East Region 2008 - Page 2

bedir than average · 03-27-2008, 08:51 PM

Damn Westwood one radio left the Cougs game. I take it that means its done. I know that the latter part of the first half made me start to lose any hope for my normal rival.

dlb · 03-27-2008, 09:11 PM

Carolina won by 21, 68 - 47.

bedir than average · 03-27-2008, 09:13 PM

Well, WSU kept your scoring down.

dlb · 03-29-2008, 11:01 PM

Tonight, you saw the Tar Heel team that I've been telling you about. They're not flashy; they don't dominate; but they win. We took a very good shot from a very good team. Wayne Ellington, one of our best scorers, was all but out of the house. But we hung tough and did what we needed to do.

Hats off to the Cardinals for a very well-played game. I'm assuming we'll get KS, another scary-good team next weekend, but I don't want any part of Davidson, either. They lost to us by only four early in the season. They've gotten much better since then. As Pat Riley once said, everybody that we'd like to play is gone. There are only tough games left.

GO HEELS!

djwhokid · 03-30-2008, 03:46 PM

dlb a few questions:

1. How much better would this team be if Brandon Wright returned instead of being a bench warmer on the Warriors?

2. Will Ty Lawson, Tyler Hansbrough, and Wayne Ellington leave for the draft?

3. How good will each be in the pro level?

dlb · 03-30-2008, 04:50 PM

If Wright had stayed, this team would be an order of magnitude better. Deon Thompson is a mid-level college big man and Stepheson is still a project. Wright had great offensive skills and the wingspan of a 7-footer. Paired with Hansbrough, he'd have given us an all-but-unstoppable inside game.

On another note, imagine this: Kevin Love's choice came down to Carolina or UCLA. Had he decided to come east, we'd be killers.

It's hard to say who will go pro this year. The Tar Heel coaches are very well connected with the front offices of the NBA teams. If they say that a kid is a lottery pick, Roy encourages him to go get rich.

Hansbrough loves college, so he might decide to decline Roy's advice and hang around for his senior year, regardless. Lawson, OTOH, wanted to leave last year. If he's in the top 12, I expect him to go. I imagine Ellington will take his coaches' advice.

As a pro, Hansbrough's upside is somewhere near the next Bill Laimbeer (assuming his 17-footer can become reliable). His downside is somewhere around just another 10-pt, 5-reb power forward, who plays for a few years but never does anything special. A reasonable expectation would be that he becomes the next Kurt Rambis; a solid contributer to a good team.

Lawson is only 5' 11". He's super-quick, but not a great shooter. At best, he could be a solid starter for a mediocre team. At worst, he spends a career getting his time when his team is up 20 with two minutes to go. Most likely is that he takes a couple of years to develop into a guy who can spell the starting PG for a good team.

Ellington is a quality 6'4" guard and as the old saying goes, "6'4" guards are a dime a dozen." Upside, he scores just under 20 per game through a good but not spectacular career. Downside, he never develops any consistency and quickly fades into obscurity. Reasonable expectation, he delivers about 15 ppg as a secondary option somewhere.

03-27-2008, 08:51 PM	#16 (permalink)
bedir than average Administrator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,256	Damn Westwood one radio left the Cougs game. I take it that means its done. I know that the latter part of the first half made me start to lose any hope for my normal rival. __________________ US Men's National Team World Cup Qualifying \| Democracy in Sports Meets My First Campaign "You're only so sure you're right because they're so sure you're wrong." Orson Scott Card in Xenocide

03-27-2008, 09:13 PM	#18 (permalink)
bedir than average Administrator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Starbucks Posts: 8,256	Well, WSU kept your scoring down. __________________ US Men's National Team World Cup Qualifying \| Democracy in Sports Meets My First Campaign "You're only so sure you're right because they're so sure you're wrong." Orson Scott Card in Xenocide

03-27-2008, 09:11 PM	#17 (permalink)
dlb Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,237	Carolina won by 21, 68 - 47.

03-29-2008, 11:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
dlb Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,237	Tonight, you saw the Tar Heel team that I've been telling you about. They're not flashy; they don't dominate; but they win. We took a very good shot from a very good team. Wayne Ellington, one of our best scorers, was all but out of the house. But we hung tough and did what we needed to do. Hats off to the Cardinals for a very well-played game. I'm assuming we'll get KS, another scary-good team next weekend, but I don't want any part of Davidson, either. They lost to us by only four early in the season. They've gotten much better since then. As Pat Riley once said, everybody that we'd like to play is gone. There are only tough games left. GO HEELS!

03-30-2008, 04:50 PM	#21 (permalink)
dlb Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,237	If Wright had stayed, this team would be an order of magnitude better. Deon Thompson is a mid-level college big man and Stepheson is still a project. Wright had great offensive skills and the wingspan of a 7-footer. Paired with Hansbrough, he'd have given us an all-but-unstoppable inside game. On another note, imagine this: Kevin Love's choice came down to Carolina or UCLA. Had he decided to come east, we'd be killers. It's hard to say who will go pro this year. The Tar Heel coaches are very well connected with the front offices of the NBA teams. If they say that a kid is a lottery pick, Roy encourages him to go get rich. Hansbrough loves college, so he might decide to decline Roy's advice and hang around for his senior year, regardless. Lawson, OTOH, wanted to leave last year. If he's in the top 12, I expect him to go. I imagine Ellington will take his coaches' advice. As a pro, Hansbrough's upside is somewhere near the next Bill Laimbeer (assuming his 17-footer can become reliable). His downside is somewhere around just another 10-pt, 5-reb power forward, who plays for a few years but never does anything special. A reasonable expectation would be that he becomes the next Kurt Rambis; a solid contributer to a good team. Lawson is only 5' 11". He's super-quick, but not a great shooter. At best, he could be a solid starter for a mediocre team. At worst, he spends a career getting his time when his team is up 20 with two minutes to go. Most likely is that he takes a couple of years to develop into a guy who can spell the starting PG for a good team. Ellington is a quality 6'4" guard and as the old saying goes, "6'4" guards are a dime a dozen." Upside, he scores just under 20 per game through a good but not spectacular career. Downside, he never develops any consistency and quickly fades into obscurity. Reasonable expectation, he delivers about 15 ppg as a secondary option somewhere.