Tuesday, April 24, 2007
News / Sports Mike Conley to the Hawks?
Posted by Scott Freeman on Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 5:24 PM
Even though I missed with my prediction that Ohio State's Greg Oden would stay in school another year, the news that he and teammate Mike Conley will both enter the NBA draft brings interesting possibilities for the Atlanta Hawks.
With his incredible performance in the NCAA tournament, Conley has turned himself into the top point guard in this year's draft. No NBA team needs a point guard more than the Hawks, someone who can lead a team on the court and distribute the ball and take over a game when he has to.
Mike Conley, meet the Atlanta Hawks.
The Hawks have the 12th pick of the draft and ESPN's Chad Ford is already projecting that Atlanta will select Conley.
I watched Conley play high school ball with Oden at Lawrence North in Indiana, and the NCAAs were no illusion. He was the same player in high school. He's the real deal. And if the Hawks draft him, the city should jump for joy because Conley will become the team's missing link.
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