A SBN Site for Basketball Draft Fans

by Omaha Sun on May 25, 2011 6:03 PM EDT

I noticed there were a couple people discussing the NBA Draft a while back and wondering if MTD would focus on that at all. MTD is a football site, and they do a great job of that. Asking them to cover the NBA Draft as well would require recruiting new writers and would put more strain on a group of guys who already do a tremendous job at what they do. But don't worry, there is already an SBN site where you can discuss the NBA Draft - Ridiculous Upside.

Ridiculous Upside is a site run by Scott Schroeder, a man who knows his basketball. It is a site that focuses on prospective NBA players. Right now they are featuring stories about the NBA Draft, particularly about the draft combine and team workouts. RU's specialty is the under-the-radar guys, such as Jeremy Tyler or Michael Dunigan.

During the season RU operates as the SBN home for NBA Develpomental League coverage. You could also find an article or two about prospects paying overseas.

If you are a basketball fan, you should definitely add RU to your favorite blogs list. Come check us out!

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I hope this is OK Dan.

Like I said, a couple people were wondering about NBA DRaft coverage, so I thought I’d share about RU.

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by Omaha Sun on May 25, 2011 6:04 PM EDT reply actions

I'm a new member over there,

I just joined a few days ago. It’s just like MTD except NBA instead of NFL.

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by BlackPack-fan on May 25, 2011 6:51 PM EDT reply actions

Yep.

Excellent first post BTW. Have you been back to check the responses? You got another comment about as long as mine.

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by Omaha Sun on May 25, 2011 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ll try to contribute some comments to the posts there. I have always been a NBA draft junkie nearly as much as I am for the NFL draft.

The NBA draft kind of sucks this year, not too much talent in the first round, but I know a good bit about the players. Mostly the guys who will go lottery. I also have a heavy insight on the ACC as I follow Maryland basketball very closely as well as the best conference in the country.

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by Mr MaLoR on May 25, 2011 7:13 PM EDT reply actions

NBA draft seems to lack stars

but saying it sucks and lacks talent shows you’ve been re-hashing the same crap about this year’s draft.

There’s a ton of solid role players in the draft and a lot of guys that will find their way in rotations. Irving and Derrick Williams probably are the only 2 stars unless Kemba Walker really is that good. But someone like Kenny Faried or Klay Thompson do one thing, and do it really well. That makes them good role players and have very little chance of being a bust.

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by Rorschach44 on May 25, 2011 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep.

It’s a weak draft in terms of the “depth” picks starting midway through the lottery. The other problem is half of the lottery talent is likely going to be Euros, which is always a risk.

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by Omaha Sun on May 25, 2011 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions

You're more than welcome MaLoR.

Your insights would be a great complement to what is already done at RU.

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by Omaha Sun on May 25, 2011 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions

so you follow the Big East?

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by seton hall and steelers on May 30, 2011 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions

He’s a big east and Steelers fan, he just pretends otherwise.

by Phantaskippy on Jun 2, 2011 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Big Least? No.

by Mr MaLoR on Jun 8, 2011 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions

MaLoR,

you should go check the site out. Scott is giving the fans a chance to write some front page content during the weekends.

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by Omaha Sun on Jun 8, 2011 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Will do.

by Mr MaLoR on Jun 8, 2011 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I could care less about the NBA draft execpt..

KEMBAAAA. He better go in the top 5. Hopefully a decent team, too.

by JetKing55 on May 25, 2011 9:10 PM EDT reply actions

Top 5 doesn't equal decent team

by Ol' Uncle Munnerlyn on May 25, 2011 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Well the Cavs could get him and another beast like Derrick Wiliams

And then they would be a decent team.

by JetKing55 on May 26, 2011 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Eh...

A) I don’t think Kemba is that good and B) 2 players does not a team make.

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by Omaha Sun on May 26, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Well

You’re absoluetely out of your mind if you don’t think Kemba Walker is that good, since he was the best player in college basketball last year and should have won the award instead of Jimmer (who isn’t a team player like Kemba is).

And second, a team with some pretty good players that helped LeBron when he was in Cleveland and two stars players from the draft can make an okay team, that’s a fact.

by JetKing55 on May 26, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I didn't state that very well.

Kemba is a good player, but I don’t think his game will translate to the NBA that well.

They were the 2nd worst team in the league for a reason. Here’s the roster: Baron Davis, Ramon Sessions, Daniel Gobson, Anthony Parker, Manny Harris, Alonzo Gee, Christian Eyenga, Joey Graham, Luke Harangody, J.J. Hickson, Antawn Jamison, Samardo Samuels, Anderson Varejao, Ryan Hollins, Semih Erden.

LeBron basically was that team, and even then many of the rotation players are gone from his teams: Shaq, Ilgauskas, Jamario Moon, Mo Williams.

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by Omaha Sun on May 27, 2011 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions