NBA Draft: Noah Vonleh

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

The draft will be interesting again as Noah Vonleh should go pretty quickly. Let's use this thread to document his projections.

Vonleh Projections: (4/30)

ESPN - Jeff Goodman: #6 Lakers
NBADraft.net: #7 Kings
DraftExpress: #7 Kings

HoopsHype (USA Today Sports) #7 Kings  link

SB Nation #10 to the 76ers link

Bleacher Report  - #9 to Denver  link

Sporting News - #7 to Sacramento  link

 

CBS Sports Dudes

Gary Parrish: #5 Celtics

Zach Harper: #9 Cleveland

Matt Moore:  #7 Sacramento 

Is it just me, or is the excitement for Vonleh going pro just meh... Non existent? It's definitely far different from last year with Cody & Victor. Question for the board:

How many of Cody & Victors games did you watch this season? Will you make the same effort to watch Vonleh?

[BlueDevil 9,256]

This is definitely not a knock on him but I kind of forgot about him as soon as he declared as in I haven't really thought about him not that I was pissed he left.

[ou812dude 3,326]

do they televise D league games?

 

just kidding...and no, will not follow with the same enthusiasm for CZ and Vic...

[UKistheDevil 4]

Vonleh didn't last here long enough for me to care like I do Vic or Cody.

Will I root for him? Of Course

Will I track how he does game by game? Probably Not

[djsalway 4,161]

He wasn't the same figure that Cody and Vic were. Not even close.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,695]

I am like everyone else. The negative recruiting thing really turns me. If he were positively recruiting a la Oladipo, even as a one and done, I would be rooting for him big time. The affinity to these players does increase with time. I will root for him and follow him anyway, but not nearly with the same intensity.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,695]

I even started turning on him in the season when I heard the Rumors about him negative recruiting Goodluck. Then another whole step when he sat out that game when he was medically cleared. The closer I watched, the more I could tell he was playing for the draft and not the team.

All that said, he picked Indiana as his launching point and that affiliation alone will give me a sort of fandom.

[Hovadipo 59,026]

I'll be pretty much like everyone else. I'll moderately follow him, kind of like I do Eric Gordon.


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[TheWatShot 14,787]

I was crushed when Cody left. We went 56-16 in the two years he played here, won a Big Ten title and all sorts of must-see TV games, and he was the one who really came in and got the ball rolling in a time when we looked dead in the water. 

 

 

Vonleh played one season here, went 17-15 with no postseason, quit on the team and then badmouthed the program to other recruits. Hope losing doesn't bother him, because he's going to be experiencing a lot of it next year. 

[All_Hoosiers 873]

I don't really care about Vonleh's draft position or career. Cool, he wore an Indiana uniform for a year but I was never a huge fan.

He'll be dominating the D-league next year though.


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[RoadToZion 968]

I don't really care about Vonleh's draft position or career. Cool, he wore an Indiana uniform for a year but I was never a huge fan.

He'll be dominating the D-league next year though.


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What a shitty post.

 

You were never a huge fan? I don't buy that for a second. You're just salty because he bolted on us after 1 year. 

 

You would be all over his balls if he came back for another year. 

[All_Hoosiers 873]

[quote name="RoadToZion" post="64429" timestamp="1398881061"]What a shitty post.

You were never a huge fan? I don't buy that for a second. You're just salty because he bolted on us after 1 year.

You would be all over his balls if he came back for another year. [/quote]

Haha okay, pal. You got me.


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[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

[quote name="All_Hoosiers" post="64427" timestamp="1398880788"]I don't really care about Vonleh's draft position or career. Cool, he wore an Indiana uniform for a year but I was never a huge fan.

He'll be dominating the D-league next year though.


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I'd argue your name should be changed then :)

I wish him the best of luck. I hope he turns into a star in the league. I hope that for every IU player. I'll close with this...

I checked The pacers schedule to buy Magic and Bobcat tickets this season. I won't be checking for Team X. Nothing against him, just not as personally invested in him.


This also is t anything against 1 and done players. I just never saw the "Hoosier Spirit" in Vonleh. Just always seemed like he never bought in to what Indiana Basketball is all about.

[Indymike7 35]

Don't think he will do much besides rebound the ball (and there's a place for that). He's just not good with the ball against anything remotely looking like a defense.

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

[quote name="Indymike7" post="64433" timestamp="1398881893"]Don't think he will do much besides rebound the ball (and there's a place for that). He's just not good with the ball against anything remotely looking like a defense.[/quote]

Crazy... I thought he was pretty damn effective when we actually got him the ball.

[djsalway 4,161]

VO and CZ left an impact on the program that will last a long time in the hearts and heads of Hoosier fans. Noah Vonleh was the second best player on a team that went 17-15. Simple as that.

[NotTheReal HoosierHoopster 67]

I don't give a rats ass about Vonleh. You don't negative recruit your own school and you don't quit on your team.

Edited April 30, 2014 by IU Hoosier41
Admin Note: Rumored that he sad some negative things about IU to potential recruits. Nothing Proven or confirmed.

[mamasa 15,672]

As a Hoosier, I want to see him succeed. I am sorry he didn't stay, but it's not my life. We never got to really see his personality to get attached. Zeller had that humble dry sense of humor, and VO has all the charisma in the world. No ill will or hard feelings.


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[CampHoosier 3,697]

The rumors he was bad mouthing the program are just rumors until proven true. If they are indeed tru, well, maybe he shouldn't have "from Indiana University" stated before his name and which team he goes to. 

[WindyCitySource 600]

Bleacher Report mock has him going #9 to Denver  link

Sporting News says he goes #7 to Sacramento  link