briggs - what's the difference between him and patrick o'bryant?

Posted by BRIGGS:


From what I can see-this guy has all of the *talent* and just needs *time* to put it all together and get stronger. When you draft a guy --to me it's not the first year Im most concerned with--it's what I will get in the prime years.

I would have no problem grabbing another pick to try and land Mullens. Really im hoping Hill falls to us at #8 and we could grab a late rd PG instead.

Mullens has talent and potential but thats also not allways enough, so if he was our 2nd first rd pick then it would be worth the shot. To make him our pick though is to risky though.

you can tell mullens will be a solid pro. i would have no problem taking him if curry, evans, holiday, derozan, rubio and harden were off the board.

not sure about his defense, but his offense would clearly be a fit in this system.

You know what I just don't get here --- Ohio State just produced 2 quality NBA centers, Oden & Koufos. Oden was the #1 pick overall and even though Utah hasn't given him the PT yet because of their logjam up front, Koufos is highly skilled & can definitely play... These are guys who were highly thought of, comfortable & productive in the Buckeye program playing for head coach Thad Matta. I don't ever recall hearing any problems between these two and the coach. They thrived under him as a matter of fact. Now all of a sudden this kid Mullens comes along, has a sub-par year where legit questions concerning his drive to get better & earn additional PT and a starting role are conveniently pushed aside by camp Mullens and his supporters in favor of an endless string of excuses. Now all of a sudden it's Thad Matta's fault and Matta doesn't know how to develop big men and his system doesn't cater to post players?? Have I got that right? Come on.. You mean to tell me his down year never had anything to do with the fact that he may not have worked hard enough in practice - a persistent rumor throughout the season btw? And now the kid has the onions to start comparing himself to A'mare and The Ticket in pre-draft interviews? Wow. That's all I have to say...

[Edited by - finestrg on 06-14-2009 7:07 PM]

Posted by Bippity10:

I would like to commend Briggs on posting these Youtube videos properly. This is a much greater feat then anything Mullens could pull off.

it only took 12435 posts, but better late than never.

yeah, i would love to take a project big like mullens, but you need another pick to do it, no way he's a number 8 pick right now with the other players available