Patterson projected 7th pick 2009 draft

Hi Will,

I think the article was stating that Pat was the 7th best NBA ready player in college basketball not that he was going to actually be picked 7th.  Most people have him just outside the lottery at the moment.

This guy might be bored but he gets paid to do such things, fortunately or unfortunatly I am not sure about that yet.

Oh well, I take what he says with a grain of salt.  I would love to see Pat stick around until the end of his Junior year.

Go Cats,

people like blake griffin because he's a good jumper.  The NBA believes whole-heartedly that they can take anyone with athleticism, and teach them the rest of the game.  But you can't take a good shooter, or w/e and turn him into an athlete.  anyways i see some logic behind it, but at the same time, some guys just have intangibiles that allow them to play at a higher level, which the NBA doesn't give a shit about.  they draft based on:

#1.  athleticism

#2.  athleticism

#3.  athleticism

#4.  athleticism

#5.  everything else

Well Griffin is good, really good.

As for the article,

"So I've compiled a list of 30 NBA prospects who will play college basketball next season and ranked them from best to worst in terms of their NBA potential, which -- as Chris Douglas-Roberts learned late Thursday -- has absolutely nothing to do with their value as college players. "

I don't know how you read it but this doesn't seem to say anything about draft order.

Dirk

DeAndre Jordan - 2nd round

Darrell Arthur - 27th pick

Chris Douglas-Roberts (40th pick) to name a few.

So no, they wouldn't