Lunchtime Links 4/9
Obviously the big news is Jeff Teague entering his name in the draft. Underclassmen are dropping like flies. We are attending the spring scrimmage today--4:45 at BB&T Field, so we will be reporting from there.
Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair has declared for the draft, as has James Harden of Arizona State.
Neat profile on sophomore tennis player Emilee Malvehy.
The baseball team fell in a wild game to Coastal Carolina yesterday, 16-13.
Chicago Sun-Times article on female golfer Cheyenne Woods, who is Tiger's niece.
Brett Friedlander says that despite most of their team heading to the pros, UNC is still--well UNC.
Niners Nation asks if Aaron Curry is worth the price.
Some more great pub for Alphonso Smith, this time from the Buffalo Bills main site.
As always link up if you see anything else and feel free to comment on the stories.
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The argument from Niners Nation seems to be about the price of giving up draft picks to get Curry. Personally, I’ve always been of the opinion that draft picks are like gold and teams should always try to acquire more instead of trading them away to move up in the draft. Simply put, the 49ers have a lot of holes to fill and Aaron Curry isn’t going to suddenly turn them into a playoff-caliber team, so they’re better off holding onto their draft picks.
It depends on the picks. 5th rounders and below are often expendable as you can gain them when you trade guys in salary cap dumps. It’s the 2nd through 4th rounders that are so important. Those are future starters at a fraction of the cost of the first rounders oftentimes. You have to hold onto those—they make or break your team in the next couple of years. For Aaron Curry—he’s a 1st round guy and top 5, sometimes it’s worth losing a 2nd rounder for next year and swapping your first or whatever you need to do to grab a guy. If you want him, I always believe it’s better to get him than to lose out on someone you really want and “hope” next year will have a similar talent.
Bah da da da da da da da, Go Deacs.
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