Scotty Hopson @ Minnesota Timberwolves camp

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I think everyone would like to see Hopson drafted. However, we also have to be realistic about his chances and opportunity to be successful in professional basketball. I hope he is drafted and has a great career. It just isn't likely that that is really realistic.
 
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BasketvolsFan said:
I think everyone would like to see Hopson drafted. However, we also have to be realistic about his chances and opportunity to be successful in professional basketball. I hope he is drafted and has a great career. It just isn't likely that that is really realistic.
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There is a difference in being realistic and just being downright hateful in regards to the reports coming out about his draft stock.

I just don't understand why people wouldn't want a TN player to succeed at the next level and seem to take joy out of him failing.

He was a solid player for us for 3 years...it was his best opportunity to go pro, so we should support him.

I understand a lot of people are just happy that their "point will be proven" but I would rather have my opinion on a message board be wrong and have one of our athletes succeed....just me.:hi:
 
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I still stand firm that he will get drafted and will have a lengthy and solid career in the NBA.
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Ericvol2096 said:
There is a difference in being realistic and just being downright hateful in regards to the reports coming out about his draft stock.

I just don't understand why people wouldn't want a TN player to succeed at the next level and seem to take joy out of him failing.

He was a solid player for us for 3 years...it was his best opportunity to go pro, so we should support him.

I understand a lot of people are just happy that their "point will be proven" but I would rather have my opinion on a message board be wrong and have one of our athletes succeed....just me.:hi:
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I completely agree. I truly hope Hopson is drafted and has a great career. It would not only help him, but also help our basketball program to have players in the NBA. Expressing doubt that he will be able to accomplish this goal doesn't equal bashing him. He is a UT player, and like all UT players, I wish his nothing but success in whatever he does.
 
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I hope Hopson grows up to be a man, makes it, and double birds everyone that calls him out. He didn't learn to dribble, he's dramatic, he's one of the most mentally weak athletes I have seen on a court, he has to gather himself before shooting a j, which gives the bigger and faster players another .5 second to react, and he's a little dilusional. Seems to be a great kid. Hope he becomes a man. He would have never been hounded so bad by Vol fans if it weren't for the pouting and body language. We don't like. Nobody does.
 
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not trying to be a hater but in 3 years i never saw him give everything he had, but to be honest i bet he will be a good NBA player and that he'll turn it on. he never wanted to be in college. he wanted to play in the nba. he's always had the potential so i'm interested in seeing him use it.
 
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pl3 said:
He would have never been hounded so bad by Vol fans if it weren't for the pouting and body language. We don't like. Nobody does.
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A coach that was worth a crap wouldn't have allowed that to go on for three years. I think a good bit of blame can be placed on the staff for not doing anything about it. I'd be interested to see how Scotty would've faired with another program.
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bigsteve13 said:
not trying to be a hater but in 3 years i never saw him give everything he had, but to be honest i bet he will be a good NBA player and that he'll turn it on. he never wanted to be in college. he wanted to play in the nba. he's always had the potential so i'm interested in seeing him use it.
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lol - agreed - he clearly should've gone for 50 against Pitt.
 
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TooLegit2Quit said:
A coach that was worth a crap wouldn't have allowed that to go on for three years. I think a good bit of blame can be placed on the staff for not doing anything about it. I'd be interested to see how Scotty would've faired with another program.
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Most people with the attitude he has don't hang in there when someone gets tough on them. I think it is likely he would have just got fed up and left, gotta love the diva attitude
 
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TooLegit2Quit said:
A coach that was worth a crap wouldn't have allowed that to go on for three years. I think a good bit of blame can be placed on the staff for not doing anything about it. I'd be interested to see how Scotty would've faired with another program.
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Jeff Fisher is a highly thought of coach and had the same exact issues with Vince Young, which is who I compare Scotty to. BP is to blame for plenty, but assuming another coach can manage a head case is often a wrong assumption.
 
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pl3 said:
Jeff Fisher is a highly thought of coach and had the same exact issues with Vince Young, which is who I compare Scotty to. BP is to blame for plenty, but assuming another coach can manage a head case is often a wrong assumption.
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Coaches have managed Ron Artest. And Dennis Rodman. And the Kings seem to be learning how to manage Cousins (the jury is still out there of course). I don't think Scotty is even in the same league of head cases as some of these guys. A firm coach should be all it takes. If not, then I say he has nothing in him (which we all know is wrong, he clearly has another gear. Ask Pitt)
 
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TooLegit2Quit said:
A coach that was worth a crap wouldn't have allowed that to go on for three years. I think a good bit of blame can be placed on the staff for not doing anything about it. I'd be interested to see how Scotty would've faired with another program.
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Whoa aren't you a Pearl supporter? If not, my bad. But one of Pearl's big question marks was his ability to develop talent.
 
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BasketvolsFan said:
Another perfect example of you not being able to interpret what the post was actually saying.
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I usually speak and write so others don't have to interpret what I say or what I have written. It's called being articulate and using proper context. It's also how mature, professional adults communicate. Obviously in your little bubble, things are different.
 
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shortgameVol said:
I usually speak and write so others don't have to interpret what I say or what I have written. It's called being articulate and using proper context. It's also how mature, professional adults communicate. Obviously in your little bubble, things are different.
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Interesting since you attempt to interpret every post and change the content to match your feeble attempt to attack others. Perhaps you should practice what you preach if you are really articulate, utilizing proper context. I have found nothing in your posts to verify your analysis of yourself. However, keep on believing since no one else does. I'm really glad that things are different in my little bubble as I sure would not want to be in yours. A quote I once heard applies to you--"Man is an imagining being". Wouldn't really expect you to understand that with your elementary mind functioning.
 
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Plays his heart out? I'm calling BS. Too many times did fans see him basically quit in the tough games.
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Daloth said:
Coaches have managed Ron Artest. And Dennis Rodman. And the Kings seem to be learning how to manage Cousins (the jury is still out there of course). I don't think Scotty is even in the same league of head cases as some of these guys. A firm coach should be all it takes. If not, then I say he has nothing in him (which we all know is wrong, he clearly has another gear. Ask Pitt)
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I think a difference in those you mentioned (specifically Rodman and Artest) and Hopson are that they are mentally tough, but just have attitude issues. Hopson on the contrary is just mentally soft. He just comes off to me as a spoiled, like the kid on everyones little league team that quits because he doesn't get to start.
 
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omghulkhands said:
I think a difference in those you mentioned (specifically Rodman and Artest) and Hopson are that they are mentally tough, but just have attitude issues. Hopson on the contrary is just mentally soft. He just comes off to me as a spoiled, like the kid on everyones little league team that quits because he doesn't get to start.
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I agree with you completely on that.

I used those comparisons more because Hopson was dubbed a "headcase." Hopson isn't a headcase, because we never had problems with Scotty at all. Lazy? Sure. Didn't live up to his potential? Definitely. But calling him a headcase just sounds like a bitter fan, so I wanted to compare him to real headcases in the NBA.
 
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I think he is immature, and while he wants every shot to fall, just doesn't really know how to take on adversity and fight through slumps. He gets marred in them rather than using the age old shooters adage that the next one WILL fall. I don't think he has as much of a problem as most on here think. He is akin to a golfer that can't hit out of the rough on the 17th hole on Sunday even though he is in contention for the tourney.
 
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