The 10 college players I was most wrong about

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Eli Manning - figured he would be by far the best QB in his class

Mike Williams(USC WR) - knew he was slow but figured he would have a Keyshawn type career

Mateen Cleaves - thought he would be what Deron Williams has become

Jason Richardson - saw Richard Jefferson just kill him defensively in the Final Four and thought there was no way he would be a good NBA player

Yao Ming - a tall white guy.....stiff

[THAY3R]

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I'm pretty sure that shooting percentage will have a lot to do with whether or not you're the focus of the defense. If you have a ton of other great players around you and are shooting open 3s as a result, thats not nearly the same as being guarded by the other team's best player, coming off a screen, and nailing a 3.

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[Taraz]

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You do realize you cannot even debate this, right? Like Clarkmeister said, "That's nice and all, but the rest of the world uses "guard" to mean "guard." " That simple. Anthony played very few minutes at SG, and you're on drugs if you think the positions are exactly the same, just on different sides of the court.

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Assani is right when he says that there is little practical difference between shooting guards and small forwards. They are both "wing" players in most coaches' minds. Kobe, T-Mac, Paul Pierce, Vince Carter, Michael Redd, Maggette, Iguodala, Mike Miller, etc. All these guys can play both the 2 or the 3 but not the 1 or the 4.

With that said, he should probably use the word "wing" when he says "guard".

[mblax10]

No mention of Charles Rogers yet? I though that guy was going to be the best WR in the league.

I didn't think Elton Brand was going to do anything in the NBA.

I thought Joey Harrington was going to be very good.

I thought Robert Gallery was going to be good.

I didn't think Dwight Freeney was going to make it.

[Clarkmeister]

Charles Rogers doesn't count in my mind. He looked like the real deal before the flukey double-collarbone injury that effectively ended his career.

Jay Williams falls under the same exception. Who knows how good he would've been if not for the bike accident.

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Charles Rogers doesn't count in my mind. He looked like the real deal before the flukey double-collarbone injury that effectively ended his career.

Jay Williams falls under the same exception. Who knows how good he would've been if not for the bike accident.

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yeah fluky injuries shouldn't count in this thread

[Jack of Arcades]

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Charles Rogers doesn't count in my mind. He looked like the real deal before the flukey double-collarbone injury that effectively ended his career.

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52 targets, 22 receptions for 243 yards, 3 TD, 10 first downs, long of 33 yards in 5 games. This doesn't really look like the "real deal" for me.

In 2005, he caught 14/31 for 197 yards. 1 TD, 11 first downs, and a long of 35.

His 2005 season doesn't really look any worse than his rookie year, and his rookie year was nowhere near impressive.

The injury seems like a good explanation, but what seems more likely is that he just wasn't that good, and the team he went to didn't help.

[Jack of Arcades]

Oh, I was terribly wrong about Josh Reed. I was very right about Michael Clayton for one season, though.

(If you want to talk about a rookie WR looking like the real deal, look no farther than Michael Clayton, who was one of the best receivers in the league that year).

[legend42]

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(If you want to talk about a rookie WR looking like the real deal, look no farther than Michael Clayton, who was one of the best receivers in the league that year).

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Yup. I still remember that huge Monday Night game he had, when Madden tabbed him as a future superstar. His dropoff isn't unprecedented, but it sure is a big head-scratcher.

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I thought lendale white was going to be an NFL stud.