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PF/C Kosta Koufos (CSKA Moscow)

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I would be shocked if he plays much in the NBA.

He will do about as well as Brad Sellers...., play 5 or 6 seasons, just because he is tall he will be on someone's roster... and he'll build his scoring average from 1.7 pts a game to about 5.5 and that will be about it.

I guess he just didn't enjoy college ball all that much.

I hope I'm wrong!
 
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Last year I was all for Oden leaving early. I think KK is making a mistake. I don't think he is physically or mentally prepared for the NBA. My impression was kk was too intimidated to really mix it up at the college level, the NBA players will eat him alive.
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I agree - but the question is not if he is ready for the NBA but if he is ready for the money.

If the NBA wants to pay him the bucks it is their problem how long he takes to come around. If they don't want to pay him there is always Greece.
 
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Steve - per Bruno at Ohio State: No impact on APR from Koufos departure.

(And Oden's earlier departure not expected to negatively impact as a result of improvement plan).
Kosta Koufos is leaving Ohio State, but his early departure won't cost the Buckeyes a men's basketball scholarship, at least for now. A deficient Academic Progress Rate caused in part by Greg Oden's exit last year won't result in a lost scholarship, either.
OSU professor John Bruno, the university's faculty athletics representative, said yesterday that the NCAA has accepted Ohio State's academic improvement plan for men's basketball. Bruno said the NCAA has informed the school it likely won't be penalized for its expected deficient APR when scores are released Wednesday.
"If indeed the findings that are going to come out May 7 indicate we would be subject to a loss of a scholarship, then the recent acceptance of our academic improvement plan would erase or postpone the loss of that scholarship," Bruno said. "Even if the numbers are bad, we are not subject to a penalty."
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Sunday Special: Koufos' stock rises
OSU star seeks agent before NBA draft
Sunday, May 4, 2008
BY TOOD PORTER
REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER

Now that Kosta Koufos has decided to make a career out of basketball, his fans and Ohio State fans ought to respect that decision. Here is the one thing I am sure of: This was an extremely difficult decision for a talented 7-foot basketball player who cares how people regard him.

There aren't many college freshmen who contemplate withdrawing from school to pursue a professional career, and one of the final sticking points in pulling the trigger is what kind of impact his scholarship will have on the Buckeyes and their NCAA APR ranking.

"I want to stress that Kosta leaving at this time does not equate to one scholarship," said his mother, Kathy, a guidance counselor at GlenOak High School.

If a college athlete is going to be a first-round draft pick, then passing up his remaining college eligibility is something he should do. Koufos assuredly will be a first-round NBA Draft pick. Since he announced his intentions to devote his May and June to the draft, Koufos' stock has already been on the rise.

He went from a mid- to late-round pick, to a possible high lottery pick. And here's why: When Koufos attends these predraft camps and workouts for teams, NBA general managers, head coaches and scouts will see a 7-footer who can shoot from the perimeter and who has enough athletic ability to drive inside. They'll fall in love with him if he has solid workouts.

Now that Koufos doesn't have to balance classes in his final quarter at OSU and draft camps, he'll blow those camps out of the water.

KOUFOS' AGENT

Koufos said he and his mother are interviewing agents. One agent who is connected closely to the process, according to NBA gossip, is Cleveland-based Mark Termini.

Two players Termini represents are Cavs guard Damon Jones and Cleveland native Earl Boykins. Jones is the highest-paid player Termini has at more than $4.1 million this year and close to $4.5 million next.

Termini represents international players, as well.
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Steve19;1152620; said:
I hope that Kosta is the last "one and done" player we recruit and I hope his leaving will not have a negative impact on our APR.

Good luck, Kosta.
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bucknutz;1153112; said:
i agree, this is really hurting college basketball.

Good luck to Kosta.
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You don't necessarily know they are a "one and done" player when you recruit them. Besides, you saw how a college basketball program can deteriorate under O'Brien when you only get players that you are pretty sure "will stay around 4 years". I read his book and he specifically claims to have gone after those type of players, etc. The truth is he couldn't attract the "5 star" players to Ohio State. You want to the recruit the BEST players available. If another Oden, Connely, and Cook class comes along, I say "go for it". The season before last was a "great ride" to the NCAA finals.

Yes, and good luck Kosta.
 
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I don't care who they recruit as long as they are players who will help the school and that includes being a benefit when they leave.
Unlike Script I do think you can tell who are the one and dones for the most part. A 7 footer who is the rage in high school is pretty much gone after one. The NBA drools over these guys.
The hard ones are they who project as a project and surprise ie. Connely.
The coaches all have a pretty good idea, I would venture, of kids that it wouldn't surprise to see them go.
The biggest problem as I see it with this type of player is team continuity which suffers greatly JMO.
I have said all along that KK would go and it was obvious to me that he would.
 
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Best Buckeye;1155958; said:
I don't care who they recruit as long as they are players who will help the school and that includes being a benefit when they leave.
Unlike Script I do think you can tell who are the one and dones for the most part. A 7 footer who is the rage in high school is pretty much gone after one. The NBA drools over these guys.
The hard ones are they who project as a project and surprise ie. Connely.
The coaches all have a pretty good idea, I would venture, of kids that it wouldn't surprise to see them go.
The biggest problem as I see it with this type of player is team continuity which suffers greatly JMO.
I have said all along that KK would go and it was obvious to me that he would.
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Pretty much agree with eveything.
 
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