Mason Plumlee... 2010 Draft?
April 2010, just picture it... K is busy hanging his 4th banner in the rafters; Harrison, Kyrie and Roscoe are busy packing for summer school in Durham; Kyle has declared his intention to stay and repeat in 2011; and IC is rampant with fury and jealousy after a 7-9 ACC season and 2nd round NIT exit. Now picture DBR - will we have a "Mason Plumlee Draft Prospects" thread up at the top of the page??
I look at a couple recent examples from down the road... Brendan Wright, Marvin Williams, Ed Davis (and now allegedly John Henson), who all were/are long, versatile, athletic 6'9"+ forwards who were either drafted or projected in the lottery after their freshman year. What's more, with the exception of Wright, none of them put up (or are expected to put up) numbers that are out of range of what many posters on this board are projecting for Mason.
Now, Mason is probably the least polished, but I think he is the most intriguing physical prospect of the bunch. No matter how he performs this year, an agile 6'11 with a 7'2"+ wingspan (from the looks) and hefty vertical is a very unique talent. Given the NBA's propensity for drafting based on potential, I'm curious... do you expect we will at least be having this conversation next summer?
(And yes, it's way to early for rational people to "worry" about this... but what else are we going to speculate about that we haven't already worn out this summer?):rolleyes:
Wild and Unlikely Scenarios Thread
We should start a wild and unlikely scenarios thread that is a catch-all for ideas like this one, new threads started between the hours of Midnight and 4am, guys we arent recruiting, and fans attempts at allocating mpg to the players on the roster. This could really keep things organized!
Super "Can't for the team picture to come out so people can discuss how ripped someone looks!" Dave
WOW, tough crowd today...
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Originally Posted by
DukeDevilDeb
Only Greg Newton could come up with a scenario like this! Please, go watch Duke play on ESPN Classic. Hang in there, folks! We will have a season... just not yet! Go DEVILS!
LOL, okay, okay, you're right... UNC makes a third round NIT exit. That last scenario was just silly.;)
Look, my main point is this: many posters have said their optimistic-but-realistic projection for him this year is around 8 and 6. If Duke has a successful year, does that type of season put him in the draft conversation given that he is a 6-11 freshman freak-athlete at a top-flight program? Again, see Ed Davis. Personally, I think it might. We'll see. I don't think it's "stupid" or "wild" to even suggest it.
I've long been of the opinion that Mason has the most raw NBA potential of any recruit we've landed in the latter half of the decade, or any we are currently pursuing (with the exception of HB). The fact that our two best players have been gushing about his talent level and readiness to start after just 2 months of summer play has not done much to dissuade me of this opinion. Just because he is currently under the radar of all-knowing nbadraft.net does not make this opinion indisputably wrong.
But mods, if you feel this thread should be locked, that's fine. I personally think it's a legitimate question to bring up given a) how much folks have projected Mason's 2009-2010 season and b) how many folks are discussing the potential 2010-2011 season already, but we can keep the August banter to interpreting Kyrie Irving's various twitter updates and debating whether we're 8th vs. 9th on Brandon Knight's list if that's so much less "ridiculous"...:D