Matt: IMPORTANT PLEASE OPEN ASAP

[bankz]

A ton of discussion in shout box the last few days.

And we want to know if you can give ZPZ the responsibility to post prospect reports.

We figure you are really busy with RL stuff but we would like to get not only this years reports done. But also next years taken care of.

[ohhaithur]

I still think the ESPN Insider draft article + ratings is sufficient.

For example:

Summary:
Emeka Okafor
Emeka Okafor
Notes: College basketball's all-time shot blocker. Okafor has a very high IQ. He graduated from college in three years with a 3.75 gpa in finance. His family is from Nigeria, but Okafor grew up in Houston, Texas. He's hired Paul Pierce's agent, Jeff Schwartz.

Upside: Okafor is physical specimen. He's strong, athletic, quick, and a very good leaper. Okafor's bread and butter is his defense. He's a big-time shot blocker and a very aggressive rebounder. In the past he's struggled some on the offensive end, but this year he's been dominant there, too. He's developed a nice 10-foot jumper and has been looking for his shot more. To top it off, he's extremely smart and a very hard worker. Most scouts consider him the most NBA-ready prospect in the draft. The comparisons to a young Alonzo Mourning don't seem that far off.

Downside: Height used to be an issue. But when you factor in his wingspan (7-foot-4) and his standing reach (9-foot-3 1/2) it's silly. He's as big as most centers in the league. His free-throw shooting is pretty bad, and his perimeter game still needs some work. He's still pretty raw offensively. The other big concern for Okafor is his health. He suffered a hairline fracture in his back in March and played through the pain most of the year. Bad backs scare the daylights out of every GM in the league. They're difficult to fix, and back problems have a tendency to reoccurr. Every GM to whom I spoke is concerned about it. Okafor and his agent, Jeff Schwartz, say it isn't a problem. The back is great," Okafor said when I asked him about it. Schwartz was more specific. "He got a clean bill of health from the doctors here (at UConn)," Schwartz told Insider. "I know teams will want talk to the doctors and see for themselves, but at the end of the day, I think this is going to be a non-issue. Emeka doesn't have a bad back. He had an injury, and it's healed now."

Insider Projection: Unless there is something seriously wrong with his back, Okafor will be either the first or second pick in this year's draft. If Orlando keeps the pick, it's tough to see them passing on him.


Ratings: B- F+ C- B- B- A

[bankz]

Aug 27, 2010 13:11:01 GMT -5 ohhaithur said:

I still think the ESPN Insider draft article + rankings is sufficient

I agree

My beef is not the profiles its the lack of profiles.


2005 Draft Profiles should be getting posted now.

[poetic]

I'll let the thread stay up so you guys can say what you want. But he did say he'd be doing around 9 reports tonight.

I do agree I'd like to be a year ahead, but it's his league. Not gonna harass him to do things my way. As long as the reports are done before the season ends, good enough.

[rv12]

Disagree. I think Matt is doing fine with it. Would I like to see them earlier? Yes, but I don't see any reason to take them away.

[heel7tiger]

bankz gon get ohhaithurd

[dumptime]

what Matt said on TMB....

Dump how about you fucking get off my back. There is no rush. Its how I'm doing it every year. So quit piggybacking onto my posts and bitching.

www.the-mainboard.com/forum/index.php/topic,63392.msg2214759.html#quickreply

[ohhaithur]

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[Matt]

Dump one more fucking little bitch for your bitch ass finers and your gone. You of all people should worship the ground I walk on as I wanted to fire your ass a long time ago, let you stay on, and helped you improve and even removed your hot seat.

Look people. Like it or not. Profiles will go up as the season moves on. I'm sorry if that's not how you want it.

I'm doing some more today. Then another batch is being released in a few days.

its always going to be like this.

They heavy hitters will all be done by playoff time and the big big boys usually before trade deadline.

Sorry to be an ass but Dump has royally pissed me off posting every time behind my posts on tmb and bitching.

[rv12]

Pretty fucked up that you call Dump out but don't even mention the guy who has been leading the charge on this.

[poetic]

Dump was buggin' him on TMB rv, that's why.

[dumptime]

I just want this to be like the other league where the commish is actually somewhat active in the league

[rv12]

Aug 27, 2010 13:50:00 GMT -5 poetic said:

Dump was buggin' him on TMB rv, that's why.

I retract my statement then. Was unaware of this.

[heel7tiger]

o/u dump fired by sim time

[dumptime]

I made one post about this on TMB

only because most of the people on here wanted this to happen

and Matt hasn't been on here in a while