You know, I've been hearing those comparisons all season long, and they've bugged the hell out of me. Dickie V is borderline senile, and I'm convinced he doesn't really keep track of the college game anymore, but for Magic to say that is just ill-informed on his part. I can see how someone hearing that gets the idea that he's overrated.
With that said, he's still not getting enough love from the mocks. This is a weak draft, and Oladipo is a sure thing. I understand the sentiment from the draft thread that he's Wes Matthews-esque, but that's more of his basement, and that's not a horrible basement. If I'm choosing between him and McLemore, I've got a hard decision to make. He used to be all defense, hustle and minimal offense, but he's taken his offensive game to the next level this season. I see the Wade comparisons in that sense. I was actually there, in St. Louis, when he went off as a freshman against Tulsa. They lost the game, but it was sort of a revelation at the time. He rose in the mocks from a projected second rounder to a lottery pick, just like Oladipo has done.
Also, it looks like Oladipo pretty much declared for the draft in his post-game conference. He kept referencing his teammates in the past tense and saying how good it was to have played with them. So now that it looks like he's gone, the question is... will Cody Zeller be smart and come back for another year? His stock's at an all-time low, and each of his brothers graduated from their schools, so it's not out of the question that he'll be back.
