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Post by Admin on Jul 15, 2007 23:39:40 GMT -5
Atlanta Hawks started the play in the Rocky Mountain Summer League on Friday, and it looks like DaShaun is not on the roster. The only undrafted college players, which have appeared for the Hawks so far are Jarrius Jackson (Texas Tech) and Derek Raivio (Gonzaga). 4-5 months ago nobody expected DaShaun to come even close to being considered for the NBA draft, however his performance this Spring raised a lot of hopes. After he was mentioned so prominently in the weeks before the draft, it seems really strange that DaShaun did not even make it to the summer league roster.
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Post by Admin on Jul 5, 2007 19:53:39 GMT -5
... along with one time almost Raider signee Todd Abernathy ...
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Post by Admin on Jul 1, 2007 23:21:14 GMT -5
www.hoopsworld.com/article_22545.shtmlDraft Analysis: Miami Heat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Jessica Camerato for HOOPSWORLD.com Jul 1, 2007, 23:27 ... The Heat also need depth at the point guard position. Free agent Gary Payton, 38, may retire and Chris Quinn is the only other option behind Jason Williams. Mo Williams and Brevin Knight are on the market, and Virginia Tech's Zabian Dowdell and Wright State's DaShaun Wood are still available after the draft.
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Post by Admin on Jul 1, 2007 23:19:41 GMT -5
www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/ud/2007/07/01/ddn070107gregoryqa.htmlQ & A with Brian Gregory .... Q What about Wright State? Did its success and NCAA tournament bid last season up the ante here? A I was really happy for them. I know Brad (Brownell) and I think he did a great job. I've known DaShaun Wood since he was a sophomore in high school. When I was at Michigan State I was recruiting one of his teammates. I love DaShaun. I can't tell you how happy I was for him.
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Post by Admin on Jun 30, 2007 7:38:36 GMT -5
www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/06/30/ddn063007audible.htmlWood's lack of height shouldn't scare off NBA By Marc Katz Staff Writer Saturday, June 30, 2007 What you can do now has nothing to do with it. Character certainly has nothing to do with it. When the pros — and we're really talking any sport here — are hunting talent, they're looking for high ceilings and what a player might be at his best, which may be a few years away. That's why Wright State's DaShaun Wood was not chosen in the NBA draft Thursday night. Wood can play. He proved that over four seasons with the Raiders. He has character. You won't find him on any police blotter. Yet Dunbar and Ohio State's Daequan Cook goes in the first round even though he spent much of the second half of last season sitting on Ohio State's bench as a freshman. Late in the second round, the Bulls took JamesOn Curry, who lost one college scholarship because he was earning extra money by selling drugs. Ah, but he's turned his life around, apparently, and he's a lot taller than 5-foot-11. Look, there are plenty of guys sitting on the end of NBA benches who don't get to play much, and when they do, they can do their jobs at a high level — and not cause their teams any trouble off the floor. Each NBA team has an active roster of 12 players. At the end of the benches this season, there were about 100 players who saw less than 10 minutes of action a game. At the very least, Wood could be one of those guys. He may yet be, if he gets a chance to play in the NBA Summer League, impressing someone there. Until that happens, the NBA teams made a mistake. Someone should have taken a chance on Wood. Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2157 or mkatz@DaytonDailyNews.com.
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Post by Admin on Jun 30, 2007 7:29:04 GMT -5
www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/wsu/2007/06/30/ddn063007wood.htmlWood not drafted, but not giving up His agent is listening to offers to have the Raiders star play in the NBA Summer League. By Marc Katz Staff Writer Saturday, June 30, 2007 Measuring interest in pre-draft talk, NBA agent Bill Strickland thought Wright State's DaShaun Wood, one of his clients, certainly would be drafted Thursday night. When Wood wasn't taken in the two-round draft, the Washington, D.C.-based Strickland was disappointed but not discouraged. "Of course, we're disappointed," Strickland said. "But he's going to be OK. He's going to take a little more time to get there." Of the 110 top prospects listed on NBA.com prior to the draft, Wood, at 5-foot-11, was the only player under 6-feet. "This is what has been going on my whole life," Wood said without rancor Friday. "At least four teams have told me they wanted me to play on their summer league teams, so I have to get with my agent to see what they have to offer." A Detroit native, Wood said he was always told he was too small, yet hardly ever came out of the lineup for the Raiders, who rode his exceptional play to only their second Division I NCAA tournament invite. Wood's resume includes being a starter in every one of his 119 games at WSU — culminating in this season's Horizon League regular-season and tournament championships, along with an invite to the NCAA — and being named the league's player of the year. He averaged 19.6 points, scoring 20 or more 16 times, including 32 vs. Loyola on Jan. 10 and 30 against ninth-ranked Butler a month later. In a pre-draft tournament in Portsmouth, Va., Wood was named the MVP, and NBA.com listed his strengths as: "Makes good decisions with the ball and has the ability to penetrate into the lane for a shot or pass. Very good outside shooter. Works screens well to free himself." Strickland said in addition to listening to offers to play for NBA Summer League teams, he is entertaining offers from overseas.
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Post by Admin on Jun 3, 2007 14:35:42 GMT -5
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/nba/wires/06/01/2030.ap.bkn.nba.predraft.camp.1281/Among the other disappointments was another Donovan disciple in Taurean Green, who could have boosted his stock significantly in Orlando, considering many experts have called this draft weak on point guards. Instead, Green was far from the best point man this week, even getting outplayed by the other one on his own team, unheralded Jared Jordan of Marist. Green did hit his share of 3s, though virtually all were off very open looks, but he had 11 assists compared to seven turnovers and often made poor decisions from the perimeter or when driving the lane. By comparison, Jordan had 17 assists with five turnovers and surprised many scouts, as did fellow point guards Ramon Sessions (Nevada) and DaShaun Wood (Wright State).
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Post by Admin on May 28, 2007 20:57:25 GMT -5
www.nba.com/news/TaureanGreen_070528.htmlNotre Dame’s Russell Carter, Wright State’s Dashaun Wood and Virginia Tech’s Zabian Dowdell headline the field of 22 players who graduated from the first pre-draft stop in Portsmouth. Carter, who was arguably the best player at the PIT, is an athletic two-guard who can score. Wood, the MVP of the PIT, is a small point guard (5-11) who can score and distribute. Dowdell is an athletic combo guard with the necessary physical attributes to compete at the NBA level. Arizona’s Mustafa Shakur, Loyola-Chicago’s Blake Schilb, Boise State’s Coby Karl, Cal State Fullerton’s Bobby Brown and Brad Newley of Australia are back for a second go-round in Orlando. Newley is one of five international players in the field who played overseas this past season, along with Ali Traore (Ivory Coast), Marko Lekic (Serbia & Montenegro), Sun Yue (China) and Renaldas Seibutis (Lithuania).
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Post by Admin on May 15, 2007 20:48:44 GMT -5
abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?id=2871291&sport=nba&ft=ssNoah is done for the day. Brewer joins a group to play five-on-five. The Blazers' Martell Webster and the Rockets' Kirk Snyder are here. They're joined by USC's Gabe Pruitt, San Diego State's Brandon Heath, Iowa's Adam Haluska, Creighton's Nate Funk, Oregon State's Marcel Jones and Wright State's Dashaun Woods. The other four players who stand out are Pruitt (who possesses great athleticism and a beautiful shooting stroke), Woods (great speed and the ability to get to the basket), Heath (who is intriguing as a combo guard, a guy who does just about everything in the backcourt well, but not great) and Jones (an athletic small forward who scored several big buckets from midrange with Brewer on him).
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Post by Admin on Apr 21, 2007 10:52:49 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2007 21:09:44 GMT -5
sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-pit040907&prov=yhoo&type=lgnsThe biggest surprise of the PIT had to be Wright State's 5-foot-11 guard Dashaun Wood, a late invitee to Portsmouth who turned out to be the tournament MVP. Scouts loved his quickness and playmaking ability, which he needed to show after shouldering so much of a scoring burden in lifting his college team to an improbable NCAA tournament bid. Wood is assured an invitation to the NBA's pre-draft camp on June 4-8 in Orlando, where as one Eastern Conference scout said, "It will be good to watch him play against some better competition." Ryvon Covile of Detroit-Mercy impressed people with his penchant for rebounding the ball. At 6-9 and 243 pounds, he delivered some legitimacy to his 10.6 rebounds per game last season. "Maybe a little (Jazz rookie) Paul Millsap in there," one Western Conference official said, "but not as good offensively. But the kid is all over the boards."
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2007 21:08:40 GMT -5
NBA.com www.nba.com/news/pit_070409.htmlWright State’s Dashaun Wood finished on a high note, dishing out nine assists for the third straight game, while adding 14 points to capture tournament MVP honors. Wood got his team going more than any other player in camp. At Wright State, he was counted on to really score the ball. In Portsmouth, he showed the ability to run a team and get others involved, while keeping defenders honest with his offensive abilities. You have to figure he played well enough to get into Orlando. Loyola-Chicago’s Blake Schilb saved his best for last, scoring 25 points on 9-for-14 shooting to lead Tidewater. Unfortunately, the majority of NBA personnel people had already left town to attend the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis. Still, Schilb is a player that’s been heavily scouted, and the general feeling is he has the skill level to play in the NBA, but is probably not an NBA-caliber athlete.
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2007 20:40:18 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2007 9:46:08 GMT -5
content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=122510&ran=155517Portsmouth Invitational bailouts made bad move By KYLE TUCKE, The Virginian-Pilot © April 7, 2007 Bad call Most likely to have missed out by missing the PIT: Marist's Jared Jordan, an ultra-productive point guard from the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Ring a bell? Last year's tournament MVP, Keydren Clark, played in the same small-school league. He came to the PIT, proved he could play against the big boys, and is now making about $150,000 a year playing overseas. "At camps like this, guards usually look good," Monter said. "I don't understand why a guy like that wouldn't be here to show that he can play against better competition." Stock upAmong those who stayed and played, several put themselves in position to get a good, hard look from NBA teams come draft day. For a moment, forget flashy freshmen Greg Oden and Kevin Durant -- assuming they come out early. Here are a few lesser-known names that have been scribbled by scouts this week: Charlotte's De'Angelo Alexander: 30 points, 10 rebounds, 44 minutes. Notre Dame's Russell Carter: 31 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 steals, 43 minutes. Massachusetts' Stephane Lasme: 21 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 blocks in 59 minutes. Creighton's Anthony Tolliver: 25 points, 20 rebounds, 4 blocks, 57 minutes. Wright State's Dashaun Wood: 34 points, 17 assists, 11 rebounds, 4 steals, 67 minutes.Star-gazing Larry Bird and Kevin McHale shared a bench again Friday. Sort of. Among the sea of pro scouts in Churchland High's gym, the two former Boston Celtics stars sat five chairs apart. Bird and McHale are now front-office guys for the Pacers and Timberwolves, respectively. Three days into the tournament, though, there has still been no Michael Jordan sighting -- despite rampant rumors that he was in town. Human highlight reel Delaware State's Jahsha Bluntt did his best Dominique Wilkins impersonation Friday night. He was a human highlight film. During one stretch in the first half, Bluntt splashed three consecutive 3-pointers, then dazzled with a behind-the-back pass to Virginia Tech's Jamon Gordon for an easy lay-up. Later, within seconds of each other, he was on the receiving end of two more behind-the-back doozies. He finished the first with a thunderous dunk, a chin-up on the rim. For the second, he soared in, cocked the ball behind his head with both hands and finished with a flush that stirred the crowd. Those were the last of his 15 first-half points. "I'm glad Bird and McHale were here to watch me," Bluntt said. "It's crazy to be in the same gym with them. I hope I impressed them." Look-a like If Wisconsin's Kammron Taylor can't get work on the hardwood, he might want to think about a career as Chris Rock's stand-in. The resemblance is scary.
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Post by Admin on Apr 5, 2007 22:09:25 GMT -5
content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=122368&ran=61192Portsmouth Invitational Tournament roundup By TRIS WYKES, The Virginian-Pilot © April 5, 2007 Star turn DaShaun Wood was a late addition for the 55th annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament at Churchland High, but he made an early impression in the event's first game Wednesday. The 5-foot-10 guard from Wright State in Dayton, Ohio, is the Horizon League Player of the Year and had 18 points, six rebounds, nine assists and three steals in Holiday Inn-Portsmouth's 110-71 defeat of Tidewater Sealants at Churchland High. "Hey, No. 12, can I be your agent?" shouted a spectator midway through the second half. Afterward, Wood, who recently led the Raiders to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 1993, said he harbors no bitterness at being a fill-in. He recalled he was lifting weights on campus when Wright State coach Brad Brownell came to tell him he'd better get packing for Portsmouth. "Early, late, as long as I get the opportunity to play, I'm going to show somebody I can do something," said Wood, who averaged 19.6 points per game as a senior.
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