Comments on: BJ Mullens Selected by the Dallas Mavericks http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2009/06/bj-mullens-selected-by-the-dallas-mavericks.php we will fight to the end for O-HI-O, but we can't promise to be any good at it Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:31:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fear the Elf http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2009/06/bj-mullens-selected-by-the-dallas-mavericks.php/comment-page-1#comment-2234 Fear the Elf Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:02:02 +0000 http://www.ourhonordefend.com/?p=816#comment-2234 OKC is a pretty good place for him. The havey Nenad Kristc and Jeff Green who will start in the frontcourt. They almost got Tyson Chandler in January, but backed out. If he bulks up, I could a little of Chandler in Mullens. OKC also has a ton of cap space and some extra draft picks coming up, so it's a nice spot for him. BTW - Hate Stern all you want, but no way is he worse than Selig. How many commissioners see a major work stoppage and a major drug scandal on their watch? OKC is a pretty good place for him. The havey Nenad Kristc and Jeff Green who will start in the frontcourt. They almost got Tyson Chandler in January, but backed out. If he bulks up, I could a little of Chandler in Mullens. OKC also has a ton of cap space and some extra draft picks coming up, so it’s a nice spot for him.

BTW – Hate Stern all you want, but no way is he worse than Selig. How many commissioners see a major work stoppage and a major drug scandal on their watch?

]]> By: El Caballo de Sangre http://www.ourhonordefend.com/2009/06/bj-mullens-selected-by-the-dallas-mavericks.php/comment-page-1#comment-2233 El Caballo de Sangre Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:08:48 +0000 http://www.ourhonordefend.com/?p=816#comment-2233 I couldn't care less about the NBA; but I hate to see orphaned posts, y'know? So: I was thinking about these five one-and-dones the last three years, and how everybody and their uncle is insisting that Matta needs to stop with these kinds of guys, and it occurs to me that that's easier said than done. Not to mention, those five guys seem to fall into four distinct categories: Oden and Conley: Unquestionably ready to go, not necessarily swayed by dreams of dollar signs dancing through their heads. Also guys who are likely to finish degrees somewhere down the line. Cook: Not at all interested in being a college student, probably only ever planned on playing one year, had a skill set that's probably better suited to the league than college anyway. Koufos: Probably would have stayed another year if it weren't for his great season-ending run that misled him about his actual viability as an NBA prospect at the moment of decision. This is the only guy that I think could be said to have made a "mistake" by bolting. Mullens: Absolutely should have stayed another year (or two, or three) development-wise, but it's awful hard to gainsay his choice when you consider the grinding poverty of his upbringing. I think anybody who thinks Matta needs to "stop" the trend of one-and-dones needs to say which of those five players he shouldn't have bothered to bring to Columbus - the only one I'd have passed on is Cook. Until the talent/wins drop off, or the program collapses in an inferno of NCAA sanctions, I say we leave Matta alone to run it as he sees fit. I couldn’t care less about the NBA; but I hate to see orphaned posts, y’know? So: I was thinking about these five one-and-dones the last three years, and how everybody and their uncle is insisting that Matta needs to stop with these kinds of guys, and it occurs to me that that’s easier said than done. Not to mention, those five guys seem to fall into four distinct categories:

Oden and Conley: Unquestionably ready to go, not necessarily swayed by dreams of dollar signs dancing through their heads. Also guys who are likely to finish degrees somewhere down the line.
Cook: Not at all interested in being a college student, probably only ever planned on playing one year, had a skill set that’s probably better suited to the league than college anyway.
Koufos: Probably would have stayed another year if it weren’t for his great season-ending run that misled him about his actual viability as an NBA prospect at the moment of decision. This is the only guy that I think could be said to have made a “mistake” by bolting.
Mullens: Absolutely should have stayed another year (or two, or three) development-wise, but it’s awful hard to gainsay his choice when you consider the grinding poverty of his upbringing.

I think anybody who thinks Matta needs to “stop” the trend of one-and-dones needs to say which of those five players he shouldn’t have bothered to bring to Columbus – the only one I’d have passed on is Cook. Until the talent/wins drop off, or the program collapses in an inferno of NCAA sanctions, I say we leave Matta alone to run it as he sees fit.

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