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Players with sliding draft stocks

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The college basketball season has been going strong for several weeks, and we've been documenting players who have gotten off to strong starts.

Unfortunately, the start of the season hasn't been great for everyone. A number of players have begun the season with a whimper instead of bang. While there is still plenty of time for them to get their acts together, it's hard to be impressed with their early body of work.

Here's a look at some players who have been dropping on our Big Board the past few weeks.


James Michael McAdoo, F, So., North Carolina Tar Heels
We detailed the concerns scouts had about McAdoo last week in our Maui Invitational blog. While McAdoo clearly looks the part and has a terrific pedigree, the result on the court this year has been disappointing. McAdoo, despite the much larger role in the North Carolina offense, doesn't seem to have improved at all over the summer.

He doesn't have a go-to scoring move anywhere on the court, has been a turnover machine and has lacked the intensity that scouts have been yearning to see. McAdoo is young and still transitioning into his new role, but if this keeps up all season, he probably slips to a late-lottery-to-mid-first-round type of pick.

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It's kind of ironic Dexter Strickland didn't make the list - just like draft night, LOL!

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Told ya McAdoodle shouldn't have let ol' Roy talk him out of all those pro $$$$$$ last year.

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he probably slips to a late-lottery... 

I bet he's devastated, especially with only 25 - 30 games to move up.

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he probably slips to a late-lottery... 

I bet he's devastated, especially with only 25 - 30 games to move up. 

- Posted by still heelman1973

.............or down. :)

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he probably slips to a late-lottery... 

I bet he's devastated, especially with only 25 - 30 games to move up. 

- Posted by still heelman1973

.............or down. :) 

- Posted by MoDuke v2

Or down. All he has to do to avoid that is wake his tookus up (and get a little outside help so he doesn't feel like he has to press to carry the team).

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Total troll thread - as expected from the OP

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Total troll thread - as expected from the OP 

- Posted by zanerx

How's it a troll thread? UNC fans aren't interested in articles regarding the play of their NBA caliber players? They should be, which is why it's relevant information.

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UNC fans aren't interested in articles regarding the play of their NBA caliber players? 

Not really. We care more about them carrying themselves with Class ("The Carolina Way"), getting a quality education and representing the University well once their post college careers start, in whatever field.

RE: Players with sliding draft stocks

Total troll thread - as expected from the OP 

- Posted by zanerx

How's it a troll thread? UNC fans aren't interested in articles regarding the play of their NBA caliber players? They should be, which is why it's relevant information. 

- Posted by 903 Rock Chalk Wiggins Hawk

Because -
1. it's a stupid article to begin with, trying to gauge, in November, how things are shaping up for the NBA draft.

2. Your only purpose in posting it was to provide a platform for your ABCer colleagues to post their sophomoric putdowns.

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This list is not accurate if L. Brown is not currently on it somewhere.