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It's never to early to start a conversation about the great guys who are going to join our league and, to me, it's a lot more interesting than anything that the Sam Smith's and Peter Vecsey's of our world can talk about before the trade deadline....

The Mav's don't have a "lottery shot" and they don't have a history (since Cuban's last 3 years ) of trying to move up that high, do they ? And we don't need another PF type who stands at 6'9" or 6'10" (according to who you believe) do they ?

But there's a very interesting guy out here...and whoever gets him might get really lucky.

Omeka Okafor of UConn could be a KG...a Ben Wallace...a Rodman (without the wedding gown) ...an Amare...or he could be a bust...Time will tell...but you've got to give him some props.

He's not a High school kid or a college freshman coming out or even a soph...He's a junior.

Last year, he was a 15.9/11.2/4.7 bl player in 32.9 minutes (That's 82% of the PT in a college game).
This year, he's a 19.1/11.4/5.1 bl player in 31.0 minutes.

UConn has played 16 games to date...in many of those they've blown out their opponents...
Omeka has played 30 minutes in just 10 of the 16.
And in those 16 games, he's a 21.5/12.1/5.3 player and is shooting 61.3 from the floor.

It's unfair and disingenious to translate that DIRECTLY to the NBA, BUT if colleges played NBA minutes, Omeka would be a 25/16/6.5 bl type.....in college.

I'm betting that he goes in the first 3 picks...and he'll be a damn good PF...the boy can board and block. OR he could be an unbelievable 3 if the team that drafts him already has a really nice 4.