Tag Archive | "JJ Hickson"
NBA Draft entry & anecdotal underachiever analysis
Last week we had a fantastic entry and poll that you may not have seen projecting the impact of early entrants in the NBA draft on the ACC Basketball landscape that can be seen by clicking here. Tonight we thought we would open an entry for the NBA Draft which can be followed at the NBA [...]
Continue reading...JJ Hickson provides ESPN’s #1 play of Thursday night
Friday, October 31, 2008
JJ Hickson’s monster dunk viewable in the highlights at this link was ESPN Sportscenter’s top play of last night. NC State did not get a mention during the Sportscenter broadcast that I saw but we are mentioned in the highlight reel linked above. This serves as a pretty good follow-up to this entry from Wednesday.
Continue reading...NBA season tips-off with a decided Wolfpack flavor
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The 2008-2009 NBA season tipped-off with three games last night that each had a very prominent NC State-related storyline when: (1) JJ Hickson began his NBA career with the Cleveland Cavaliers who lost to the defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics. (2) Hickson wasn’t the only former NC State big man to take the court last night. [...]
Continue reading...Hickson turning heads early
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
J.J. Hickson got off to a quick start last night in his first summer league game: LAS VEGAS –Cleveland Cavaliers assistant John Kuester was on a roll Monday, thinking up new ways to praise rookie J.J. Hickson. “We’re talking about an N.C. State guy, and I’m still saying nice things,” former Tar Heel Kuester joked. “He’s that [...]
Continue reading...BBall: 2008 One-and-Doners and more
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
An awesome analysis of 2008’s One-And-Doners can be seen by clicking here to one of the best college basketball blogs in the country. I can’t copy and paste their comments, but they have some interesting things to say about NC State and how JJ Hickson was definitely ‘not worth it’. It really is an [...]
Continue reading...Hickson to Cleveland at #19
Friday, June 27, 2008
Sid was right – JJ went in the 11-20 window. Here’s Chad Ford’s analysis: I’m surprised they passed on local hero Kosta Koufos of Ohio State. But I do like Hickson, who’s a sleeper. He’s strong and athletic and he can score in multiple ways. He was 12-for-12 from the field in his first college game. It’s [...]
Continue reading...Report: Tarheel Trio To Return Despite Criticisms & Attacks of UNC Fans
Monday, June 16, 2008
Inside Carolina is reporting that Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green will all return to Chapel Hill for the 2008-2009 college basketball season, virtually guaranteeing that the Tarheels will hold the #1 preseason ranking as the heavy favorite to win the 2009 National Championship. Lawson, Ellington and Green had become the targets of significant criticism [...]
Continue reading...Post-Lotto ESPN Mock Draft – Hickson at #25 to Rockets
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Here’s your linkage. Just in case you were harboring any miniscule hopes for Hickson’s return (which SFN certainly never encouraged) – you can let them go now.
Continue reading...Writing on the wall for JJ; Look to Big Ced for example (May 7th Update)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
May 1, 2008 The writing may be the wall for JJ Hickson. As NC State fans people who genuinely want to see JJ Hickson maximize his earnings and succeed for years to come; we can only hope that the young man is mature enough to ‘read the wall’ objectively ans execute the kind of decision-making-skills needed [...]
Continue reading...ACC Basketball News: NBA’s view of Hickson, Taylor King to Villanova, and Miami picks up PG from Villanova
Monday, April 14, 2008
There are many State fans who have issues with Dave Glenn, however there isn’t any member of the media who has his resources and access in covering ACC sports. With several ACC players considering declaring for the NBA draft, he gathered some opinions from NBA officials on Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and [...]
Continue reading...N&O: Hickson To Test NBA Waters
Monday, March 17, 2008
As we indicated just a couple of days ago… RALEIGH — N.C. State freshman J.J. Hickson will enter his name in the NBA Draft but he will go through the process without hiring an agent, Wolfpack coach Sidney Lowe said Monday, leaving the door open for a possible return.”He’ll test the waters,” Lowe said. “He’ll [...]
Continue reading...Charlotte Observer Hints Hickson Going Pro
Friday, March 14, 2008
Here’s the full article. Key excerpt: “Coach is a great man,” Hickson said. “When I came to this program, it was more like he cared about J.J. as the person rather than J.J. the basketball player. I think he does have my best interests at heart. If me and my family feel like it’s comfortable and [...]
Continue reading...JJ Hickson Projected 32nd, 2nd Round in Draft by NBADraft.net
Sunday, March 9, 2008
NBADraft.net does a good job projecting who will leave early and where they will go in the NBA Draft. The site is pretty good on not putting underclassmen on the board until they have heard some kind of news. We aren’t posting this to say it is “official”; we are posting because this is the [...]
Continue reading...WRAL: Pack’s Hickson “Trying to Get to” the NBA
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Would N.C. State freshman J.J. Hickson turn professional after one season? Perhaps. On Tuesday, in one-on-one interview with WRAL, he addressed whether he’d consider the NBA after this season. “Being a competitor, the next level is the NBA. That’s what I’m trying to get to,” Hickson said. “If the opportunity is there, I’ll look at it then [...]
Continue reading...ESPN Insider: JJ Hickson Is A First Round Lock
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
J. J. Hickson, F, North Carolina State Hickson is an athletic big man with an NBA frame and the ability to score from 15 feet and in. He’s shown good ability as a shot-blocker and a rebounder and has been shooting with extreme efficiency from the field. Although scouts say he’s raw and could use another year [...]
Continue reading...State Rides Hickson to 74-62 win
Saturday, December 29, 2007
width=330; height=280; wral_insert_video_player_2231310(width,height); Larry Hunter’s return to Raleigh was SIGNIFICANTLY closer than the score indicates. JJ Hickson shot 10 of 11 from the floor en route to scoring 33 points, grabbing 13 rebounds, and blocking 3 shots to lead NC State to a come from behind victory over another directional school in the state of North Carolina. Additionally [...]
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
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