Archive for June, 2009

Booker in a foul mood

Here’s betting Trevor Booker is glad he never followed in Terrence Oglesby’s footsteps and initiated the trendy move overseas to European basketball.
By the looks of the box scores from the three exhibitions Team USA has played, Booker’s game is built exclusively for American power basketball.
In particular, his defense (or, oftentimes, lack thereof).
Booker was one of [...]

NBA mock draft

Here by popular request — and I’ll define popular as a suggestion from reader Seahwawks92 — here is my annual mock NBA draft, admittedly hastily thrown together while the ninos are napping between beach stints.
As I look over the caliber of prospects going after the top 15 picks, makes me wonder where Clemson forward Trevor [...]

Rivers running through pre-draft workouts

An update on what former Clemson wing K.C. Rivers has been doing leading up to Thursday’s NBA Draft.
Rivers has worked out for at least five teams: Chicago (Saturday), Houston, Indiana, hometown Charlotte and my beloved Golden State.
None of the NBA scouts I spoke to during the season thought Rivers would be drafted, although I suppose [...]

Assessing the Noel-for-TO trade

I don’t buy this suggestion out there on message boards that Terrence Oglesby’s departure was addition by subtraction for Clemson’s basketball team.
But because the Tigers did lose Oglesby, I don’t think they could have found+lucked into a more ideal situation in filling T.O.’s shoes.
Clemson gained the commitment Friday evening of Noel Johnson, listed as a [...]

The calm after the baseball draft storm

It’s shaping up to be a long summer of waiting and hoping for Clemson’s baseball coaches.
By the looks of it, all three players whose futures remain in question – rising sophomore pitcher Chris Dwyer (4th-round pick, Kansas City), incoming freshman pitcher Madison Younginer (7th, Boston) and rising redshirt junior pitcher Graham Stoneburner (14th, N.Y. Yankees) [...]

Oglesby interviewing prospective employers (and the soccer coach reportedly fired)

In case you missed the note at the bottom of our Monday report about Oliver Purnell agreeing to a two-year contract extension, former Clemson guard Terrence Oglesby has signed with an agent and expects to sign with an overseas professional team as early as the first week in July, per his father, Tony Oglesby.
I am [...]

The draft blows through Doug Kingsmore Stadium

So much for Clemson feeling good about its draft situation after that first day.
Freshman left-hander Chris Dwyer went in the fourth round Wednesday to the Kansas City Royals, while Mauldin High School righty Madison Younginer was taken in the seventh round by the Boston Red Sox.
Furthermore, redshirt sophomore pitcher Graham Stoneburner was picked in the [...]

Baseball draft fireworks have only just begun

On one hand, Clemson baseball coach Jack Leggett has to be giddy about how the opening night of the pro baseball draft unfolded.
On the other, there has to be the sense that the Tigers could be getting their hopes up, only to have been set up for a more disappointing fall.
Junior first baseman Ben Paulsen [...]

Clemson going with its lefties

Greetings from Tempe, Ariz., where what they say about the desert heat here is true.
You walk out the door, and it’s like someone has turned the hair dryer on in your face. Lotta hot air, not a lotta sweat.
Some quick notes from this afternoon.
As I suggested might happen, Clemson has opted to go with its [...]

The book on Arizona State

The Superstition Mountains. Dry heat. Southwestern cuisine. Herb Sendek artifacts.
So many touristy things to experience in the Phoenix area later in the week. So little time.
That time might be even shorter than thought if Clemson doesn’t conjure some runs on Arizona State’s pitching staff.
Here’s the breakdown of the No. 5 national seed Sun Devils (47-12), [...]