'09 OK PF/C Daniel Orton (Official Offer)

[Cavfan89]

Originally Posted by buckeyesin07

Don't you mean KK's high school coach?

Don't you mean both?

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by Cavfan89

Don't you mean both?

You could say that...I was just letting that guys 5 minutes of fame die...

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Link

Daniel Orton stands 6-foot-10 and glides across a basketball court with remarkabe ease for someone who wears size 16 high tops.
Seven schools, nearly all Final Four regulars, are competing for his services. This summer, he flew a combined 2,200 miles to attend all-star camps in Ohio and Virginia -- where he played with unfamiliar teammates who virtually ignored him.
"I barely ever touched the ball, unless it was a rebound or something," he said.
If that's the sacrifice for post players such as Orton, their reward comes at Riverview Park Activities Center. Playing with their regular AAU teammates in the Nike Peach Jam, a four-day event that began Saturday, they will find it much easier to contribute. That can be hard to do in summer all-star camps, which players and coaches say can turn into guard-dominated, transition dunkfests.
"If you want the ball there, you have to go get it," said Orton, who joins DeMarcus Cousins (Birmingham Storm) and Keith Gallon (Houston Hoops) as the event's top class of 2009 post players.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Rivals.com$

Peach Jam: Sunday Morning..........Orton is described at an excellent passer for a post player.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Scout.com$ (Kansas site)

Orton Looking to Start...............Orton will make a decision in the late signing period and playing time will be a key factor in his decision. Orton has narrowed his list to Kentucky, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Texas, Kansas, UCLA and UConn.

[buckeydoptimist]

If he's looking for PT he should LOOK NO FURTHER! We'll have BJM vacating the starting C slot and we have no real PF ( Lighty will be playing it because we need him to ) outside Kecman who he could likely break in half. LOL

There is a HUGE opportunity here for a big guy like Orton to step in and write his ticket. Plus there is a boatload of talent at the outside spots so he could be the missing piece his one year!

[LitlBuck]

That was finally a good post and right on target. I've never really thought of it that way. We will have Dallas but that's all. My concern is that he does not want to do sign until the late period which would put us in a bind.

[buckeydoptimist]

I actually think that HELPS US, Litl.

We can be more certain of BJM's status by the late signing period. Thus we don't risk re-using his ship in the Fall and then something happens that makes him want to stay a 2nd year and we are in a real bind.

Now we do have an open ship right now so BJM's would be a 2nd one. But the APR thing is looming, with KK dealing another double blow and also losing Wallace, so maybe you can't risk using both in 09 - in case something happened where we lost one.

I'd much rather wait on Orton's decision in the Spring ( yes there is the risk that we'd get no one ) than sign a project or much lesser player in the Fall. We need real HELP INSIDE in 09-10. I haven't heard of anyone on the radar BESIDES ORTON who could provide what we so desperately need.

I'm not sure yet another JUCO is the answer ( how good is Mathis anyway and he can't help at the 5 like Orton ). A project like SVT doesn't help for that season. A JUCO 5 might be of interest but I haven't heard any names pop up.

I'd like to see another marquee name pop up from the class but so many are already spoken for it seems dubious at present.