Things to Do in Memphis While Waiting for the NBA Draft
Look ahead to the NBA draft!
Ian Thomsen on si.com likes these five for the potential top of a deep draft (one's a name that has been off my radar):
1. Michael Beasley---Kansas State
2. Derrick Rose---Memphis
3. Danilo Gallinari---Italy
4. Eric Gordon---Indiana
5. Anthony Randolph---LSU
Beasley, Gordon, and Rose I am well aware of. Add in Gallinari as the token Euro I would expect to not know about but who is always in such lists, and we are almost there. But, Randolph? I'd missed the boat on him. But Thomson says:
"Anthony Randolph (18 years old), 6-11 freshman PF, LSU. I admit he's a longshot to go this high, but who knows? It's shaping up to be a four-player draft, followed by several murkier picks based on long-term potential.
"Randolph has the most upside of anybody,'' an NBA scout said. "This guy, if you walked into his gym, you'd say, 'I'm looking at Chris Bosh [when he was a freshman at Georgia Tech]. He's from Dallas, he's skinny and left-handed, skilled and athletic -- all like Bosh. He doesn't shoot it quite as well as Bosh did, and we have a lot more to learn about him over the next two months. But he could become Chris Bosh.''
Well. I'm listening. That's even interesting, as our next meeting of Grizzlies fans (the four left) will involve power-point presentations of who the Grizzlies might take at #4 overall (since the lottery hates the team too).
Randolph:
