The overwhelming feeling in New York City on Wednesday at media day for the 2010 NBA Draft was one of great calm.

There were no Joakim Noahs or Jonny Flynns, with a pair of centers bringing the most life today to what nearly every player described as an ?exhausting process.?

Kentucky?s DeMarcus Cousins and Cole Aldrich of Kansas were the most animated of the prospects, while Wake Forest?s Al-Farouq Aminu was downright sleepy. Physical appearance has little to do with how someone plays basketball, but he had the look of someone that is still developing as both an athlete and a person.

Last year I spoke with everyone aside from Tyreke Evans and Austin Daye, this time around John Wall and Paul George were the only ones I didn?t have a chance to speak with.

Wall, who was part of the second group of prospects (they are split into two packs each year) on Wednesday, garnered the most attention and it simply wasn?t worth me shoving my face, recorder or minicam into a scrum that nearly spilled to adjacent tables.

George was more than 20 minutes late to the event, for an unknown reason.

Here are some quick bits of information I gathered from the prospects on the day before their innocence is taken by a multi-million dollar NBA contracts.

-- As expected, the top two picks appear to be etched in stone. There has been talk that the 76ers might consider someone other than Evan Turner, but Turner talked about Philadelphia as his future home.

He certainly did his homework; at one point naming nearly everyone on the 76ers? roster and claiming that he?s always hoped to play with each of them. He was also predictably vanilla in terms of his answers.

?It?s all about the best fit for me,? said Turner, who said that he doesn?t have a preference in terms of what playing style he prefers. ?I?m down for whatever.?

For those food connoisseurs out there, he has tested the cheesesteaks at Gino?s.

-- Cole Aldrich, as I mentioned above, had one of the largest personalities of the day. That?s really not saying too much, though, as he was fairly laid-back. He was just a little more open and less guarded in terms of his responses.

?I?m going to be wide-eyed the entire time,? Aldrich said of becoming part of the NBA. He certainly appears to be a student of the game, naming quite a few players that he looks up to and even comparing himself to a pair.

Several prospects talked about how hard they plan to work, but Aldrich came across as the most sincere. He then used both Dwight Howard and Joel Przybilla, in the same sentence, as examples of players he will try to emulate.

It certainly doesn?t matter, but if you close your eyes he sounds lot like Ashton Kutcher.

-- Gordon Hayward was perhaps the most programmed of the prospects, brushing aside any comparisons (SI?s Chris Mannix tried to get him to bite on Mike Miller).

?I think everyone wants to go to a winning team,? said Hayward in his most candid comments. That rules out a majority of the teams in the Lottery.

- Xavier Henry seemed to have the biggest chip on his shoulder, although he wasn?t at all rude.

?I think I did alright by myself,? he said of his workouts. He also expressed just the right amount of confidence. ?Right now, the only reason you?re nervous is that you don?t know where you?re going.?

He has been labeled by some as just a shooter coming out of Kansas, but Henry believes he showcased his all-around talents during each of his pre-draft workouts.

?I think I showed teams my ball-handling and my ability to get to the rim. They didn?t get to see a lot of that at Kansas,? Henry surmised.

-- Patrick Patterson was by far the most mature and sincere of the prospects, which is to be expected given his status as the leader of Kentucky?s crew of one-and-dones.

?You get caught off guard a little bit when you see them,? Patterson said of the NBA legends that make up some front offices. ?You get star-struck at first, but then you come down to earth and realize that this is an interview.?

He?s aiming to be voted ?Best Dressed? among the rookies on Draft Night, so look out for his attire.

-- This year?s southern gentleman was Derrick Favors. His Georgia accent was very prominent, especially to a Northerner like me. His polite approach with the media doesn?t carry over to the floor, but he handled nearly every potential ?hot? question with poise.

He wouldn?t declare that any team deciding to pass on him would regret doing so and refused to knock Cousins when asked about their perceived rivalry.

?We?ve been going against one another since high school. DeMarcus is a good player,? Favors said.

When asked about the times he went against Cousins in workouts, he said: ?You couldn?t tell who won, because we were both going hard.? When pressed, Favors held his stance: ?Nah, we didn?t keep score.?

-- Cousins, who was dressed like a stereotypical college bookworm, was the bluntest of this year?s class. He proclaimed that he?s ?the better player? in comparison to Favors.

He went from cocky, though, to submissive in seconds flat when admitting that he didn?t perform as well as he wanted to against Favors in workouts. I have absolutely nothing against Cousins, but he also unconvincingly claimed that his work ethic would separate himself from his competition in the NBA.

?I see some players out there flipping out and they say ?he?s passionate about the game.? If I do it, they say ?he?s crazy.? So, I don?t know,? Cousins said of critics that claim he?s ill-tempered.

Eric Bledsoe and Tiny Gallon will be making the trip up to NYC on Thursday night, according to Cousins.

-- Greg Monroe, who loves purple by the way, was very excited by the entire process.

?It?s been fun, I?m getting very anxious,? he said. ?I?ve been trying to take it all in.?

He was the first prospect I had a chance to sit down with and admitted that despite all the workouts, teams don?t really provide the players with much of an indication of how they did.

-- If a team is looking for a Chris Bosh-like player, draft Ed Davis. The former Tar Heel says that he has tried to emulate Bosh?s game as a laid-back lefty. He may have to drop a few slots, but it would be ironic if Toronto lost Bosh in free agency and ended up drafting Davis.

?I?ve always been a winner,? said Davis, which is exactly what the Raptors want to hear.

-- The best shooter in the draft, according to the player himself, is Luke Babbitt.

?I?ve heard that I?m the most skilled player in the draft and that I?m the best shooter in the draft,? said Babbitt.

I only spent a few moments with Babbitt, but he sees himself as a three, unless he?s plays in a system such as Phoenix?s, which would allow him to become a stretch four. At 6?7?, I think he?s a tad small to play such a role.

-- Ekpe Udoh might have the most unique name of the Green Room prospects -- I give him the nod over Aminu -- but he was just like most of his class. Reserved and respectful, Udoh looked each reporter in the eye (as most did) and skirted around tough questions.

?I love to play defense, that?s where I?m going to make the biggest impact,? said Udoh.

He was the second player to mention Kevin Garnett (Aldrich did as well) as someone he looked up to and can?t wait to face on the court. Udoh was also adamant that he feels he?s a good fit for the Pacers, one of the two teams he worked out for twice.

One of the common cookie-cutter questions from mainstream reporters was about rookie hazing rituals.

?Somebody told me about filling a car up with popcorn,? Udoh said. That has history in Sacramento, which is the other team he visited twice.

-- File this one under ?not going to happen,? but Wesley Johnson still believes there?s a chance the 76ers might pass on Turner in order to take him. He was somewhat pushed into the quote by a Philadelphia-area reporter, but he very easily could have brought the conversation back to reality.

?My mind is going 100 miles per hour right now,? said Johnson, which might explain some of his answers.

He added that as a Texas kid, he grew up watching Nets coach Avery Johnson play for the Mavericks, which would make playing for New Jersey intriguing.

I very much enjoyed my fourth consecutive media day and I?m already counting down the days to next year?s event. The chance to spend some time with these soon-to-be-stars before they hit the big time and become jaded is invaluable.

Andrew Perna is Deputy Editor of RealGM.com. Please feel free to contact him with comments or questions via e-mail: Andrew.Perna@RealGM.com. You can also follow Andrew on Twitter: APerna7.