Glancing at the mocks at nbadraft.net and draftexpress.com, Raivio's name does not turn up.
ALTHOUGH plenty could happen between now and June. Not like he'd be a lottery pick or anything, but I'm actually not all that convinced that Durant will actually come out of Texas or Oden will come out of Ohio State. If they decide to stay in school (and you can throw Joakim Noah in that equation too), to me that would create a domino effect throughout the draft board that perhaps could open up opportunities for upperclassmen like Raivio who do have some skills but perhaps not benefiting from the massive hype that other players get.
So what are the chances for Raivio in the NBA, if any? In his favor, the guy can score, he's pretty fearless going into the lane among guys bigger than him. But to his detriment, his D isn't always perfect and while I don't think it should be an issue since there are guys in the league smaller than him, size might be a knock to some GMs.
Fire away.
ALTHOUGH plenty could happen between now and June. Not like he'd be a lottery pick or anything, but I'm actually not all that convinced that Durant will actually come out of Texas or Oden will come out of Ohio State. If they decide to stay in school (and you can throw Joakim Noah in that equation too), to me that would create a domino effect throughout the draft board that perhaps could open up opportunities for upperclassmen like Raivio who do have some skills but perhaps not benefiting from the massive hype that other players get.
So what are the chances for Raivio in the NBA, if any? In his favor, the guy can score, he's pretty fearless going into the lane among guys bigger than him. But to his detriment, his D isn't always perfect and while I don't think it should be an issue since there are guys in the league smaller than him, size might be a knock to some GMs.
Fire away.
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