NBA draft rankings (names of interest)
Chad Ford's rankings: (from ESPN insider - hopefully these few names don't equate to pay-wall condemnation)
#8 Udoh, #41 Benzing, #46 Harris, #98 Sims
http://insider.espn.go.com/nbadraft/draft/tracker/rank?draftyear=2010&set=4
Gotta say, I've got a little of, "Oh, what could have been...".
Nevermind here - thought the OP was asking if it was a paywall or not. Clearly stating it is and he hopes he doesn't get crap for giving up some info behind it.
Moi bad.
We have had such horrible luck with our big men. Can't imagine what a lineup of
1.) Morris
2.) Harris
3.) Sims
4.) Benzing
5.) Udoh
could have done.
My crystal ball says it would have equaled 1st or 2nd place in the Big Ten, atleast a sweet 16 appearance and being on the winning side of some heated recruiting battles for top names. Man, we are so close.........
I'm not sure why he's not ranked higher. He's really got a complete, all-around game.
would be my guess. He doesn't really have the skill set to play small forward in the NBA, but he's undersized at power forward.
Nail on the head - too small for a 4, not enough game for a 3.
NBA - Need Be Aggressive
He's too small to play PF to bang with bigger bodies down low, but is not good enough shooter, nor quick enough to play SF. He's a man without a true position in NBA. Would be a good fit with a team that likes to use a lot of tweeners like the Suns.
and unfortuanlly, he doesnt give it all every game. Something we have seen at times throughout his career. I dont know how much scouts care about this, but it has to be bringing him down the rankings a little bit right?
I bet you would, too:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/bigten/2010-04-28…
It hurts me too much to think of a team that would have included Benzing and Udoh this last year.
Udoh on the Pistons is a very real possibility, and would be kinda sad, especially if he ends up being a really good NBA player. What could have been...
Why would what he does in the NBA matter?
He played on a team this year (that granted had some good pieces), that typically isn't an elite 8-caliber program, that played the eventual champions as hard as anyone played them (I'd argue that they played them harder than Butler, but Duke had a better game against Baylor).
It already is "what could have been"....
At least it wasn't sparty