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C Byron 'B.J.' Mullens (Levanga Hokkaido Sapporo - Japan)

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As many have mentioned before, events like this are not exactly a time for the big guys to shine. That being said, people are talking about the sky being the limit for Mullens if he continues at this pace...and works well with the OSU coaching staff and gets it done in the weight room.
 
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2007 Las Vegas AAU Tournaments - Day Two & Three

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We got a chance to see Ohio State bound center BJ Mullens twice today and he left a strong impression. He's a legit 7-footer with a huge frame, long arms and extremely agile. He also is showing a developing offensive game with turnaround jumpshots and drop steps and post moves. At 240-250 now, he looks like he'll be able to put on another 20-30 pounds easily without losing any mobility.

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this boy sure can jump. if you've seen his videos, you've likely noticed that he's quick off the floor, too.

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Basketball road show

By JOE ARNOLD
Gannett News Service

LANCASTER - The picture is painful, if comical, to imagine. B.J. Mullens makes his way down a jetway. His ride, a commercial airliner, sits on the tarmac, filling from rear to front with passengers.

Slowly and methodically Mullens folds his 7-foot frame into a cartoonishly small seat. With a build better suited for a ride in a grain silo than an airplane, Mullens makes it work and settles into the tube that will take him to yet another basketball camp in yet another city.

Mullens, a senior at Canal Winchester, has the routine down by now. This summer is his fourth spent criss-crossing the country. He'll rack up more frequent flyer miles than many flight attendants, but it's part of the life of a prized basketball player. Two weeks back, Mullens left for the adidas Super 64, a week-long elite tournament that draws college-bound players and NCAA coaches alike, just a chip's throw off the Las Vegas strip.

It's just one of many tournaments Mullens has attended or will attend this summer.
"It's not bad," Mullens said of the traveling. "I like it. A long time ago, when this first started happening, I loved going all over the place and traveling. But after a while, it can wear on you."
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Chillicothe Gazette - www.chillicothegazette.com - Chillicothe, OH
 
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adidas Nations Basketball Experience Notebook (Day One+Two)...

-BJ Mullens had an up and down game against Africa, coming up with some emphatic finishes around the basket (and-1 sometimes), making some very smart passes, showing really nice flashes of footwork, but also disappearing for long stretches by not asserting himself and not playing all that hard. That?s been the knock on him throughout his career so far, and we saw that with our own eyes here. He has a great body, is incredibly explosive, and also has a good looking mid-range jumper as we saw from watching him shoot-around in between sessions?so it?s obvious why he is such a highly touted prospect. From what he told us, he plans on staying in college for more than one year, as he doesn?t feel like he is ready to think about the NBA yet.
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Greg Oden also said, before college, that he felt that he wasn't ready for the NBA and that he would most likely spend a few years in college because of that. Look where he is now.

B.J will most likely improve to the point where he feels that he's ready to make the jump, so I wouldn't make too much of the quote at the end of the quoted article.
 
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adidas Nations Basketball Experience: 2008 High School Prospects

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-B.J. Mullens might have the most upside of any of the players present in New Orleans. Standing 7-1, he has an NBA caliber body, great hands, a freakishly explosive vertical leap, a sweet jump-shot, and is able to dunk the ball with either hand. What? Where do we sign? Not so quick, though?since there is certainly more than meets the eye here.

Mullens still has quite a ways to go before his production on the court is able to match his considerable upside. He has a tendency to take possessions off and disappear, on the defensive end especially, but also on offense when things aren?t going so well. Too often we?d catch Mullens sprinting up the floor while a shot is going up in the air?trying to cherry pick his way to a flashy above the rim dunk?rather than do what a 7-footer is supposed to do and box out for a rebound. His team?s defensive rebounding suffered in the process, but we did get a chance to see him show off his ups quite a bit.

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