Nobody had a more productive summer in terms of improving their draft stock than VCU's Larry Sanders, and no one did more to kill their stock during the season. Everyone expected that with Maynor gone, Sanders would dominate as VCU's number one option. That didn't happen. I mean he put up decent numbers (14.5 points 9.2 rebounds 2.5 blocks) but he was a non-factor late in conference play. I think all the lottery pick talk got to his head. He looked like he thought he didn't need to try against CAA opponents. Scouts learned that he can't take over games on offense without a point guard like Eric Maynor setting him up. He settled for a ton of jumpshots even though he was bigger and more athletic than almost every center in the CAA. All he has going for him that is unique is his freakish 7'6" wingspan. I hope he gets drafted by a team with a dominant post player like the Raptors or Magic so he can learn some things the hard way by getting dominated and embarrassed in practice.
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