i could care less about donte

Devofan, Demetris did average near 20 his Senior year, 18.9 to be exact. He put up 503 FGA that year. This season Donte Greene put up 521. Thats shooting "as much as Donte did" and he averaged 1 point more. Needless to say if Donte were to stay til his senior year his number would blow away those of Demetris Nichols. These numbers were both accumulated in 35 games for both so the stats are very comparable.

As for him comparing to Hakim, Hakim had a tremendous college career for Syracuse so no Donte will never be as good for Syracuse. As for an NBA career Donte will no doubtedly have a better career. There is virtually nothing to base this on as of yet but we shall see.

I hope he does well in the NBA. I want Syracuse to stay an attractive option for top 10 type recruits coming out of High School. The type of place where they can come in, start right away, compete for a National Title, and go on to their NBA Dream with the full support of the Syracuse fan base.

I'm still hoping Donte decides he could benifit from one more year in school, but to be honest, I'm not sure how much he would really improve his Draft Position if he did come back. I just want him to for my own selfish reasons.

Everyone knows He's not ready for the NBA, But a team will still draft him because he has so much potential. 

 I Don't know how much Greene's game would improve if he played another year at Syracuse, Or how much his numbers might suffer  with having Devo and Rautins healthy. But one thing is for sure, There are a lot of talented players in this years draft, that are a lot closer to being NBA ready than Donte. I think he would stand out a little more in next year's draft, And could be a top 5 or a top10 pick next year.

I  would like him to come back for selfish reasons as well. But at the same time, I would never bash him for leaving.

 IMO, It kind of makes Syacuse fans look bad when they rip him on the way out.

Goat, actually I agree with you about the shots part, but Donte took way more 3 pt field goals than Nichols did. He should have averaged at least 10-12 more points thatn Nichols did, to prove that he was better than Nichols. Which he didn't because he averaged 1 less point per game.

I don't know about Warrick though, he seems like he's productive as another poster mentioned. I think they'll both have good careers though. Who really cares about how good they do outside of here ? We have Anthony to brag about.

Mikeysyr and Devofan, are you to both the same idiotic person?? Let me break down some logic to you two.

Those were Demetris Nichols SENIOR YEAR stats. You both keep saying Donte's game would improve with another year. So if his game would improve over one year shouldnt it continue to improve over 4 just like Demetris' did? Would you like to compare Donte and Demetris' freshmen stats??? Didnt think so. Donte had a tremendous amount of pressure on him because this team needed him to score so he forced shots since he was one of the few options they had. With injured players returning and incoming players there will be more depth and more people to score. That right there will improve his mindset and shot selection.

Devofan you claim the 18 shots would put him over the edge of the 20 mark. So you are guaranteeing Nichols was gonna make every single one of those shots basically? Kind of a generous shooting percentage considering he only shot 45 percent for the year.

Donte is a wayyyy better talent and player than Demetris Nichols was or ever will be. Anyone who argue Demetris is a better basketball player than Donte is clueless on basketball.

 ... and then JDCuse wonders why I bash on some Syracuse fans.

 You're an idiot goat, I was agreeing with what you said. I said that Greene would be a better player but he should have averaged more points than Nichols did, because of the fact that he took way more three point shots. Donte would have improved over a four year span but not as much as Nichols did. Not nearly as much.

Compare them at the same stage in their careers dumbdevofan. Compare their freshmen year since thats fair. Donte dominates all stats. Now Donte is dumb...go root for Duke Devo cuz i'm ashamed to root for Cuse if you are too.

Not sure why Billy Ownes was brought up here but O.K, I can agree with what you have said in that respect. Forget stats and all the numbers and the word potential, forget it all. As basketball fans there can't be anyone that believes that Demetris Nichols is a better basketball player than Donte Greene. Just based on pure basketball ability Donte blows Nichols out of the water.

Lets not forget the hype Demetris Nichols had coming out of High School. He was rated top 30 in the country, Rhode Island state Player of the Year, and some sites had him as a 5 star recruit but most as a 4 star. I know to take these recruiting site with a grain of salt but the Donte bashing is coming because he supposedly didnt live up to his hype these same sites amped him up to be. I'd think 17 and 7 and 35 percent from 3 point land is better than Demetris 2 points and 1 rebound his freshmen year.