List of early NBA entrants next year

[squeaky]

Here is a list predicting which juniors to be will leave early next year for the NBA. Most I would agree with. But #10 is P.J. Couisnard of Wichita State. I agree he is a very good player, but NBA? I doubt it. He's listed at 6'3" and that's tough to get into the NBA at 6'3" if you are not a point guard. Even Darren Brooks go no interest from the NBA and he was an MVC POY!

http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9468569

http://www.goshockers.com/sports/roster.aspx?ID=28&tbl=MensBasketballRoster

[romar]

Cousinard is a shooter though & Brooks was a slasher, the NBA seems to set a premium on 2's who can shoot the ball well. That said, in the MCV I'd have taken Brooks hands down.

[tornado]

romar, what exactly defines a "shooter" that you are classifying Cousnard as one?

PJ Cousnard hits only 27-77 on 3-pointers!! (well under one per game)
That's light years WORSE than Darren Brooks!!!
In his senior year Brooks hit 39.4% of his 3's (and connecting on over 50% more 3's than PJ did), 43% of his 3's in conference play, and 46% of his shots overall.
He also hit 48% of his shots as a junior, and if you count every 3-pointer he ever took in his 5 years in college, even way back to his frosh year, he still hit over 36%, way better than PJ's very best year in college.

PJ's overall FG% in his best college season is worse than Brooks' in his worst!

[romar]

My bad, I was confusing the Cousinard kid with Sean Ogirri. He was their shooter.

[tornado]

OK, I think a player like Ogirri (along the lines of Salim Stoudamire) could be a 2-guard in the NBA if he can hit from that disctance consistently enough, and Ogirri might be able to. But Cousnard has to have a pretty open shot to be effective, and at 6'3" he won't get many in the NBA.