NBA Draft: One Man's Future is on the Line

The NBA Draft is the highlight of the summer for NBA fans. There are many great players and they all are expecting to be drafted and to be successful right off the bat. There's Blake Griffin, Ricky Rubio, Hasheem Thabeet and many others. Blake Griffin is a powerhouse, Rubio is a quick play maker at point guard and Thabeet is a very tall, lanky defender who has a lot of potential. But there are many others whose futures depend on this daft and how there careers will start in the NBA. A player in this situation is Stephen Curry. This guy has been praised for his feats on the NCAA level but criticized harshly from an NBA standpoint. This draft could make or break his NBA career even before it begins.

Curry, as seen above, is one of the best 3 point shooters probably in recent NCAA history. 2 seasons ago, he led his fairly unknown Gonzaga team to the Elite 8. This past year he converted into a point guard and he improved his passing skills thus making him more attractive to NBA teams. Even with all his talent, Curry's biggest obstacle has to be his size. He's 6'3'' and 180 lbs. Most scouts say he won't be able to withstand the rigors of the NBA at his size. Also, they believe that it'll be hard for him to make the transition from an unknown school to prime time games in the NBA where no matter how popular you're team is, everybody knows who you are.

On most boards, Curry is ranked as the #3 point guard available. He has the ability to develop at the point guard position and with his sweet stroke his role as 3 point specialist( kind of like Eddie House) is pretty much set in stone. If he goes #8 overall to the Knicks he will thrive in that situation and probably become 16-19 point per game guy. If he goes late to a team like Detroit or Atlanta his future will fade because he'll never make it in their system.

On June 25, Stephen Curry's career will either get a huge lift or take big hit. His career as an NBA player truly is on the line.