Surprising no one, OJ Mayo announced yesterday that he's leaving USC to enter the NBA Draft. Hard to blame the guy; most mock drafts have him going in the top five. (Love that video preview for the Mock Draft, ESPN!)
So the OJ Mayo era at USC ends with a first-round tournament loss to the other heralded freshman. You may remember the famous tale of Mayo calling coach Tim Floyd to inform he was coming to USC even though the two had never chatted. Many felt that it was a dangerous precedent, allowing the players to pretty much run amok in the name of big recruiting splashes.
And what did the Trojans gets out of it? A first-round playoff exit and, so far, four years of Lil Romeo. On scholarship. At least it's better than what Indiana got out of Eric Gordon.
OJ Mayo's End Of An Era [Rush The Court]










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Mr. T thinks he should stay in stay in school! And eat his greens!
He's leaving early because Lil Romeo convinced Floyd to recruit Lil Bow Wow to form an "all-flow" back-court. It's a fact that Mayo can't hold a tune.
O AN HE SEXY
/wasn't that originally about him?
Forget being in the top 5 of the NBA Draft. Mayo is now free to strike that million-dollar endorsement deal with Hellmann's.
@WayneFontesFanatic: That's Best Foods to you (if you're west of the Rockies).
/why is that?
That mock draft predicted Eric Gordon to the Knicks. Man, are they working over time to get me to never support them again.
Apropos of nothing, but "OJ" stands for "Ovinton J'Anthony". That's tremendous.
I don't follow much college basketball. For a second, I thought this post was about lunch.
@WayneFontesFanatic: Everyone knows Miracle Whip is the shit.
@DennyCrane: I can't answer that question, but I can assure you I am now leaving to make a BLT, heavy on the Hellmann's.
OJ Mayo is the number one cause of canker sores.
They call me Mayo Yayo.
I'm surprised by his decision. Aren't Trojans supposed to hold the Mayo?
@StuScott Booyahs: If you strike the word "the" from your analysis of Miracle Whip, I would 100% agree.
So the OJ Mayo era at USC ends with a first-round tournament loss to the other heralded freshman.
You mean the towel pisser, right?
@StuScott Booyahs: ew no. funky taste to that.
Saw the Seinfeld episode last night where Elaine is trying to get her boyfriend to change his name from "Joel Rifkin" and, after reading through a list of football players, begs him to change it to "OJ". Never noticed that before!
Nice to see that SC doesn't skimp on the undershirts.*
*very nice classic unis. approve
@WayneFontesFanatic: Personally, I prefer buying generic. I can save 30 cents on two gallons!
@Brazil Thrill-Gasm: +1 Beautiful
The Marines will take Mayo in the second round.
@Doyle McPoyle: Elaine is so fine. Way hotter than Erin Andrews.
Ohhhh I think I just set the blogosphere on fiyah!!
Wow, I was just telling my buddies the other night that the NBA needed another Vince Carter. Have fun getting paid and mailing it in, OJ.
Mini-Marbury?
@BigJimSlade: With size, length, and athleticism.
@StuScott Booyahs: You take that back right now! I had someone try to convince me that miracle whip was just as good as mayonnaise, and found it to be most definetly NOT TRUE.
@Doyle McPoyle: "Remy? Remy Rifkin? Should I buy a beret?"
@Brazil Thrill-Gasm:
Excellent. It works on so many levels.
Indiana also got a first-round playoff exit out of Eric Gordon. And they don't have Li'l Romeo on scholarship. Point, Indiana.
He wants out after he found out playing for the Trojans does NOT, in fact, mean free condoms.
Somehow the 2001 Portland Trail Blazers will find a way to draft him.
Undercover Brother needed Caucasia-Vision and a hot sauce-dispensing watch to tolerate mayo.
+ Watch video
The O'Jays > OJ Mayo
At least it's better than what Indiana got out of Eric Gordon.
Boy, all that anger is going to burn you up inside.
/can't let it go either
OJ Simpson < OJ Mayo. I think.
@DennyCrane: Give him time...
Sure thing, Joe Mayo.
@BigTenObsession: What would put it over the top is if they overpaid for two fat, lazy post players.
Oh...right.
/wishes I beat NBA Jam with the Hornets instead
OJ Mayo spelled backwards is Oy Am Jo; alternatively, it could be O Yam Jo. Does this feel significant to anyone else?
@muggsybogues: That's right.
Nibbles?
/threadjack
Michael Beasley will hold a press conference to announce decision on future
/end threadjack
...So Beasley's gonna upstage Mayo again?
@Flαmεtown: Brynn Cameron found this out the hard way.
OJ Mayo doesn't want you tapping on his fish tank or getting jiggy with the music.
Will, you got to let the Eric Gordon thing go, man. Stop being so bitter. It's unhealthy.
@DennyCrane: As a friend memorably described it "Think of it in hiphop terms. Tupac? Best Foods. Biggie? Hellman's. It's like a big rap war. With mayonnaise."
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