BJ Mullens is now the 5th Ohio State Buckeye to leave after his freshman year. Of those four before him, he is by far the worst. Oden, when healthy and not in foul trouble, is a beast. Conley is playing well. Daequan Cook is playing great ball in Miami alongside D-Wade. Koufos isn't getting so many minutes of play in Utah, but is developing nicely. Remember another member of Ohio State athletics who thought he was good enough to go pro after one year? Remember what happened to him? Tragic. BUT EVEN IN THAT CASE, he had the skills to back it up. News flash: Mullens does not. All year, I had been looking at stuff they had on the NBA draft on ESPN.com, and they constantly had BJ Mullens going in their top 15. I'd get a nice chuckle every time I read it, because I knew that Mullens wasn't that good and he was going to stay anyway. I mean come on, the guy started 2 of the 33 games that the Bucks played. B(ig)J(oke) Mullens apparently had his mind made up after the Buckeyes lost to Siena in the NCAA Tournament. I was reading the comments on the article posted on Cleveland.com of Mullens' decision to go pro. Apparently, I'm not the only one that thinks he isn't ready. One guy even said that Ohio State should bill him for a year's tuition (not a bad idea in my mind). People make comments about how Greg Oden is a huge flop. Wait until they see BJ Mullens--if they even get to. He's got D-League written all over him, IF SOMEONE EVEN DRAFTS HIM! Rumors have speculated that Mullens' wishes to turn pro now may have something to do with his childhood poverty, which was so great that at one point he even lived in a homeless shelter. Coach Thad Matta said that it would be to his advantage to stay in school to ensure a better spot to be picked in the draft (and a fatter contract too). At this juncture, I can only hope that Evan Turner, David Lighty, and Jon Diebler don't turn pro. But if they did, I'd pick them higher than I'd pick Mullens. The only playing time that BJ Mullens will get in the next few years will be the times that I play NBA Live and put him in just for shits and giggles, assuming a team actually drafts him. BJ Mullens---WTF?!?!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
WTF?!?! 1: BJ Mullens Declares for the NBA Draft
BJ Mullens is now the 5th Ohio State Buckeye to leave after his freshman year. Of those four before him, he is by far the worst. Oden, when healthy and not in foul trouble, is a beast. Conley is playing well. Daequan Cook is playing great ball in Miami alongside D-Wade. Koufos isn't getting so many minutes of play in Utah, but is developing nicely. Remember another member of Ohio State athletics who thought he was good enough to go pro after one year? Remember what happened to him? Tragic. BUT EVEN IN THAT CASE, he had the skills to back it up. News flash: Mullens does not. All year, I had been looking at stuff they had on the NBA draft on ESPN.com, and they constantly had BJ Mullens going in their top 15. I'd get a nice chuckle every time I read it, because I knew that Mullens wasn't that good and he was going to stay anyway. I mean come on, the guy started 2 of the 33 games that the Bucks played. B(ig)J(oke) Mullens apparently had his mind made up after the Buckeyes lost to Siena in the NCAA Tournament. I was reading the comments on the article posted on Cleveland.com of Mullens' decision to go pro. Apparently, I'm not the only one that thinks he isn't ready. One guy even said that Ohio State should bill him for a year's tuition (not a bad idea in my mind). People make comments about how Greg Oden is a huge flop. Wait until they see BJ Mullens--if they even get to. He's got D-League written all over him, IF SOMEONE EVEN DRAFTS HIM! Rumors have speculated that Mullens' wishes to turn pro now may have something to do with his childhood poverty, which was so great that at one point he even lived in a homeless shelter. Coach Thad Matta said that it would be to his advantage to stay in school to ensure a better spot to be picked in the draft (and a fatter contract too). At this juncture, I can only hope that Evan Turner, David Lighty, and Jon Diebler don't turn pro. But if they did, I'd pick them higher than I'd pick Mullens. The only playing time that BJ Mullens will get in the next few years will be the times that I play NBA Live and put him in just for shits and giggles, assuming a team actually drafts him. BJ Mullens---WTF?!?!
