Who's Played Their Way onto Draft Radars?

ElectricMayhem · Post #1 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:28 am

What players have made NBA scouts take a second look at? Are there players who wouldn't have been drafted that are now making a name for themselves?

As a Spartan fan, I am wondering about Goran Suton. I didn't see him as an NBA talent (I still don't, really), but he has had an amazing tournament. He grabbed 17 boards against Robert Morris, he completely shut down Taj Gibson, he nullified Cole Aldrich with a similar output (20 pts, 9 rebounds, 5 steals), and he helped the Spartans dominate in the half court with his offense (19 pts. 10 reb. 4 assists) against Louisville.

It still seems like he's too small to be an NBA big, and not quite fast enough or good enough at shooting to be a Euro-style big. But does a tournament performance like this give someone like him a chance? What other players have helped put themselves onto the radar?

18 Parkerville · Post #2 » by **18 Parkerville** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:36 am

Jeff Adrien?

TheBoondocks · Post #3 » by **TheBoondocks** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:45 am

Stanley Robinson would be great for a team like GState or the Knicks. Absolute freak of an athlete. Could see him putting up Josh Smith-type numbers on the right team.

nyk2423 · Post #4 » by **nyk2423** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:04 am

TheBoondocks wrote:Stanley Robinson would be great for a team like GState or the Knicks. Absolute freak of an athlete. Could see him putting up Josh Smith-type numbers on the right team.

I agree but not with the Josh Smith type of #s

wilt · Post #5 » by **wilt** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:52 am

TheBoondocks wrote:Stanley Robinson would be great for a team like GState or the Knicks. Absolute freak of an athlete. Could see him putting up Josh Smith-type numbers on the right team.

Renaldo Balkman would be a less outrageus predicition :wink:

For Suton, he´ll likely get a good shot in Europe, anything else is unlikely really. But he´s definitely the type of guy where you wonder what he could have produced, seeing as he quite obviously "held back" a bit, really not looking for his stats at all.

cdubbz · Post #6 » by **cdubbz** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:15 pm

Eric Maynor from VCU really impressed me in his game vs UCLA in the tournament. I know hes already on NBA radars, but he went head to head vs Collison of UCLA who many feel is a late draft pick. Maynor is a 6'3 athletic point gaurd who can score and drive the ball and can distribute as well.

Cammo101 · Post #7 » by **Cammo101** » Wed Apr 1, 2009 1:41 am

Guys who helped their stock:

Ben Woodside
Wayne Ellington
Goran Suton

Guys who hurt their stock:

Willie Warren
Jeff Teague
Evan Turner

Polynice4Pippen · Post #8 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Wed Apr 1, 2009 2:36 am

Cammo101 wrote:Guys who helped their stock:

Ben Woodside
Wayne Ellington
Goran Suton

Guys who hurt their stock:

Willie Warren
Jeff Teague
Evan Turner

Definitely Ben Woodside. I disagree about Turner hurting his draft stock though.

gw795 · Post #9 » by **gw795** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:02 pm

Toney Douglas
Jeff Teague
Jodie Meeks
Dante Cunningham
Dionte Christmas
Jack McClinton