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2009 NBA Draft: 9 Big East Players drafted
Jun 26 2009, 1:38 PM EDT
9 of the 60 players taken in the draft came out of the conference, including 2 apiece from Louisville, Pitt and UConn. 4 Big East players went in the 1st rd, led by 7-foot-3 UConn C Hasheem Thabeet, who was taken at No. 2 by Memphis. In Thabeet's native Tanzania, people crowded into bars in the middle of the night to watch the 1st player from their country drafted into the NBA. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim puts Thabeet in the same category defensively with Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning. 2 players from the Louisivlle team that was the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament went after Syracuse G Jonny Flynn went #6 to Minnesota. The Nets took F Terrence Williams at No. 11, and Phoenix selected F Earl Clark, a Rahway, N.J., native, at No. 14. Williams, the emotional leader last year, will join the Nets in the post-Vince Carter era, after Carter was traded to Orlando. Nova F Dante Cunningham was chosen No. 33 by Portland and Georgetown wing DaJuan Summers went 2 picks later to Detroit. 2 Pitt players expected to go in the 1sr round fell to the 2nd. F Sam Young went No. 36 to Memphis and DeJuan Blair, the Co-Big East Player of the Year along with Thabeet, was chosen at No. 37 by San Antonio. Blair saw his draft stock plummet because he has a limited offensive repertoire and has had 2 ACL surgeries. Still, various experts believe he'll be a force in the league. The 6-6 Blair manhandled Thabeet during 1 game in Hartford last season won by the Panthers. When UConn guard A.J. Price of Amityville, N.Y., went at No. 52 to Indiana, it completed a big evening for the Big East.Big East 2009 NBA Draft Pick Player Team School 2 H. Thabeet Memphis Uconn 6 J. Flynn Minnesota Syracuse 11 T. Williams New Jersey Louisville 14 E. Clark Phoenix Louisville 33 D. Cunningham Portland Villanova 34 S. Young Memphis Pittsburgh 35 D. Summers Detroit Georgetown 37 D. Blair San Antonio Pittsburgh 52 A. Price Indiana UConn Do you find this valuable? |
Pittboy24 |
1. RE: 2009 NBA Draft: 9 Big East Players drafted
Jul 7 2009, 11:45 PM EDT
Pitt is personally my favorite team and I think Blair should have stayed. And also what is this about Sam Young being drafted a little late!? Sam Young and Blair were Pitt's Best players! And they made it to the Elite 8! They were drafted really late
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