Hot Prospect: B.J. Mullens

Posted by admin on June 21, 2009

Ohio State ● Freshman ● Center ● 7-0 ● 275 ● 2/14/89
8.8 ppg ● 4.7 rpg ● 1.1 bpg (2008-09)

Highlights: Declared for the NBA Draft March 26, 2009… First among Buckeye freshmen all-time in FG pct. (63.8 pct.) and is sixth among Buck¬eye freshmen in total blocks (37)… Ranked 1st in FG pct. (.703) on 78-of-111 shooting in league games … led overall as well with 63.8 FG pct. (120-of-188) … No. 7 in Big Ten in blocks with 37.

2008-09 (Freshman): Posted 10 points in 4-of-5 shooting March 20 vs. Siena … Added 3 rebs. and 1 blk. in 22 mins. of play… Against Michigan State March 14, Mullens posted 12 pts., 5 rebs. and 2 blks. in only 15 mins. of play …Recorded his 250th point (292) at Purdue Feb. 28 with 3-of-3 shooting from the field… Against Northwestern March 8, Mullens shot 5-of-8 from the field for 10 pts. and grabbed 6 rebs. in the win… Scored 11 pts. and grabbed a career-high 11 rebs. to record his first career double-double at Northwestern Feb. 18 … Played a career-high 29 mins. and tied his personal best in off. rebs. (5), def. rebs. (6) and FTs made (5)… Finished the game vs. Purdue with 17 pts. after shooting 8-of-9 from the field … Tied a career best with 6 def. rebs. in the win … grabbed 6 def. rebs. at Wisconsin to tie career best Feb. 14… Tied career high in blks. with 3 vs. Michigan Jan. 28, while adding 12 pts. and a team-best 7 rebs… Led Ohio State in scoring at Illinois Jan. 20 with 14 pts. in a then career-high 28 minutes of play … Posted double-digits in scoring in 14 of the last 21 games … Had 16 games with 10+ pts… Averaged 8.8 ppg., 4.7 rpg. and 20.3 mpg … recorded career highs in pts. (19), field goals (8), FG atts. (11), off. rebs. (5), blocks (3) and mins. played (25) vs. UNC Asheville (12/22/08)… Made first career start vs. Iona Dec. 20 … contributed 9 pts and 4 rebs … also blocked 2 shots… Scored 11 pts. vs. then No. 7 ND Dec. 6 in Indianapolis … knocked down 4-of-6 shots from the field and added 7 boards.

2007-08 (High School): As a senior, named to the USA Today 2008 All-USA boys basketball team and select¬ed as a McDonald’s and EASports All-American, as well as being named a first-team Parade All-American and Jordan Brand All-American Classic selection… Averaged 27.4 points and 15.1 rebounds in his senior season… Gatorade and RISE Magazine’s Ohio Player of the Year award… Finished with a 71.2 shooting percentage from the field in 2008… Shared the honor of Ohio co-player of the Year with Ohio State teammate William Buford… Named a Division II first-team all-Ohio selection and Mid-State League’s player of the year.

Is he Jazz material?

6 Comments

tman11 on June 21, 2009 said:

BJ if he is around at 20 and, you want a big take him. He has talent of a top 5 top 10 pick in this years draft he is just really raw. He would be a bit of a project but, the pay off on a guy like this could be really great. The mans got talent. Lets focuswhere we need to and get a piiont gaurd

JayD on June 21, 2009 said:

I think that this guy may have some potentail , but I dont know if he has enough expeirience yet to make a imeddiate impact . Might be able to tune up his game more though . He has size so that could be something we could look into . I would be curius to see how well he responds to the NBA level .
Jay

tman11 on June 21, 2009 said:

that’s why the jazz is a perfect fit for him. Jerry is amazing at bringing the best out of his players. You will never see them in the rookine sophmore game though at allstar weekend. You draft him left jerry work him for a few years and, see what he turns into. If you guys are expect a rookie for the jazz to make an impaked this year for get it.

lurch on June 22, 2009 said:

b j mullens might be the missing link for the jazz tall enough weight to prevent to many assaults and can block if he has some speed what is his span finger tip to finger tip espesialy compared to andre?

tman11 on June 23, 2009 said:

I’m not sure on his wing span i don’t know if it can beat andre though he’s a pretty long guy. I agree though he is a good player. A project but I think he will turn out to be a decent player in this league. Every one saying this draft year isn’t that good i’m starting to think diffrently when i look at all the talent even down at the 20 and 25th picks of the draft.

JD on June 24, 2009 said:

I agree with JayD there completely, my only wish is why he would declare for the NBA and be a one-and-done guy, if they stay in school they get a degree and are a lot better than they would be if they are one-and-done.

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