Day two:
Wayne Chism diary from Portsmouth, Day Two... | Ask Griff | GoVolsXtra.com
I hope he gets a legitimate chance in the league. I think he could contribute.
There are plenty of teams who wouldn't even consider drafting Hopson. Of the five or six teams I know the personnel guys well enough to feel comfortable speaking about what they look for, I can only think of one that might draft him and they'd tell him to go to Europe for two years and see where he's at after that. Teams that would draft Hopson are the ones who think their staff will be able to get a guy to do things nobody else has ever gotten the guy to do. There's a name for teams like that: lottery participants.
Why? What does he posses that other players don't? So tell me, why would he be drafted? His size? Lots of players have his size in the NBA. His shot? Has potential but not enough to justify drafting him. His attitude? Terrible. Once he starts missing shots he doesn't stop missing shots and gets down on himself and his play reflects his lack of confidence. His defense? Almost as bad as his attitude. So why would a team give any amount of money to have Hopson on their team?
Stay in school Scotty. Don't be an idiot.