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BJ Mullens: NBA Draft Profile
January 13th, 2009
by Jeff Fox
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BJ Mullens - Ohio State
BJ Mullens
College: Ohio State
Class: Freshman
Position: C
Height: 7’0”
Weight: 275lbs
Accolades: All-USA Boys Basketball Team - USA Today - high school (08), McDonald’s All-American - high school (08), First Team Parade All-American - high school (08).
Scouting Report: A big man with big potential.
Strengths: Tons of potential and upside. Blocks and alters shots. Extremely long - nice wingspan. Nice size for the NBA. Mobile for a big man. Moves feet well on D. Good at getting position in post. Can finish with either hand down low. Nice jump hook. Can get out and run the floor for a big man. Very athletic for his size. Quick. Has good hands.
Weaknesses: Has attitude, conditioning & effort issues. Needs to work on his defensive awareness - can get lost at times. Leaves his feet too often on D in an attempt to block shots. Didn’t play big minutes his freshman year. Very inconsistent. Forces shots. Doesn’t always have good balance in the post. Horrible free throw shooter.
Projected 2009 Draft Range: Top five to late lottery pick.
Consensus: B.J. Mullens is not ready for the NBA. With that being said, it appears he will still enter this June’s draft. And why wouldn’t he, considering he’ll probably get picked in lottery. While plenty of holes in his game have been exposed in college, his potential is too high for too many NBA teams to pass on him.
Stats:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=41747
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CHN's Six-Star Ranking System w/ 2008 Equivalents
= Superstar/All-NBA Potential - Michael Beasley
= Potential NBA All-Star - Derrick Rose
= Consistent NBA Starter - Brook Lopez
= 6th Man/Fringe Starter - Russell Westbrook
= Career Reserve - Roy Hibbert
= Fringe NBA Player/12th Man - JR Giddens
0 stars = Life in the Minor Leagues - Drew Neitzel
Comments
I have seen nothing out of
Submitted by Jason Hirschhorn on Wed, 2009-02-25 21:20.
I have seen nothing out of BJ Mullens that makes me think that coming out this year would be a good idea. He hasn't developed enough of a game to warrant a team taking him in the top 10, maybe not even the top 15. He still might go there, but if he were to stay another year he could become the dominating force he was thought to be coming out of high school. It's hard for a kid to turn down being a fairly high first round pick, but with a little seasoning he could go higher next year.
Bulls & Mullens
Submitted by Canse johnson (not verified) on Tue, 2009-06-16 23:08.
I hope Bulls draft him! The guy will excel with a Pure 1 in Rose.
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Submitted by The REAL O.G (not verified) on Mon, 2009-06-22 19:03.
Why is the rating of 6 stars compared to Beasley and 5 to Rose when Rose is R.O.Y and Beasley wasnt really affective (or even heard of that much) this season. Russel Westbrook and Brook Lopez should also be ranked above him. Just curious.
On the draft pick, I agree with most of the others. I dont even know why he should be a first rounder.
The Bulls already have pleanty of big men including Miller, both Thomas's, and Noah.
Hinrich can back up Rose. Plus they drafted the rights to another International big man (forgot name).
Bulls should draft someone to back up Salmons since Gordon is probably not going to return and some one who could back up Deng.
Maybe an Eric Maynor with the 16th pick and DaJuan Summers or Chase Budinger with the 26th pick in the draft.
GO BULLS!!!!!!!!!
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About Jeff Fox
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NBA Draft & International Hoops
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Jeff Fox is a freelance journalist based an hour outside of Toronto, Canada. While attending University of Waterloo (Canada) earning a B.A. in Economics and Management Studies, Jeff managed to walk onto the school’s varsity basketball team, the Warriors, for 2 seasons. His final year riding the pine for the Warriors saw the team make it to the CIS (Canada’s NCAA equivalent) Final 8 tournament. In addition to this site, he is a regular contributor to SLAM magzine (& online) and The Hoops Manifesto. When he isn’t planted in front of his computer he spends the rest of his time with his wife, Lisa, his son, Adam and his dog Jeannie.
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I saw Mullens live against Butler at Ohio State, and he certainly did not look like he would be a "Brook Lopez"-type starter in the NBA. He didn't play a whole lot (6 pts in 16 mins), but he was really clumsy when he was in the game, especially around the rim. He seems like a good, athletic shot blocker, but at this point, I don't think Mullens would ever be like Lopez, especially with all the success Lopez is having with the Nets. I think he'd be a marginal player, much like a younger Roy Hibbert, if he left.