<p>What do you think, from his point of view? Obviously, all UCLA fans would want him back for another year.</p>
<p>But I think that he should go. He'll probably end up early second round pick. If he develops his consistency, I think he could end up comparable to Allan Houston. Sweet stroke.</p>
<p>If so, Shipp will the play the two, Luc at the 3.</p>
<p>If anyone didn't know, Luc was projected to play point when he was scouted.</p>
<p>If all this happens, I think that UCLA will advance to the Final Four again, but they'll need one more year to take it all the way.</p>
<p>Next year, I think Memphis and UNC are pretty deep.</p>
<p>yeah afflalo should stay, i wanna watch some basketball games my freshmen year. </p>
<p>and yes, i believe if he stays another year with good work and practice he'll be consistent, thus making UCLA a better contender and raising his draft stock</p>
<p>I hope afflalo stays he makes UCLA basketball very interesting, I think he can be the type of player like bryant that'll take over the game when his team is down... plus I want to see him play when I go to UCLA next year :)</p>
<p>Florida loses some of their best this year. UCLA's biggest competition is getting thinner by the year. If Afflalo stayed, we'd be pretty set for another NCAA championship.</p>
<p>Afflalo should have stayed. How crappy he played in the NCAA tournament will not help his stock at all esp with gators, oden, durant all declaring as well</p>
<p>of course. but had he gone next year, won a NCAAP championship, maybe play well for once in the tournament then he would be a much higher draft pick and would be able to get a much thicker contract. He should have invested one more year to prove to NBA teams hes a legit contender even in pressure/play off situations and against good defenders and probably woulda been paid bank. oh well.</p>
<p>yeah I agree it is a risk. However, the point of college basketball is to allow a person to tailor not only his skills but body as well for the NBA. Playing a much less impacted schedule with longer breaks and playing against less physical/built ppl, a player has time to ease into what NBA life would be like. Shaun Livingston made the jump from HS to the NBA, and quite frankly his entire career has been riddled with injuries which is why many ppl felt going to college baksetball and getting his body ready for the NBA would be a great option for him</p>
<p>Well not only that, Afflalo is entering in a draft year where there are just too many superstars that have potential to be greats that have G.M's and teams drooling over. Durant, Oden, Horford, Noah lead this class, on top of the fact there are many internationals teams are watching hoping to pick up the next Manu Ginobli. </p>
<p>Afflalo going to the NBA has its positives and drawbacks. He is guaranteeing himself a contract and he will get himself a nice fat check. However, he may go late in the draft, not get as big as a contract as he could have next year, and by going so late in the draft he might get chosen on a team that really isn't developing and will cause Afflalo to be a bench warmer. One stand out player to me is Mateen Cleeves from MSU. I remember he was a great point guard but got drafted by a team that already had a set base of starters and now hes stuck in the NB development league. I just hope this donest happen to Afflalo as well</p>
<p>well if afflalo were to go next year, he would still face competition from the likes of oj mayo, and perhaps collison and shipp may opt for next years draft.</p>
<p>but you know, he has earned this. he is 1st ucla player in over 10 years to be named to the all-american team plus a lot of things.</p>
<p>stanback is pretty good. 4-star recruit. i think he was named all-city player of the year for, but im not sure though. i think stanback may be used quite often because aboya gets into foul trouble a lot :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Arron isn't competing against guys like Durant, Oden, Noah for draft spots anyway. Those guys are all clearly lottery picks, while Arron is merely trying to stick in the first round. The guys he's going up against are the Alondo Tucker's and Marcus Williams's of the world, the guys likely to be picked up the end part of the 2nd round. I think he has a chance to succeed in the right role, like a Raja Bell.</p>
<p>I would not be surprised to see Russell Westbrook starting at the 2 next year. He's very athletic and a natural scorer. Chace Stanback was the CIF City Section player of the year in LA, so you know the guy has got talent, but given the amount of frontcourt depth its no given he'll see much PT. If he was an incoming guard (which at 6-8/6-9 he is not) there'd be a lot more PT, since we lack depth there, but frontcourt we're loaded with experience.</p>
<p>It's too bad you incoming frosh will never get to see Arron play in person. He would leave his heart on the court to win. Best of luck to him in the league, he enjoyed a very good career here.</p>
How good is Stanback? Anyone here think he's good enough to be a starter?
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<p>Stanback is a 4 star recruit small forward. Josh Shipp was too, when he was scouted. He has a nice mid-range game. I could compare him to Tayshaun Prince, but he will need to mature in rebounding and defense. He'll back up Shipp or Luc. He's 6'7 and will still grow.</p>
<p>I don't think Kevin Love will start right away. Maybe towards the middle of the season. I believe they will keep Aboya and Mata in the frontcourt, and then bring Love as the 6th man shall either bigs get in foul trouble.</p>
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<p>It wouldn't make sense to start a small backcourt. I think Westbrook would fit in the role as last year, backing up Collison. Maybe next year, he will start if Collison goes.</p>