AsiaticSkinsFan

sometimes these kids dont like school and dont want to be there anymore.

I keep bringing it up because he is not a fluid player. THat stuff matters in getting separation from these 6'8" athletic freaks that play on the perimeter in the NBA. And he has suspect handles. What system does Golden State run? They chuck that ball. Barnes will get a lot of shots. He has a chance to do something, but he wont get the ball where he likes it like at UNC. They dont have a real point guard. OKC has no offensive talent on the bench after Harden. In fact they only have 3 scorers on that team. He is going to get a lot of minutes and you are going to look very wrong.

Barnes has stiff hips and who is going to get him the ball in Golden State? And his heart pumps kool aid without a point guard. Jones will be good for OKC, great situation for him. He will be the 7th man after Harden and will ball with no pressure.

we just had 4 Baylor players drafted in the last 7 or 8 picks. Scott Drew is such an idiot.

Barnes obviously isnt tho

in fairness to dude, that idiot Scott Drew played him out of position the last two years. But he drifts. He is a top 5 pick talent tho. OKC got a steal.

great next year we should just abdicate our 2nd round picks.

Ernie works for some Eastern European mafia don, dont he?

he has top 10 talent this year he dropped because of the knee issue.

also because it was the Hawks and not the Sixers The Thunder's team now, wow. Thats scary good. Not at all feeling the Beal pick. Lamb will be the best two guard in this draft.

---------- Post added June-24th-2012 at 12:45 AM ---------- too big of a risk for Goldenboy

yeah thats true altho they could push it anyway considering that Canelo is the draw and Mexicans are going to buy the fight. Maybe throw more money at Kirkland? That September 15th date is cursed.

no chance that happens. Golden Boy want to make money off him, Martinez is too good for Alvarez and JCC is a light heavyweight pretending to be a middleweight. JCC jr is also Top Rank and an untrustworthy guy. Lopez was impressive as hell, was wild because I dont recall him being that good against Vargas who I feel is overrated GoldenBoy may have to just fall on their sword and not take take that Sept 15th date.

Ortiz broke his jaw those upper cuts ---------- Post added June-23rd-2012 at 10:54 PM ---------- Ortiz has no one else to blame but himself. Even tho Lopez was impressive he never had his guard up for those upper cuts. Lopez was killing him the whole fight with those. I had Lopez winning by 2 rounds

Ortiz needs to reitre. Just end his career. he is not built for this.

Lopez is really good. I have him winning this fight 4-3 ---------- Post added June-23rd-2012 at 10:41 PM ---------- Ortiz has nothing for Lopez's uppercuts

Ortiz got hurt tho Good fight

im upset the ref let that fight go on. Soto was grabbing the rope and walking slowly to his corner. Dude was finished. Good on his corner for stopping it.

when you look at advanced stats like shot location, total rebounding rate, etc they arent. They arent similar players, and Collison was more efficient his rookie year. If Vesely played on the level that Collison played his rookie year, I dont believe people would be so conflicted about Vesely's future.

Collison is more skilled. He has a back to the basket game and isnt nearly 7 feet tall. No where near the athlete that Vesely is either. They both are decent rebounders and are physical players, but Collison has a lot more basketball ability than Vesely.

I say that about Collison on this current Thunder team. I would take Collison over Kendrick Perkins. And Vesely didnt look anywhere near as good as a Nick Collison. My real thing is i dont see the comparison, they arent similar players.

Dean's systems were big man and PG dominant. HE made King Rice look like a decent player. JR Reid, Brad Daugherty, Montross. But to continue on with this, Wayne Ellington and Rashad McCants were featured and the leading scorers for those teams. Im not buying this "Barnes wasnt featured" stuff at all. He only started to look like a decent college player when Marshall was put into the starting line up. just as long as you are willing to bump this if Barnes shows off those stiff hips to no avail in the NBA too.

why compare him to Nick Collison? Nick Collison is a pretty good player who should be starting for OKC. Not really an energy player either like Vesely is, and not a similar athlete. I would be delighted if Vesely became like Nick Collison.

he was flabby and sick in that bout too.

Roy Williams' system is the same system Dean Smith had. Vince Carter, Jordan, Stackhouse, even Forte got busy in that system. Barnes didnt because he has stiff movement. The same system that Paul Pierce did his thing. That Keith Langford looked like a potential lottery pick.