Katz: Patterson back to school

Another blow to the talent pool at and around #23

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It's only a blow if it moves up a guy who was on that 23 range wasn't there

Dammit, another topic to write about.

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by pookeyguru on May 8, 2009 4:40 PM PDT reply actions

Not sure what you mean

care to clarfy? If you mean he was going to be taken after 23 so it doesn’t matter, then yes, but I think he would have gone before 23. And yes, without him there are less potential talents at 23, so yes, the pool is fewer.

by LPKingsFan on May 8, 2009 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Well it just means that players who might have gone in the 23-30 range

Will now move farther up and be looked at differently by teams who wanted Patterson in the lower teens.

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by pookeyguru on May 8, 2009 8:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Yep

This is the concern over the next several weeks – how many of these mid to late 1st round guys will go back to school.

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by section214 on May 8, 2009 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Some of these guys should stay in

Because it’s not likely that staying in college is going to make them any more likely of a 1st round pick. As stupid and selfish as that sounds, I think that’s it.

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by pookeyguru on May 8, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Kentucky has a good chance to win the NCAA next season or at least go very far

Good coach. Several players returning. Several great recruits (DeMarcus Cousins, Daniel Orton, …). Potentially even adding John Wall.

It could boost the stock of Patterson, although this year’s big man crop is very thing outside of the top guys (Griffin, Thabeet, …). And scouts and GMs often advise “mediocre” talents that could go late in the first round but are not guaranteed to do so to go back to school for a year. I don’t like it for the draft depth in this one, but I don’t think it’s a bad decision for Patterson.

by Norsktroll on May 9, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Absolutely

Graduating from college never hurt anybody.

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by pookeyguru on May 9, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions