Final Four Blog Checks in with the NBA Rookies

Even though it might seem a little but unconventional, the Final Four Blog will turn its gaze from the world of college hoops to the world on NBA basketball. It seems like only yesterday the FFB (Final Four Blog) was sending off one of the most promising group of future NBA stars since sliced bread. Oden, Durant, Yi, Hortford… there were a lot of guys coming into the NBA (though not all of them from the NCAA) that looked like they would be hits. However, as Tony Mejia of CBSsportsline.com explains, there have been way more busts than hits, considering the considerable hype that went along with the class of ’07.

You have to give the Class of 2007 an incomplete, if anything. Remember that probably the most polished player besides Al Hortford coming into the NBA was supposed to be Greg Oden, who hasn’t played in one official NBA game yet. If he enters the league next season and immediately puts up 18 points, 9 rebounds per night, the general consensus on the Class of ’07 will be a bit more positive. Durant is already a lock for Rookie of the Year, mostly because the players from Florida haven’t been absolutely outstanding in their NBA debuts. You have to remember that sometimes an undersized, overactive, flamboyant forward/center who plays on the nation’s best college team might not need to be taken in the top 10. Maybe the expectations for this class should have been lower. Or maybe we just need to give Oden a chance and the rest of the players a little more time.   

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