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Draft class for '09 a step down -- right now
Draft class for '09 a step down -- right now
The first thing you need to know is that next year's draft won't be as good at the top (or as deep) as this year's draft, mostly because this year's incoming freshmen stink as a whole when compared to their immediate predecessors. Put another way, there is no incoming freshman as promising as Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley or O.J. Mayo, or at least it seems that way.
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