UK's Noel goes down with an injury - May fall to us on draft day.

Noel's injury while tragic bodes well for us it seems. if his draft stock drops, he may be available for us once we pick next year. I know it may be too early and the kid might stay in school another year ... but just imagine him subbing AD for us every game for us- we don't lose length and that shotblocking threat.

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He's a freshman with undeveloped game who may have just torn his ACL. Not a chance we get Noel this year. If he's seriously hurt, he stays. If he's not, he goes before us.

Before Lopez came on, I like Noel too, but now? And with Trey Burke playing like he has been, gotta go with either a PG or another wing.

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Before Lopez came on, I like Noel too, but now? And with Trey Burke playing like he has been, gotta go with either a PG or another wing.

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Watching the mich mich st game ?

I seriously don't want nerlens and ad playing together. He's way too lanky and has no offensive game. I'm fine with Lopez as of now, but would love to get pek if we could.

That injury looked pretty serious. Hope he's okay.

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Watching the mich mich st game ?

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On and off. Burke is playing a good game. But the two sons of NBA players haven't bothered showing up.

Michigan was rolled. Burke played as good as he could with the rest of his team not showing up. I mean Burke has 41% of the Michigan's points. lol

Yea that game was sad. I really like Burke.... BURKE AND PEK. DO IT.

Not really a fan of Noel, shows a lot of raw skills, may be a great player in the league but to me is more of a gamble than reward

No way Noel is coming out this year.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

No way Noel is coming out this year.

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If he doesn't i think it now can be good for him. Earlier in the season when he was projected a sure fire top 3-5 pick he would have to capitalize on it, but his overall NBA readiness would take a hit. Now he might have the opportunity to polish his game and give himself another shot to improve his draft stock

I wonder how this affects Kentucky recruiting plans? They've already gave out all of their scholarships to the next class.

We need to find a way to get shabazz he is the small forward we need, a scorer in every sense, if not otto porter

He would bring some much needed offense, that's for sure. If he were maybe two inches taller, he'd be perfect. But sometimes you can't get perfection.

Otto Porter is someone I'm paying heavy attention to as well.

He would bring some much needed offense, that's for sure. If he were maybe two inches taller, he'd be perfect. But sometimes you can't get perfection.

Otto Porter is someone I'm paying heavy attention to as well.

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He would bring some much needed offense, that's for sure. If he were maybe two inches taller, he'd be perfect. But sometimes you can't get perfection.

Otto Porter is someone I'm paying heavy attention to as well.

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Well he is only 18 so growing an inch and being 6"7 with a 7 ft wing span, shabazz has supreme strength, I think he would be just fine at SF personally. If he can grow another inch he reminds me of a small forward version of James harden.

Also otto porter has a very nice game, great 3 great defense, length and rebounding, luol deng 2.0 but I still rather shabazz, height or not, I,l buy him some dr schools to add him an inch lol

My concern right now is only for the kid's future. Even the Florida players and crowd were aghast at how much pain Nerlens was experiencing. One player described the leg as "very wobbly" after the injury. My fear is that he might not play at all for the rest of 2013.

That being said, I agree with Charles Barkley that Nerlens should stay in school. He's was just starting to play well with his back to the basket and recognize easy hook opportunities. Unless he's fine with riding the pine for a couple of years in the NBA, he should keep soaking up Cal's knowledge.

Exactly what we need. Another big, so Monty can cut Davis' minutes to the 10-12 range

I just happen to turn the channel to the game like a minute before it happend. Man it looked so painful...I was literally on the couch doing this while watching them replay it.

http://fattrailrunner.com/wp-content...er-Griffin.gif

Yikes.

https://o.twimg.com/1/proxy.jpg?t=FQ...xiTGa6fjgLXmBM

No thanks.

That's damn near meme potential status whatever. I mean they did it with RG3.

This is what worries me about AD. Both guys are so long and thin/frail. Maybe this is why Monty won't play AD 30 minutes a game unless he is lighting it up. He needs to build strength.

Otto porter is climbing to top of my list. Handles ball better than I thought, is good without ball, in transition, and in half court. Plus his shot is already better than aminu's. nice length good d, rebounding, and hustle.

No way Nerlens comes out this year.

I hope he doesn't enter the draft this year.

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This is what worries me about AD. Both guys are so long and thin/frail. Maybe this is why Monty won't play AD 30 minutes a game unless he is lighting it up. He needs to build strength.

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You can get all the strength in the world, joints are still joints. There's almost no muscle to build strength at there.

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You can get all the strength in the world, joints are still joints. There's almost no muscle to build strength at there.

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Then what the hell was Gordon doing in LA strengthening his quad to protect his knee? I'm no doctor or physical trainer, but Gordon's rehab had me believing strength was a good way to protect said joints.

Maybe I've been duped. :hihi:

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You can get all the strength in the world, joints are still joints. There's almost no muscle to build strength at there.

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http://www.health.harvard.edu/health...knees-and-hips

The stronger the muscles around the joints the harder it is to injure said joints.

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http://www.health.harvard.edu/health...knees-and-hips

The stronger the muscles around the joints the harder it is to injure said joints.

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And even then it's a still an anatomical weak point. And then you add human beings being over 10 inches taller than normal, problems abound. Can only work as hard as you can to prevent it anyway.

Oh I agree. But I do think these guys do need to realize they can somewhat shield it by working on it.

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Yikes.

https://o.twimg.com/1/proxy.jpg?t=FQ...xiTGa6fjgLXmBM

No thanks.

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That looks perfectly normal.. He might have torn more than one ligament.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...acl-for-season

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An MRI on Kentucky Wildcats forward Nerlens Noel revealed he tore the ACL in his left knee and will miss the remainder of the season.

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He's a freshman with undeveloped game who may have just torn his ACL. Not a chance we get Noel this year. If he's seriously hurt, he stays. If he's not, he goes before us.

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Exactly. He will stay in school.

Next year's draft just got even better. Nerlens would have been a top 3 pick in this draft. I'm not so sure he will be in next year's draft.

Well our first rounder this year just got a bit more worthless.

With next years class being so strong I could still see Noel opting in for this years draft. We'll just have to wait and see.

Yeah, he still looks like a top 3-5 pick in this year's draft based on what Chad Ford said. This draft is incredibly weak at the top, so it doesn't surprise me. I think he leaves if people are telling him he's a lock for the top 5. Hard to turn down that guaranteed money when he won't know if he'll get that same shot in 2014.

I was not happy he got hurt, but I did think that he could fall,in the draft to the Hornets. That is assuming the Hornets don't start losing more. I hope he comes out this year, so he does not risk getting hurt again.

He'll get drafted like Blake Griffen, and won't play until his Second year in the league.

Or Kenyon Martin.

Noel out for season with torn ACL. He shouldn't enter the draft.

Well this sucks, with Noel in the draft we had a much better chance of shabazz falling to us... GREAT!

I really hope that Noel is recovers quickly and has a solid NBA career.....although, if he comes out this year, I would prefer to see him go somewhere else....

In ESPN rankings he went from the #1 prospect to the #3 prospect. He will come out.

Not sure why the thought is he goes back to school. If he stays, and his knee is so shot he's not nearly the springy athlete he was he could plummet the same way Jared Sullinger did right out of the lottery and get significantly less money. He leaves for the pros and someone takes a chance, eh gets guaranteed paper and even if he fizzles out, he's at least financially secure for a time.

I think it could go either way.

If he stays projected top 5 he's going

He'll be fine long-term. Still young and alot of time.

I didn't watch the game, but looking at that pic makes my stomach turn. It would be very, very smart if Nerlens stays another year and polishes his game. His offense is abysmal. At least AD had an offensive game which made it easy for him to make the jump.