The Wright Move

After worrying that he would come back and haunt my dreams for another year, Brandon Wright will declare for the NBA Draft on Monday morning. When you're a Top 3 pick, you can't pass that up for any reason even if you want to win a national title and you enjoy school. He had the potential to be a great collegiate player and go down as one of the all-time great players at Carolina but I think I speak for all Duke fans when I say: GOOD RIDDANCE!

Who else is left with 1st Round Potential?

From what I hear, Thaddeus Young may actually stick around at Tech for another year. Supposedly, when Julian Wright and foreign phenom Nicolas Batum both declared for the draft, Young started thinking twice about the draft since both of those guys play the same position and they would surely be taken ahead of him. He's projected as a late first round pick and a guy with that type of elite talent could never fall to the 2nd Round but I think it would be wise for him to stay another year.

With that said, it looks like his buddy Javaris Crittenton is gone. Again, I think he will taken in the 1st Round especially in a weak PG draft but he certainly isn't ready. However, with 2008 surely to be a guard-heavy draft, bouncing may be wise.

Still no word on Brandon Rush but all indications is that he will be staying. Like I've said in previous posts, I think he'll learn from the mistakes of his two brothers and come back for another year or two.

Sean Williams, the talented bum that got kicked out of BC, will hire an agent and enter the Draft according to draftexpress.com. He will probably slip to the 2nd Round because of questions about his commitment and character not based on talent. If he can convince a team he is a changed man, he has 1st Round talent. BRB hates to compare people or say "this is the next..." but if Sean turns his life around off the court, he could be another Ben Wallace.

No word on Hasheem Thabeet. He has lottery potential but he is nowhere near ready to play at the next level and could be like Jermaine O'Neal was with Portland. It may take him 3 or 4 years to make any type of significant contribution on an NBA team. If I was a GM, I'd pass because I think he's a guy that will always be about the "P" word and never actually fulfill it. Dread Calhoun, dread UCONN, but he should go back.

Still no word on Gerald Henderson. I know Chad Ford said he was 50/50 but I can't see him actually considering this especially with his buddy Ellington sticking around college as well. Gerald, come out of your shell next year, you and Kyle Singler will be one hell of a 1-2 punch.

More on the draft when I hear something...