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Jul 07 2009

2009 Kansas Jayhawks Recruiting, Xavier Henry

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The Kansas Jayhawks head Coach must  be wondering if he should be lighting votive candles due to the fact that he has secured one of the top high school prospects in the country. After all the hoopla surrounding Xavier Henry, the young man finally made the decision to become part of the 2009 Kansas Jayhawks Men’s Basketball Recruiting class. Bill Self must be waking up with a smile on his face every single day. Many basketball experts feel that with the signing of Xavier Henry and the returning players that Self will have at his disposal, Kansas now positions itself as possibly the team to beat in the upcoming 2009-2010 NCAA basketball season.

 

2009 Kansas Jayhawk Recruiting – Xavier Henry’s Background

 

This native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, played 4 years for the Putnam City Pirates winning 2 state championships in the process. When all was said and done, he had received every All State and All American honor that could be handed out. He ended with a scoring average of over 28 points per game and for the longest time was considered the top basketball recruit in the country. His ranking may have suffered due to an accident that left him with a broken cheekbone before the start of his senior season, but those who had the pleasure of watching him play knew what a talent this young man truly was. Many times it looked like a man playing against boys, yes, he was just that dominant. 

 

 

2009 Kansas Jayhawk Recruiting – Xavier Henry’s Skill Set

 

Let’s face it, the 6ft 6in. tall and a solid 225lbs. Henry should create match-up nightmares for the opponents of the Kansas Jayhawks in the upcoming 2009-2010 season. Although he is listed as a shooting guard, he has the athleticism and the strength, yes, a body of a tight end, to play down low if he so chooses. With his excellent size and strength, he has the ability to overpower smaller defenders and score easily jn the paint. With his long range shooting ability, he also can spread out the defense to create open lanes for his teammates. He has shown consistency from 3 point range but still needs to develop a midrange jumper to keep his opponents guessing. What he needs to work on is his ball handling skills so he won’t be prone to the quick hands of smaller defenders. With his size, Henry showed excellent rebounding ability on both ends of the floor and wasn’t hesitant to go coast to coast if the defense was caught sleeping. Overall this young man has a solid game both offensively and defensively and look for him to start contributing for the Jayhawks right from the opening of the 2009-2010 basketball season.

 

 

Refs:

 

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Xavier-Henry-1324/

http://collegebasketball.about.com/od/recruiting/p/xavier-henry.htm

http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/bgnDhsZ70E2LiwfKd8p0Yw/basketball-winter-07-08/stats-xavier-henry.htm

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/tracker/player?recruitId=43687&season=2009&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncb%2frecruiting%2ftracker%2fplayer%3frecruitId%3d43687%26season%3d2009

 

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Jun 25 2009

2010 NBA Mock Draft

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2010 NBA Mock Draft Updated 29 Oct 09.

Since college basketball season is almost here, I have updated my 2010 NBA Mock Draft. I’ve tweaked the format to be a little nicer on the eyes than the last edition. The draft order is also very notional at this point based on last year’s finish and not taking into account any performance to-day in this year’s NBA season. After the NBA season is  more mature, I will add the teams back to the mock draft along with the picks. Still a lot of basketball to be played to include the 2010 NCAA tournament, so it will be interesting to see which of the freshmen on the mock draft hold up to the hype, and which take a bit of ’seasoning’ to be ready for the NBA. So far, the #1 projected pick in most mock drafts on the Internet, John Wall, has lived up to his billing.

2010 NBA Mock Draft – Round 1

(Entries order reads: Draft Position in Round, Name, Position, Age, Ht, Wt, College, College Class)

2010 NBA Mock Draft #1 – John Wall  PG – 19 years old; 6′3″; 175 lbs. Kentucky, Freshman

2010 NBA Mock Draft #2 – Derrick Favors  PF/C 18 years old; 6′9″; 215 lbs. Georgia Tech, Freshman

2010 NBA Mock Draft #3 – Donatas Motiejunas  PF/C 19 years old; 7′0″; 215 lbs. Benetton Treviso, International

2010 NBA Mock Draft #4 – Cole Aldrich  C 20 years old; 6′11″; 250 lbs. Kansas, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #5 – Patrick Patterson  PF 20 years old; 6′8″; 223 lbs. Kentucky, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #6 – Willie Warren  SG 20 years old; 6′4″; 200 lbs. Oklahoma, Sophomore

2010 NBA Mock Draft #7 – Evan Turner  SG/SF 21 years old; 6′7″; 205 lbs.Ohio State, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #8 –  Al-Farouq Aminu  SF/PF 19 years old; 6′8″; 210 lbs. Wake Forest, Sophomore

2010 NBA Mock Draft #9 – Ed Davis  PF 20 years old; 6′9″; 215 lbs. North Carolina, Sophomore

2010 NBA Mock Draft #10 –  Greg Monroe  PF/C 19 years old; 6′11″; 240 lbs. Georgetown, Sophomore

2010 NBA Mock Draft #11 – John Henson  PF years old; 6′10″; 200 lbs. North Carolina, Freshman

2010 NBA Mock Draft #12 – DeMarcus Cousins  PF/C 19 years old; 6′10″; 270 lbs. Kentucky, Freshman

2010 NBA Mock Draft #13 – Damion James  PF 22 years old; 6′7″; 225 lbs. Texas, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #14 – Solomon Alabi  C 21 years old; 7′1″; 230 lbs.Florida State, Sophomore

2010 NBA Mock Draft #15 – Larry Sanders  PF/C 20 years old; 6′9″; 205 lbs. VCU, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #16 – Jan Vesely  SF 19 years old; 6′11″; 240 lbs.KK Partizan Belgrade, International

2010 NBA Mock Draft #17 – Greivis Vasquez SG/PG, 6′6″, 195 lbs, Maryland, Sr.

2010 NBA Mock Draft #18 – Kyle Singler  SF/PF 21 years old; 6′9″; 210 lbs. Duke, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #19 – Avery Bradley  SG years old; 6′3″; 180 lbs. Texas, Freshman

2010 NBA Mock Draft #20 – Craig Brackins  PF/C 22 years old; 6′10″; 230 lbs. Iowa State, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #21 – Terrico White  PG/SG 19 years old; 6′5″; 211 lbs. Mississippi, Sophomore

2010 NBA Mock Draft #22 – Trevor Booker  PF 21 years old; 6′7″; 215 lbs. Clemson, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #23 – Tyler Smith  SF/PF 23 years old; 6′7″; 210 lbs. Tennessee, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #24 – Xavier Henry  SG years old; 6′6″; 210 lbs. Kansas, Freshman

2010 NBA Mock Draft #25 – Devin Ebanks  SF/PF 20 years old; 6′8″; 205 lbs. West Virginia, Sophomore

2010 NBA Mock Draft #26 – Gani Lawal  PF/C 20 years old; 6′8″; 233 lbs. Georgia Tech, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #27 – Deon Thompson  PF 21 years old; 6′8″; 245 lbs. North Carolina, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #28 – Lance Stephenson  SG 19 years old; 6′5″; 200 lbs. Cincinnati, Freshman

2010 NBA Mock Draft #29 – Kalin Lucas  PG 20 years old; 6′0″; 180 lbs. Michigan State, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #30 – Sherron Collins  PG 22 years old; 5′11″; 190 lbs. Kansas, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft – Round 2

(Entries order reads: Draft Position in Round, Name, Position, Age, Ht, Wt, College, College Class)

2010 NBA Mock Draft #1 – Alexey Shved  PG/SG 20 years old; 6′5″; 161 lbs.CSKA Moscow, International

2010 NBA Mock Draft #2 – Sylven Landesberg  SG 19 years old; 6′6″; 185 lbs. Virginia, Sophomore

2010 NBA Mock Draft #3 - Chris Wright (Dayton)  SF/PF 21 years old; 6′8″; 214 lbs. Dayton, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #4 – Jarvis Varnado  PF 21 years old; 6′9″; 210 lbs. Mississippi St., Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #5 – Stanley Robinson  SF/PF 21 years old; 6′9″; 212 lbs. Connecticut, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #6 – Andrew Ogilvy  C 21 years old; 7′0″; 240 lbs.Vanderbilt, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #7 – Kenneth Faried  PF 19 years old; 6′8″; 215 lbs. Morehead State, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #8 – Manny Harris  SG/SF 20 years old; 6′5″; 170 lbs. Michigan, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #9 – Luke Harangody  PF 21 years old; 6′8″; 251 lbs. Notre Dame, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #10 – Vladimir Dasic  SF/PF 21 years old; 6′9″; 225 lbs. Real Madrid, International

2010 NBA Mock Draft #11 – Matt Bouldin  PG/SG 21 years old; 6′5″; 214 lbs. Gonzaga, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #12 – Jerome Jordan  C 23 years old; 7′0″; 235 lbs.Tulsa, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #13 – Da’Sean Butler  SF/PF 21 years old; 6′7″; 205 lbs.West Virginia, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #14 – Marko Keselj  SF/PF 21 years old; 6′10″; 0 lbs. BC Red Star Belgrade, International

2010 NBA Mock Draft #15 – JP Prince SG, 6′7″, 205 lbs, Tennessee Volunteers, Sr.

2010 NBA Mock Draft #16 – Artsiom Parakhouski  C 22 years old; 6′11″; 260 lbs. Radford, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #17 – Quincy Pondexter  SF 21 years old; 6′7″; 220 lbs. Washington, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #18 – James Anderson  SG/SF 20 years old; 6′6″; 195 lbs. Oklahoma State, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #19 – Mac Koshwal  PF years old; 6′10″; 240 lbs. DePaul, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #20 – Patrick Christopher  SG/SF 21 years old; 6′5″; 215 lbs. California, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #21 – Renardo Sidney  PF years old; 6′9″; 250 lbs. Mississippi St., Freshman

2010 NBA Mock Draft #22 – Dwayne Collins  PF/C 21 years old; 6′8″; 232 lbs. Miami, FL, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #23 – Tasmin Mitchell SF/PF, 6′7″, 235 lbs, LSU Tigers, Sr.

2010 NBA Mock Draft #24 –  Arinze Onuaku PF/C, 6′10″, 275 lbs, Syracuse Orangemen, Sr.

2010 NBA Mock Draft #25 – Lazar Hayward SF, 6′7″, 205lbs, Marquette, Sr.

2010 NBA Mock Draft #26 – Damian Saunders  PF 20 years old; 6′7″; 205 lbs. Duquesne, Junior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #27 – Michael Washington  PF 23 years old; 6′10″; 224 lbs. Arkansas, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #28 – Jerome Dyson  PG/SG 22 years old; 6′3″; 180 lbs. Connecticut, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #29 – Dexter Pittman  C 21 years old; 6′10″; 310 lbs. Texas, Senior

2010 NBA Mock Draft #30 – Artem Zabelin  PF 21 years old; 7′1″; 200 lbs.CSKA Moscow, International

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Jun 06 2009

Memphis Basketball Recruiting – Should Josh Pastner Pursue Lance Stephenson?

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Lance Stephenson

Lance Stephenson

Memphis Basketball Coach Josh Pastner still has a few scholarship spots available for next season for the “Right [level] player.” Lance Stephenson is one of the highest ranked 2009 prospects that remains unsigned for the 2009 NCAA recruiting class. At 6′6″ and 195lbs, Stephenson already has NBA size and would be one of the last pieces that Pastner needs to compliment his already stellar 2009 Memphis Tigers Basketball Recruiting class that has been put together in the past 8 weeks. What’s the problem with Stephenson? Well, he and a teammate are going back to court on June 29th on sexual assualt charges for groping a female student. Arizona and Memphis have been mentioned as two of the front-runners in Stephenson’s recruitment. Kansas had previously been thought to have the lead until Xavier Henry reneged on his committment to Memphis after Coach John Calipari left for Kentucky this past spring.Memphis Basketball Recruiting – Lance Stephenson’s Pedigree

If you don’t know who Lance Stephenson is, then the best place to check out first is the online documentary made of his junior season at Lincoln High School in Coney Island, New York. He’s best known in New York for leading his team for four City Basketball championships while living in a poorer area of the city. Stephenson has been one of the most productive scorers in his high school class for several years. He’s considered to have solid ball handling skills and scores close to the rim similar to Tyreke Evans and Derek Rose at the same point in their careers. On the downside, Lance is not considered to have outstanding quickness and relies on his size to overpower the smaller guards he has competed against in high school. He’s also considered to be a bit greedy with the ball at times compared to other high-profile players in his class.

Should Coach Pastner Pursue Lance Stephenson?

That’s the main question. With the turmoil that the Tigers basketball program has gone through over the past two months, should recruiting a star prospect who is pending sexual assualt charges be added to the mix? Many major college coaches don’t consider Stephenson to be worth the trouble despite his talent. Even if he beats the charges later in June or pleads to a lesser charge, would Stephenson be worth the risk to bring to Memphis? Someone will definitely sign the kid (or whatever we call the variant of obligating to a school since the May signing period is over). Stepheson would bring one of the last pieces of the puzzle to the Memphis Tigers for the 2009-10 season in a high profile, scoring guard. Do you give the young man a second chance and get him out of New York? I think if Coach P does pursue him, that he can’t give the young man any leeway. First sign of trouble if he does come to town and he needs to be sent home…that is, if he’s worth the trouble to bring in the first place.

 

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