Durant to Enter Draft

[bibbinator]

Texas freshman Durant is turning pro
Star swept all major national player of year awards this past season
The Associated Press
Updated: 1:46 p.m. PT April 10, 2007

AUSTIN, Texas - Kevin Durant is done with college. Durant, an 18-year-old Texas freshman and The Associated Press Player of the Year, said Tuesday he’s leaving the Longhorns to enter the NBA draft.

“I enjoyed my year here at Texas,” Durant said in a statement released before his news conference. “All the fans and everyone here at Texas made me feel right at home, considering I was so far from home. I will always be a Longhorn and never forget what the people of Texas have done for me.”

After an All-American season in which he swept the major player of the year awards, few expected Durant to play another season in college.

Now the question is whether he’ll be the first pick of the June 28 draft. Durant and Ohio State’s freshman center Greg Oden — who has not yet said if he’ll leave college — are considered the likely first two picks.

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[Bricklayer]

yay!

Well potentially yay for us at elast. And every top guy who declares increases the speth of the pool and pushes more talent down towards our pick even if we do not nab Top 3. Durant won Player of the Year, figured he had pretty much topped out the college bball scene, and is in. Oden made it to the Finals of the Final Four, and had a monster game. Also got to experience first hand the frustration of being abig man in college ala Shaq. So let's hope that he joins Durant rather than does the "I want to come back and win it all this time" thing.

 

[Smills91]

yay!

Well potentially yay for us at elast. And every top guy who declares increases the speth of the pool and pushes more talent down towards our pick even if we do not nab Top 3. Durant won Player of the Year, figured he had pretty much topped out the college bball scene, and is in. Oden made it to the Finals of the Final Four, and had a monster game. Also got to experience first hand the frustration of being abig man in college ala Shaq. So let's hope that he joins Durant rather than does the "I want to come back and win it all this time" thing.

Funny thing though, if we get a top 3 pick, I want these guys to go back to school to make NEXT year's draft deeper since we don't have another pick in this draft.

 

[migibizzle]

We have a better chance at Oden next year...all i'll say.

 

[bibbinator]

The Florida guys have a deal that they all go or stay together. I wonder what a third title is worth to them? Two proves enough. I'll bet Horford and Noah will be there also.

 

[Venom]

yay!

Well potentially yay for us at elast. And every top guy who declares increases the speth of the pool and pushes more talent down towards our pick even if we do not nab Top 3. Durant won Player of the Year, figured he had pretty much topped out the college bball scene, and is in. Oden made it to the Finals of the Final Four, and had a monster game. Also got to experience first hand the frustration of being abig man in college ala Shaq. So let's hope that he joins Durant rather than does the "I want to come back and win it all this time" thing.

Yeah, the one real fly in the ointment is that he is playing with his best friend, Conley, and it doesn't appear that Conley thinks he's ready. Then again, Webber left Michigan and pal Rose in a similar situation.

 

[DaMan]

The Florida guys have a deal that they all go or stay together. I wonder what a third title is worth to them? Two proves enough. I'll bet Horford and Noah will be there also.

They already said they will go pro.