Chris Singleton goes #18 to the Washington Wizards
by norcal_nole on Jun 23, 2011 9:25 PM EDT
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PrintChris Singleton became the 10th Seminole in history to be drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft. He was taken 18th by Washington. It was rumored that Singleton would be drafted anywhere from 12th to 23rd, and many thought he was a lock to join Toney Douglas in New York if he fell as far as 17. But the Knicks surprised everyone by drafting Iman Shumpert out of Georgia Tech. Singleton left FSU after his junior season, and is all over the career Seminole boards, including top-10 in Steals and Blocks, and he has one of the only triple-doubles in NCAA history which involved steals.
Singleton is the third 1st rounder of the Leonard Hamilton era, and the 8th NBA pick overall. He joins Al Thornton (14) and Toney Douglas (29) as 1st rounders.
With this pick Florida State became the only college in the country to have players drafted in the 1st round of the 2011 NBA, NFL and MLB drafts.
Here's the complete list of 1st round draft picks in Seminole history. Congrats to Chris.
| 1970 | Dave Cowens | 4 |
| 1983 | Mitchell Wiggins | 23 |
| 1989 | George McCloud | 7 |
| 1993 | Doug Edwards | 15 |
| 1993 | Sam Cassell | 24 |
| 1994 | Charlie Ward | 26 |
| 1995 | Bob Sura | 17 |
| 2007 | Al Thornton | 14 |
| 2009 | Toney Douglas | 29 |
| 2011 | Chris Singleton | 18 |
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HA, George McCloud:
To paraphrase Antoine Walker:
George, why do you shoot so many 3’s? “Because there are no 4’s”
"You're either carrying a spear, or running from it"
by BigSpearDiplomacy on Jun 23, 2011 9:30 PM EDT reply actions
Great Stuff,
good job Chris, make that money. Ummm, buy us an IPF? Please?
FSU Football, making bad teams look bad since 2010.
good for Chris to be drafted so high
hopefully Washington can be good enough with his defense to actually win a few games and keep him on the court. unfortunately, i can see them getting into a shooting war and sitting him if they keep sucking.
"I guess they have a reputation of being more of a tricky team and not being tough. You hit ‘em in the mouth, and they don’t like it. Other teams that have beat them just hit them in the mouth, so that’s what we started out with.’’ - Nick Moody
Great pick by the wizards. We need defense in the worst way.
Team work make the dream work
by lloydg on Jun 23, 2011 9:34 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
You can thank the Knicks for being the Knicks....
Cause theres no chance I’d have thought a team needing defense so bad would pass on the top defender in the draft. Singleton is an elite defender with unrefined potential on offense.
knicks were worried about how singleton could get on the court.
shump can play sg.
Shumpert isn't
going to suplant Landry Fields unless DAntonio decides to finally play defense, so I don’t see much difference. Chris can guard PG and SG so defensively (which is the only reason either play is really on the court) Chris is more versitile and is better defensively. It works to my personal benefit since I’m a semi-wizards fan so I get to watch CS play for my team and having John Wall as a true point guard can do nothing but help Chris out.
The Knicks don't need a forward
and Shumpert is excellent defensively, even if he is not quite as good as Singleton.
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"He who gets the best players usually wins" - Bobby Bowden
The knicks need defense
Singleton can guard 1-4 and doesn’t like to play in the paint anyways. Neither provides you much offensively so I don’t really buy the argument for Shumpert. He isn’t as good defensively and can’t guard as many positions.
i even think singleton could guard most 5's for stretches
dantoni likes small ball, and aside from d howard, what 5 would outmuscle cs in the paint?
then on our end, each 5 would have to chase him out to the perimeter on d
plus, im not certain what position iman plays – he’s either a point who doesnt pass well or make good decisions or have good shot selection – or a two can’t shoot and still has poor shot selection..
as a knicks fan, im not a fan at all
I was hoping we'd draft Singelton as a Knicks fan
We need help on interior defense, which he could have provided, but the fact that he’s so defensively versatile, I thought would really give us a good start on improving our d. Not thrilled, but can’t do anything about it.
If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?
Wow
Never new fsu had so little first round picks.
Team work make the dream work
by lloydg on Jun 23, 2011 9:36 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
and what's sad to me
is that the 92-93 had four of them and didn’t make the final four …. seniors Edwards and Cassell, junior Charlie Ward, and I believe Sura was a sophomore on that squad — if not, he was a freshman and came out early in ’95.
by Wild@Heart Nole on Jun 23, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
and
Rodney Dobard was the fifth member of that team. He had been expected by many to be a mid to late second round pick, but went undrafted. But he did make some NBA rosters for a brief while.
by Wild@Heart Nole on Jun 23, 2011 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
in the NBA
he was at least briefly on the Heat roster
by Wild@Heart Nole on Jun 24, 2011 8:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Dave Cowens
FSU’s first NBA first round pick, and still its highest, was a remarkable athlete whose stats don’t capture his full value. He was a strong rebounder, good defender, good passer, and decent shooter whose outstanding contribution was his ability to run the floor faster than any contemporary big men. While other centers lumbered down the floor, Cowens arrived fast and played hard. Red Auerbach of the Celtics was impressed, and surprised that Cowens slipped to the fourth pick in the talent-rich 1970 draft (Cowens is one of six Hall of Famers from that draft).
FSU went 23-3 in his senior season, but probation kept them out of the NCAA tournament.
So Pissed off at the Knicks
Born in NY and lived their till I was 12. Lived in Florida for 20 years now but I still care for them. I do root for the heat but they needed to take Chris. I could have watched him on a team I like. Instead they take crap and poor Singleton instead of living large in NY and being on tV and having what every good Nole deserves. Will be a Wizard. I am so sorry the Knicks are the Knicks and still being a disgrace to NY for a much longer time the my Mets have. Even though the Mets are now even making my heart break as well. At least I like the Islanders in hockey. FML
I need the Noles. their all I have. Ok and the giants. but when you root for those teams. You need a Noles team in the title hunt. I dont get much else. Sorry for the KNicks being themselves Chris. And in a couple years you will get traded or eventually be a FA when you become a solid NBA player. Yu may never be great. but you will start for many years for a team and bring a ton of leadership/ FU KNICKS
A Seminole warrior killed in battle is a legend remembered. A Gator lost in battle becomes a pair of boots and a belt.
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a first rounder every 2 years
last 6 years after not one for 12 years. And some potential for the future on the team that someone makes an impact NBA worthy
A Seminole warrior killed in battle is a legend remembered. A Gator lost in battle becomes a pair of boots and a belt.
twitter of random stuff and tons of confessing FSU love name @caine115
Interesting
I didn’t realize we had a first rounder every other year since 2007. If the trend is going to continue we’ll need another first rounder in 2013. Looking at our current team any thoughts on who has that type of potential for 2013?
I’m looking through our current roster and I’m not seeing any first rounders. Gibson? White? Miller? Snaer? Dulkys? (alright that last one was just to see if you were paying attention)
Current roster - Miller and Snaer have potential
Future roster – Robert Carter, borderline lock
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by norcal_nole on Jun 23, 2011 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Excellent.
Better known as Dr. Kenneth Noisewater.
by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jun 24, 2011 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks
Personally I’m not sold on Snaer quite yet but Miller showed flashes last year. I’ll be interested to see how it pans out.
On a side note, thanks for taking the time to keep all us TN addicts up to date on the basketball goings on in Tally this season!
I live in NOVA so I was crossing my fingers when this pick came up. Congrats Chris!
by wojcianole on Jun 23, 2011 11:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Al Thornton is an absolute monster
I wish he could get on a playoff team. Was it the NIT where he was literally jumping over people in games to dunk?
Thornton + Singleton + Wall + makeout bandit (vesely?)
Hopefully equals a playoff team next year…
by chriseminole on Jun 24, 2011 11:42 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I think thornton play for golden state now
Team work make the dream work
by lloydg on Jun 24, 2011 12:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Aren't the Washington Wizards the team that always loses to the Harlem Globetrotters?
Seriously though, Congrats to CS and go make us proud.
Thank God CS did not get drafted by the Knicks, otherwise I might have had to have taken my level of hatred of them down a notch with two Noles on the squad.
Norcal_Nole, thanks for all your contributions during the basketball season. Please know we all appreciate it.
>------::----::------->Spearing 'em and Scalping 'em like it's 1999
I'm not so sure this Jimbo fella is the right man for the job.
by FrankDNole on Jun 24, 2011 9:18 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
And that cardboard crap they try to pass off as pizza.
>------::----::------->Spearing 'em and Scalping 'em like it's 1999
I'm not so sure this Jimbo fella is the right man for the job.
I fear the wrath of DRusso coming your way.
Better known as Dr. Kenneth Noisewater.
by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Jun 24, 2011 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you just bash NY pizza?
can’t be. Only a communist spy or a terrorist would say that. Bashing NY pizza is like spitting on the flag. Any American citizenship should be stripped and the Bradley Mannning punishment is justifiable for that
A Seminole warrior killed in battle is a legend remembered. A Gator lost in battle becomes a pair of boots and a belt.
twitter of random stuff and tons of confessing FSU love name @caine115
im kinda with Frank on this one
NY pizza is ok, but it has to be Chicago style deep dish for me.
"I guess they have a reputation of being more of a tricky team and not being tough. You hit ‘em in the mouth, and they don’t like it. Other teams that have beat them just hit them in the mouth, so that’s what we started out with.’’ - Nick Moody
What I wouldn't give for a Gino's, Lou Malnati, or Giordano's deep dish right about now.
>------::----::------->Spearing 'em and Scalping 'em like it's 1999
I'm not so sure this Jimbo fella is the right man for the job.
Stuffing a ton of cheee onto a thick crust
Does not make Chicago have anything on NY. they are famous for a gimmick pizza. Its good. But its a thick crust with a ton of cheese. Its not pizza. Its a version of it with the same ingredients. NY pizza is real pizza. You dont need to eat it with a god dam fork. NY pizza is the best in the country. Their is no argument to this.
A Seminole warrior killed in battle is a legend remembered. A Gator lost in battle becomes a pair of boots and a belt.
twitter of random stuff and tons of confessing FSU love name @caine115
Just need to wrap it in a napkin to
get all the grease off…and i have to eat 3-4 slices to feel like I actually ate food. Don’t get me wrong I’ll eat NY pizza, but give me deep dish ALL DAY. Its not really a ton of cheese, its a style. Deep dish, meat and vegs, cheese, then a sweet chunky marinara. As oppose to a crust I can see through and have to fold just to give it some stability. We will have to agree to disagree, for me when it comes to pizza, Chicago deep dish is the clear class of the field.
I guess it all depends on if you want a meal or an appetizer.
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VS.
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NUFF SAID.
>------::----::------->Spearing 'em and Scalping 'em like it's 1999
I'm not so sure this Jimbo fella is the right man for the job.
well thanks a lot Frank
now i have to order some Uno tonight…
"I guess they have a reputation of being more of a tricky team and not being tough. You hit ‘em in the mouth, and they don’t like it. Other teams that have beat them just hit them in the mouth, so that’s what we started out with.’’ - Nick Moody
Sorry, but Colorado Mountain pizzas rock
They come by the pound …
A mere “3 lb” er
by Wild@Heart Nole on Jun 26, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea
If you choose not to eat pizza and fill it with all sorts of garbage, add 5 lbs of dough and call it pizza you can do that. Still not pizza. I can take a dump put source mix in 5 obs of dough and cheese and it would fit right in as Chicago pizza
A Seminole warrior killed in battle is a legend remembered. A Gator lost in battle becomes a pair of boots and a belt.
twitter of random stuff and tons of confessing FSU love name @caine115
Im still convinced Singleton gets in the HEAT rotation last year
For being a weak draft, CS dropping to #18 is mind boggling. One more reason to hate the EN BE A. Shumpert? IS THAT A JOKE?
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