Georgetown Greg Monroe Chose The Detroit Pistons' Seventh With Select NBA Draft

NEW YORK:Since then, Greg Monroe committed in Georgetown - before they played their first game in the Verizon Center - it seemed inevitable that the talented big man would one day walk across the stage in the theater at Madison Square Garden and shake David Stern's hand as the NBA pick in the first round.

The question has always been at the beginning of his career, he would come - and how at the beginning of the project will leave Monroe. The answer came Thursday when the Detroit Pistons' chose sophomore from Georgetown ? 7 overall pick.

"I am very grateful, and it was a long time," said Monroe.

Monroe became a high select Georgetown since Jeff Green went number 5 in 2007. After manufacturing project takes only 2 of 8 seasons between 1999 and 2006, Hoyas already sent NBA players in each of the last four seasons.

"We've had kids who listened to the children who worked," coach John Thompson III said by telephone from New York. Among the players in the NBA, former Georgetown swingman DaJuan Summers, who was the second round to choose Detroit in 2009 and may again divide the locker room with Monroe.

"I spoke with him recently, and over the past couple of months," said Monroe, "but he just texted me and told me:" Welcome ", and I'll talk to him more clearly."

The most heralded recruit to commit Thompson spent two seasons with Hoyas, averaging 16.1 points and 9.6 rebounds during his second year. He never went past the first round of the tournament NCAA, but he was dominant at times - including 29 centers and 16 points in a Jan. 17 loss Villanova when installed in a crime in Georgetown.

He tried to build a force with Hoyas NCAA tournament loss to Ohio, showing that he was "a little more steaks." Indeed, Thompson waited Monroe more than an hour later, after Monroe had chosen to eat a steak dinner.

The holiday celebration will begin before work begins Monroe. He should move to an offense different from the Princeton-style system, which is installed on Thompson of Georgetown. Monroe acknowledged the changes will be adjustments, and it came in his pre-draft interviews with front-office staff in Detroit.

"They ask me about Princeton, and my family, and what they liked about me," said Monroe, "and, of course, relates to the defense and my athleticism. But they loved me enough to me, and I wanted to come and work , and the choice is.

Thompson was a project with Monroe, and expressed his anxiety to Monroe and his family. Monroe did not go beyond its expected range, becoming the fifth big man chosen after two guards led the project. It need not wait long, though he would have to wait longer than some of its preliminary draft of the competition.

"All together, it was a circle," said Monroe. "My name was encountered around, and it is in full swing, so is the range that I expected.

But Monroe was in the center of public attention, because it is one of the key from the perspective of the preparatory Louisiana, long before he even played in the Big East. He turned 20 years old on June 4, and what he did for two years for the Hoyas might just be precursors for the fact that come with the pistons.

"There's no doubt about that," said Thompson. "He will continue better still, to become stronger. Its best ball, of course, come."

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Raptors Select Ed Davis 13th Overall

At first glance it may look Toronto Raptors replaced by one 6-foot-10 left-wing restored specialist to another.

Predators have chosen University of North Carolina forward Ed Davis from 13 selected in the NBA draft Thursday raised questions about his possible replacement for the all-star forward Chris Bosh.

But the Raptors coach Jay Triano said that regardless of the future for his team in this uncertain off-season, Davis was a stunning catch at number 13. He was not the only player expected to significantly earlier in the project, he fills a hole in front of the register, that will certainly lose at least one big man.

"We did not think it will be available in 13, we thought it would be long gone, to preserve it slip, we all through our fingers that it will continue to slip another one another, and he falls right into our hands and it was great, "said Triano.

"When you look at free agents that we have with Chris Bosh, Amir Johnson, Patrick O'Bryant, Rasho Nesterovic - a 4 Biggs," he added. "What we got was a big high. Regardless of who signs and who returns and who is he great body, and he sports, and it corresponds to the trend that the NBA begins to move in the direction."

6-foot-10, 225-pound Davis led Tar Heels to be restored, with 9.6 per game, blocked shots (2,8), and was second in scoring (13.4) in its second year of the season, but suffered season-ending injury Feb. 10 in a game against Duke, when he broke a bone in the left - shooting - wrist.

21-year-old man who walked on stage at Madison Square Garden in New York, dressed in a charcoal gray suit, was asked what he knew about his new Canadian home.

"My favorite player is Chris Bosh played there," he said.

He later told reporters Toronto, he modeled his game around Bosh for the last three or four years.

"Because he is left-handed, 6-11, he can shoot, he just good all-round power forward, the third best power forwards in the game now, just a great player, model my game after," said Davis.

Whether the two had never lined up on the court together before the Raptors have yet to see how Bosh is set to become a free agent July 1, and not so much as hinted that his future plans.

Raptors president and GM Bryan Colangelo said earlier this week that with so many issues related to his list, he plans to take the best player on the board, and do not necessarily choose to replace the Bosh. Nevertheless, the similarity with Bosh obvious.
Second generation

Davis, the son of former NBA player Terry Davis, known for his jump at both ends of the floor, and uses his length and explosiveness to block shots. One weakness is his face up game.

"He must work on his jump shot," said Triano.

Twitter feed Bosh was silence after NBA Commissioner announced Raptors to choose, against the background chants of "USA! USA! "From the noisy crowd of New York. But the Raptors captain made a chirp when the guard Damion James, Texas went 24 wrote:" Congratulations aka Damion James "Big freshman, I remember when he first got to high school ...."

Davis led the ACC in field goal percentage (.578), blocked shots, was second in rebounds and 15 in the account before his wrist injury ended his time. Richmond, Va., native who trained at home with his father in the off-season, missed the final 13 games of his sophomore year, causing some to wonder if he will be fully recovered come draft time.

Raptors never brought Davis Air Canada Centre training preliminary draft, but he was considered a potential Top 10 choose for last year's draft, before going to UNC next season. Triano said Raptors officials have made numerous calls to check on the health of Davis until moments before they made a choice, and he received a clean bill of health all around.

Davis said that his father, who played 10 years in the NBA, was a huge influence on him growing.

"He prepared me a lot," he said. "He taught me a lot about this case, just really helped me understand how it should be professional and be a man, and he guided me through this process."

Elder Davis was known as a solid player, part of his son's games always respected.

"How much he worked, and how it always worked for everything he got, and all of his playing time in his career, and this is the reason why he stayed in the league," he said.

Among his Tar Heels highlights Davis was the third fastest player in school history to block 100 shots (51 games), Rasheed Wallace for (47) and Sam Perkins (50). He scored a season-high 22 points against Michigan, but also tied his career high 16 rebounds against Maryland.

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