Did anyone else hear about how the UCLA cheerleaders were trash-talking the Gator players, especially Noah. Apparently, they kept swearing at him and calling him ugly on inbounds plays and stuff like that lol.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting virve119:</div><div class="quote_post">Did anyone else hear about how the UCLA cheerleaders were trash-talking the Gator players, especially Noah. Apparently, they kept swearing at him and calling him ugly on inbounds plays and stuff like that lol.</div> Yeah, he blew them a kiss on an inbounds play.
Well this thread will have to take a hiatus until next year, since he said he's staying, along with all the other Gators! THis is one special bunch of kids and I'm glad they are all Gators!
Noah can declare at anytime before April 29th. It would be very rare for him not to at least declare without hiring an agent, especially as a probable top 5 pick.
^I see your "he's half swedish" and raise you "he went to my high school (Lawrenceville) for his post-graduate year." So there. I'd love to see him stay at Florida and I do think he's a unique kid who doesn't follow most norms. But, I have to believe that Donovan is going to tell him that if he's a top 5 player this year, he should go in the draft. Noah's stock has nowhere to go but down right now. He probably won't be the #1 pick this year, but there is no chance of him being #1 next year since Oden will most likely be in the draft. While there's a chance he could improve his game next year, there is an equal chance he could lay an egg. The SEC is one of the top 2-3 conferences in the country with a lot of good coaches. Unlike last year, Noah is going to be the marked man that opposing SEC coaches will gameplan to stop. If they manage to stop him, he could fall to a late lottery pick next year, and that isn't even taking into consideration the worst case scenario of him getting injured. Maybe I'm just getting more cynical as I grow older, but I've just seen too many kids say they're definitely going to stay out of the draft, only to change their minds in late April.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting wtwalker77:</div><div class="quote_post">^I see your "he's half swedish" and raise you "he went to my high school (Lawrenceville) for his post-graduate year." So there. I'd love to see him stay at Florida and I do think he's a unique kid who doesn't follow most norms. But, I have to believe that Donovan is going to tell him that if he's a top 5 player this year, he should go in the draft. Noah's stock has nowhere to go but down right now. He probably won't be the #1 pick this year, but there is no chance of him being #1 next year since Oden will most likely be in the draft. While there's a chance he could improve his game next year, there is an equal chance he could lay an egg. The SEC is one of the top 2-3 conferences in the country with a lot of good coaches. Unlike last year, Noah is going to be the marked man that opposing SEC coaches will gameplan to stop. If they manage to stop him, he could fall to a late lottery pick next year, and that isn't even taking into consideration the worst case scenario of him getting injured. Maybe I'm just getting more cynical as I grow older, but I've just seen too many kids say they're definitely going to stay out of the draft, only to change their minds in late April.</div> I honestly think that Joakim is going to stay. He's having the time of his life right now at UF and his dream is to make the NBA, he's gonna make the NBA regardless the difference is the amount of money he makes and he is loaded, so it doesn't matter too much. He would rather stay and play ball with his friends. He has said college is a once and a lifetime experience and if he can take us deep into the tourney again, he could be a college basketball legend.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GatorsowntheSEC:</div><div class="quote_post">I honestly think that Joakim is going to stay. He's having the time of his life right now at UF and his dream is to make the NBA, he's gonna make the NBA regardless the difference is the amount of money he makes and he is loaded, so it doesn't matter too much. He would rather stay and play ball with his friends. He has said college is a once and a lifetime experience and if he can take us deep into the tourney again, he could be a college basketball legend.</div> Know who else had a loaded pro-athlete father, was NCAA Tournament MVP, had the option to return for more college eligibility, and had said he wanted to stay four years in college? Sean May... I'm not saying Noah will declare, because I think he'll stay as well; I'm just saying that nothing's certain until the deadline. Personally, I think Noah's better off declaring this season from a financial standpoint. I realize the kid's loaded, but even loaded people care about money, and this year he's much more likely to be a top five, maybe even top three, than he would next year in the Greg Oden-Kevin Durant-Thad Young-Brandan Wright class, especially considering the performance he's coming off in the Final Four. Odds are he won't have that same momentum going into the draft next year.
i think that he is a very very good player and he is the one who lead the Florida Gators to the final four but i think he is gonna stay.
