Official Raptors 2011 NBA Draft Thread, Part 2

Shantz · Post #621 » by **Shantz** » Fri Feb 4, 2011 10:34 pm

It was just announced that Kyrie Irving has had his cast removed and should be able to start his rehab soon. The Blue Devils are hopeful that Irving will be able to return sometime this year. I really want to be able to watch him play in hopes of the Raptors getting him in the draft.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6091119

TheRealDeal · Post #622 » by **TheRealDeal** » Fri Feb 4, 2011 10:47 pm

Shantz wrote:It was just announced that Kyrie Irving has had his cast removed and should be able to start his rehab soon. The Blue Devils are hopeful that Irving will be able to return sometime this year. I really want to be able to watch him play in hopes of the Raptors getting him in the draft.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6091119

I was watching the Duke game the other night and the announcers were saying that he has no chance of playing this year. According to their talks with Coach K, the emphasis with Kyrie is to get him 100% healthy. IMO this is a smart move by Duke because you don't want to be known as a program that will rush your star player back onto the court.

He could also re-aggravate the injury or not look like the same player after the time off once he's back. I think he rides his high stock into the draft and gets in the best shape he possibly can before workouts where he is sure to impress.

Yeezus_ · Post #623 » by **Yeezus_** » Fri Feb 4, 2011 11:39 pm

TheRealDeal wrote:
Shantz wrote:It was just announced that Kyrie Irving has had his cast removed and should be able to start his rehab soon. The Blue Devils are hopeful that Irving will be able to return sometime this year. I really want to be able to watch him play in hopes of the Raptors getting him in the draft.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6091119

I was watching the Duke game the other night and the announcers were saying that he has no chance of playing this year. According to their talks with Coach K, the emphasis with Kyrie is to get him 100% healthy. IMO this is a smart move by Duke because you don't want to be known as a program that will rush your star player back onto the court.

He could also re-aggravate the injury or not look like the same player after the time off once he's back. I think he rides his high stock into the draft and gets in the best shape he possibly can before workouts where he is sure to impress.

Your avatar looks like a mix between DeRozan and Davis. lol

TheRealDeal · Post #624 » by **TheRealDeal** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 12:26 am

raptorsnation_5 wrote:
TheRealDeal wrote:
Shantz wrote:It was just announced that Kyrie Irving has had his cast removed and should be able to start his rehab soon. The Blue Devils are hopeful that Irving will be able to return sometime this year. I really want to be able to watch him play in hopes of the Raptors getting him in the draft.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6091119

I was watching the Duke game the other night and the announcers were saying that he has no chance of playing this year. According to their talks with Coach K, the emphasis with Kyrie is to get him 100% healthy. IMO this is a smart move by Duke because you don't want to be known as a program that will rush your star player back onto the court.

He could also re-aggravate the injury or not look like the same player after the time off once he's back. I think he rides his high stock into the draft and gets in the best shape he possibly can before workouts where he is sure to impress.

Your avatar looks like a mix between DeRozan and Davis. lol

lol. its DeRozan's old nbadraft.net pic when he was supposed to be a top-3 pick and I wanted him on the Raptors but didn't think we'd have a chance at him. That was before his Frosh season at USC.

kidKompton · Post #625 » by **kidKompton** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 1:01 am

Harrison Barnes had poor guard play with Larry Drew, but he might now see more time on the court with kendall Marshall because as per the WT Larry Drew is going to transfers according to sources. Barnes could see his stock sky rocket with better play to support him

fredericklove · Post #626 » by **fredericklove** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 7:23 am

kidKompton wrote:Harrison Barnes had poor guard play with Larry Drew, but he might now see more time on the court with kendall Marshall because as per the WT Larry Drew is going to transfers according to sources. Barnes could see his stock sky rocket with better play to support him

Saw the source too, couldn't been happier to see that scrub leaves. He's a blackhole on the team, dude can't pass can't dribble can't score can't do anything right. Let's go HB. Declare your freakin' a$$ in the draft this year damn it.

rise of raptors · Post #627 » by **rise of raptors** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 1:18 pm

Found this quote from SI interesting:

One executive believes the 18-year-old Valanciunas, a 6-11, 240-pound center with the Lithuanian club Lietuvos Rytas, will emerge as the top pick.

"He's the best thing I've seen out of that country since [Zydrunas] Ilgauskas," the executive said. "He has a very good basketball IQ, he's tough, he can score, and over the last two years he has made the kind of jump you're looking for. He can shoot, but he can also be a traditional back-to-the-basket center, the way you like centers to be. He's different from [the Raptors' Andrea] Bargnani in that he's a legitimate post player.''

Read More Here

baulderdash77 · Post #628 » by **baulderdash77** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 2:39 pm

Unless we get the #1 overall pick, I want us to draft Barnes.

From what I've seen from him the last few weeks, he's becoming exactly the player that I want on this team.

With Drew leaving the team, they're going to continue running more and more of their offence through him to get into March Madness. I think he's going to be a top 4 pick when it's all said and done.

sunny · Post #629 » by **sunny** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 2:52 pm

baulderdash77 wrote:Unless we get the #1 overall pick, I want us to draft Barnes.

From what I've seen from him the last few weeks, he's becoming exactly the player that I want on this team.

With Drew leaving the team, they're going to continue running more and more of their offence through him to get into March Madness. I think he's going to be a top 4 pick when it's all said and done.

unc can easily not make march madness again. We''ll see what happens to them because its an interesting situation considering how much talent they have.

ATLTimekeeper · Post #630 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 2:57 pm

Barnes needs to play well until the end of the year before I would feel comfortable spending a high pick on him. He just sucked for way too long and didn't have any answers. Blaming it on Drew seems a little much, Barnes took a lot of jumpers and he was ice cold for months.

JN · Post #631 » by JN » Sat Feb 5, 2011 3:19 pm

Today's College Schedule (roger's channels)

11:00 St. Louis at Xavier (SporsPack 431)

12:00 Butler at Cleveland St (Sporspack HD 492)

12:00 West Vrrginia at Villanova (TSN2 507)

12:00 Providence at Georgetown (Sportpack 433)

1:00 St. Johns at UCLA (CBS HD 523)

1:00 Wake Forest at Maryland (WSBK HD 571)

1:00 Northern Iowa at Drake (SP 431)

1:50 Auburn at Georgia (Peachtree 341)

1:30 Kansas St at Iowa St (SP 434)

1:30 Oklahoma at Oklahoma St (SP 435)

1:30 South Carolina at Vanderbilt (SP 436)

2:00 Baylor at Texas A&M (SP HD 491)

2:00 Rhode Island at Temple (SP 432)

2:00 Syracuse at South Florida (SP 438)

3:00 Green Bay at Milwaukee) (SP 431)

4:00 Iowa at Indiana (SP 432)

4"00 Kansas at Nebraska (SP 432)

4:00 Memphis at Gonzaga (SP HD 341)

4:00 Miss St at LSU (Peachtree 341)

4:00 Washington at Oregon (Sportsnet One HD 584)

5:00 Central Michigan at Kent St (SP 431)

6:00 Cincinnati at Pitt (SP 434)

6:00 Ole Miss at ALabama (SP 432)

6:00 Dayton at Lasalle (CBS College HD 547)

6:00 NC ST at Duke (SP HD 491)

7:00 UConn at Seton Hall (SP 431)

8:00 Depaul at Louisville (SP 433)

8:00 Loyola Marymount at St. Mary's (SP 432)

8:00 Colorado St at Wyoming (CBS College HD 547)

9:00 Kentucky at Florida (SCORE HD 509)

9:00 Texas Tech at Tecas (SP 431)

11:00 Louisiana Tech at Fresno (SP 431)

JN · Post #632 » by JN » Sat Feb 5, 2011 3:44 pm

PROSPECT GAMES

12:00 Butler at Cleveland St (Sporspack HD 492)
Shelvin Mack 2012 #47

12:00 West Vrrginia at Villanova (TSN2 507)
Mouphtao Yarou 2012 #5
Maiik Wayns 2012 #43

12:00 Providence at Georgetown (Sportpack 433)
Marshon Brooks 2011 #57

1:00 St. Johns at UCLA (CBS HD 523)
Tyler Honeycutt 2012 #20
Malcolm Lee 2012 #28
Joshua Smith 2012 #30

1:00 Wake Forest at Maryland (WSBK HD 571)
Jordan Williams 2012 #39

1:50 Auburn at Georgia (Peachtree 341)
Travis Leslie (2011 #23)
Trey Tompkins (2011 #27)

1:30 South Carolina at Vanderbilt (SP 436)
Jeff Taylor 2011 #17
Festus Ezeli 2012 #29
John Jenkins 2012 #36

2:00 Baylor at Texas A&M (SP HD 491)
Perry Jones 2011 #2
LaceDarius Dunn 2011 #52
Khris Middleton 2012 #16

2:00 Syracuse at South Florida (SP 438)
Kris Jospeh 2011 #32
Rick Jackson 2011 #48

4:00 Iowa at Indiana (SP 432)
Christain Watford (2012 #49)

4"00 Kansas at Nebraska (SP 432)
Marcus Morris 2011 #15
Josh Selby 2011 #20
Markieff Morris 2011 #25
Tyshawn Taylor 2011 #38
Thomas Robinson 2012 #17
Elijah Johnson 2012 #33

4:00 Memphis at Gonzaga (SP HD 341)
Will Barton 2012 #27

4:00 Miss St at LSU (Peachtree 341)
Renardo Sidney 2011 #58
Arnett Moultrie 2012 #55

4:00 Washington at Oregon (Sportsnet One HD 584)
Justin Holiday 2011 #44
Isiaah Thomas 2012 #40

6:00 Cincinnati at Pitt (SP 434)
Gilbert Brown 2011 #50
Brad Wannamaker 2011 #60
Ashton Gibbs 2012 #59

6:00 Ole Miss at ALabama (SP 432)
Jamychal Green 2012 #24

6:00 Dayton at Lasalle (CBS College HD 547)
Aaric Murray 2011 #51

6:00 NC ST at Duke (SP HD 491)
Nolan Smith 2011 #24
Kyle Singler 2011 #30
Mason Plumlee 2012 #10
CJ Leslie 2012 #18
Andre Dawkins 2012 #52

7:00 UConn at Seton Hall (SP 431)
Kemba Walker 2011 #7
Alex Oriakhi 2012 #31

8:00 Depaul at Louisville (SP 433)
Terrence Jennings 2012 #52

9:00 Kentucky at Florida (SCORE HD 509)
Terrence Jones 2011 #8
Brandon Knight 2011 #22
Patric Young 2012 #6
Deron Lamb 2012 #35

9:00 Texas Tech at Tecas (SP 431)
Jordan Hamilton 2011 #16
Tristan Thompson 2011 #26
Corey Joseph 2012 #20

11:00 Louisiana Tech at Fresno (SP 431)
Greg Smith 2012 #41

JN · Post #633 » by JN » Sat Feb 5, 2011 3:54 pm

SUNDAY GAMES

1:00 Michigan St at Wisconsin (CBS HD 523)
Jon Leuer 2011 #49
Dorrell Summers 2011 #55
Adrien Payne 2012 #34

2:00 American at Lehigh (CBS College HD 547)
2012 #60 C.J McCollum

2:00 Ohio St at Minnesota (SP HD 491)
Jared Sullinger 2011 #4
David Lighty 2011 #40
Rodney Williams 2012 #21
William Buford 2012 #42
Trevor Mbakwe 2012 #51
Deshaun Thomas 2012 #58

God Squad · Post #634 » by **God Squad** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 4:10 pm

I'm interested in the Texas game, Kentucky game, and even the Kansas game. I have yet to see Shelby play.

JN · Post #635 » by JN » Sat Feb 5, 2011 7:03 pm

Marshon Brooks of Providence with 41 points against Georgetown, singlehandedly keeping them in the game.

This guy might keep working himself into a late first round pick.

Rude Boy 1 · Post #636 » by **Rude Boy 1** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 8:14 pm

Perry Jones having a nice game today!

dagger · Post #637 » by **dagger** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 8:22 pm

Rude Boy 1 wrote:Perry Jones having a nice game today!

Funny, a couple of media with messages on Twitter calling his hesitation to shoot something to worry about for such a high pick.

fredericklove · Post #638 » by **fredericklove** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 8:31 pm

dagger wrote:
Rude Boy 1 wrote:Perry Jones having a nice game today!

Funny, a couple of media with messages on Twitter calling his hesitation to shoot something to worry about for such a high pick.

Ya, he's too damn passive. I worry about Raptors getting him lol. He doesn't look like he can take over a game.

Rude Boy 1 · Post #639 » by **Rude Boy 1** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 8:35 pm

dagger wrote:
Rude Boy 1 wrote:Perry Jones having a nice game today!

Funny, a couple of media with messages on Twitter calling his hesitation to shoot something to worry about for such a high pick.

I like his efficiency. Dunn is a black hole, he never shares the ball!

18ppg on 10 fga is amazing for a freshmen

God Squad · Post #640 » by **God Squad** » Sat Feb 5, 2011 9:01 pm

Is the Baylor game on still?