Patterson to NBDL

I hate to say I called it except that I'm totally lying about that.

I CALLED IT!

From Rotoworld:

The Rockets have assigned Patrick Patterson to Rio Grande Valley of the D-League.

Read this for a competing view from a delusional Rockets fan. Funny stuff. He reminds me of my brother who is still convinced that William Campbell (U of M DT) could be good. (However, I will acknowledge that being sent to the NBDL is not the end of the story - but the dude still needs a ticket to visit reality.)

We still await the debut of Epke Udoh (out with a broken wrist).

Furriners = Super Scouts?

On two occasions in the past six weeks or so, I have challenged NbaDraft.Net for their overrating of Patrick Patterson.

In light of yesterday's NBA Lottery, I thought I'd check out Chad Ford's updated mock draft (2.0) at espn.com. I was almost shocked at the vindication my scouting report is receiving from this source. As of today's update, Ford has Epke Udoh going #8 to the Clippers and Patrick Patterson going #22(!) to Portland. Suck on that, NbaDraft.net!

To expand on my thoughts just a bit:

I am a Wake Forest fan. I am a resident of the Detroit area... but Al-Farouq Aminu at #7 to the Pistons?!?! No, no, no. I'd rather have Greg Monroe (who Ford has going #9 to Utah). I see a very high bust factor on Aminu. Monroe doesn't have a tremendously high ceiling given his lack of elite athleticism but the bust factor seems low because of his size, skill, & intelligence combination.

NOTE: as of today's update at NBADraft.net, they still have Patterson at #8 (LAC) and have moved Udoh to #15 (MIL).