To say is 2007's is better or worse than 2009's draft is like saying the Hindenbergh is a better/worse mode of travel than the Titanic. Most of the players from 2007 are considered journey(wo)men/roleplayers in the league now and I'd suspect that beyond Harding, Jackson and perhaps Gruda, Davenport and Little, few of the rest of those from that draft who were still on a W roster somewhere last year will even have jobs when camps break in May and those making rosters will not be impact players.
Looking @ 2009, if you consider that there are less jobs available, few of this year's first rounders will have an opportunity to have an impact because until the rosters expand back, they're going to be in the position of fighting the next draft class(es) to keep their jobs. So many of the players in this draft have questions, certainly the ones not projected to fall in the lottery pick range. I place even less odds on anybody drafted after the first round. For that alone, I would place this year's draft a notch below
07, which definitely looks bad looking back at it now.
This draft will not be graded on the basis of two players at the top, it will be graded on how the rest of the first round fares and I think this class starts off with the disadvantage of having several jobs slashed before they even enter the market.
I hope Kia channels last night for the rest of Rutgers games. I agree that likely what fueled her last night was it being her final home game and being the last team standing between UConn and a perfect regular season. She's better than mediocre when she wants to be and she appeared to have put a lot of work into building a pro body in her offseason. I was talking to someone after their game against Cal and they compared her to Taj M-F. That persona definitely was on display last night.
Man, I felt bad for Prince, in the last 10 minutes of that game she couldn't buy a basket. If those half dozen shots of hers that popped back out of the basket instead of going down had gone down during that span, Rutgers steals that game with the way Vaughn was owning the paint and glass. Oh, and if their freshmen (yes you redshirt freshman Rushdan) would have stopped doing stupid stuff with the ball that game could have ended differently too. Ugh.
) Without a doubt she would be a lottery pick if this performance was consistent, however I don't even remember her at all in her other televised games this season. Maybe with her substandard season so far and a drop in people's expectations, she has less pressure to perform and can just play without thinking about it.
because I wasn't able to see this due to a prior commitment. But whaddaya know...I apparently made it home in time to see that a regional sports channel is replaying the Maryland/UNC game right now. 
) I think she'd get torn apart by guards and forwards alike. Christina Wirth and Risper of Vandy looked like better prospects.
