best of luck JJ

6/7/2008 11:33:13 AM

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"we'll chalk you up right next to Cedric Simmons and Josh Powell "

Cedric had a slightly different situation, plus he was likeable

Hickson didn't do much but ruin the team

6/7/2008 11:37:22 AM

^ agreed, apparently Cedric's father was having health issues and he needed NBA money to pay for his care

6/7/2008 11:41:49 AM

He's going to be nasty in the NBA.

6/7/2008 12:42:02 PM

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"Hickson didn't do much but ruin the team"

Wow, if you think Hickson ruined the team, you didn't watch the team at all. He merely did what he was told. Put the blame on Sidney, put the blame on Costner and McCauley for not showing up, put the blame on our lack of a PG....but don't put the blame on the one guy who consistently showed up and did what he was told to do.

Best of luck to him. I hope he does well and represents us well.

6/7/2008 12:49:07 PM

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"but don't put the blame on the one guy who consistently showed up "

If you think Hickson consistently showed up this year then you weren't paying attention, what about the 9 point 5 turnover outing vs. South Carolina or the 7 point 4 turnover outing vs Virginia, sure he padded his stats with 30 plus point games against the likes of William & Mary and Western Carolina, but he was anything but consistent

6/7/2008 1:13:45 PM

i wish him the best.

he came here, played hard, and did his best to help the team

i blame sidney for starting him over ben and brandon right off the bat, screwing up the chemistry before it was even established.


you people saying good riddance are more detrimental to our team than any player

6/7/2008 1:14:52 PM

Hickson's presence ruined the team

whether its Hickson's fault of Lowe's fault

we would have been better off without him

he wasn't that impressive when it matter the most

hell, didn't Sid pull him out for half a game because he wasn't doing shit?

6/7/2008 1:27:14 PM

whats your point?

a lot of players get pulled for being unproductive during games.

like Grant in his last game

6/7/2008 2:04:56 PM

my point is

Hickson isn't shit

nor is he a team player

6/7/2008 2:06:03 PM

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"he wasn't that impressive when it matter the most"

what about scoring half our points in the ACC tournament game when pretty much nobody else looked like they gave a fuck???

6/7/2008 2:07:36 PM

I wouldn't give a fuck either if I had to play with Hickson on the team, knowing he was just using this as a stepping stone to the next level

Hickson didn't score points to help the team win, he scored points to boost himself

if Hickson didn't give a shit about the team, why should the team give a shit about Hickson?

6/7/2008 2:13:33 PM

^how long have you known jj? did yall grow up together? you act like you know the guy or he is some kind of bad guy, etc. we dont know this guy just because we see him suit up and play basketball. I can see your point of view but to think he is some kind of parasite that cared nothing about his team is jumping to conclusions based on watching this guy run around with a basketball. you have no idea what's really going through his head so how can you judge? sure, he wasn't the second coming of DT but who is? He is living his life and moving on to the NBA like everyone with half a brain new he would probably do regardless of what his production was like in college.

6/7/2008 2:25:26 PM

he wasn't a good fit for State

everyone talks about the awesome type of recruits we're gonna get now that Lowe is here and how he has NBA experience and can use that to recruit players

well, it looks like he did just that

College basketball is a team sport and you need everybody working together towards trying to make the team be the best it can be. Obviously Hickson didn't fit into that type of mold since the rest of the team didn't buy into the direction that Lowe was trying to go.

As far as the NC State basketball program is concerned...we would have been better without Hickson

6/7/2008 2:35:04 PM

i wish him the best.

he came here, played hard, and did his best to help the team

i blame sidney for starting him over ben and brandon right off the bat, screwing up the chemistry before it was even established.


you people saying good riddance are more detrimental to our team than any player

6/7/2008 2:38:26 PM

you don't help the team by jumping ship after a year and taking away whatever talent you have with you

college basketball teams aren't built in a season

6/7/2008 2:43:54 PM

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"college basketball teams aren't built in a season"

that's the thing though, they basically are.

6/7/2008 3:39:15 PM

well considering that Kansas, Memphis, Xavier and UCLA all played mostly sophomores, juniors and seniors (with the obvious exceptions of Rose and Love) I would have to disagree, one and dones really only have a significant impact on teams that already have a strong supporting cast.

[Edited on June 7, 2008 at 3:53 PM. Reason : .]

6/7/2008 3:52:16 PM

CharlieEFH is the jay davis lover, FYI

6/7/2008 3:57:24 PM

Marcus Stone was so bad that he had to find a new position to play

6/7/2008 4:15:13 PM

Jay Davis was a better QB than Marcus Stone, so I don't see what that has to do with anything.

BTW...we should just scrap our basketball program right now.

6/7/2008 4:16:43 PM

Haha Jay Davis>Marcus Stone>Daniel Evans....I said that all along.

But anyhow this is the news we all knew was coming and it is best for the team.

Hopefully now Ben and Courtney can take this team on their back in their last years.

6/8/2008 3:13:14 AM

haha, NastyNos is an idiot


how in the fuck can anyone seriously think, based on what we saw last season, that JJ will be 'nasty' in the NBA? He wasnt even 'nasty' in the NCAA...

6/8/2008 2:58:34 PM

jj obviously has a lot of potential , if you watched any of our games. hes cashing in on that potential now while he still can. If you seriously think that JJ, the best and most consistent player on our team, was the problem, you are a fucking idiot. JJ showed flashes of dominance, and youre an idiot DROD if you don't think theres a chance he could be nasty in the nba and he wasnt nasty sometimes in college. You wouldve probably sucked his dick the day he scored 31 against william and mary.

6/8/2008 7:52:48 PM

I still can't believe there are people out there that don't understand how not having a point guard affects the productivity of a big man, that and we weren't running that much, which is Hickson's style anyway. Considering the conditions of our guard play (being the wrost in the ACC), I'd think Hickson will be loked at as one of the top five players in this draft in three years, instant impact in the NBA.

6/8/2008 8:21:32 PM

I never said that JJ will never be good in the NBA, I just dont think he's ready to go right now, and I absolutely do not think that anything he did last season made him look like he will be nasty right away

and this is just retarded, and yet a perfect example of why he wont be an instant impact in the nba

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"You wouldve probably sucked his dick the day he scored 31 against william and mary"

william and mary? how many people have run the score up on william and mary? how about how he only scored 4 points against Presbyterian, or 9 on South Carolina, etc.? He did show flashes of greatness at times, but like I said earlier, he will get absolutely schooled by Amare Stoudamire, or any other starting C, PF, or SF in the league

he might develop into a great player, but I think he still has a lot to prove before I'll say that he is going to be nasty in the nba, or even an impact player right away

6/8/2008 9:47:05 PM

It also didn't hurt that Bill & Mary's tallest player was like 6'7" and they were white.

6/8/2008 9:48:51 PM

if u look at the stats, jj has almost exactly the same stats as chris bosh in his year at GT. im not saying hickson will be as good as bosh, but if he had a decent team around him like gt, hed be getting way more hype and not so much bullshit from his own fans. hes got all the tools to succeed in the nba. i never said he would be an instant impact in the nba, but scoring 31 points against anybody in your first college game is a great start, no matter who it is against. He had like 5 games where he didnt score over 10 points, if that isnt consistency then i dont know what is.

6/8/2008 10:17:47 PM

Sure he scored 31 against William & Mary but he also had the 4 point, 1 rebound, 2 turnover performance against Presbyterian (not to mention it's fucking William & Mary). Considering he was our #1 offensive option the entire year and thus got the ball a large percentage of the possessions, his performances were often underwhelming. Also, you can't blame his inconsistent rebounding on the poor guard play.

6/9/2008 12:57:37 AM

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"i never said he would be an instant impact in the nba, but scoring 31 points against anybody in your first college game is a great start, no matter who it is against."

Ishua Benjamin scored 28 in his first game and Ivan Wagner scored like 27 in his first game too. The former was nothing but a role player on crappy teams. The latter transfered and was never heard from again.

6/9/2008 4:01:42 AM

I'm not going to argue about this anymore because I really do wish him the best at the next level, I just dont think that he is ready yet based on what I saw. Does that mean he will never be a star in the NBA? Absolutely not.

He couldve used this next year to round out his game and be a more polished prospect. At this point I think that most teams feel that he is more of a project draft pick than a sure fire impact player

6/9/2008 8:26:11 AM

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"he wasn't a good fit for State"

agreed. he actually played hard and wanted to win.

6/9/2008 8:51:44 AM

i hope Cleveland takes him, Lebron could make him rookie of the year

[Edited on June 9, 2008 at 2:43 PM. Reason : a]

6/9/2008 2:43:13 PM

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"Ishua Benjamin scored 28 in his first game and Ivan Wagner scored like 27 in his first game too. The former was nothing but a role player on crappy teams. The latter transfered and was never heard from again."

Wagner went to Texas and had some really good years. Just one more good player that left Herb.

I wish the best of luck to Hickson though

6/10/2008 12:34:13 PM

whatever team he goes to they are going to have chemistry issues.

6/10/2008 12:59:42 PM

^^Wagner finally started as a senior and averaged 8 PPG on a decent team.

Yeah we really missed out on that talent.

6/10/2008 9:16:02 PM

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"i hope Cleveland takes him, Lebron could make him rookie of the year"

Is that serious? Can't tell if sarcasm..

6/10/2008 9:49:12 PM

actually cleveland told JJ that they will guarantee him the #19 pick if he stopped working out with other teams...

6/11/2008 7:06:50 PM

^^^Actually Wagner started Junior and Senior seasons... Big 12 All defensive team both seasons... 3rd team all Big 12 senior season on a Texas team that finished 2nd in the conference.

Not to mention he was a fan-favorite and won the NCAA high jump title in '97

I get your point that the 27 points in his first game was misleading, but to say he was "never heard from again" is just incorrect

6/11/2008 8:38:10 PM

seriously doubt hes gonna be rookie of the year

hes so raw man



reminds me of a poor mans amare stoudamire or nene hilario when they came in
hes definitely gonna get owned

6/11/2008 8:53:14 PM

people use the phrase "poor man's _______" too often in sports, case in point the media was calling Jack McClinton the poor man's guillermo diaz, turns out its probably the other way around

6/11/2008 10:18:06 PM

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"he wont go pro...if he does i'll bust him in the knee cap with a metal pipe"

drunknloaded, why haven't you done this yet?

6/12/2008 5:30:27 PM

Welp, it's official....Hickson is staying in the draft.

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"Raleigh, N.C. – N.C. State center J.J. Hickson has signed with an agent and will remain in the 2008 NBA Draft. The NBA Draft will be held June 26. “Getting to the NBA has always been a dream of mine,” said Hickson. “I want to thank Coach Lowe and everybody associated with N.C. State for all that they have done for me.” “After going through several workouts with NBA teams, J.J. received very positive feedback and feels this is a great opportunity for him to be drafted,” said N.C. State head coach Sidney Lowe. “He had a great season with us last year, and he will always be a part of our Wolfpack family. We are very happy for him and his family.”"

http://www.wral.com/sports/story/3046919/

6/15/2008 1:56:19 PM

it was official when he committed to play here

6/15/2008 2:16:55 PM

i'm glad hes gone

6/15/2008 2:18:13 PM

RIP Wolfpack basketball.

Now Sidney won't have any talent to not be able to motivate.

6/15/2008 3:27:54 PM

Expected, but I still think it's a mistake on his part.

6/15/2008 3:41:50 PM

hope the best for him.


sure doesnt hurt the program to have freshmen picked in the top 20...if that happens.

6/15/2008 7:53:34 PM

Josh Powell and Joe Forte think he made the right move

6/15/2008 8:00:24 PM

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"actually cleveland told JJ that they will guarantee him the #19 pick if he stopped working out with other teams..."

I find it hard to believe that Cleveland would want another State big man who left school too early after they just traded Ced this season.

6/15/2008 9:45:15 PM