(04-07-2010 08:15 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Sh!t happens. Sometimes it lands on you...

Downstairs in the outhouse is not a good place to hide.

(03-28-2010 03:58 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  [quote='flyingswoosh' pid='5314578' dateline='1269804068']do any of you ever watch the NBA? it doesn't sound like it. If da'sean butler,

Ebanks will start for whatever NBA team signs him. He's a lock down defender with better defensive skills than many current NBA players, and might even be a lottery pick if he declared this year. I think he needs another year at WVU to polish his game a bit more. But Ebanks could start from day one, whenever he decides to declare...

looks like this will be put to the test in a few months. Ebanks declared

However, Ebanks hasn't signed an agent. So he's leaving the door open for a return to WVU. I don't expect him to come back, though. His draft prospects seem pretty high at the moment...

(04-12-2010 04:58 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  However, Ebanks hasn't signed an agent. So he's leaving the door open for a return to WVU. I don't expect him to come back, though. His draft prospects seem pretty high at the moment...

i wonder where he'll go. that's exactly who the thunder could use off the bench

I kind of curious myself. Oklahoma City would be a very good fit for him...

(04-12-2010 05:34 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  I kind of curious myself. Oklahoma City would be a very good fit for him...

we need a guard off the bench who can defend the bigger guards in the west like kobe and roy. harden can't handle them, but i have a feeling ebanks can

Ebanks has shut down several good players, some of whom project as high draft picks this season. Defense has been his forte at WVU, which is why many would like to see him return to Morgantown to display the offensive ability they've been wanting to see since he arrived on campus...

But reports indicate he's planning on hiring an agent. So I figure he's gone. I think the NBA labor dispute might have something to do with that. A new collective bargaining agreement could cause him to lose considerably if he were to return to school...

(04-13-2010 10:13 AM)bitcruncher Wrote:  Ebanks has shut down several good players, some of whom project as high draft picks this season. Defense has been his forte at WVU, which is why many would like to see him return to Morgantown to display the offensive ability they've been wanting to see since he arrived on campus...

But reports indicate he's planning on hiring an agent. So I figure he's gone. I think the NBA labor dispute might have something to do with that. A new collective bargaining agreement could cause him to lose considerably if he were to return to school...

i can't begrudge him for getting his money now

Neither can I. If you have a chance to grab the brass ring, you grab it when you can...

(03-28-2010 03:58 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(03-28-2010 02:21 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  do any of you ever watch the NBA? it doesn't sound like it. If da'sean butler, devin ebanks or kevin jones ever start on an NBA team i'd be surprised.

and yes, i know WVU is a really good team, but Kentucky has NBA all star talent

Ebanks will start for whatever NBA team signs him. He's a lock down defender with better defensive skills than many current NBA players, and might even be a lottery pick if he declared this year. I think he needs another year at WVU to polish his game a bit more. But Ebanks could start from day one, whenever he decides to declare...

Was looking at the Lakers' stats this season, saw Ebanks and remembered this thread. needless to say, i don't think ebanks is close to starting anytime soon

(03-27-2010 11:31 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(03-27-2010 10:49 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(03-27-2010 09:03 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  It wasn't a choke, unless the Mountaineers shoving their defense down Kentucky's throat is a choking...

don't get me wrong, WVU was tough and i was rooting for them, but it's a choke. he had by far the most talented team in the country and WVU was missing their starting PG. that's a letdown. 4 potential lottery picks, and 2 of the top 3 picks.

On the balance, I think Paul Hewitt's talent was pretty close, and the results were ALOT worse.

The difference is that no one is going to argue that Hewitt is a good coach......

(12-05-2010 12:08 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(03-28-2010 03:58 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(03-28-2010 02:21 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  do any of you ever watch the NBA? it doesn't sound like it. If da'sean butler, devin ebanks or kevin jones ever start on an NBA team i'd be surprised.

and yes, i know WVU is a really good team, but Kentucky has NBA all star talent

Ebanks will start for whatever NBA team signs him. He's a lock down defender with better defensive skills than many current NBA players, and might even be a lottery pick if he declared this year. I think he needs another year at WVU to polish his game a bit more. But Ebanks could start from day one, whenever he decides to declare...

Was looking at the Lakers' stats this season, saw Ebanks and remembered this thread. needless to say, i don't think ebanks is close to starting anytime soon

Ebanks is lucky to be getting any time at all, with the way Phil Jackson manages. Phil almost never plays rookies...

(12-06-2010 07:57 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(12-05-2010 12:08 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(03-28-2010 03:58 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  

(03-28-2010 02:21 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  do any of you ever watch the NBA? it doesn't sound like it. If da'sean butler, devin ebanks or kevin jones ever start on an NBA team i'd be surprised.

and yes, i know WVU is a really good team, but Kentucky has NBA all star talent

Ebanks will start for whatever NBA team signs him. He's a lock down defender with better defensive skills than many current NBA players, and might even be a lottery pick if he declared this year. I think he needs another year at WVU to polish his game a bit more. But Ebanks could start from day one, whenever he decides to declare...

Was looking at the Lakers' stats this season, saw Ebanks and remembered this thread. needless to say, i don't think ebanks is close to starting anytime soon

Ebanks is lucky to be getting any time at all, with the way Phil Jackson manages. Phil almost never plays rookies...

farmar got 15.1 mpg. hell, even bynum got over 7 mpg his rookie year and he was about as raw as they come. i think ebanks would get very little playing time no matter what team he was on. tony allen (Grizzlies), who is a very similar player, barely ever plays, as evidenced by his ZERO minutes last night