Wesley Matthews goes ahead of Jerel McNeal in NBA draft

[bilsu]

I think posters are not knocking McNeal, but are saying Matthews is underrated. Matthews, if he makes the pros, will be a two and not a three. I expect both to get drafted in the second round and both will play in the rookie (?) league next year. Depending on injuries they might get some time on an NBA team, but they will not play anymore than Novak did as a rookie.

[bamamarquettefan]

I had been watching Wes gain on Jerel in nbadraft.net, but I believe they still note this is not based on what the teams actually need with each pick, so that can really throw it off.  For example, last week nbadraft.net had Jerel being taken with the No. 51 pick by San Antonio as a shooting guard, and Wes being taken with the No. 53 pick by San Antonio, also as a shooting guard.  Obviously, that is not going to happen.  I do completely disagree that Wes will be hurt because his body type is a dime a dozen in the NBA.  Wes frame at such a strong 6-foot-5 makes him ideal to put up with the pounding of the 80 game schedule plus playoffs.  If there are a lot of bodies similar to his in the NBA, that is because those are the guys with bodies to handle the rigors of the NBA season.  As for Jerel, I hope he is awesome but as far as I'm concerned, he has already secured his legacy by joning Wade, Lee, Chones and Tatum by being picked as one of the top 10 players in the US by the AP All-American voters.  Anything he does in the pros is icing on the cake, and if DJ can make it back that will be even more wonderful.  If he needs a year in Europe, I hope he shocks the continent like he shocked the Big East his freshman year and rides that into the NBA.

[bamamarquettefan]

While I know Baseline Spin is the only one with DJ going in the draft, I still hold out hope.  There could easily be a GM out there who thinks he can fix DJs jumper, making him a steal with huge upside if secured in the 2nd round.  If so, he obviously would not let anyone in the world know that is what he was thinking, and thus he may never pop up on draftnet or draftexpress.