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Brice Johnson seems to have a little Adriean Payne to him - explosive and quick leaper, but not a lot of lower body weight or strength and also seems to lack good court awareness, i.e. not the brightest bulb of the bunch out there.

This is based on only seeing him in a few tournament games, but this seems to jibe with how some of the professional mock draft sites have him pegged.

Q12543 wrote:Brice Johnson seems to have a little Adriean Payne to him - explosive and quick leaper, but not a lot of lower body weight or strength and also seems to lack good court awareness, i.e. not the brightest bulb of the bunch out there.

This is based on only seeing him in a few tournament games, but this seems to jibe with how some of the professional mock draft sites have him pegged.

Yeah, I'm not a fan.

As a Heels fan, I couldn't be more heartbroken right now.

Thon maker is the real deal. If he is availble at our pick we need to take him. I would take him number one overall. This kid is crazy good. Mark my words, this kid will be the best player from this draft.

crazysauce wrote:Thon maker is the real deal. If he is availble at our pick we need to take him. I would take him number one overall. This kid is crazy good. Mark my words, this kid will be the best player from this draft.

Ehh... I definitely wouldn't go that far, especially with so little to go on. He's a very intriguing prospect, as I said before, but he has his issues as well. Our top-five or even top-seven shouldn't be affected by whether or not he's eligible for the draft.

Heck of a game tonight. I got busy doing other stuff and had forgotten about the game and turned it on late in the 1st half and glad I did. What a finish. I didn't really care who won going into the game but was pulling a bit for Nova down the stretch. UNC made a heck of rally when at point it seemed Nova had the game.

Villanova's Daniel Ochefu would be a good guy to sign and take a look at this summer if he doesn't get drafted. He was Villanova's defensive anchor. He protects the paint well, rebounds, blocks shots and is an efficient scorer. He also doesn't kill you at the free throw line. He ranked in the top 5 in the nation in BPM and DBPM and was 6th in D-Rating.

TeamRicky wrote:Villanova's Daniel Ochefu would be a good guy to sign and take a look at this summer if he doesn't get drafted. He was Villanova's defensive anchor. He protects the paint well, rebounds, blocks shots and is an efficient scorer. He also doesn't kill you at the free throw line. He ranked in the top 5 in the nation in BPM and DBPM and was 6th in D-Rating.

It looked like he has a pretty good mop game also.

What was weird was they were talking about him being tired and asking about coming out of the game. Maybe it wasn't a big deal or was over reported or something but that was something to consider.

http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Thon-Maker-Exclusive-Post-NBA-Draft-Decision-Interview-5417/

Thon Maker Interview. He sounds passionate.

Allen is staying. I like that for him. I think he needs to play PG in college to improve his draft stock. Not sure if he will get the chance though.