Comments on: Lance Stephenson Born Ready: Issue 42 On Sale Now

By: mjb

mjb — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:25:46 +0000

Its hard to tell who translates well into the pros. Tyler Hansbrough has started 4 years at North Carolina and could very well be out of the league in 3 years. I think Stephenson has a better chance of being successful than John Wall does right now. Point Guards are less likely to be giants coming straight from college because they need to handle the ball, guard the fastest people on the floor and be offensive juggernauts. 2-guards translate much better (i.e. Kobe Bryant, DeShawn Stevenson, etc.)
There is absolutely nothing wrong with Oklahoma. Michael Beasley went to Kansas State. Oklahoma already has Blake Griffin so Warren will have a great complement.

By: Will Tate

Will Tate — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:01:32 +0000

Well Mr. Wikipeida, regardless…someone CAN be serious about John Wall being “better” than Lance, even on the link you posted he’s STILL ranked higher. Scout, Rivals…doesn’t matter…he’s still ranked higher…so to answer your question,

“You guys are not serious with the John Wall or Willie Warren being better than Lance Stephenson comments are you?”

The answer is YES…unless of course you didn’t know or haven’t seen him (John Wall) play, the kid can definitely play as well. But hey, your opinion is cool, I agree Lance has got some talent too, its just that DIME should be a bit more cautious about throwing such a young kid to the wolves (media, world). It’s ok to be judging talent at this stage, but lets not take this to ridiculous highs. The kid is NO LeBron and the reader or poster that said the kid had more game than Agent Zero, McGrady, Wade AT THIS VERY MOMENT…YOU MY FRIEND need to get yourself checked, that is just ABSURD.

Oh and one last thing for “Da Man”…turns out Oklahoma is also pursuing Mr. Wall…guess that schools not so “crap-tacular” after all is it?

By: makedr

makedr — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:36:42 +0000

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By: Wikipedia

Wikipedia — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:08:11 +0000

@ Will Tate and John,

If you look closely that link is the ranking of positions. Not the overall ranking of the class. Check this link out:

http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&pid=88&cfg=bb&yr=2009

By: Myrie

Myrie — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:22:31 +0000

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By: Will Tate

Will Tate — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:33:55 +0000

Da Man…what the hell is wrong with Oklahoma? In case you haven’t noticed, the landscape of the NCAA is changing. There is a new top-dog every year. If I’m not mistaken, Oklahoma has a legitimate shot at the Final Four next year. It must be that you don’t college ball as well. DIME is based in NY, i can understand DIME given some love to Lance, but it sure don’t mean Willie or Wall ain’t legit because Dime don’t talk about it. Obviously, scouting reports aren’t the be all and end all to judging talent, but they do a thorough job of analyzing talent at the current stage of their respective careers. Also, we all know that being great in HS doesn’t necessarily translate to being great in the NBA, just look at Ndudi Ebi…so I’m also kinda weary that Dime is hyping up the kid so much that he is DUE for a BIG FALL if he doesn’t succeed. Lance has talent, but lets not carried away just yet.

But as for MR. WIKIPEDIA…the dude was right… JOHN WALL IS #1 at SCOUT.COM:

http://hsgeorgia.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&yr=2009&cfg=bb

By: Will Tate

Will Tate — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:31:38 +0000

Da Man…what the hell is wrong with Oklahoma? In case you haven’t noticed, the landscape of the NCAA is changing. There is a new top-dog every year. If I’m not mistaken, Oklahoma has a legitimate shot at the Final Four next year. It must be that you don’t college ball as well. DIME is based in NY, i can understand DIME given some love to Lance, but it sure don’t mean Willie or Wall ain’t legit because Dime don’t talk about it. Obviously, scouting reports aren’t the be all and end all to judging talent, but they do a thorough job of analyzing talent at the current stage of their respective career. Also, we all know that being great in HS doesn’t necessarily translate to being great in the NBA, just look at Ndudi Ebi…so I’m also kinda weary that Dime is hyping up the kid so much that he is DUE for a BIG FALL if he doesn’t succeed. Lance has talent, but lets not carried away just yet. But as for MR. WIKIPEDIA…the dude was right… JOHN WALL IS #1 at SCOUT.COM:

http://hsgeorgia.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=4&yr=2009&cfg=bb

By: yallallreadyknow

yallallreadyknow — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:18:21 +0000

how come you can NEVER find a dime magazine on a newsstand?
it don’t make sense. i can NEVER EVER find dime on any newsstand. do you only sell them downstairs from your office?
all of us aint in ny ya know.

get ur sh*t together and get dime on MORE news/magazine stands!!

By: Wikipedia

Wikipedia — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:23:21 +0000

Well put Austin. John Wall is not ranked #1 by scout, stop lying.

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:58:13 +0000

Everyone has their opinions, and everyone thinks their opinion is closest to fact. I could bring up website rankings too, like how Rivals ranked Kyle Singler ahead of Kevin Love, J.J. Hickson ahead of Jerryd Bayless, and Stanley Robinson ahead of Mike Conley AND Darrell Arthur. I could bring up the Scout ranked Derrick Rose #5 in the Class of ‘07, or ranked Josh McRoberts ahead of Monta Ellis in 2005.

My point is that scouting services are not the ultimate judge of talent, Dime isn’t the ultimate judge of talent, and neither are you (John) the ultimate judge of talent. We’re all just a bunch of fans with our opinions. I’m sorry if ours have made you so upset.