Thomas, considered by some to be the best player in the draft, redshirted in his first season at LSU, so was considered an unproven commodity heading into the 2005-06 campaign. But the Baton Rouge native was truly at home at college this season, quickly making the transition from bench player to starter and averaging close to a double-double in 25.9 minutes per game.
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Small forward Morrison was the dominant scorer in college this season, averaging a ridiculous 28.1 points during his junior season at Gonzaga before the Bobcats grabbed him with the third overall pick in the NBA draft.
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The 6’11”, 240-pound Aldridge enjoyed an excellent sophomore season at Texas with 15 points, over nine rebounds, 1.4 steals and two blocks per game. While his percentages dropped a bit from his freshman year, he showed enough potential as a skilled big man to justify his lofty draft position.
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Oh man. We go away for a couple of weeks and the NBA world turns upside down. The draft, free agent frenzy, the insanity! Well, we’ll do our best to comment on as many things as we can here and see if we can’t make some Fantasy sense of this period of NBA chaos.
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The 20-year-old Bargnani is a good athlete for his size, with a great jump shot and tremendous potential. He has excellent post skills, but is a very weak defender. However, given that the Raptors are morphing into Phoenix East and will aim to outgun their opponents 120-118 every night, Bargnani’s defensive issues won’t come into play as much as they would in a different environment. The kid isn’t much of a rebounder, either, and that’s something that will hopefully develop over time.
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The NBA draft occurred Wednesday night, a couple of hours after our deadline for this column, so coverage of that will have to wait until next time, but for now, let’s get into some free-agent chat.
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