Mullens goin Pro
 

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I have to admit that I dont remember him at all from their opening round loss vs Siena. Did he even play?

Yeah, he played and he helped Ryan Rossiter get 16 points and 15 boards. I will be completely shocked if he becomes a good player in the NBA, even if he is a solid bench guy. He had issues with not getting enough playing time from the coach and was benched in the B10 championship game so no surprise he is leaving but I think a move to the NBA is laughable (but then again I thought the same about Robin Lopez).

He's a perfect example of someone that would have benefitted from another year or two in college. He's got some major holes in his game that need major work, that the pros will exploit all night long.

Robin Lopez at least started. If you are 7 feet tall and a true NBA prospect and cant get playing time on a mediocre team you have D-League written all over you. If he wants to leave he should transfer.

I dont think that he will get that shot. He may wind up going back if he is smart (which is unlikely) and the NBA scouting dept tells him to learn Hebrew cause he is headed for Israel, not Indy.

Yeah, transferring would make a lot of sense but someone has his ear and told him he's a future NBA player. I think they are very wrong.

he'll be the really tall hotwalker at Beulah in two years

That might be enough to get me to take a trip to Beulah.

The NBA is full of guys that have size and seemingly have potential but don't do anything. General managers make huge mistakes all of the time. Think Olowokandi. Think Milicic. Think Kwame Brown and Eddie Curry. The list goes on and on. Plenty of guys that we sit and watch and think the guy has no game and some gm spends a lottery pick on them. Some of them become serviceable, guys like Bogut and Marvin Williams. Then you get guys like Brandon and Julian Wright.

NBA benches are full of them thanks to guaranteed contracts. I dont think this guy gets drafted

Somebody will pick him because he's 7 feet tall.... and waste a pick on him (unless they want to pay to have him learn in Europe first).

This is ridiculous. Three straight years OSU loses a freshman big man. Mullens is far less ready than Kosta Koufos was and he was nowhere near ready himself. Koufos did go 23rd in the draft or something to Utah and did get a bit of playing time when all their players were injured...I think it's nuts however for Mullens to go.

(I read somewhere Matta perhaps cut his playing time simply to get him to stay past his freshman year...guess that backfired!!)

Matta cut his playing time because Lauderdale was working harder in practice and in games than him. Koufos was nowhere near ready for the NBA, Mullens is less ready (at least Koufos could shoot outside of 2 feet from the basket).

This guy is a pos. Watched his antics on the court towards the end. Sluggish, no sense of urgency. NOT a team player. His eyes were on the prize, NBA. I don't care that he had a rough childhood, etc.. Heck, he has been living in the same town as me for a while. I PERSONALLY SAW HIM filling up the gas tank on this $50,000 ride when he was a senior in High School. Tall, yes. Great player, to be determined. In the 8th grade OSU had their eyes on him. He talked to coaches all the time from then till now. Rod Parsley (Preacher at World Harvest) TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING and what did BJ do? Blew him off when the $ showed up.

i thought you were talken bout jeff "mullet " the trainer.

Leave early to sit on the bench for 2 years and play in Idaho??

Just cause u are 7ft doesnt mean u can play however can make u a millionare