Point, Counter-Point: NBA Draft Edition

NBA Mock Draft: What Should Happen?

The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae found this 6/24/2008 on sports.aol.com

With the NBA Draft coming up on Thursday night, FanHouse's Tom Ziller took a friend's advice and unilaterally decided what teams ought to do in the first round. 1. Chicago -- Michael Beasley , Kansas. Fan consensus would have the point guard from ...

YOUR MEMPHIS TIGERS - Derrick Rose story out of Chicago Tribune

Tremendous Upside Potential found this 6/25/2008 on memtigorg.proboards66.com

2007 MR. BASKETBALL OF ILLINOIS Thinking big Derrick Rose's life and basketball career were guided by his family, and now he's ready for the next step By Bob Sakamoto Tribune staff reporter Published March 31, 2007 Until now, what we knew about ...

TSB's Obligatory NBA First Round Mock Draft

freedarko.com found this 6/26/2008 on www.sportingnews.com

Stars could be dealt. The draft order could be turned upside-down starting at the No. 2 pick with the Heat, but in a sleep-deprived state, Shoals and I did our own mock Wednesday night/Thursday morning. Forget what will happen. This is what should ...

Draft class for '09 a step down -- right now

The Zoner posted 6/28/2008 from cbs.sportsline.com

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.

The John R. Wooden Mural just completed at John R. Wooden High School

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 6/28/2008 on guttylittlebruins.com

Jill Painter at Inside UCLA has the scoop on the absolutely gorgeous mural recently unveiled at John R. Wooden High School: Breathtaking. Painter Writes: The character from his children’s book, Wooden heroes Abe Lincoln and Mother ...