Is he even being considered at #9?

Bulls also looked at Brewer and Thornton:

maybe they thing mcroberts might fall to them in the second round...

I doubt it. It's just a case of working out a big man who's projected to go about 10 spots behind our pick in case they see something they really like in him. It's the same reason we worked out Jason Smith, and some guards/SF's. The Bulls are just making sure they know what's out there available to them.

Reports out of NJ are that he will not get past the 17th pick, unless one of the top prospects slip.

He's starting to look like the next Shavlik Randolph or Chris Duhon: high school superstar that goes to Duke and either doesn't develop or actually gets worse (I'm still wondering where Chris Duhon's jumper went, IIRC he won the 3-point shootout at the McDonald's All-American game).

He looked like he had all the tools to be a star in college and it just didn't happen. He was a great inside-out threat when he got on campus, and he proved to be a solid defender after that. However, his shooting range that was such a big part of his game seems to have disappeared and he just doesn't dominate like he should.

If the lightbulb ever goes on the kid will be a very good player, like a more athletic Brad Miller(nbadraft.net and draftexpress say Chris Webber if things go well. I can see that comparison stylewise, but McRoberts isn't ANYWHERE NEAR as athletic). I could very easily see him being an absolute stiff though, especially if he can't rediscover his outside shot.

The scariest part about McRoberts working out today was that he officially got into the draft today, hired an agent. Did he get some sort of promise?

I wonder if the Bulls are looking at another trade down scenario?

I think the deadline for backing out is pretty darn soon?

deadline isnt until the 18th

today on ESPN his agent was quoted as saying he's projected to go between "9 and 18"

scary......

Ouch, I hope it's close to 18. I'd MUCH rather take Noah, Hawes, or Smith, McRoberts has way too high a bust factor for my liking, especially since he probably doesn't have superstar potential...

also, all of those guys will be able to play center eventually-smith and noah need to put some weight on-and hawes was just weighed as 255, which is a good place to start

mcroberts will only be able to play the 4, and yeah, i like all of those guys better than him

even if something crazy happened and Yi, hawes, and noah were all gone, Jason smith will DEFINATELY be there at 9, and he can score inside

If he did, we would be getting a stellar talent in the first round. McRoberts just has some other issues and hasn't really lived up to his hype but he has a lot of tools.

McRoberts could be the type of guy they consider if no one is on the board they like at 9 and opt to move down.

If by some chance, all of the big guys on the board are somehow gone by 9, then someone will give us a lot IMO to take a shot at Conley or Brewer, because someone like that would HAVE to be remaining on the board for all of the interesting big guys to be gone. If we're getting another big guy from someone and trading downwards so that McRoberts only winds up being our #4 or #5 big man, that's something I think we can tolerate.

i followed mcroberts in his 2 years with duke alot, b/c im a duke fan, and he might be the most overrated ncaa player in the history of the ncaa. i hope to god they dont draft him

Oh, that's a bit harsh. He's definitely not as good as the hype that surrounded him before this year, but there are definitely others. Heck, even for just this year I'd say Dominic James was more overrated.

You gave me an idea, I'm going to start a thread to that effect in the general basketball forum.

in 2 years, mcroberts averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds. thats not good at all. everyone says- well he's athletic. i dont care, 90% of the nba players are athletic. in james' career at marquette, he averaged 15 points, and im not sure how many assists. i would take james before mcroberts

McRoberts also took FAR fewer shots. He attempted just under 10 a game this year and barely 5 as a freshman playing with Redick and Williams (can't really blame him for the latter). James took over 13 a game each year, and wasn't particularly efficent this year. He shot 38.4% from the field (and that came up at the end of the year)and only 27.2% from the arc. James shot his team out of games just as frequently as he shot them into games, maybe even moreso. There's a reason that James is going back to Marquette, there wasn't anywhere near enough interest in him.

McRoberts is solid defender and an underrated passer (3.5 assists per game for a big is pretty good, especially one that doesn't domiante the ball) that is a pretty good athlete and has better scoring touch than he showed at Duke. James on the other hand is a SG in a point guards' body that thinks he's a better shooter than he is and struggles to run a team. He REALLY needs to improve his shot selection and work on learning how to control the tempo and run the offense if he wants to be anywhere near as good as his hype.

J. J. Redick.

are u saying hes the most overrated ncaa player ever?

um. just say no to mcroberts

At least that I can remember.

besides not winning any huge games, give me a reason why he was overrated

Well, never winning any big games is kind of a big reason. He's undersized, and the only thing he does well is shoot. Not to mention he has had some pretty good teammates to save his ass.

I gotta disagree with soxfan1 on that. Reddick was pretty damn sick in college. Sure ESPN raved about him, but for cripes sake he freaking dominated even though he was consistently getting double teamed, hell sometimes triple teamed.

His abilities just don't project into stardom in the NBA but he was pretty freaking ridiculous at Duke.

Maybe I just hate JJ Redick?

Yeah JJ Redick was an outstanding college player, hard to call him over-rated.

you're right. jj was redick-ulous as a blue devil. too bad it more than likely wont work out for orlando

i dont know why u hate him so much. hes probably in the top 3 best shooters the ncaa has ever seen

Well, I'm a UNC guy over Duke, and Redick just rubbed me the wrong way for some reason. Kind of unexplainable. I just don't like the guy.

Didn't like the poetry, huh?

here's the deal with reddick

if your looking at him as a steve kerr type guy i think he can have a long nba career as a shooting specialist off the bench

but bc dicke vitale and ESPN hyped the spiff out of this kid and made him a star instead of giving coach K's system the credit he's just not going to live up to those standards.

Gordon Giricek with a bigger threat to have the occasional standout scoring performance.

Steve Kerr 2.0 SGedition