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Either you’re in or you’re out.* The 2010 NBA Draft class is set in stone.* Saturday night was the deadline for underclassmen to withdraw their name and decide to return to school if they had not hired an agent.* 25 of the 80 players who originally declared chose to pull their names out of the draft meaning 55 underclassmen are in for good.* Translation: a lot of young men are going to be incredibly disappointed draft night and receiving some terrible career advice.

Solomon Alabi, C, Florida State, Soph.
Size is always attractive to NBA teams so you cannot blame Alabi for putting his name in the draft.* However, his offensive game is still a massive work in progress and I think he is making a mistake.* I would not be surprised if he slipped into the second round but had he returned to school and continued to work on his offensive game, he could have been a mid-first round pick next year..

Cole Aldrich, C, Kansas, Jr.
He figures to be a lottery pick and certainly will not fall out of the top twenty which makes his decision fairly easy especially since all he has accomplished at Kansas.* He will be one of the top true centers taken in the draft.

Al-Farouq Aminu, SF, Wake Forest, Soph.
Aminu likely would have been a lottery pick last season and assured that high ranking by returning to Wake this season.* I would have been shocked if he would have returned to school as he pretty much a top-ten lock.

James Anderson, SG, Oklahoma State, Jr.
It makes perfect sense for the Big 12 Player of the Year to declare for the draft.* He is a surefire first round pick who could go as high as the mid-teens.* Anderson is a great scoring guard who can make it rain from deep.* His athleticism is not at the elite NBA level which could drop him into the twenties.

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Luke Babbitt, SF, Nevada, Soph.
Babbitt is an extremely talented offensive player who can shoot the rock and is in the draft for good.* He is likely a first round pick but in a fairly heavy class of small forwards who are projected to go in the twenties, but could fall into the second round.

Armon Bassett, G, Ohio, Jr.
The former Indiana transfer stepped back onto the national scene by helping lead the Bobcats to a first round upset of Georgetown.* He likely would have returned for his senior season but was arrested for assault and really had no choice but to stay in the draft since he likely would have been dismissed from Ohio.

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