PG/SG O.J. Mayo (Official Thread)

[bucknut11]

There will be a write-up about Mayo in tomorrow's edition of SI... talks about his busy summer, travelling the country and playing basketball. Calls him one of the top 5 high school players, regardless of grade.

"It's hard to say a guard is a can't-miss prospect, but he's as close to that as you can get," says an NBA team official who was in San Diego. "He's a very mature player for someone his age. He's the clear leader of his team, and you can tell the other players listen to him. He's definitely a rare talent."

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

scouthoops.com (free link)

6/21/05




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Paul Harris (J.Hawkins)

</TD><TD noWrap width=3></TD><TD vAlign=top>By Dave Telep National Recruiting Director
Date: Jun 20, 2005

The 2005 NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp tips off this Wednesday on the campus of VCU in Richmond. Here’s a look at who’s attending the event.
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Scout.com will provide daily coverage of the NBA Camp beginning Wednesday evening. The following is a listing of teams and players who are participating at the event.

TEAM 1 -- Cole Aldrich, Stephen Curry, Paul Harris, Lazar Haywood, Gerald Henderson, Blake Hoffarber, Willie Kemp, Andrew Ott, Michael Sanchez, Brian Zoubek

TEAM 2 – Chase Budinger, Jeremy Franklin, Taj Gibson, Brandon Jennings, Johnnie Lett, Dwight Lewis, O.J. Mayo, Stanley Robinson, Andre Stephens, Seth Tarver

TEAM 3 – Demond Carter, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron Holmes, Kurtis Huelsman, Jonathan Kreft, Brook Lopez, K’Len Morris, Antron Pippen, Quincy Pondexter, Anjuan Wilderness

TEAM 4 – Dwayne Collins, Daniel Deane, Austin Freeman, Jonathan Hall, Gary Johnson, Dexter Pittman, Matthew Pressey, Edwin Rios, Deonta Vaughn, Bill Walker

TEAM 5 – Earl Clark, Keenan Ellis, Kenyan Harmon, Jahaziel Howard, Tory Jackson, Derrick Jaspers, Pierre Niles, Jerry Smith, Nolan Smith, Perry Stevenson

TEAM 6 – Jerryd Bayless, Wayne Ellington, Jordan Hill, Tywon Lawson, Hamady N’Diaye, Ralph Sampson, Ramar Smith, Chace Stanback, Julian Vaughn, Eric Wallace, Thaddeus Young

TEAM 7 – JeJuan Brown, Keith Clark, Bryan Davis, Edward Davis, Eric Hayes, Obi Muonelo, Jeremiah Rivers, Lawrence Westbrook, Heath White, Lewis Witcher

TEAM 8 – Duke Crews, James Dews, Tom Herzog, Marques Johnson, Kevin Love, Vernon Macklin, Adrian Oliver, Derrick Rose, Kyle Singler, Jerel Stephenson

TEAM 9 – Alan Bantom, Keegan Bell, Eric Gordon, Taylor Harrison, Josh Lomers, Antonio Pena, John Pietkiewicz, Scott Reynolds, John Rinaldi, Jamie Skeen, P’Allen Stinnett, Corey Stokes, Nic Wise

TEAM 10 – Jermaine Beal, Robert Byrd, Patrick Christopher, Isaiah Dahlman, Ray Hall, Taylor King, Andre McFarland, Matthew Shaw, Alex Stepheson, Will Walker

TEAM 11 – Darrell Arthur, Michael Beasley, DaSean Butler, Tyreke Evans, Eugene Harvey, Dennis Horner, Taishi Ito, Robin Lopez, Donald Sloan, Lance Thomas

TEAM 12 – Kevin Durant, James Keefe, Marsharee Neely, Reggie Redding, Richard Semrau, DaJuan Summers, Greivis Vasquez, Bryce Webster, Doug Wiggins, Trevon Willis.

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[BB73]

Just wanted to point out that Mayo will be 19 when he graduates in 2 years, so yesterday's NBA agreement will not prevent him from going directly into the NBA after high school.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Just wanted to point out that Mayo will be 19 when he graduates in 2 years, so yesterday's NBA agreement will not prevent him from going directly into the NBA after high school.

You are correct BB73....it will also not effect Bill Walker.

[dozerbuck]

The above statement is false. The details to the rule were released.


The rule states that a player must be nineteen AND 1 year removed from highschool. So that means any player entering the draft must meet both requirements before they can be drafted.

This means that college/university, NBDL, or Europe for these kids.

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

thanks for the clarification......