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Well, the draft is still quite a ways away but given that this is a season of "transition" for our beloved Raptors, it's a safe bet we'll be drowning our misery in a flood of YouTube NCAA highlights.

All thoughts on 2011 draft prospects and potential Raptors picks can go in this thread. After the draft lottery, it'll also be home to all mock-draft discussion and other fun.

Did Kyrie Irving have a sick crossover? Post it here. Did Jan Vesely drop 27 points on Crvena zvezda? Discuss it here. Are you having panic attacks because the Raptors just hired Donatas Motiejunas's father as their head scout? Seek medical help here.

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.....A little premature, no?

Welcome Donatas Motiejunas?

N1QUE24 wrote:.....A little premature, no?

We created it now so we'd have a placeholder in the index -- I don't expect the thread to get much traffic for a while, either.

Thanks Rhett!

This is going to be the most important thread of the year.

I'm going to kick it off with an early look at some potential draftees......

SF Harrison Barnes, 6-8, - UNC Commit

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pCL5c9zl-U[/youtube]


PG Brandon Knight, 6-3, 183 - Kentucky commit

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgdGqllphMg&feature=fvsr[/youtube]


SF Perry Jones, 6-10, - Baylor Commit

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quxsxSe1YTo[/youtube]


PG Josh Selby, 6-3, 183 - Kansas commit

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEGg_qIFvY[/youtube]


PG Kyrie Irving, 6-2, 172 - Duke commit

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxZrFy6Uw3I[/youtube]


PG Corey Joseph, 6-2, - Texas Commit

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD01T8E4OwQ[/youtube]


PG Kemba Walker, 6-0

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ySGOWjxif0[/youtube]



That's it for me, there's quite a few more intriguing prospects like Kanter/Melo/Sullinger/Vesely/etc so feel free to add.

If this doesn't fall back quickly to Page 20 by the time we're 20 games into the season, we'd probably have a really bad record.

J-Roc wrote:If this doesn't fall back quickly to Page 20 by the time we're 20 games into the season, we'd probably have a really bad record.

20??be sure after 10 games we`re reaching 20 pages

corey joseph looks good, but he's at a lower level athletically and speed-wise compared to those other point guards in the videos.

This could be calamitous. There's a legit chance that 5 Euros could go in the top 10 this year.

ATLTimekeeper wrote:This could be calamitous. There's a legit chance that 5 Euros could go in the top 10 this year.

Well as always BPA, if he happens to be Euro so be it. Our team isn't as Euro-centric as it was anyways. Only Bargnani, Calderon and Kleiza sort of.

But Josh Selby doing some crazy stuff for a PG.

here's a video of Kanter from the Hoop Summit:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YzbhAQGPqk[/youtube]

Draft Donatas Motiejunas

darth_federer wrote:Draft Donatas Motiejunas

If we draft him then Bargs has to go, to much duplication of unwanted skills. I'll take Kanter/Vesely over him in a heartbeat.

Don't see a problem with this thread, I'm already looking past this season until next Spring/Summer. I have a feeling many of us will become bigger NCAA fans/watchers this Winter.

Indiana Jones wrote:corey joseph looks good, but he's at a lower level athletically and speed-wise compared to those other point guards in the videos.

Yeah, I doubt he'll be going in the top 10 but included him for some Canadian content. Then again, we do have Miami's first so you never know.

Here's Jonas Valanciunas:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jvPl5-wRsE&feature=related[/youtube]

He's a lanky kid, but he looks like a solid rebounder and is very active around the basket.

Harrison Barnes or Kyrie Irving nuff said best prospects for 2011...

Prospect rankings don't mean a damn thing until at least March

In Italy the only very interesting prospect could be Nicolò Melli that this year is going to play in Armany Jeans Milano, the former team of Danilo Gallinari.
Maybe Colangelo, Triano, Cuzzolin, Bargnani would like having another italian in Toronto?