps once he gets to the NBA and is around professional players who put the work and effort in things will be different I don’t know but as of today I just don’t trust Barnes enough.  This is where Chris Grant comes in to play.

I go back and forth on Beal on a weekly basis, literally. I like him again this week and think that he’ll be a great pick. 

Last week, not so much. 

the problem with the present is that it is pretty well defined and there is only so much discussion that can move from there (can the Indians find someone, anyone to play LF? is Ubaldo/Masterson renaissance for real?)

the future is much more open-ended, which leads to more intriguing dialogue as there are many more roads for a discussion to travel.

Please name a single tangible area Barnes has regressed in since his freshman year?  In almost the exact same number of minutes his scoring, FG%, 3PT%, steals and overall defense all went up in his sophomore year.

So is your reasoning for him “regressing” that his rebounding went down by .6 RPG?  While he may not have taken the jump everyone expected him to in his sophomore year, saying he regressed is completely ridiculous and unfounded.

i’ll bet Boston blogs are paying a significant amount of time about the possible break-up of their aging corps.   so, maybe more FA than draft presently, but yes.

not to mention the WR-a-day they seem to be cutting from the Pats

Tournament performance was significantly down.  Now, whether or not that is tangible is subject to alot of questions.

I have him tied for the 4th best overall prospect after having him 2nd last year (after Irving), so I have always liked him to some extent.   I agree that he really didn’t regress as much as didn’t excel this past season.

I always say statistics on their own can be misleading but don’t get me wrong I’m not against Barnes I am just leary of his on court demeanor.  A player can still put up numbers and not be the right fit for a team.  Like I’ve said before maybe Barnes was ready for the NBA after his freshman year OR maybe he was just doing what was asked of him this past season I have no idea.