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This is a very strong group. The strongest in the draft and it might rival the SFs of ’03 and ’07 as strongest group in any draft class I’ve seen. Beasley and Love are at the top. I really can’t decide who should go on top either. Love does have better numbers and improved during the season. Beasley had to carry an otherwise weak team. Both are terrific offensively and raise doubts defensively. If I were a GM, I’d be happy with either one, but if forced to choose I’d give Beasley the slightest edge. Beasley looks more able to slide to SF than Love would to center. Beasley seems to have more potential to dominate, while Love seems to have more potential to be dominated. But they’re very close and any team lucky enough to land either one should feel fortunate. There are several other PFs capable of making an impact.

The stats I look at for PFs are a 2 point FG pct. of at least .550, P40 of 20.0, R40 of 10.0 and SB40 of 3.0. As always, freshmen and sophs are given some benefit of the doubt on numbers that aren’t quite there.

Player	fgpct	2 pct	P40	R40	A40	S40	B40	TO40	A/TO	pps	SB40
Hendrix, Richard	0.598	0.604	22.72	12.92	2.04	1.64	2.52	2.20	0.93	1.48	4.16
Beasley, Michael	0.532	0.562	31.28	14.74	1.37	1.52	1.95	3.43	0.40	1.50	3.47
Love, Kevin	0.559	0.611	23.80	14.50	2.62	0.94	1.96	2.73	0.96	1.68	2.90
Speights, M	0.624	0.624	24.13	13.41	1.57	0.69	2.26	2.87	0.55	1.51	2.96
Dunston, Bryant	0.525	0.561	19.11	12.06	2.42	1.23	3.35	2.34	1.04	1.43	4.59
White, DJ	0.605	0.607	20.61	12.22	0.90	0.93	1.94	2.26	0.40	1.61	2.87
Dorsey, Joey	0.647	0.651	10.35	14.36	0.79	1.63	2.94	1.63	0.49	1.56	4.56
Hickson, JJ	0.591	0.593	20.79	11.89	1.41	1.00	2.13	3.77	0.37	1.66	3.13
Williams, Leon	0.614	0.613	21.92	13.14	1.66	1.90	0.93	3.23	0.51	1.85	2.83
Arthur, Darrell	0.543	0.555	20.42	10.01	1.32	0.80	2.12	3.00	0.44	1.29	2.92
Jackson, Darnell	0.626	0.633	18.23	10.89	1.75	1.26	0.77	2.08	0.84	1.64	2.04
Rhodes, Charles	0.562	0.563	21.61	9.72	1.16	0.64	1.69	2.97	0.39	1.41	2.33
Curtis, Dwayne	0.633	0.633	18.63	12.01	1.25	1.00	0.36	2.07	0.60	1.56	1.35
Randolph, A	0.464	0.483	19.40	10.56	1.53	1.41	2.81	3.69	0.41	1.23	4.22

Here are how these players stand up against prospects of the past. As I mentioned in other draft articles, I wouldn’t read too much into any of this. Just some interesting data.

NCAA Freshman PFs	2 pt. pct.	Points40	Reb40	SB40	A/TO	PPS
Kevin Love	.604	23.8	14.5	2.9	0.9	1.68
Michael Beasley	.562	31.3	14.7	3.5	0.4	1.50
All-star level	.580	19.6	12.5	3.7	0.5	1.45
JJ Hickson	.593	20.8	12.2	3.1	0.4	1.66
Rotation Regular	.526	18.2	11.1	3.3	0.5	1.37
Anthony Randolph	.483	19.4	10.6	4.2	0.4	1.23
Journeyman	.498	18.8	10.5	2.8	0.4	1.29
Never made it	.532	15.3	9.8	2.9	0.6	1.37

NCAA Sophomore PFs	2 pt. pct.	Points40	Reb40	SB40	A/TO	PPS
All-star level	.568	20.8	12.7	4.4	0.6	1.38
Marreese Speights	.624	24.1	13.4	3.0	0.6	1.51
Rotation Regular	.552	19.8	11.2	3.3	0.5	1.46
Darrell Arthur	.555	20.4	10.0	2.9	0.4	1.29
Journeyman	.526	18.5	10.1	2.5	0.5	1.37
Never made it	.548	17.1	9.9	2.7	0.6	1.41

NCAA Junior PFs	2 pt.pct.	Points40	Reb40	SB40	A/TO	PPS
All-star level	.599	23.2	12.6	4.3	0.6	1.53
Richard Hendrix	.604	22.7	12.9	4.2	0.9	1.48
Rotation Regular	.558	21.2	11.2	3.4	0.7	1.45
Journeyman	.540	19.9	10.5	2.9	0.6	1.42
Never made it	.543	18.1	10.4	2.6	0.7	1.42

NCAA Senior PFs	2 pt. pct.	Points40	Reb40	SB40	A/TO	PPS
All-star level	.563	23.2	12.6	4.3	0.6	1.53
Joey Dorsey	.651	10.4	14.4	4.6	0.5	1.56
Rotation Regular	.542	20.5	11.2	3.2	0.7	1.45
Bryant Dunston	.561	19.1	12.1	4.6	1.0	1.43
DJ White	.607	20.6	12.2	2.9	0.4	1.61
Journeyman	.529	20.5	10.5	2.9	0.6	1.41
Darnell Jackson	.633	18.2	10.9	2.0	0.8	1.64
Dwayne Curtis	.633	18.6	12.0	1.4	0.6	1.56
Charles Rhodes	.563	21.6	9.7	2.3	0.4	1.41
Never made it	.528